Hurricane Trauma: How to Prepare for It, Identify It and Treat It

Hurricane Trauma: How to prepare for it, identify it and treat it

Description

Living and working in areas that are prone to hurricanes poses unique challenges in mental health treatment. As mental health professionals it is important to understand the challenges we may experience in working with clients who have experienced/are experiencing trauma related to a hurricane. This training will prepare you as a clinician to be able to feel comfortable working with client’s experiencing trauma responses related to hurricanes, guide you in learning to identify this kind of trauma, and know how to treat in in the therapeutic relationship.

Objectives:

1. Identify the differences between clinical diagnosis of acute stress response and post-traumatic stress response
2. Describe three strategies to help you prepare for working with clients who have experienced trauma related to a hurricane
3. Identify unique triggers associated with hurricane trauma reactions
4. Identify three clinical tools/modalities/techniques to use to treat trauma
5. Describe tools to help support you as a clinician in caring for yourself while treating hurricane trauma

Agenda

• 9:00am- 9:10am- Introductions and Review of Objectives
• 9:10-10:10 am- Part 1- Preparing for and Identifying Hurricane Trauma
• 10:15 -10:30am- BREAK
• 10:30am- 11:30am- Part 2- Methods for Treating Hurricane Trauma
• 11:30am-12pm – Questions, Evaluations and Certificates

Approved for 3.0 CE clock hours in Diagnosis; no NBCC credits available for this program

For more information:  Ashley Comegys @ ashley@risedtoempower.com

To register:      www.raisedtoempower.com/hurricane

This workshop will guide you in how to prepare for, identify and work with clients experiencing hurricane trauma

Bio

Ashley Comegys is a licensed clinical social worker with a multi-state online therapy practice that helps women with anxiety navigate life transitions, such as motherhood, grief, trauma and loss. She holds an MSW from Tulane University, as well as a certificate in disaster mental health. Additionally she is a certified perinatal mental health provider, who specializes in working with women experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Throughout her career Ashley has worked extensively with client’s who have experienced trauma across their lifespan, including experiences such as community violence, traumatic grief, hurricane and weather related trauma, and medical trauma.