Speaker(s):
Courtney Boddie, PhD, MEd, LPC, NCC
Presentation: The past three decades have incrementally ushered in the age of trauma-informed care. From the original ACES Study (1998), to Perry’s (2006) Neurosequential Models of Education and Therapeutics, to van der Kolk (2015) and Levine’s (1997) teaching on the physiology of trauma, an abundance is known about psychological trauma. In short, this movement has offered mental health a way to reconceptualize most concerns presenting to counseling through the lens of traumatic experience. After training, implementation and sustainability often fall by the wayside. Could this be due to the preponderance of approaches on the market and possible fatigue involved in continuous process improvement? To move this needle forward, it is imperative that we next discuss inherent connections existing between factors like trauma and multicultural competence. For example, should we be moving toward a unified, developmental model that accounts both for the richness of cultural competencies and the clinical utility of trauma-informed practices? Join in on this hybrid lecture and round table to be part of this timely discussion.
Objectives:
- Review SAMHSA’s six principles of trauma-informed care (safety, trustworthiness/transparency, peer support, collaboration/mutuality, empowerment/voice/choice, and cultural/historical/gender issues)
- Review the ACA’s Multicultural and Social Justice Competencies (Awareness, Knowledge, Skills, Action)
- Discuss application of trauma-informed, culturally-centered care in your current praxis
- Process compassion fatigue related to trauma-informed, culturally-centered care