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Event Information
Venue: Zen Offices
150 East Palmetto Park Road, Penthouse Suite 800, Boca Raton, Florida 33432
 From April 24, 2024 to April 26, 2024
 https://zen-offices.com/

Zen Offices

Course Description

Training and knowledge in the field of health psychology is essential when treating medical trauma not just to comply with the ethical principle of competency, but to structure the treatment and to successfully help the patient to heal. Understanding Health Psychology and Preparing Patients to Process Medical Trauma is a training intended to teach the clinician how to complete an intake process by integrating physiology and psychology as well as creating the foundation for a personalized treatment. It is fundamental to understand, if applicable, the experience of the patient at different inpatient units of the hospitalization including intensive care, acute, and rehabilitation; the physiological portion of the medical condition, the impact in the patient’s mental health, and how some medical conditions mask psychological presentations; the neuropsychological aspect in cases of spinal cord and traumatic brain injury affecting the level of functioning; and disability. The training will also teach the clinician in how to prepare the patient to process medical trauma in order to decrease resistance and enhance safety.

This workshop is intended for mental health professionals
and psychology students.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the essential components of the practice of health psychology.
  2. Describe the differences between traumatic events and their correlation with the patient’s age, exposure, culture, and possible outcomes.
  3. Describe differences between normal, tolerable, and toxic stress.
  4. Explain the physiological impact of trauma including reduced hippocampal volume, activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA axis), and neurotransmitter-related dysregulation of arousal.
  5. Recognize how trauma symptoms may manifest and change over time.
  6. Describe at least three scenarios that may trigger medical trauma.
  7. Identify the different inpatient units during a hospitalization process (ICU, acute, and rehabilitation) and describe what may be traumatic for some patients.
  8. Describe how past traumas may impact patients’ behaviors in a medical situation and setting considering the developmental stages of Erik Erikson.
  9. Identify medical disorders that may mask psychological presentations and how to address them.
  10. Describe what to include in a consent form and agreement for collateral parties as well as identify when to consult with medical doctors and provide the appropriate referral to rule out a medical condition.
  11. Explain and demonstrate how to complete an intake process by integrating physiology and psychology as well as creating the foundation for a personalized treatment.
  12. Demonstrate via role play how to prepare a patient to process medical trauma in order to decrease resistance by processing fears to treatment and working with other symptoms that may impinge on successful trauma processing.
  13. Practice how to enhance safety including internal, external, and relational safety.
  14. Describe nociceptive and neuropathic pain, how to help the patient to decrease pain, and to adhere better to prescribed treatments.

8:30 to 9:00 AM

  • Registration/Sign in.

9:00 to 10:45 AM

  • Introduction.
  • What is health psychology.
  • What is psychological trauma: differential diagnosis.
  • What may cause psychological trauma.
  • Stress: good, tolerable, and toxic stress.

10:45 to 11:00 AM

  • Break.

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Physiological impact of trauma.
    • Responses.
    • Immobilization.
    • Case A.
    • Reduce hippocampal volume.
    • Activation of HPA Axis.
    • Neurotransmitter-related dysregulation of arousal.
  • Psychological impact of trauma.
  • Scenarios that may trigger medical trauma.
    • Case B.

1:00 to 2:00 PM

  • Lunch.

2:00 to 3:45 PM

  • Intensive care, acute, and rehabilitation unit.
  • Developmental Stages.
  • When psychological presentations mask medical conditions.
    • Medical disorders and its psychological presentations.
    • Case C.
  • Consents and legal requirements.
  • History and treatment planning:
    • Presenting problems and symptoms.
    • Case D.
    • Hospitalizations.
    • Memory.
    • Pain.
    • Pharmacological treatment.
    • Physical and occupational therapy treatment.
    • Other treatments.
    • Nutritional patterns.

3:45 to 4:00 PM

  • Break.

4:00 to 5:30 PM

  • History and treatment planning continue:
    • Personal history.
    • Traumas.
    • Military history.
    • Psychiatric history.
    • Substance use history.
    • Academic/professional history.
    • Support system.
    • Diversity.
    • Adaptive and maladaptive ways of coping and self-control.
    • Sources of further symptoms/diagnosis data.
    • Case E.
    • Assessment measures.
    • Recommendations.
    • Expectations about treatment.
      Impedances of treatment
    • Summary.
  • Questions, the next day schedule, and sign out reminder.

8:30 to 9:00 AM

  • Sign in.

9:00 to 10:45 AM

  • Questions about the first day lecture.
  • Preparation
    • Explore fears to treatment.
    • Case F.
    • Interventions (normalization and psychoeducation).
    • Working with some symptoms and self-defense mechanisms that may impinge successful trauma processing.
    • Case G.
    • Interventions (identification of patient’s self-defense mechanisms and identification of triggers).

10:45 to 11:00 AM

  • Break.

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Role Play 1.
  • Practice 1.
  • Questions.
  • Preparation continue:
    • Working with self-defense mechanisms that may impinge successful trauma processing continue.
    • Interventions (what to keep and what to let go-balloon exercise).

1:00 to 2:00 PM

  • Lunch.

2:00 to 3:45 PM

  • Preparation continue:
    • What to add.
  • Role Play 2.
  • Practice 2.
  • Questions.

3:45 to 4:00 PM

  • Break.

4:00 to 5:30 PM

  • Preparation continue:
    • Safety
    • Questions about safety.
    • Interventions to enhance safety (internal safety, what sabotage internal safety, external safety, what sabotage external safety, and relational safety.).

8:30 to 9:00 AM

  • Sign in.

9:00 to 10:45 AM

  • Questions about the second day lecture.
  • Preparation continue:
  • Role Play 3.
  • Practice 3.

    10:45 to 11:00 AM

    • Break.

    11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

    • Pain.
    • Interventions (mindfulness and adherence to medication and other treatments).
    • Questions.
    • Evaluation Form for Participants.
    • Distribution of Keycodes to obtain Certificates.
    • Sign out reminder.

8:30 to 9:00 AM

  • Registration/Sign in.

9:00 to 10:45 AM

  • Introduction.
  • What is health psychology.
  • What is psychological trauma: differential diagnosis.
  • What may cause psychological trauma.
  • Stress: good, tolerable, and toxic stress.

10:45 to 11:00 AM

  • Break.

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Physiological impact of trauma.
    • Responses.
    • Immobilization.
    • Case A.
    • Reduce hippocampal volume.
    • Activation of HPA Axis.
    • Neurotransmitter-related dysregulation of arousal.
  • Psychological impact of trauma.
  • Scenarios that may trigger medical trauma.
    • Case B.

1:00 to 2:00 PM

  • Lunch.

2:00 to 3:45 PM

  • Intensive care, acute, and rehabilitation unit.
  • Developmental Stages.
  • When psychological presentations mask medical conditions.
    • Medical disorders and its psychological presentations.
    • Case C.
  • Consents and legal requirements.
  • History and treatment planning:
    • Presenting problems and symptoms.
    • Case D.
    • Hospitalizations.
    • Memory.
    • Pain.
    • Pharmacological treatment.
    • Physical and occupational therapy treatment.
    • Other treatments.
    • Nutritional patterns.

3:45 to 4:00 PM

  • Break.

4:00 to 5:30 PM

  • History and treatment planning continue:
    • Personal history.
    • Traumas.
    • Military history.
    • Psychiatric history.
    • Substance use history.
    • Academic/professional history.
    • Support system.
    • Diversity.
    • Adaptive and maladaptive ways of coping and self-control.
    • Sources of further symptoms/diagnosis data.
    • Case E.
    • Assessment measures.
    • Recommendations.
    • Expectations about treatment.
      Impedances of treatment
    • Summary.
  • Questions, the next day schedule, and sign out reminder.

8:30 to 9:00 AM

  • Sign in.

9:00 to 10:45 AM

  • Questions about the first day lecture.
  • Preparation
    • Explore fears to treatment.
    • Case F.
    • Interventions (normalization and psychoeducation).
    • Working with some symptoms and self-defense mechanisms that may impinge successful trauma processing.
    • Case G.
    • Interventions (identification of patient’s self-defense mechanisms and identification of triggers).

10:45 to 11:00 AM

  • Break.

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Role Play 1.
  • Practice 1.
  • Questions.
  • Preparation continue:
    • Working with self-defense mechanisms that may impinge successful trauma processing continue.
    • Interventions (what to keep and what to let go-balloon exercise).

1:00 to 2:00 PM

  • Lunch.

2:00 to 3:45 PM

  • Preparation continue:
    • What to add.
  • Role Play 2.
  • Practice 2.
  • Questions.

3:45 to 4:00 PM

  • Break.

4:00 to 5:30 PM

  • Preparation continue:
    • Safety
    • Questions about safety.
    • Interventions to enhance safety (internal safety, what sabotage internal safety, external safety, what sabotage external safety, and relational safety.).

8:30 to 9:00 AM

  • Sign in.

9:00 to 10:45 AM

  • Questions about the second day lecture.
  • Preparation continue:
  • Role Play 3.
  • Practice 3.

    10:45 to 11:00 AM

    • Break.

    11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

    • Pain.
    • Interventions (mindfulness and adherence to medication and other treatments).
    • Questions.
    • Evaluation Form for Participants.
    • Distribution of Keycodes to obtain Certificates.
    • Sign out reminder.

What is Included?

It includes 17.5 hours of in-person training, training materials, morning & afternoon snacks/drinks. Lodging and lunch are not included.

Certificates are awarded online after completion of the workshop. Participants print their own certificate after registering at CE-Classes.com, entering a keycode, and completing an evaluation form. For participants that do not qualify for CE, a certificate of completion will be provided.

Licensed Professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.

 

CE-Classes.com
is approved by:

  • The American Psychological Association (APA) CE-Classes.com is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • Florida Certification Board.
  • The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2025.
  • The California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements.
  • California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) Provider Number OS-12-174-0225 Expires 02-2025.
  • The Texas Board of Social Work Examiners – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.
  • The Texas Board of Professional Counselors – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.
  • Massachusetts Authorization Number: (TBD).
  • Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board – Approval from a state licensing board for counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists is accepted by the OH CSWMFTB.
  • New York Social Work Board – CE-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education.
  • Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0120.
  • New York Mental Health Practitioners Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0260.
  • New York Psychology Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0211.
  • The Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #: 50-4896) Expires 10/31/2024 Do not send certificates to the Florida Board of Nursing. You must keep this certificate for 4 years.
  • The California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2024.
  • This course is NOT available for NBCC credit.
  • This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers.
This training is held in facilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, DISABILITY OR CONCERNS, please contact Dr. Livia Perez.
There are no known conflicts of interests for this workshop.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Acceptance of this Agreement

The participation in the practicum portion of the training as a patient, clinician, and observer is required.

You are prohibited from making additional copies, distributing, transferring, or selling the materials provided to you. All materials are copywritten and unauthorized use is prohibited.

We reserve the right to amend, revise, or update the content offered to you.

All materials provided to you are copyright products of Livia Perez. Any violation of laws herein, or otherwise, shall make you liable to the maximum extent available under law.

PRIVACY POLICY

You hereby specifically acknowledge that we are not liable for any defamatory, offensive, wrongful, or illegal conduct of third parties.

REFUND POLICY

Tuition refundable up to 10 days (no refund after this date) before training initial date less a processing fee of $70.00.

The training may be cancelled or postponed 15 days prior to its date due to under-enrollment or other circumstances. Participants may want to wait before making travels arrangements. The workshop shall be cancelled or postponed if unforeseen circumstances, such as presenter illness and/or natural disaster (a flood, earthquake, tsunami, wildfire, or other major incident) arise. Participants will be refunded 100 % of the tuition cost if any of the aforementioned circumstances occur.

All grievances must be sent in writing administration@mhtraumaresolution.org and will be replied to within 5-10 days.

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