Description
Time after time, the question of trauma pops up in the Testing Psychologist Community on Facebook. How do I appropriately assess it? How do I separate it from other diagnoses? What does it really look like? If you’ve ever asked these questions, this course is for you.
In this two part course, The Testing Psychologist, Dr. Jeremy Sharp, sits down with Dr. Julia Strait to talk about all things trauma. Including:
- Acute trauma vs. developmental/complex trauma
- “Concept creep” (i.e., can anything count as trauma?)
- The pros and cons of the DSM-5 trauma conceptualization and diagnostic options
- Interviewing for traumatic experiences
- Measures to assess trauma
- Differential diagnosis of trauma and other concerns like ADHD, ASD, and others
- Feedback and report-writing with a trauma-informed lens
Interview Date: 1/2021.
Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses.
This CE program is designated as intermediate.
Course Content designation: Testing/Assessment; Clinical
The author(s) of this course have no conflicts of interest to declare
Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.
Author Bio
About Dr. Julia Strait
Julia Strait, PhD specializes in treating young women with everyday stress, as well as more pervasive emotional difficulties related to depression, anxiety, and trauma. She is a Nationally Certified Trauma-Focused Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) Therapist and has specialized training in mindfulness-, self-compassion-, and acceptance-based therapy approaches for building awareness and understanding of difficult emotions and experiences. She also has expertise in psychological testing and assessment to help with diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
Dr. Strait earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and her Master’s and PhD from the University of South Carolina. She did her postdoctoral training in Child Welfare and Trauma-Informed Care at the University of Tennessee Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody and has worked as a teacher, professor, researcher, and supervisor in schools, clinics, and universities across the Southeast United States.
In her free time, Dr. Strait loves listening to podcasts, being outside, eating queso, and doing yoga and Pilates. She has two awesome kids and a very cool dog, and she blogs for Psychology Today. You can also follow her on Instagram @drjuliatx.
ABOUT DR. JEREMY SHARP
Dr. Sharp is a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that he founded in 2009 and which now has over 20 clinicians. Dr. Sharp earned his undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting his Masters and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, Dr. Sharp specializes in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.
As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, Dr. Sharp provides private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. He live in Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.
CE Approvals
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It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social work in Arkansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, master's level psychologists, licensed clinical psychotherapists, and alcohol and other drug abuse counselors in Kansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for mental health practice and for social work in Nebraska. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for psychologists, pastoral psychotherapists, clinical social workers, clinical mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and alcohol and drug abuse counselors in New Hampshire. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists in Tennessee. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
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Learning Objectives
Based on the content of this course, I can:
- Compare acute trauma vs. developmental/complex trauma
- Describe the components of complex trauma
- List the pros and cons of the DSM-5 trauma conceptualization and diagnostic options
- Demonstrate interviewing for traumatic experiences
- Explain different measures to assess trauma
- Illustrate differential diagnosis of trauma and other concerns like ADHD, ASD, and others
- Evaluate feedback and report-writing with a trauma-focused lens
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