Prolonged Exposure: Trauma treatment with considerations for racial trauma

Prolonged exposure (PE) is the most extensively studied psychotherapy for trauma. Numerous well-controlled studies have shown that PE is highly effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD, depression, anger, guilt, and anxiety in trauma survivors. PE is successfully used to treat individuals with PTSD resulting from a variety of traumas including rape, childhood sexual abuse, physical assault, terrorist attacks, combat, car accidents and disasters. In addition, PE is one of the few evidence-based treatments to have a higher proportion of people of color represented in its treatment trials. Over yea...Read morers of testing and development, PE has evolved into an adaptable program of intervention to address the needs of varied trauma survivors. This presentation will give you an overview of how to incorporate PE, with considerations for racial trauma and cross-racial therapy dyads. You will learn how PE instills confidence and a sense of mastery, improves various aspects of daily stress, improves trauma survivors’ ability to discriminate safe and unsafe situations, and how the majority of its work is designed to help clients lead a meaningful life. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Describe at least two current evidence-based measures used to assess PTSD.
  • Summarize the four key components of prolonged exposure.
  • List at least two adaptations to address assessment-related issues with racial trauma.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Friday, February 23, 2024

Napa Room, Seasons 52
8325 Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree, CO, 80124

10:30 AM MST - 02:45 PM MST

EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speakers

Chad Wetterneck, PhD

Chad Wetterneck, PhD

Clinical Director, Trauma Recovery Services
Dr. Wetterneck is a licensed clinical psychologist who developed and directs the adult trauma recovery programs for Rogers Behavioral Health at the residential, partial hospital, and intensive outpatient levels of care, and helped incorporate a cognitive behavioral therapy-based approach into Rogers’ addiction and mental health recovery programs. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and one book, mainly on anxiety disorders.
Sonia Izmirian, PhD

Sonia Izmirian, PhD

Clinical Director, Denver
Dr. Izmirian is a licensed psychologist and clinical director at Rogers Behavioral Health in Denver. Her clinical interests focus primarily on anxiety and trauma-related disorders. Dr. Izmirian is a member of the American Psychological Association, National Register of Health Service Psychologists, and the Colorado Psychological Association.

Agenda

10:30 am Registration

10:55 am Welcome and speaker introduction

11 am Overview of Trauma and PTSD

  • Symptoms and prevalence
  • Overview of evidence-based treatments
  • Emotional processing theory
  • Assessment measures

12 pm Break – lunch provided

12:30 pm PE components and session break down

  • Four key components of prolonged exposure
  • Sample protocol for when key components are introduced
  • Troubleshooting difficulties

1:30 pm Break

1:45 pm Racial trauma

  • Review assessment-related issues with racial trauma
  • Brief overview of treatment modalities
  • Case study of racial trauma

2:30 pm Q&A session

2:45 pm Closure

  • Instructions for completing evaluation and receiving CE certificate

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours

CE Approvals

American Psychological Association
Rogers Behavioral Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rogers Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Rogers Behavioral Health designates this live program for 3 continuing education credits; no partial credits will be awarded.
Association of Social Work Boards
Rogers Behavioral Health, provider number 1101, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory board have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Rogers Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this course. Approval period: October 18, 2023 – October 18, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Rogers Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6192. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Rogers Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 3 instructional clock hours will be awarded.
Other Professionals
Rogers Behavioral Health will issue a certificate of attendance for your participation in this activity.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal.

Participants must be in attendance for the entire program to be eligible to receive CE credit. Participants who complete the seminar will receive an email from support@ce-go.com with a link to their personal dashboard, where they may complete the evaluation form and download their CE certificate. 

Disclosure

The presenters have each declared that they do not, nor does their family have, any financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the presentation. The presenters have each declared that they do not have any relevant non-financial relationships. Additionally, all planners involved do not have any financial relationships. Further, Rogers Behavioral Health does not accept commercial support for its CE programs.