Webinars
Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents
This webinar offers an overview of Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A). ITCT-A is an evidence-based treatment that was developed to assist clinicians in the evaluation and treatment of adolescents who have experienced multiple forms of psychological trauma, often in the context of negative living conditions such as poverty, deprivation and social discrimination.
The core components of ITCT-A include:
- Assessment driven treatment
- Attention to complex trauma issues
- Use of multiple treatment modalities
- Relational processing of early attachment schema and current interpersonal expectations
- Skills development
- Therapeutic exposure
- Exploration of trauma
- Advocacy and interventions at the system level
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Identify the major effects of complex trauma on adolescents
- List at least three different treatment components of Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A)
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Define how to assess complex trauma in adolescents using guidelines and tools from ITCT-A
Treating Adolescent Trauma with Mindfulness
This webinar offers an introduction to mindfulness-based interventions as they are used in Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A). Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been shown to be effective in treating mood and anxiety disorders. When used with care, MBIs can also be helpful in treating posttraumatic distress. Mindful awareness practices may parallel many components that are used in treating traumatized adolescents. These include identification of maladaptive trauma-related cognitions, affect regulation skills, decentering from thoughts, and therapeutic exposure to traumatic memories. Mindfulness training can teach adolescents to modulate traumatic cognitive and emotional experiences, and better manage behavioral reactivity, which provides opportunities to enhance creative problem-solving and choose more appropriate and skillful responses.
During this webinar, Dr. Semple will briefly describe mindfulness as it is conceptualized in Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A); explain therapeutic modifications needed when working with traumatized adolescents; and discuss clinical issues and potential contraindications to consider before implementing MBIs with traumatized teens. Working with traumatized adolescents can be emotionally demanding for the therapist, so she will also discuss ways in which the cultivation of mindfulness may offer personal benefit to trauma-informed therapists. Mindfulness is best learned experientially, so this webinar includes several mindfulness activities.
After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:
- Describe the mindfulness component of ITCT-A as it was adapted for use with adolescents.
- Articulate clinical issues and contraindications to consider before using mindfulness-based intervention to treat traumatized adolescents.
- Explain some personal benefits of mindfulness for therapists who work with traumatized teens
Treating Risky and Compulsive Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults (Part I)
This is Part 1 of a 3-part webinar series hosted by the University of Southern California Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (USC-ATTC).
Dr. Briere will discuss a comprehensive treatment approach for survivors of childhood trauma who numb or avoid
emotional distress by engaging in risky sexual activities, self-injury, suicidality, bingeing and purging, or other self-harming
behaviors. Although this workshop is partially grounded in the evidence-based treatment Integrative Treatment of
Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A), all therapists may find it helpful in working with “acting out” youth and young
adults.
John Briere, PhD is the Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, where he
teaches and consults in the burn center, emergency services, and inpatient psychiatry. A past president of the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, he is recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the
Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Identify and manage the triggers of distress reduction behaviors
- Regulate intrusive emotional states
- Safely process trauma- and attachment-related memories
Treating Risky and Compulsive Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a 3-part webinar series hosted by the University of Southern California Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (USC-ATTC).
Dr. Briere will discuss a comprehensive treatment approach for survivors of childhood trauma who numb or avoid
emotional distress by engaging in risky sexual activities, self-injury, suicidality, bingeing and purging, or other self-harming
behaviors. Although this workshop is partially grounded in the evidence-based treatment Integrative Treatment of
Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A), all therapists may find it helpful in working with “acting out” youth and young
adults.
John Briere, PhD is the Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, where he
teaches and consults in the burn center, emergency services, and inpatient psychiatry. A past president of the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, he is recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the
Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Identify and manage the triggers of distress reduction behaviors
- Regulate intrusive emotional states
- Safely process trauma- and attachment-related memories
Treating Risky and Compulsive Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of a 3-part webinar series hosted by the University of Southern California Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (USC-ATTC).
Dr. Briere will discuss a comprehensive treatment approach for survivors of childhood trauma who numb or avoid
emotional distress by engaging in risky sexual activities, self-injury, suicidality, bingeing and purging, or other self-harming
behaviors. Although this workshop is partially grounded in the evidence-based treatment Integrative Treatment of
Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A), all therapists may find it helpful in working with “acting out” youth and young
adults.
John Briere, PhD is the Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, where he
teaches and consults in the burn center, emergency services, and inpatient psychiatry. A past president of the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, he is recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the
Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Identify and manage the triggers of distress reduction behaviors
- Regulate intrusive emotional states
- Safely process trauma- and attachment-related memories
Trauma Teletherapy for Youth in the Era of COVID-19 (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a 2-part webinar series hosted by the University of Southern California Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (USC-ATTC).
Dr. John Briere and Ms. Amy Escott discuss trauma teletherapy for youth in the era of COVID-19. Dr. John Briere and Ms.
Amy Escott discuss trauma teletherapy for youth in the era of COVID-19. These brief workshops provide an overview of a
new guide to providing teletherapy to multiply traumatized youth in the COVID era. In addition to practical applications of
teletherapy to trauma, we will consider social maltreatment (e.g., racism, homophobia, transphobia, institutional violence,
poverty) as it exacerbates COVID-19 effects and interferes with access to mental health services.
John Briere, PhD is the Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck
School of Medicine at USC. Amy Escott, MS, LPC is Project Director at MoACTS and Co-Directs the Child & Family
Traumatic Stress Intervention program at the Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis.
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Describe the impacts of COVID-19 as they complicate trauma treatment for socially marginalized adolescents.
- List 3 ways in which trauma teletherapy addresses safety issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 environment.
- Outline self-care strategies for clinicians providing teletherapy to traumatized youth.
Trauma Teletherapy for Youth in the Era of COVID-19 (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a 2-part webinar series hosted by the University of Southern California Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (USC-ATTC).
Drs. John Briere and Cheryl Lanktree discuss trauma teletherapy for youth in the era of COVID-19. These brief workshops
provide an overview of a new guide to providing teletherapy to multiply traumatized youth in the COVID era. In addition to
practical applications of teletherapy to trauma, we will consider social maltreatment (e.g., racism, homophobia,
transphobia, institutional violence, poverty) as it exacerbates COVID-19 effects and interferes with access to mental
health services.
John Briere, PhD is the Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck
School of Medicine at USC. Cheryl Lanktree, PhD is Project Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center.
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Describe the impacts of COVID-19 as they complicate trauma treatment for socially marginalized adolescents.
- List 3 ways in which trauma teletherapy addresses safety issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 environment.
- Outline self-care strategies for clinicians providing teletherapy to traumatized youth.
Treating Self-Injurious Behaviors in Traumatized Adolescents and Young Adults (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a 2-part webinar series hosted by the University of Southern California Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (USC-ATTC).
This webinar provides an overview of the treatment of self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) in adolescents and young adults, as
informed by Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A). Dr. Briere will discuss the major types of
SIBs, their relationship to trauma and attachment disturbance, the primary psychological functions of SIBs, and treatment
components that have been found helpful for SIBs, including relational processing, trigger management, emotional
regulation training, titrated exposure, and mindfulness skills development.
John Briere, PhD is the Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, where he
teaches and consults in the burn center, emergency services, and inpatient psychiatry. A past president of the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, he is recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the
Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Define self-injurious behavior and its links to trauma and attachment issues.
- From a non-pathologizing perspective, discuss the underlying reasons for self-injury.
- List three types of self-injurious behavior
Treating Self-Injurious Behaviors in Traumatized Adolescents and Young Adults (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a 2-part webinar series hosted by the University of Southern California Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (USC-ATTC).
This webinar provides an overview of the treatment of self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) in adolescents and young adults, as
informed by Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents (ITCT-A). Dr. Briere will discuss the major types of
SIBs, their relationship to trauma and attachment disturbance, the primary psychological functions of SIBs, and treatment
components that have been found helpful for SIBs, including relational processing, trigger management, emotional
regulation training, titrated exposure, and mindfulness skills development.
John Briere, PhD is the Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, where he
teaches and consults in the burn center, emergency services, and inpatient psychiatry. A past president of the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, he is recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the
Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
After viewing this webinar you will be able to:
- Explain how trigger management can be a major component in the treatment of SIBs.
- Describe two harm reduction approaches to SIB.
- Outline constraints on the use of exposure therapy with those involved in SIB.