The Trauma Center at JRI
Certificate Program 2014 - 2015
Core Seminar Curriculum
Unit 1: Trauma Foundations
9/15/14
Course Introduction: Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma
Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D., Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
Readings:
D'Andrea, W., Ford, J., Stolbach, B., Spinazzola, J., van der Kolk, B.
(2012). Understanding Interpersonal Trauma in Children: Why We Need a
Developmentally Appropriate Trauma Diagnosis. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 2, 187-200.
van der Kolk, B. (2005). Developmental trauma disorder: Toward a
rational diagnosis for children with complex trauma histories. Psychiatric
Annals, 35(5), 401 - 408.
Cook, A., Spinazzola, J., Ford, J., Lanktree, C., Blaustein, M., Cloitre, M.,
deRosa, R., Hubbard, R., Kagan, R., Liautaud, J., Mallah, K., Olafson, E.,
& van der Kolk, B. (2005). Complex trauma in children and adolescents.
Psychiatric Annals, 35(5), 390 - 398.
9/22/14
The Attachment System
Hilary Hodgdon, Ph.D.
Readings:
Ainsworth, M. D. S. (1989). Attachments beyond infancy. American
Psychologist, 44, 709-716.
Sroufe, A. L. (2005). Attachment and development: A prospective,
longitudinal study from birth to adulthood. Attachment & Human
Development, 7, 349-367.
Hesse, E., & Main, M. (2000). Disorganized infant, child and adult
attachment: Collapse in behavioral and attentional strategies. Journal of
the American Psychoanalytic Association, 48, 1097-1127.
Recommended Readings:
Ryzin, M. J. V., Carlson, E. A., & Sroufe, L. A. (2011). Attachment
discontinuity in a high risk sample. Attachment & Human Development,
13, 381-401.
Sroufe, L. A., Carlson, E. A., Levy, A. K., & Egeland, B. (1999).
Implications of attachment theory for developmental psychopathology.
Development and Psychopathology, 11, 1-13.
Riggs, S. A. (2010). Childhood emotional abuse and the attachment
system across the life cycle: What theory and research tells us. Journal of
Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 19, 5-51.
The Body Keeps the Score
Chapters 8-9
9/29/14
Trauma, the Brain and Biology
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Readings:
The Body Keeps the Score
Chapters 3-5
van der Kolk, B. (2006). Clinical implications of neuroscience research in
PTSD. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1-17.
10/6/14
The Role of Race, Class, and Context
Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
Readings:
In-Class Movie:
“20/20: Waiting on the World to Change”
Other Readings TBD
Suggested Text
Rich, J. (2009). Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Baltimore: The John Hopkins
University Press.
10/13/14
Columbus Day - NO MEETING
10/20/14
Culture and Trauma
Marta Casas, MA
Readings:
Marsella, A.J. (2010). Ethnocultural Aspects of PTSD: An Overview of
Concepts, Issues, and Treatments. Traumatology, 16(4), 17-26.
Dyregrov, A., Gjestad, R., Gupta, L., Raundalen, M. (2002). Is the Culture
Always Right? Traumatology, 8(3), 3-10.
Dıaz, N., Lewis-Fern´andez, R. (2002). The Cultural Formulation: A
method for assessing cultural factors affecting the clinical encounter.
Psychiatric Quarterly, 73(4), 271-294.
Recommended Book:
Marsella, A.J., Friedman, M.J., Gerrity, E.T., & Scurfield, R.M. (1996)
(Eds.). Ethnocultural Aspects of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues,
Research, and Clinical Applications. Washington D.C.: American
Psychological Association.
Unit 2: Attachment and Relational Engagement
10/27/14
Supporting Adult Connection and Relationship
Fran Grossman, Ph.D.
Readings:
Reaching Across the Abyss: Client and Therapist Attachment Styles and
Relational Patterns
Chapters 7-8
11/3/14
Timing and Pacing of Phase Oriented Treatment
Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D.
Readings:
Herman, J. (1992). Trauma and Recovery. BasicBooks: New York.
Chapter 8: "Safety". (pp. 155-174)
Chapter 9: "Remembrance and Mourning" (pp. 175 - 195)
Chapter 10: "Reconnection" (pp. 196 - 213)
Spinazzola, J., & van der Kolk, B. (2001). Directions in Psychiatry.
Complex Trauma and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Diagnosis,
Part Two: Treatment. (V. 21, Lesson 25).
Korn, D. L., & Leeds, A. M. (2002). Preliminary evidence of efficacy for
EMDR resource development and installation in the stabilization phase of
treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 58,(12), 1465-1487
Courtois, C. & Ford, J. (Eds.) (2009). Treating Complex Traumatic Stress
Disorders. New York: Guilford Press.
Chapter 3: Ford, J. & Cloitre, M. “Best Practices in Psychotherapy
for Children and Adolescents. (pp. 59 – 81).
Chapter 4: Courtois, C., Ford, J. & Cloitre, M. “Best Practices in
Psychotherapy for Adults” (pp. 82 – 103)
Chapter 14: Fosha, D., Paivia, S., Gleiser, K. & Ford, J.
“Experiential and Emotion-Focused Therapy”. (pp. 286 – 311).
Recommended Readings:
Spinazzola, J., Blaustein, M., & van der Kolk, B. (2005). Posttraumatic
stress disorder treatment outcome research: The study of unrepresentative
samples? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18(5), 425 - 436.
Fosha, D. & Slowiaczek, M. (1997). Techniques to accelerate dynamic
psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 51(2), 229 – 251.
11/10/14
Special Topic: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
and Youth
Lisa Goldblatt Grace, LICSW, MPH
Readings:
Goldblatt Grace, L. (2009). Understanding the Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children. Child Welfar League of America. 7 (2) 1,2-5,
13-14
Lloyd, R. (n/d). From Victim to Survivor, From Survivor to Leader; The
Importance of Leadership Programming and Opportunities For Sexually
Exploited and Trafficked Young Women and Girls. Girls Educational and
Mentoring Services.
Widom, CS., Wilson, H. (2010). The Role of Youth Problem Behaviors in
the Path from Child Abuse and Neglect to Prostitution: A Prospective
Examination. The Journal of Research on Adolescence. 20 (1) 210-236
11/17/14
Engaging families and Supporting Caregiver Capacities
Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
Readings:
TBD
11/24/14
Emotional Abuse and Neglect
Hilary Hodgdon, Ph.D.
Readings:
Hart, Binggeli, & Brassard. (2011). Evidence for the effects of
psychological maltreatment. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 1, 27-58.
Nelson, Fox, & Zeanah. (2014). Psychopathology. Romania’s Abandoned
Children: Deprivation, Brain Development and the Struggle for Recovery.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
Spinazzola, Hodgdon, Liang, Ford, Layne, Pynoos, Briggs, et al. (in
press). Unseen wounds: The contribution of psychological maltreatment to
child and adolescent mental health and risk outcomes in a national sample.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Recovery.
Optional:
Nelson, Fox, & Zeanah. (2014). Early Institutionalization and Brain
Development. Romania’s Abandoned Children: Deprivation, Brain
Development and the Struggle for Recovery. Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, MA.
Unit 3: Regulation, Part 1: Foundations
12/1/14
Dysregulation and Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Readings:
The Body Keeps the Score
Chapters 6-9
12/8/14
Supporting Regulation in Childhood
Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
Readings:
TBD
12/15/14
Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma
Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D., Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D.
Readings:
Pearlman, L. & Saakvitne, K. (1995). Vicarious Traumatization: How
trauma therapy affects the therapist. In Trauma and the Therapist, W.W.
Norton: New York.
Geller, J., Madsen, L. & Ohrenstein, L. (2004). Secondary trauma: A
team approach. Clinical Social Work Journal, 32, 415-430.
Tibbits, D. (2006). What organization leaders can do for therapists who
are victims of vicarious trauma. Journal of Therapeutic Schools and
Programs, 48-56.
12/22/14
Winter Break - NO MEETING
12/29/14
Winter Break - NO MEETING
Unit 4: Regulation, Part 2: Engaging the Body:
Nonverbal / Expressive Approaches
Trauma Processing: Nonverbal/Expressive Strategies
Erika Lally, LMHC
1/5/15
Readings:
Gantt, L., Tinnin, L. (2009). Support for a neurobiological view of trauma
with implications for art therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 36, 148-153.
Hass-Cohen, N., Clyde Findlay, J., Carr, R., & Vanderlan, J. (2014).
Check, Change What You Need To Change and/or Keep What You Want:
An Art Therapy Neurobiological-Based Trauma Protocol. Journal of the
American Art Therapy Association. 31:2, 69-78.
Lantz, J., Raiz, L. (2003). Play and Art in Existential Trauma Therapy
with Children and Their Parents. Contemporary Family Therapy. 25(2)
165-177.
Sarid, O., Huss, E. (2010). Trauma and acute stress disorder: A
comparison between cognitive behavioral intervention and art therapy.
The Arts in Psychotherapy. 37, 8-12
1/12/15
Yoga and the Traumatized Body: Applications of TraumaSensitive Yoga in Trauma Treatment
David Emerson, E-RYT
Readings:
http://www.traumacenter.org/products/pdf_files/Yoga_Adjunctive_Treatm
ent_PTSD_V0001.pdf
Chaudhry, S., Emerson, D., Sharma, R., Turner, J. (2009). Traumasensitive yoga: Principles, practice and research. International Journal of
Yoga Therapy. 19
Earle, E., Emerson, D., Monroe, K., Rhodes, A., Spinazzola, J. (2011).
Application of Yoga in Residential Treatment of Traumatized Youth.
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 17(6) 431-444
Douglas, L. (2012). Yoga Teachers as Part of the Clinical Team: An
Interview with David Emerson. Yoga Therapy Today. 24-25
1/19/15
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO MEETING
1/26/15
Sensorimotor Approaches in Trauma Treatment
Anne Westcott, LICSW
Readings:
TBD
2/2/15
Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART):
Bottom-up Interventions for Childhood Trauma
Elizabeth Warner, Psy.D.
Readings:
Minton, K, Ogden P, Pain, C.. ( 2006), Trauma and the Body. Window of
Tolerance: The Capacity for Modulating Arousal (Ch 2). New York:
WW Norton
Porges, S. (2004) Neuroception: A Subconscious System for Detecting
Threats and Safety. (Zero to Three), 19-24
Putnam, F. (1997). The discrete behavioral states model. In Dissociation
in Children and Adolescents. New York, NY. The Guilford Press. A.
JE151-179
Tronick, EZ. (1998). Dyadically expanded states of consciousness and the
process of therapeutic change. Infant Mental Health Journal, 19(3), 290299.
Warner, Koomar, Lary & Cook. (2013) Can the Body Change the Score?
Application of Sensory Modulation Principles in the Treatment of
Traumatized Adolescents in Residential Settings. Journal of Family
Violence, 28 (7), 729-738.
2/9/15
Sand Tray Therapy
Robert Aikin, LICSW
Readings:
Homeyer, L., & Sweeney, D. (2011) Sandtray therapy: A practical
manual. New York: Routledge. pp. 7-12, 79-83.
Labovitz-Boik, B., & Goodwin, E. (2000). Sandplay therapy: A step by
step manual for psychotherapists of diverse orientations. New York:
W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 1-18.
Webber, J., & Mascari, J. (2008) Sand Therapy and the Healing Process
in Trauma and Grief. Retrieved 9/1/11 from
http://counselingoutfitters.com/vistas/vistas08/Webber.htm.
Recommended Reading:
Kalff, M. (1993). Twenty points to be considered in the Interpretation of a
sandplay. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, II. (2): 17-35.
2/16/15
President’s Day – NO MEETING
Unit 5: Dissociation
2/23/15
Dissociation: Foundations
Fran Grossman, Ph.D.
Readings:
International Society for the Study of Dissociation (2004). Guidelines for
treating: the evaluation and treatment of dissociative symptoms in children
and adolescents. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 5(3), 119-150.
Grossman, F., Striepe, M. Trauma Center’s model for treating adult
survivors of childhood abuse and neglect (2011). Unpublished manuscript.
Chapter 1: Relational Parts Work
Chapter 2: Relational Parts Work Practice
3/2/15
Intervening with Dissociation: Parts Work
Fran Grossman, Ph.D.
Readings:
Reaching Across the Abyss: Client and Therapist Attachment Styles and
Relational Patterns
Chapters 12-13
3/9/15
Internal Family Systems
Frank Guastella Anderson, M.D.
Readings:
Schwartz, R. (2004). The Larger Self. Psychotherapy Networker.
Unit 6: Trauma Experience Integration
3/16/15
Trauma Experience Integration
Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D.
Readings:
TBD
3/23/15
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Jessica Griffin, Psy.D.
Readings:
Cohen, J., Deblinger, E., Mannarino, A., Steer, R. (2004). A Multisite,
Randomized Controlled Trial for Children with Sexual Abuse–Related
PTSD Symptoms. Journal of Academic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
43(4)
Cohen, J. A., et al. Trauma-focused CBT for youth with complex trauma.
Child Abuse & Neglect (2012),
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.03.007
Cohen, J., Berliner, L., Mannarino, A. (2010). Child Abuse and Neglect
34, 215-224.
3/30/15
Use of EMDR in Trauma Processing
Deborah Korn, Psy.D.
Readings:
Gelinas, D. (2003). Integrating EMDR into Phase-Oriented Treatment for
Trauma. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Vol. 4(3) 91-135.
Korn, D. L., & Leeds, A. M. (2002). Preliminary evidence of efficacy for
EMDR resource development and installation in the stabilization phase of
treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 58,(12), 1465-1487
Korn, D. L. (2009). EMDR and the treatment of complex PTSD: A
review. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(4), 264-278.
Leeds, A. M. (2009). Resources in EMDR and other trauma-focused
psychotherapy: A review. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(3),
152-160.
Schubert, S., & Lee, C. W. (2009). Adult PTSD and its treatment with
EMDR: A review of controversies, evidence, and theoretical knowledge.
Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(3), 117-132.
Recommended Readings:
Shapiro, F. & Maxfield, L. (2002). EMDR: Information processing in the
treatment of trauma. In Session: Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 933946. Special Issue: Treatment of PTSD.
Shapiro, F. (2002). EMDR twelve years after its introduction: A review of
past, present, and future directions. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 122.
Shapiro, F. (2001). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic
principles, protocols and procedures. 2nd edition. New York: The
Guilford Press.
Shapiro, F. (2002). EMDR as an integrative psychotherapy approach:
Experts of diverse orientations explore the paradigm prism. 1st edition.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books.
Shapiro, F. (2012). Getting Past Your Past. New York: Rodale.
4/6/15
Narrative Therapy
Jodie Wigren, Ph.D.
Readings:
Sorsoli, L. (2010). “I remember”, “I thought”, “I know I didn’t say”,:
Silence and memory in trauma narratives. Memory, 18(2) 129-141.
Stiles, W., Lani, J., Honos- Webb, L. (1999). Some Functions of Narrative
in the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 55(10) 1213-1226.
Wigren, J. (1994). Narrative Completion in the Treatment of Trauma.
Psychotherapy, 31(3) 415-423.
4/13/15
Trauma Processing and the Nature of Traumatic Memory
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Readings:
The Body Keeps the Score
Chapters 13-14
Recommended Reading:
The Body Keeps the Score
Chapters 15-18
4/20/15
Patriots Day – NO MEETING
Unit 7: Enhancing Competency
4/27/15
Is it in you? The role of playfulness in treating early
childhood trauma.
Steve Gross, MSW
Readings:
TBD
5/4/15
Theater and Cooperative Games to Support Strengths
Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D.
Readings:
Korn, D. L., & Leeds, A. M. (2002). Preliminary evidence of efficacy for
EMDR resource development and installation in the stabilization phase of
treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 58,(12), 1465-1487
Courtois, C. & Ford, J. (Eds.) (2009). Treating Complex Traumatic Stress
Disorders. New York: Guilford Press.
Chapter 3: Ford, J. & Cloitre, M. “Best Practices in Psychotherapy
for Children and Adolescents. (pp. 59 – 81).
Chapter 4: Courtois, C., Ford, J. & Cloitre, M. “Best Practices in
Psychotherapy for Adults” (pp. 82 – 103)
Chapter 14: Fosha, D., Paivia, S., Gleiser, K. & Ford, J.
“Experiential and Emotion-Focused Therapy”. (pp. 286 – 311).
Recommended Reading:
Fosha, D. & Slowiaczek, M. (1997). Techniques to accelerate dynamic
psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 51(2), 229 – 251.
Unit 8 : Future Directions
5/11/15
Future Directions
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Readings:
The Body Keeps the Score
Chapters 19-20
5/18/15
Terminations in Trauma Treatment
Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D.
Readings:
“Multiple Meanings in the Resolution Process,” in Countertransference
and the Treatment of Trauma by Constance Dalenberg (2000), 248-265.
Syllabus updated 9/12/14