Workshop Description: This program starts with an introduction to psychological trauma and impact of trauma. Then a comparison of coping vs. healing treatment approaches, and an explanation of memory reconsolidation – the sequence of activities the brain requires to heal traumatic memories. Finally, a review and description of selected research-supported and cutting-edge trauma treatments, including EMDR, PC, Flash, and intensive trauma-focused therapy.

Speaker Biography: Ricky Greenwald, PsyD, is the founder and executive director of the Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, affiliate professor at the SUNY University at Buffalo School of Social Work, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Greenwald is the author of numerous professional articles as well as several books, including EMDR in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (1999), Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency (editor; 2002), Child Trauma Handbook (2005), EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment (2007), Treating Problem Behaviors (2009), and Progressive Counting (2013). His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Dr. Greenwald is a leading expert in EMDR as well as the Flash technique, the developer of PC, and a leading expert/developer of intensive trauma-focused therapy.

Workshop Description: In this webinar, Jessie Borelli will describe an intervention approach that combines principles of attachment theory and positive psychology in a strengths-based approach to working with parents of young children. Evidence suggests that this technique enhances emotional experience, closeness with children, and parenting sensitivity in parents of young children. Further, preliminary evidence suggests the technique has unique efficacy with Latino/a mothers, perhaps because of its congruence with Latino/a/x cultural values. She will review the evidence base on this intervention strategy and will discuss the nuts and bolts of how to deliver this technique. She will end by discussing her future directions of her work with this intervention and answering questions regarding the technique.

Objectives:

1. To identify the theoretical basis of relational savoring
2. To be able to describe the relational savoring technique
3. To understand the key outcomes of relational savoring

Speaker Biography: Dr. Jessica Borelli is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine, and the Clinical Director of Compass Therapy, a private practice in Newport Beach, California, specializing in children and families. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University and completed her clinical residency at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is the Director of the UCI THRIVE Lab, which conducts both basic and intervention research on children and families.  Dr. Borelli’s work focuses on children's mental health and social relationships. Along with Dr. Stacey Doan, she is also the author of a parenting book, Nature Meets Nurture: Science-Based Strategies for Raising Resilient Kids. 

References:

Borelli, J.L., Smiley, P.A., Kerr, M.L., Hong, K., Hecht, H.K., Blackard, M.B., Falasiri, E., Cervantes, B.R., & Bond, D.K. (2020). Relational Savoring: An Attachment-based Approach to Promoting Interpersonal Flourishing. Psychotherapy. doi: 10.1037/pst0000284

Borelli, J.L., Kerr, M.L., Smiley, P.A., Rasmussen, H.F., Hecht, H., K., & Campos, B. (2022). Relational Savoring Intervention: Positive Impacts for Mothers and Evidence of Cultural Compatibility for Latinas. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001102

Clinic Dates: September 26, 30, October 3, 7. The clinic takes place in central time.

• Day 1: Monday September 26 - 9:00 am to 6:30 pm Central  
• Day 2: Friday September 30 - 9:30 am to 6:30 pm Central 
• Day 3: Monday October 3 - 9:30 am to 6:30 pm Central
• Day 4: Friday October 7 - 9:30 am to 6:00 pm Central

Speaker Biography: 
Marcie Hambrick has a PhD in Sociology from Georgia State University with a Family, Health, and Life Course orientation.  She also holds a Master of Social Work from Florida State University, and a Bachelor of Social Work from Dalton State College.  She is the Director of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention at Prevent Child Abuse Vermont.  She has presented widely on topics of the intersection of housing instability and food insecurity, health care worker emotional burnout, and child sexual abuse prevention. 

Dr. Hambrick’s primary focus is on implementing best practices in child sexual abuse prevention using developmentally appropriate and trauma-informed interventions that recognize adult responsibility for protecting children.  She believes in programming that encompasses prevention of both victimization and perpetration. 

Pronouns: she / her

Pricing & Registration:

General Admission: Free 
1.5 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) Non-members price: $40
1.5 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC members: $30