Featured Presenter: Ashley Labistour, LMFT

Ashley Labistour is a national trainer for Trauma-Focused CBT. She formerly served as a treatment coordinator specializing in child sexual abuse at Children’s Institute, Inc. in Los Angeles for 11 years. She currently provides TF-CBT training and consultation for various agencies in Southern and Northern California.

About the Training

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapeutic intervention designed to help children, youth, and their parents overcome the negative effects of traumatic life events. It was developed by integrating cognitive and behavioral interventions with traditional child abuse therapies that focus on enhancement of interpersonal trust and empowerment. The program can be provided to children 3 to 18 years of age and their caregivers by trained mental health professionals in individual, family, and group outpatient sessions. It targets symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which often co-occurs with depression and behavior problems. The intervention also addresses issues commonly experienced by traumatized children, such as poor self-esteem, difficulty trusting others, mod instability, and self-injurious behavior, including substance abuse.

Participants Will:

• Identify important assessment and engagement strategies for working with families utilizing the TF-CBT treatment modality.
• Understand what constitutes complex trauma and how it differs from isolated traumatic events, with implications for assessment and treatment.
• Learn how to apply treatment components in a structured, gradual exposure manner.
• Identify age appropriate and creative applications of the PRACTICE components.
• Comprehend how children’s bodies respond when under stress or triggered by trauma reminders.
• Acquire specific strategies for helping children reduce anxiety and stress when overcome with traumatic reminders.
• Assist clients in labeling and expressing a range of feelings, both general and specific to trauma.
• Acquire techniques to assist clients in being able to express different emotional intensities (i.e., SUDS scales) and cope effectively.
• Help children distinguish and make connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
• Help clients challenge dysfunctional thought patterns and recognize that changing these initial thoughts can lead to positive changes in connected feelings and behaviors.
• Explain rationale for the trauma narrative process and understand how to engage a client in this process.
• Gain an awareness of cultural considerations for the model and how religious and cultural issues may impact a client’s work in several of the PRACTICE components, including relaxation practices and trauma-related cognitions.

Other Important Information

Per the TFCBT Protocol – you will need to complete the 10 Hour TFCBT Web Course (http://tfcbt.musc.edu) PRIOR to this 2-day training to successfully complete the full protocol and bill to PEI for therapeutic services. Please email that certificate to me prior to the training or simply bring a copy with you to the training. Developers have instituted a $35 fee to take this online training. As an aside, you do get CEs for this newly developed web-based training and get 8 CEs included in the price.

Full Training Protocol must be completed within 12 months of the start of the training.

$1,500.00 per participant for the full training protocol which includes:

Initial 2-Day workshop = $225

6th Month 1-Day Booster = $175

14 Group consultation calls (assumes a minimum of 12 attended) = $700

2 Audio Reviews = $400

APA CE fees for both trainings

Required to complete full protocol within 12 months

Continental breakfast and afternoon snack provided. Lunch is on your own.

Continuing Education Credits: up to 12 credits available for PSY, MFT, and LCSW’s

APA: Children’s Institute, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Children’s Institute, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The California Board of Behavioral Science (BBS) now recognizes APA continuing education credit for license renewal for LCSWs and MFTs.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

By registering for this training the attendee is liable for the registration fee, which is fully refundable up to October 7, 2019. Registration is transferrable prior to the start of the training. Once the training begins, fees are non-refundable/transferrable and no partial refunds will be given.