Abuse, Trauma and Faith

Author, counselor, and traumatologist Jennifer Jill Schwirzer will lead a group in healing from trauma. This workshop is change-oriented. It's more than information; it's a growth experience over six weeks with six sessions, one per week. 

Topics include: 

Session One - Comprehending- Gaining an understanding of trauma and its effects

Session Two - Calming- Learning important grounding techniques and calming lifestyle measures.

Session Three - Confronting- Facing triggers with courage

Session Four - Constructing- Understanding how trauma treatment works

Session Five - Continuing- Exploring more trauma treatments

Session Six - Consolidating- Gathering together lessons learned, fostering optimism for long-term growth.

Learning Objectives: This workshop is designed to help you: 

• • learn about abuse and trauma, their diagnoses, prevalence, and prognosis
• • identify current research on lifestyle habits and grounding exercises that have been shown to improve symptoms
• • utilize cognitive, relational, and other empirically-validated interventions to help symptoms
• • connect to a supportive learning and change community that values mental health principles
• • implement helpful changes into your everyday life. 

This workshop does not provide NBCC credit.