May 15, 2025
8:30AM - 3:00PM Alaska Time
Virtual One-day Trauma Informed Care (TIC) Training
About the event
This training is an introduction to the concepts of trauma informed care and how to help all health care staff adopt a “trauma informed lens” when initiating and providing care for patients.
The training will review the basics regarding the definition of psychological trauma and how trauma connects to diagnosis. The individual, community and environmental causes of trauma will be discussed, as will the subjective nature of trauma response, the importance of relational health, and the promise of post-traumatic growth. The basics of trauma neuroscience will be reviewed as well as what interventions help regulate a distressed nervous system. By the end of the session, each attendee should be able to start assessing and supporting clients using a trauma-informed approach.
The training will review the basics regarding the definition of psychological trauma and how trauma connects to diagnosis. The individual, community and environmental causes of trauma will be discussed, as will the subjective nature of trauma response, the importance of relational health, and the promise of post-traumatic growth. The basics of trauma neuroscience will be reviewed as well as what interventions help regulate a distressed nervous system. By the end of the session, each attendee should be able to start assessing and supporting clients using a trauma-informed approach.
About the trainer
Kristin Dempsey, EdD., LMFT, LPCC is psychotherapist in private practice, educator, and trainer. She specializes in working with individuals struggling with co-occurring mental health conditions, addictions, trauma, anxiety, and depression. She is full-time faculty at the Wright Institute MA Counseling Program (Berkeley, CA), and trains clinicians and students in a number of evidence-based therapy practices including Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT). She also provides consultation to behavioral health systems seeking to improve their recovery-oriented, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed practices.
