Wounded Trainers and Wounded Healers: Helping Trainees Flourish Through Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervision

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Description: 
The theological premises of a Catholic-Christian anthropology, that humans are created, fallen, and redeemed (Vitz et al., 2020) and the key elements of trauma-informed care (SAMHSA, 2014) both highlight the ubiquity of suffering, woundedness, and the call to flourishing in humans across all roles: patient, therapist, trainee, and supervisor. This presentation provides a review of the principles of trauma-informed care and supervision and discusses the implications of these principles on client welfare, trainee learning, and trainee wellbeing. Case examples will be used to discuss the application of trauma-informed supervision principles and interventions across the client-trainee-supervisor triad.

Category of Education: D1.1 Assessment/ Evaluation, Intervention

Intended Audience: 

• Psychologists
• Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors
• Medical professionals, M.D., P.A., Nurses

Content Learning Level: Intermediate

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify 6 principles of trauma-informed care
2. Identify 3 strategies to decrease negative effects of stress-responses on trainee learning and performance
3. Apply principles of trauma-informed care and trauma-informed learning strategies to supervision case examples

Schedule:

• First 30 minutes: Lecture on Trauma Informed Supervision Concepts and Strategies
• Next 20 minutes: Case Example 1
• Next 20 minutes: Case Example 2
• Last 20 minutes: Q & A and discussion