IATP, LLC is pleased to announce our next phase of training! We are offering multiple classes as online distance learning and certification. We are proud to announce that, beginning in July and continuing through 2014, we will be offering the following trainings in this new (for us) online format:

Additionally, we will be offering the following live trainings in Sarasota, FL:

* Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, August 15-16

* Understanding the Angry Brain and Anger Management Certification, August 22-23

Applications and fees for all of these trainings are posted on the Training page of our website.

Certified Expert Trauma Professional training will begin in July, and we are now accepting applica-tions - these seats are limited. Please apply or this class through our website Training page.

It is our passion to provide the highest quality training and certifications to professionals throug-hout the world.  As clinicians become aware of the importance of expanding their clinical skills and understanding of trauma, and as more trauma specialties develop, we will continue to provide the best training using the most qualified and interesting instructors.

We are also in the process of developing trainings about working with children and trauma, working with families and trauma, and trauma supervision. Please contact us and let us know what other train-ings you would like us to develop.

Mike Dubi, President

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Member Profile: 

Gale Kelley, Ed.D., LMHC, CETP

Gale Kelley, Ed.D., LMHC, CETP is the Clinical Director of the Child Protection Center in Sarasota, FL where she has worked since 2007.  She has been practicing psychotherapy for more than ten years and is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, a Certified Expert Trauma Professional, a National Board Certified Counselor, and a Qualified Supervisor for Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy.

Gale is the founder of Trauma Treatment and Mental Health Services which provides individual and family therapy, clinical testing and comp-rehensive assessments, consultation, and program development and evaluation.  She has clinical experience with geriatrics, adults, mentally ill, developmentally challenged, substance abuse, family violence, marital conflict, and family dynamic issues.

Over the course of her career, Gale has provide individual, family, group psychotherapy, and psycho-educational services to more than 500 traumatized children, adolescents, and their family members.  She is specialized to treat issues related to sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, neglect, and other trauma-related difficulties. 

Gale is affiliated with the American Counseling Association, the American Mental Health Couns-elors Association, the Association of Creativity in Counseling, the National Board for Certified Counselors, the International Association of Trauma Professionals, and the Florida Counseling Association.

Editor's Note: An interesting fact about Gale is that she is an expert puppeteer.  In fact, in her doctoral dissertation, she studied the use of puppetry as a clinical intervention with traumatized children.

After recognizing the compassion fatigue signs and symptoms in those who care for non-human animals, a new area of research began.  Through the generosity of The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, a KeyBank Trust, research funds were extended to Dr. Eric Gentry and myself.  There were two phases of this study.  The first phase consisted of interviewing animal sheltering personnel and veterinary care professionals to learn more about the personal and professional impact of their work.  Based upon the gathered information, we modified established compassion fatigue instruments to tailor the needs/experiences for this audience.  The second phase of this study collected data from others who worked in the same environments (veterinary and animal shelter) through the completion of the aforementioned revised instruments.  A second grant was awarded to investigate a clinical intervention for this population.  This clinical intervention was the Accelerated Recovery Program (Gentry & Baranowsky,  1998). 

The word "biofeedback" was coined in the late 1960s. Simply put, Biofeedback is a treatment technique in which people are trained to improve their health by using signals from their own bodies. Chances are pretty high that you have used biofeedback yourself. Have you ever taken your temperature or stepped on a scale? What does the thermometer tell you ? Whether you're running a fever or whether you've gained weight, they both "feedback" information about your body's condition. Once you have this information, you can take steps you've learned to improve the condition. When you're running a fever, more than likely you go to bed and drink plenty of fluids. When you've gained weight, you may resolve to eat less or exercise.

Biofeedback uses physiological monitoring and feedback to let the patient develop awareness of, and learn to influence, bodily processes, such as muscle tension, heart rhythms, GSR and temperature. Various kinds of biofeedback units are used to read the physiological signals. Those signals are then translated into visual or auditory information. For example, the patient may see a graph on a computer screen that displays changes over time in their heart rate variability. Patients can be taught to change the pattern of their heart beats. They also become consciously aware of what internal cues are associated with changes in the feedback signal, and over time, they become their own biofeedback device, so to speak. Using the biofeedback monitoring units is very helpful at the beginning of treatment, but later on, the patient typically does not need it to achieve benefits. 

As therapists we know that stressful events produce strong emotions, which produce certain physical responses. For every emotion we have a physiological response. Many of these responses are controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, the network of nerve tissues that helps prepare the body to meet emergencies by "flight or fight."