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The Most Recently Certified Professionals
Maria Arvelo
Margie Ashcraft
Katherine Bachrach
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Kristin M. Bell
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Ryan J. Breen
Jennifer Brey
Russell Byers
John M Cade
Leslie Caldwell, Psy.D.
Nicole Castiglioni
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Casey Comstock
Amy L. Conneely
Jamie Cops
Suzanne Cox
Joseph M. Crescenz
Karen Cuttill
Maureen Dadekian
Kelly DeMenezes
Annalicia DiLollo
Arlene Dulski
Michelle Dunn
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Cindy D. Eis
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Robert Fromm
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Karen Gouws Lester
Brian Greineder
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Angela E. Guiliano
Thomas Gussie
Colby Hammer
Joel Haynes
Corinne Heiliger
Ian Hoffman
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Laurie Karzen
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Charles Kluesner
Anna Kotelnikova
Gretchen Krebs
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Grant Lee
April D. Lehman
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Crystal McCormick
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Patti Amelia McCurdy
Ann Meadowbrook
Angela Miller
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Ronald Narain
Christine Nedd
Hal Nevitt
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Rhonda Otway
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Teisha Parchment
Elizabeth Paschal
Jay Paul
Asya R. Perkins, M.A.
Mary Lynn Perrault
Erica Place
Amon Porter
John David Prewitt
Vicki Rahenkamp
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Betti Ridge
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Cinda Tejeras
Kelly Thompson
Celeste Tracy
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International Association of
Trauma Professionals (IATP, LLC)
5104 N. Lockwood Ridge Rd.
Suite 201
Sarasota, FL 34234
941-462-IATP (4287)
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This is an exciting time for IATP, much is happening.
Julie Byrne has been appointed as Public Member to the IATP, LLC board. Julie is a retired business executive from New England Telephone/ NYNEX/Verizon in Boston. She now lives in Sarasota, Florida and currently serves on several boards and advisory committees.
We are also pleased to announce that IATP has been approved as a Continuing Education Provider by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). These CEUs apply to all IATP training programs and is effective as of August 1, 2014.
In addition, for those who live in Florida, IATP is registered and approved by CE Broker for continuing education credits.
IATP has also submitted an application for national accreditation through The National Com-mission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accrediting body of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE).
We are seeking submissions for both our newsletter - TraumaPro - and our journal - The International Journal of Trauma Research and Practice. Please consider submitting your trauma related material. We are looking for material that you find interesting and/or unusual.
Check out our upcoming online courses: Clinical Trauma Professional and Anger Management Provider at www.traumapro.net.
Mike Dubi, President
If you would like to submit an article for this newsletter, contact [email protected]. Please include your complete contact information. NB: The editor reserves editorial license.
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Gambling Addiction as a Trauma Issue
Although gambling addiction affects two mill-ion Americans a year, it remains unrecognized and traumatizing to not only the problem gambler but also those directly in contact. Three to seven percent of our population can be clas-sified as problem gamblers, and one to three percent meet the criteria of gambling addiction.
This lack of awareness makes it difficult enough to identify the problem gambler and connect them to treatment, much less address the impact on their loved ones. Spouses, in particular, experience traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, and the extreme stress of maintaining family stability.
The effects of problem gambling on family members are immense. Spouses and families are often innocent victims pulled into the emotional turmoil that problem gambling presents. Seemingly out of nowhere, spouses and families are stunned by lies, deceit, overwhelming debt, abandonment, and guilt. Spouses present sympt-oms that are traumatic in nature and can prevent both them and the problem gambler from recovering. These symptoms create hyperarousal and need immediate attention for recovery, but are largely not recognized or treated.
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Treating Trauma Along the Border
Treating clients with trauma may seem simple, but it is not always an easy process. Look at patients with symptoms of PTSD and we usually find avoidance, dissociation, intrusive and painful recollections. Whether our clients have PTSD or are a family member or friend of someone who suffers from PTSD, the results are the same-pain, confusion, and frustration.
As therapists, we inevitably service clients with some sort of trauma at some point in our careers. Clients describe living with traumatic stress as painful, gut wrenching, and scary. Their trauma history is something most people would like to simply forget. Intrusive memories intrude on their daily life activities, and for some inhibit the most basic of functions. It is not unusual to find clients who suffer from traumatic stress reacting in ways that may appear strange and unusual to those ignorant to their problems. Breaking out of these patterns or recognizing triggers to incorporate coping strategies is a difficult task for anyone with traumatic stress, but even more so for those with complex trauma and or traumatic grief.
Most of my clients come to me with some sort of loss as a result of past trauma. But lately, the vast majority of clients seem to come in for complicated grief and complex trauma. They present with more than just 'normal' bereavement. We may provide them with psycho-education on death and dying, explain the grief cycle and provide treatment interventions to help them heal. But what of the client who comes to you not knowing whether or not their loved one is alive or dead? Your client may not know if they will see their loved one tomorrow or a year from now. And this is a real possibility. I'm talking about kidnapping.
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Diagnosing Trauma-related Disorders with the DSM-5
Clinicians who provide trauma-focused treatments may be interested to know that there are some significant changes in the recently published 5th edition of the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psych-iatric Association, 2013). The changes range from category, to symptoms, to age differentiation. Some of the changes have been welcomed by therapists, others have not. In this article, I will describe the differences in trauma-related diagnoses between the two most recent editions of the manual. Also, I will note the benefits and potential ramifications.
At the broadest level of change, a new category of Trauma and Related Stressors has been developed in the 5th edition. In the 4th edition, trauma-related diagnoses were listed in sections not specifically noted as being trauma related. For example, post-traumatic stress disorder was previously listed in the anxiety section. Other trauma-related diagnoses were also listed in the anxiety section including acute stress disorder. As well, trauma-related diagnoses were included in categories unrelated to anxiety. For example, reactive attachment disorder, a diagnosis typically conceptualized as a reaction to harmful parenting was listed in the disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, and adolescence section. Adjustment disorders were included in their own section titled Adjustment Disorders.
With the 5th edition, all of the trauma-related diagnoses have been culled from their former sections and placed in a section titled Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders. As a whole, the grou-ping of these diagnoses makes sense as long as clinicians conceptualize these diagnoses as being the result of traumatic events. This causal relationship is notable for a very significant reason. The first and second editions of the DSM were based on Freud's theory of psychoanalysis. The disorders listed in those editions were considered reactions. The American Psychiatric Association made significant attempts to remove any causal nature from diagnoses in the third and fourth editions. Those manuals were stated to be atheoretical, meaning that there were no causes for diagnoses based upon theory. The newest edition of the manual seems to eschew this trend by providing a section of diagnoses listed as trauma related. At least in this section, the authors are returning to theorizing how diagnoses are developed.
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My Journey into Inner and Physical Healing
I knew I was in serious trouble when I could not get my right foot out from under the tire of the car that just rolled onto it! I tried repeatedly to pull my foot out and within minutes the pain began radiating up my right foot and leg. This injury happened in February 2005 and within 10 days I was diagnosed with a nerve pain disease called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) [Also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome]. Within four months of the injury, I was completely bedridden, the relentless burning pain had spread rapidly though my entire body, my organs began shutting down, and I was hospitalized for treatment. I was not able to place my right foot on the ground for a year-and-a-half due to the pain. My right foot and leg turned a greyish-purple color and my body had an extreme sensitivity to water, air, and sound. Then, my body grew extremely cold throughout the day and changed to excessive heat at night. I cried daily during the first year because I had lost my job, my life, and my friends and family became too overwhelmed with my situation. I began to rely heavily on my faith in Jesus Christ to get me through each day. I made the decision that I would pray and laugh each day instead of crying. After years of trying every treatment and medication there was available...nothing worked.
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