In this session we will be looking at what happens to our clients when they have suffered a traumatic event. It is important to break the trauma we are looking at into two categories, PTSD (which is recognised in Australia) and CPTSD which is not formally recognised in the DSM-5-TR.
In this training the aim is to learn:
- How trauma is classified
- The neurobiology of trauma (how the brain is changed as a result of trauma)
- How repeated trauma impacts our clients
- How these changes translate into behaviour in our clients
- Understanding how clients see us as clinicians
- Integration of trauma informed principles into clinical practice, and why this is important.
This is the first in a 3-part series on trauma with Lucy Wise. Following sessions are:
About our presenter: Lucy Wise
Lucy Wise is a psychologist with clinical endorsement and 25 years’ experience in trauma treatment and system consultation. Her early research examined developmental differences in children's versus adults' crime scene perceptions, informing interview protocols for abuse victims and establishing her interest and passion in trauma-informed practice.
Following extensive public sector work, she entered private practice in 2007 and established the Launceston Psychology Clinic in 2022, where her work has included:
- Professional consultation for organisations
- Maintenance of an active interest and client load working with people with disabilities and psychiatric disorders including eating disorders, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, substance abuse and trauma
- Working extensively in Workers Compensation with different populations including wellbeing (police, fire, ambulance)
- Supervision as an Ahpra board approved supervisor and for the Eating Disorder credentialling program
- Working for the Ahpra performance team, which led to the development of training programs to improve standards for her own clinicians and others in the field
- Developing trainings on Workers Compensation, case notes for clinicians and trauma training, and a screening tool for medical trauma.
Lucy has also provided clinical services to survivors of institutional abuse through the Commission of Inquiry process, and opinion to legal services on the impact of trauma on the functional capacity of a victim. This work led to the development of evidence-based client resources, including therapeutic workbooks for between-session skill implementation for clients working on trauma or those with medical trauma. She currently has in print “my Cancer Guidebook” and “my trauma recovery guidebook” and is working on her third book “my relationship breakdown recovery guidebook”.
Lucy's training program development emerged from clinical observations of inconsistent trauma-informed approaches across service sectors. Her integrated model addresses both client-facing trauma-informed protocols and staff vicarious trauma prevention, recognising the interconnection between practitioner wellbeing and service quality.
Webinar timing: 7:00 – 8:00 PM AEDT
Access to the recording of this webinar: A recording of this webinar will be available through the CPD Webinar Library, but for the best experience and the opportunity to ask your questions, join us live. Everyone who registers will be advised via email as soon as the recording is available. Members have unlimited access to the recording, and non-members will have access for 6 months.