TRAUMAPRO
The newsletter of the
International Association of Trauma Professionals, IATP, LLC

Mike Dubi, Editor
Jeanne Thomas, Associate Editor
 
  Summer 2016
In This Issue
 
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Biniam Abebe
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Samantha Afanador
Albert Aguilar
Sesiah Aguirre
Candace Ah Kiong
Lakila D. Ahmed             
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Susan Alex
Annetta Alexandrovich
Ameerah Ali
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Michelle Allen
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Deborah Austin
Jennifer Austin
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Elia Awaad Salem
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Kathleen Ayl
Julia Ayraud
Holly A. Babb-Preusser
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Christopher Badger
Carole Bailey
Florence Bailhache
Tyson Baize
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Karen Barbee
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Marla Barnard
Danielle Barnes
Sharmaine Barnes
Robert Barnett
Lisa Barras
Loretta Barrios
Kelly Sanders Barry
Michele Battle
Melvin Battle
Alexine Batts
Ginalyn Baverp
Lauren Bayes
Pat Beck
Amy Becker
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Brad Behm
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Kathleen Belan
Libda Bell
Maryann Bell
Susan R. Bella-Nesbitt
Whitney Bellinger
Mary L. Bemker-Page
Shelly Benezra
Julio L. Benezra
Steven Bennett
Steven Bennett
Rob Benson
Norman Bentson, Psy.D.
Vanessa Berens
Phil Bergland
Sarah Bernhardt
Anita Berry
Lauren Berthelot
Tamara Bertolini
Amy Berwick
Patricia Bethune
Linda Beutel
Robyn Bezanson
Haley Biehler
Cayenne Bierman
Kammy Bishop
Vanessa Black
Soyini Blanchard
Dalia Blell
Colleen Block
Landis Block
Lisa Block
Valerie Blouin-Hunter
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Robert Bodell
Menije Boduryan
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Judith S. Bookman
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Michael Borowiec
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Jennifer Bouwkamp
Angela Bovier
Ryan Bowers
Venessa Bowers
Cheryl Bowman
Alanna Boyd
Margaret Boyer
Lynda Bradley
Theresa Brandenburg
John Bratt
Frances Braun, Psy.D.
Lisa E. Brenner
Kathryn Brewer
Katherine Briggs
John A. Britton
Katie Brinkman
Anita Briscoe
Tesa Brody-Wrye
Luanne Brookover
Keriann Brooks
Pamela Brooks
Ada Brown
Christopher Brown
Deon J. Brown
Larissa Brown
Mary Allison Brown
Jamie Brownfield
Mary Brownlie
Wanda Brown-Ramseur
Kathleen Brown-Rice
Lucas F. Bruno III
Deborah Bryant
Sharon Buck
Melissa Bugeau
Rebecca Burgert
Shauna Burgess
Holly Burgin
Beverly Burke
Renee Burke
Samara Burke
Carolyn Burleson
Kristen Burns
Frederick Burrage
Virginia Bustle
Katrina Buwalda
Todd E. Byrd
George Calasa
Lisa Calderwood
Elizabeth Caldwell
Trish Caldwell
Brenda Calendino
Jamie Cameron
Vanessa Cameron
Noelle Campbell
Amy Campbell
Kateland Campbell
Yvonne Capps
Michelle Carey-Redic
Judith Carlisle
Alicia D. Carlson             
Megan Carnahan
Paul J. Carollo
Lane Carpenter
Christine Carr
Kortney Carr
Denise Carr-DeRamus
Colleen Carroll
Christina Carter
Emily Carter
Jasmin Carter
Deborah Cary
Mayelly Casal
Mike Cascio
Angelica Castano
Lee Castell
Christina Catania
Linda Catlin
Charlton Cerbone
Rachel Ann Cerna
Jennifer Chaillie
Brittany Chalk
Dawn Chandler
Elizabeth Chapman
Antoine Tracy Charles
Julie Cheetham
Stephanie Chen
Deborah Chendanda
Lynda Chew
Keith Chew
Anu Chiarelli
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Julie Christensen
Stephen Christopher
Margaret Christy
William Christy
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Tamara Cissell
Kellee Clark
LeAnn Clark
Shelia Clark
Stanley Clark
Stephanie Clark
Esophia Clayborn
Sheila Cleveland Jones
Beth Cintron
Dana M. Coale
Nicole Coberger             
Brenda R. Cochran
Evelyn Cogdill
Deb Cohen
Christine M. Colburn
Sarah Cole
Kathy Coleman
Tad B. Coles
Cristina Collada
Elizabeth Collardey
Erika Collins
Penny Collins
Tina Collins
Mayra Colon
Abrianna Colosio
Antonia Glowacki Colton
Stephen Combs
Joycelyn Compliment
Vicki Conner
Susan Conners
Rose Conos
Jaime Conover
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Omega Dea Cooper
David I. Copeland
Katherine Copty
Lisa Cordasco
Jorge Correa
Saharay Cosio
Maria Coughenour
Ashley Coulter
Jennifer Coulter             
Chase Counts
Margaret Courts
Natalie Cowan
Sharyn Cox
Laurie M. Crabb
Susan Craig
Harrison Crawford
Calena Creft
Carmella Crews
Toni Crocilla
Carrie Crump
Dena F. Cullinane
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Sharon Cummings
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Melissa Curry
Robert Cyga
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Ryan Dielschneider
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Christine Dieterle
Kathryn Dille
Angela Din
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Margaret DiRollo
Lauren Dixon
Michele T. Doherty
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Nancy E. Donahue
Sharon Donnelly
Michael Donovan
Claire Dorris-Lloyd
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Latisha Dozier
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Toni Durda
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Sarah Evans
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Laura Farrell
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Maria Fritz
Kimberely Frueh
Jessica Fry
Carolyn Frye
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Kristie Fulkerson
Stephen Fuller
Shonda Fulton
Tracy Funke
Roselyn Furlow
Mark Gabel
Dawn M. Gadberry
Caroline Gaines
Rona Galica
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Jose Garcia
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Our core trainings are being offered again starting on June 12 for 6 weeks:
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Member Bio
Dr. Carmen Suzanne Clark

 
Dr. Carman Suzanne Clark prefers to be called "Suzaunna." Her educational background includes Doctor of Education in Counseling Psychology from the University of Sarasota; Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology; graduate studies in Public Health Education from Emory University School of Public Health; Bachelor's degree in Psychology/Human Relations from Chapman University; formal training and education in US Air Force School of Healthcare Sciences and an Associate of Science in Medical Technology from the Community College of the Air Force. Her background covers extensive depth and breadth of expertise in Allied Healthcare, Medicine, Education and Psychology. Dr. Clark has academic degrees and professional specialties in several major areas: Education, Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Certification in Pharmacy, Certificate of Teaching and Training in US Air Force Principles of Instruction and Professional Certification in Medical Technology and Training and Instruction in Public Health Education and Epidemiology.
 
Dr. Clark is an Air Force veteran with over 17 years of combined military and civilian service. During her civil service career, Dr. Clark served as the base Organizational/Personnel Psychologist responsible for providing a variety of human resources management services and consultation toward sustaining federal workforce effectiveness, workforce development and employee training and evaluation. She also served as Chief of the Organizational Consulting Office, providing consultation to Base Commander, Office of the Inspector General, Airman and Family Readiness Center, Military Leadership Schools, Civil Engineering Group, Aircraft Maintenance, Logistics Division, Medical Group, Aerospace Sustainment Group, Flight Line Crew, Military Command, Directorate of Personnel, and Air Force Reserve Command. She currently works in Civilian Education and Training as Chief of Curriculum Development and Delivery.

Dr. Clark is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Counseling Supervisor with the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, and board certified therapist through the National Board of Certified Counselors. She has managed a private practice, Village Community Services, Inc. in Atlanta Georgia, since 2007, where she specializes in psychological trauma healing, brain-mapping, biofeedback, spiritual counseling, psychological assessment and traditional psychotherapy with families, couples, individuals, adults, adolescents and children. She is also the owner of Healing Hearts, a patented and trademarked brand of products dedicated to promoting psychological and spiritual healing around the world.
 
As a 20-year medical professional, Dr. Clark was a Clinical Laboratory Medicine-Technical Director responsible for the entire process of clinical laboratory development; a Medical Technologist specializing in ER Medicine; a Hemapheresis Specialist at Emory University Hospital and a treating professional of autoimmune disorders and diseases; an Immunohematologist responsible for all aspects of Blood Banking and transfusion medicine; and a Medical Laboratory Specialist, Active Duty Military, responsible for assisting in autopsies and performance of laboratory tests and procedures on biological specimens.
 
Since 2012, Dr. Clark as been a nationally recognized expert who conducts seminars across the country, as a recognized authority in Suicide & Self-Mutilation Intervention, Treatment and Prevention; noted public speaker on Psychological Training for Ministers and Religious Leaders; Women's Empowerment; and Adolescent Youth Intervention; and a member of the International Association of Trauma Professionals; and a Health Tap Quality Healthcare Experts. She is currently working on several books focusing on children's self-help; spirituality; trauma recovery and psychological self-help for adults, couples and families. Dr. Clark resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband of 32 years. They have two adult children.
Fertility Trauma
 
Joanna Flemons, LCSW, CPC
   
M any individuals having fertility stress today are traumatized by the chronic and ambiguous process of facing multiple failed attempts at creating life and/or sustaining life in pregnancy.
 
Trauma is a human physiological reaction to a highly distressing event, which can be any life-threatening situation, accidents, rape, violence, crimes, surgeries, neglect, abuse, profound loss and natural and medical disasters. Infertility is a highly distressing season of life that produces a trauma response when infertile individuals render themselves helpless to control the body, produce life or sustain life in the womb.
 
A highly common trauma symptom for individuals facing fertility challenges is hyperarousal. This acute stress physiological response in individuals is evidenced by constant rumination and thought regulation challenges. Past failed pregnancy attempts and planning in combination of anticipation for future pregnancy creates a traumatic bind for patients. On the one hand, individuals authentically desire to create autonomy and distance from past traumatic losses and disappointments in their efforts to create life. But on the other hand, individuals deal with anticipatory grief in physiologically preparing for upcoming treatments and planning and hoping for their dream of a family.
 
The fertility challenges for some are complex. These complexities include but are not limited to the frustrations that stem from large investments of time spent in efforts, dealing with pending outcomes and disappointing delays, living with limited energy at times from the physiological demands, hormonal changes, financial and relational changes and stress, physiologically experiencing and regulating past losses, planning for future pregnancy hopes meanwhile facing anticipatory grief triggers from past losses that can lure around and impact conversations, relationships, depression, anxiety, etc.
 
When individuals believe they can fight and defeat an obstacle, they will go into "fight mode." In this response the sympathetic nervous system is activated and hormones are released to help individuals physiologically defeat the struggle. Their system is not overwhelmed because the threat has been overcome. When individuals believe a struggle is too great to overcome, contrarily, they may elect the "flight mode" and hope to outrun the threat or opponent. Again, their system is not overwhelmed because the threat is overcome by avoiding it. Both responses find a resolve by fighting or flighting against or around the threat.
 
But for individuals who struggle with chronic fertility challenges, experience and time have communicated that neither trying for pregnancy and life (fight mode), nor taking time off from pregnancy attempts (flight mode), alleviates the profound stress and grief that comes from yearning and waiting for a family. This bind is physiologically overwhelming.
 
As individuals render themselves helpless to fight or flight, they can enter a freeze response. This disabling response operates as a sort of defense, dissociation and numbing in the face of a situation or perceived danger. It is a human subconscious attempt to physiologically protect and preserve that which can be protected and preserved in situations that foster trepidation, helplessness and significant loss.
 
Certain times of the month, various medical appointments, phone calls, media, stories, relationships and conversations, external factors and much more can trigger the freeze response and hyper vigilance for individuals struggling with fertility trauma. The freeze response is adaptive to meet the complex physiological demands and requirements of fertility trials.
 
The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health has documented several studies of women developing PTSD from fertility struggles, and the prevalence occurring both before pregnancy during treatments, during pregnancy loss and treatment failure, and then also during high risk pregnancy.
 
Stress experts also believe that certain and diverse factors can predispose individuals to PTSD, such as past traumas, genetic and external environmental factors. Regardless of history or other variables, understanding trauma and PTSD is first and foremost for reducing symptoms and improving well-being.
 
Recovering from the trauma that accompanies fertility struggles takes time, education, specialized treatment, as well as time away from the perceived threat and/or actual danger of loss. Everyone heals at their own pace, based on a number of factors.
 
During fertility struggles and treatment, it's important to stay aware of trauma symptoms and to understand the help that is available for managing and ultimately resolving or reducing this condition.
 
One of the most widely used treatments for fertility trauma is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Trained CBT professionals can help patients with being present in the moment, by identifying thought patterns that keep painful past experiences and anticipated future painful experiences separated from the PRESENT thoughts. This is extremely empowering for individuals yet sometimes quite difficult because of hypervigilance.
 
EMDR therapy is another form of trauma treatment that has proven to be highly effective for many people who suffer with PTSD or the effects of fertility trauma. Due to the intensity of EMDR, many individuals elect to wait until after their fertility journey is resolved, one way or the other. EMDR is a specialized therapy that utilizes eye movements and other bilateral stimulation activities to restore healthy brain connects and remove charges that impact memory. Specialized EMDR therapists should maintain EMDRIA standards.
 
For individuals experiencing trauma, speaking with others, joining support groups and building awareness around personal stress response and body/mind connection can be KEY for promoting empowerment and self-confidence.
 
Acupuncture, Massage Therapy and physical activities are all highly therapeutic psychologically for facing fertility traumas, with a focus on calming and positively stimulating the body.
 
Guided Breathing Exercises - Controlled breathing exercises can promote muscle relaxation and body relaxation. These benefits alone are very helpful for individuals interfacing fertility trauma and hyperarousal symptoms. The more you can focus on calming your body, the less hyperarousal symptoms.
 
Every individuals and every experience of trauma with fertility is different. Different treatments work better for different circumstances. Education is key for empowerment in the face of trauma, no matter the duration, type or investment. Reducing stress and calming the body is key for interfacing the stress and trauma that can sometimes be part of the fertility journey.
 
Reference:
Schwerdtfeger, Kami and Shreffler, Karina (2009). Trauma of Pregnancy Loss and Infertility for Mothers and Involuntarily Childless Women in the Contemporary United States. PMC US National Library of Medicine. National Institutes of Health. HHS Public Access, Author Manuscript. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113688/

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A Therapy I Can Root For, At Last
 
Michael Dubi, Ed.D., LMHC

This article will be published in the next edition of http://therapeuticspeakeasy.com/index.html
 
After 35 years of practicing psychotherapy and many times being disappointed listening to trainers describe the wonders of their techniques, I was truly amazed to discover the power of the brain to rapidly heal via brain-based therapy. I discovered Brainspotting in 2007 when I was accidently sent the wrong DVDs for an EMDR CE training. At that time I believed that my profession had pretty much come as far as it was willing to come and there was only a little left to do to refine and complete our understanding of psychological healing. Now I believe that Brainspotting is the tip of the coming therapy iceberg - in the future it's likely we will all be doing brain-based therapy.
 
A "brainspot" is a physical point in the brain where emotions related to traumatic or emotionally significant issues can be stimulated. This spot is found by observing a person's focused unconscious reactions while they are reliving the experience. This focused concentration, while the brainspot is activated, seems to cause a deconditioning effect, tapping into the body's inherent ability to heal itself.
 
The first clinical issues I worked with using Brainspotting were anxiety and panic. In most cases, the symptoms were gone after one session, which was far beyond anything I had experienced with the traditional therapies. The next clients were golfers, actors and musicians - coaching clients actually. Their success in using the Brainspotting therapy was so inspiring that, from word of mouth alone, I had a waiting list for the first time in my practice.
 
Unfortunately, the majority of us were taught to practice therapy by very smart professors who, for the most part, did not practice therapy themselves. In fact, many did not even engage in their own personal therapy - I know, I know, it really is a shame. Many therapists were (and are) being taught the same old models that were popular in the last century without any exposure to the newer, more brain-based models. For example, despite its strong evidence-base and popularity, there are still therapists and professors who believe that EMDR is fraudulent and that CBT is simply a technique used "only" for symptom removal. What's really ironic is that many of the most popular text book authors are not therapists, have never been therapists and may not even have a good understanding of the power of therapy.
 
Newer therapists in training are often made to believe that practicing therapy is very difficult and there is only one way to do it - the professor's way. They develop such poor self-confidence and timidity about their work it is almost impossible for some to find a real connection with their clients. Who knows how many potentially good therapists leave the profession before they ever get the chance to practice?
 
Most therapists seem to develop their own personal theoretical models based upon what has worked for them when they are with their clients. Sadly, they are somewhat shy about sharing what they do for fear of being ridiculed by peers and supervisors, or by being denied payment by managed care.
 
I am a Brainspotting fan and encourage students and all therapists I come in contact with to do a little research and see if it's something they might be interested in learning. I frequently conduct demonstrations which most participants find interesting and motivating. What many of the observers report is that most of their professors do not demonstrate techniques - they require instead that students demonstrate these techniques. How can students possibly learn from teachers who cannot apply the techniques they are teaching?
 
At the very least, I believe all therapists, professors and supervisors need to become more aware of the 21st century therapies lest they become like the buggy whip manufacturers of the 19th century, and we all know how they ended up.
Mike Dubi during a 2-day trauma training discussing Brainspotting