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Trauma and Chemical Dependency
Dr. Mary Ann Barr
Asking patients with past traumas to first
quit using any substance and then enter a trauma-focused treatment could lead to
termination, relapse or deterioration. So, how do we address those issues
successfully ?
This course will explain to you the strong and complicated
relationship between trauma and chemical dependency, and it will present a
structured and integrative treatment, along with individual and group
techniques.
 | Course Objectives
 | Learn the complicated and overdetermined relationships
between |
| childhood trauma (including sexual abuse) and adult
chemical dependency. |
| Learn the relationship between chemical dependency and
adult onset PTSD. |
| Learn the relationships among dual diagnosis (PTSD and
CD) and all other psychiatric illnesses. |
| Learn the relationships among dual diagnosis (PTSD and
CD) and continued lifelong problems such as unintended pregnancies,
unwanted sexual relations, repeated other trauma and heritage of the
same to offspring. |
| Identify the most effective medication intervention
strategies. |
| Recognize how trauma and chemical dependency interact
to reinforce each other. |
| Learn how easily masked these dual disorders are by
other psychiatric problems |
| Learn basic models for PTSD treatment and CD treatment |
| Know how basic PTSD or CD treatment must be modified to
successfully treat both simultaneously |
| Learn a new integrated model of CD/PTSD treatment,
including structured individual and group interventions |
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| Course Description
| The relationship between trauma and chemical dependency
problems is both strong and complicated. Research continues to link
childhood trauma with adolescent disorders which if untreated become
early adult onset chemical dependency and mood disorders. Moreover the
continued sequelae of sexual trauma begets more adult sexual trauma
which is reinforced and abetted by chemical dependency. To further
complicate matters the lifestyle of specific dependencies (opiates,
cocaine) increases the likelihood of adult onset PTSD. Further, these
"dual disorders" are often masked by other psychiatric
problems. |
| This course is designed for clinicians working in the
area of chemical dependency, mood disorders and trauma, and especially
for persons in the "dual diagnosis" arena. It is aimed at
uncovering these complicated relationships described above in a way that
is practical and useful to therapists. |
| In addition to learning about the common methods of
"self medication" and addiction in trauma victims, clinicians
will learn about the basic neuropsychology behind both illnesses. |
| The bulk of this course, however, focuses on treatment
interventions. Basic trauma theory and technique along with basic
chemical dependency principals which apply will be reviewed. Most
important a structured integrated (CD/PTSD) treatment will be presented.
Both individual and group therapy techniques aimed at managing symptoms
of trauma in ways that do not challenge/overwhelm CD recovery will be
given. The balance between acknowledging and containing traumatic memory
and pain while maintaining the recovery structure and avoidance of early
depth work will be thoroughly explored. The developmental nature of both
treatments integrated will also be presented. |
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| Instructor
| Mary Ann Barr, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, is an expert in dual
diagnosis assessment and treatment, and chemical dependency treatment
emphasizing PTSD. Dr. Barr has presented many of her notable treatment
philosophies to both national and international audiences of her peers.
She has conducted several hundred trainings, as well as consultation,
and seminars for health care professionals, corporations, and the
general public. |
| Dr. Barr�s earliest PTSD work occurred at the San Francisco VA
Hospital treating Vietnam Veterans who were addicted to substances
(Chief of Alcohol Inpatient Unit) from 1979-1985. During this period she
consulted to the first national director of Vietnam Veterans Outreach in
Washington , D.C.. She also conducted outreach training and helped open
some of the first outreach centers as well as participating in their
national evaluation. She was Chief of Psychology from 1985�1987. As
such she oversaw the PTSD work of the Outreach Center. |
| From 1989�1996 Dr. Barr was president of Barr Professional Clinics
� three outpatient chemical dependency treatment centers which
specialized in co-occurring conditions. |
| Currently Dr. Barr has a successful private practice, teaches at UCSF
Medical School and is in process of long term consultations to County
Mental Health Systems seeking to do integrated co-occurring disorder
treatment. |
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| Credits
| Through seminars, this course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of
MCEP credits for psychologists (course # 970060-13) and CE credits for
MFCCs and LCSWs (provider #PCE-477). |
| Through self-study, this course provides 6 CE credits. |
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