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Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy

Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy

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Hyper-aroused from a traumatic past, your client’s threat response sounds off stridently when there is little to no danger. It leaves them in a constant reactive state; feeling out of control and uncomfortable in their own skin.

But many traditional treatments fail to give clients the tools they need to face these challenges of the here-and-now, instead requiring a focus on past traumatic memories that can set off that threat response again and again. Instead of gaining control over their body’s reactions and lives, clients can deteriorate and lose hope.

The Forward-Facing Therapy Framework can help you to move clients forward so they can flourish in the present!

Forward Facing Therapy is a simple treatment protocol that gives you the skills and clinical tools you need to interrupt the involuntary physical and cognitive engagement of the threat response and restore their sense of safety, intentionality and hope! It can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated with other treatment methods you already use.

Eric Gentry, PhD, LMCH, DAAETS, trauma expert, trainer and author, has trained thousands of mental health professionals like you on how to make trauma treatment more effective. Join him as he shows you how to integrate this framework into your clinical practice so you can:

  • Quickly lessen clients distress and improve cognitive functioning
  • Reestablish their comfort in their bodies
  • Teach clients to self-regulate their own autonomic nervous system
  • Restore clients’ sense of safety, agency and hope

This is one training you don’t want to miss!

Bring the Forward-Facing framework into your trauma work and help clients find lasting healing and positive treatment outcomes!

Here's What You'll Learn


Trauma & Traumatic Stress: What Every Therapist Needs to Know
  • The myth of stress
  • How stress affects the mind and body
  • Neurocience of traumatic stress
  • Causes Trauma & Traumatic Stress
  • What Heals Trauma & Traumatic Stress
  • Understand the research
  • Limitations and potential risks
Essential Elements of Trauma Treatment: The Ground Work for Successful Trauma Treatment
  • “Active Ingredients” for Effective Trauma Treatment
    • A good therapeutic relationship
    • Self-regulation/relaxation technology
    • Safe exposure
    • Cognitive restructuring/psychoeducation
Assessment & Staged Treatment Approach for Trauma: Integrating an Empowerment & Resilience Treatment Structure
  • Preparation & Relationship
    • Positive Expectancy
    • Feedback Informed Treatment
  • Skills Building and Cognitive Restructuring
    • Tools for Hope (An “Owner’s Manual” for the ANS)
    • Self-Regulation: Neuroception & Interoception
    • Skills for Self-regulation
  • Desensitization & Integration
    • In vivo vs. Imaginal Exposure
    • Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy & In vivo Exposure
  • Posttraumatic Growth & Resilience
    • Intentionality
    • Construct “Documents of Intention”
    • Healing the Moral Wound

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 6 hours of video content
  • CE information to come
  • Handouts and resources

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J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS, CCTP

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J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS, CCTP, is an internationally recognized leader in the study and treatment of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. His PhD is from Florida State University where he studied with Professor Charles Figley – a pioneer of these two fields. In 1997, he co-developed the Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP) for compassion fatigue – the world’s only evidence-based treatment protocol for compassion fatigue. In 1998, he introduced the Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training and Compassion Fatigue Prevention & Resiliency Training. These two trainings have demonstrated treatment effectiveness for the symptoms of compassion fatigue, and he published these effects in several journals. He has trained over 100,000 health professionals over the past 20 years.

He has written numerous chapters, papers, and peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. Dr. Gentry is a Master Traumatologist with over 35 years of clinical experience with trauma, Complex PTSD, personality disorders, and dissociation.

He is the president and CEO of The Forward Facing® Institute and owner of Compassion Unlimited – a private psychotherapy, training, and consulting practice – in Phoenix, AZ.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry maintains a private practice. He is the owner and President of Forward-Facing International, Inc., the Co-director of Community Crisis Support Team, and the CEO of Compassion Unlimited. Dr. Gentry has employment relationships with the AZ Trauma Institute, the Florida Center for Theological Studies, the Argosy University, the Webster University, and the University of South Florida State. He is a consultant and receives compensation. Dr. Gentry is a published author and receives royalties. He receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Also Available:
DVD
Product Code:
POS057135
Duration:
6 hours, 13 minutes
Copyright:
Nov 19, 2020
Format:
Audio and Video

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