How Sleep Relates to Trauma and Promotes Resilience

This training course is tailored for mental health professionals seeking continuing education on the critical role of sleep in trauma recovery. By enrolling in this CE course, you’ll explore how disrupted sleep impacts trauma survivors and learn evidence-based strategies to improve resilience. Ideal for therapists looking to enhance their clinical skills, this training offers vital insights into sleep interventions that promote healing in trauma-affected individuals.

Sleep disturbances are common among survivors of trauma. When sleep is disturbed, it can contribute to a host of short and long-term adverse outcomes. Designed for professionals, this training will examine how adequate sleep can help promote emotional and mental resilience following exposure to a traumatic life event. Participants can also expect to learn about the consequences associated with poor sleep and strategies and techniques that may help to improve overall sleep quality among trauma survivors. Implications for screening and intervention will be explored. Empirically-based research findings will be presented throughout this training.

Objectives:

This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:

a). Define resilience and learn about the possible indicators of low resilience. 

b). Develop a working knowledge of the consequences associated with disrupted sleep among trauma survivors. 

c). Examine how adequate sleep can aid in the recovery process and promote resilience among trauma survivors. 

d). Learn about screening and intervention options. 

e). Acquire an understanding of the existing empirical research associated with resilience, trauma, and sleep.

Target Audience:

Mental health counselors, psychologists, social workers, drug and alcohol counselors, marriage and family therapists, telehealth treatment professionals, and other clinical mental health professionals.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Instructor(s): Jerrod Brown, PhD, MA, MS, MS, MS

Material Author(s): Jerrod Brown, PhD, MA, MS, MS, MS

Jerrod Brown, PhD, MA, MS, MS, MS is an Assistant Professor for Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota and is the lead developer and program director for the Master of Arts degree in Human Services with an Emphasis in Forensic Behavioral Health. Jerrod has also been employed with Pathways Counseling Center in St. Paul, Minnesota for the past seventeen years. Pathways provides programs and services benefiting individuals impacted by mental illness and addictions. Jerrod is also the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS) and the Editor-in-Chief of Forensic Scholars Today (FST). Jerrod has completed four separate master’s degree programs and holds graduate certificates in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Other Health Disabilities (OHD), and Traumatic-Brain Injuries (TBI). Jerrod is also certified as a Youth Firesetting Prevention/Intervention Specialist, an Anger Resolution Therapist (CART), Thinking for a Change (T4C) Facilitator, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Trainer, an Autism Specialist, Digestive Health Specialist, Gut Health Specialist, Stress and Mindset Coach, Sleep Science Coach, Sex Crimes & Relational Paraphilic Attachments (RPA), Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider (CMHIMP), and a Problem Gambling treatment provider in the state of Minnesota. In addition to the certifications mentioned above, Jerrod also holds a micro-credential as an Executive Functions Consultant (EFC) and has completed the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Suicide Alertness for Everyone (safeTALK), and the Mental Health First Aid USA certification training courses. Jerrod has published numerous articles and book chapters, and recently co-edited the book Forensic Mental Health: A Source Guide for Professionals (Brown & Weinkauf, 2018) with Erv Weinkauf. Email: Jerrod01234Brown@live.com

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