The Missing Ingredient in Trauma Treatment

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Susan Pollak, MTS, MEd, EdD Related seminars and products

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Susan M. Pollak, MTS, MEd, Ed.D, is a faculty member in psychology at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance, where she has taught and supervised since the mid-1990s. She is the president of the Institute of Meditation and Psychotherapy from 2010-2020, is a founding member and senior advisor of Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, a psychologist in private clinical practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a Certified Teacher of the MSC program. Dr. Pollak co-taught Mindful Self-Compassion during its early development and she is co-author of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy www.sittingtogether.com/authors.php, a contributing editor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, 2nd edition. Her newest book is Self-Compassion for Parents https://www.amazon.com/Self-Compassion-Parents-Nurture-Caring-Yourself/dp/1462533094 Her blog about Mindfulness and Compassion at Psychology Today is called "The Art of Now."
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Susan Pollak maintains a private practice and is the cofounder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Cambridge Health Alliance. She is the co-director of CMC/CHA Grand Rounds. She receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Susan Pollak is a reviewer for Guilford Press and is a member of the American Psychological Association.

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Objectives

1. Assess the basic research on Self-Compassion and the Treatment of Trauma as it relates to clinical treatment.
2. Formulate meditation practices for individual patients depending on their needs to improve client level of functioning.
3. Evaluate various forms of Mindfulness meditation and know when to apply them in clinical settings.

Outline

• Defining self-compassion and trauma
• The misconceptions surrounding self-compassion and the research behind how it can be used to combat the effects of trauma
• The effects of self-compassion on behavior, motivation, resilience, and emotional regulation

• One size doesn’t fit all – assessing the needs of the client

• Focused Attention – the practice of Just Listening and befriending the body using the practice of touch points
• Open Monitoring – bringing your clients into the present moment
• Loving-Kindness and Compassion Practice -transform the way your client relates to themselves and others, use compassion as a lifeline to remain resilient, and open your client up to loving themselves for who they are
• Utilizing Loving-Kindness and Compassion for the Clinician
• Review clinical illustrations of these concepts in action

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Educators
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Other Mental Health Professions