Foundations for Treating Religious Trauma

A Live Online Training for Mental Health Professionals

Dr. Kathryn Keller (she/her)

Anna Clark-Miller, LPC (she/her)

The Religious Trauma Institute is excited to offer this foundational training featuring Dr. Kathryn Keller and Anna Clark-Miller, LPC, who bring a wealth of clinical knowledge to this important topic.

What's included?

  • A live 3-hour interactive online clinical training

  • Digital copies of training handouts to view or download

  • APA approved CEUs available

  • Plus an additional 30 minutes for networking, consulting, and collaborating with other attendees after the training

Training Objectives

  1. Conceptualization & Assessment: Attendees will learn to identify signs and symptoms of religious trauma, explore comorbidities, and learn to assess the extent of a client’s religious trauma.

  2. High-Control Implications: Attendees will learn to recognize and describe the psychologically harmful impacts of high-control tactics used to elicit conformity and subjugation.

  3. Treatment Considerations & Interventions: Attendees will evaluate therapeutic modalities for their effectiveness in treating religious trauma and gain practical skills for addressing common presenting issues among religious trauma clients.

Training Details

Date: Sunday, December 11, 2022
Time: 4 - 7pm EST (1 - 4pm PST)
Location: Online
CEUs: 3 APA approved CEUs available

Investment:
$129 - Professional Registration (includes CEUs)
$99 - Professional Registration (no CEUs)
$79 - Student Registration (no CEUs)

Registration closed on Saturday, 12/12/22 at 12pm EST

About the Presenters

Dr. Kathryn Keller (she/her) is a Licensed Psychologist and LPC-Supervisor in Dallas, TX. She co-owns a group counseling practice, Dallas Therapy Collective, where she sees adult clients for individual therapy and supervises postdocs and LPC-Associates. Kathryn’s practice is focused on clients who present with relationship concerns, anxiety, and traumatic stress, including spiritual and religious trauma. Her dissertation resulted in the first known measure of spiritual abuse and she stays connected with others in the field working with similar specialties.

Anna Clark-Miller, LPC (she/her) practices at Dallas Therapy Collective and specializes in Religious Trauma and LGBTQ+ identities. She is the co-founder of Empathy Paradigm, a consulting business that offers training on trauma-informed and DEI-conscious leadership. Anna has a background in crisis intervention and criminal justice and currently hosts a religious trauma podcast called Martyr, She Wrote.

Who is the Training for?

This clinical training is intended for mental health professionals, graduate students in related fields of study, and medical and behavioral health professionals who want to better serve religious trauma survivors. The focus on foundational elements makes this training well suited for clinicians who have been working with religious trauma for a while, therapists who are beginning to work with survivors, and professionals who simply want to expand their awareness and deepen their understanding of religious trauma.

Registration closed on Saturday, 12/12/22 at 12pm EST

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes, we plan to record the training and offer it on our online course platform in the future. You can register for the recorded version when it is available, you do not need to register for the live training to access the recorded version.

  • Only APA approved CEUs are available for this training. We're working on getting additional CEU approval from other licensing boards for future trainings.

  • if your licensing board accepts APA CEUs, then, yes, the CEUs we’re offering should work for you. Otherwise, we don’t know, and we encourage participants to verify the training meets the CEU requirements of their licensing board.

    CEU information You’ll receive:

    In addition to an APA CEU certificate, the following information will be provided to assist with the CEU verification process. It is recommended that you retain a copy of this information for your records.

    • Training Title

    • Date and time of the training with number of contact hours

    • Training outline with objectives and methods used

    • Each instructors’ qualifications and affiliations

    • A copy of the training evaluation form

    • Disclaimer that identifies any conflicts of interest

    The Religious Trauma Institute will maintain original attendance records for verification for a period of 5 years after the date of the training.

  • Yes, if you purchased CEUs for the live training, you are required to attend the entire live training to receive your CEUs.

  • APA approved CEUs may be available for the recorded version of the training upon passing a post-test. We’re finalizing the details for this option.

  • Yes, we’ll be offering a series of foundational trainings in 2023 as well as modality-specific trainings and trainings focused on specific topics and demographics.

    • Attend the trainings and invite colleagues

    • Provide feedback (tell us how we’re doing and offer suggestions for improving future trainings)

    • Suggest trainings you would like to see in the future

    • Offer a training with RTI — send us an email for more information (info@religioustraumainstitute.com)

Together, we can resolve religious trauma.

Additional Information

The clinical training, Foundations for Treating Religious Trauma is being hosted by the Religious Trauma Institute and co-sponsored by Empathy Paradigm.

APA approved CEUs are being sponsored by ContinueLearn.

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