Childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences create environments where trauma is easily transmitted. Environmental stressors, such as poverty and discrimination, and dysfunctional family dynamics exacerbate generational trauma, emphasizing the need for improved conditions and supportive environments to break the cycle (Fitzgerald & London-Johnson, 2020).
This full day interactive training will focus on Family of Origin, Generational Trauma using Structural Family Therapy and Bowen’s Eight interlocking concepts. These theoretical frames lay the groundwork for treating families. It gives context and structure to relationship dynamics. These systemic practices broaden the therapist appreciation for the unknown influences that contribute to conflict, separation,
attachment issues, patterns of dysfunction and the repeat of trauma.
This training provides attendees with the opportunity to gain experience and practice systemic understanding, assessment, and interventions.
This training is interactive giving attendees an opportunity to explore their family of origin by creating a Genogram and they will break into smaller groups to practice interventions in real time.
The attendees will learn how to assess a family system, identify the family’s spoken and unspoken roles and rules and how to interrupt dysfunctional communication and patterns.
The attendees will also be able to identify where the conflicts are, and which family members are a part of said conflict.
Through small breakout groups, role play and practices, attendees will demonstrate how to assess generational history, trauma and how it impacts the family now. This includes mental health, substance use, death, abuse, and trauma.
Attendees will explore sibling positions, their roles, and the function for the family.
Attendees will learn systemic interventions to interrupt dysfunctional patterns of family communication and interaction.