Upcoming CE Webinar: Sexual Betrayal as Trauma with Laurie Hall

Friday, Oct 15th | 11:00am – 1:00pm Central
Friday, Nov 12th | 11:00am – 1:00pm Central

In this didactic and interactive session, we will look at why sexual betrayal is so traumatic. We’ll start by examining where our beliefs about love and marriage come from and how those beliefs influence our choices. We’ll then look at what happens to us psychologically and physically when we discover, despite our best efforts, someone else made choices that deeply impact the stability of our own lives.  As we do this, we’ll examine specific areas where partners feel under threat due to those choices and we’ll explore how and why differences in meaning making and expectations affect a partner’s ability to respond to sexual betrayal.  We will also do a very brief introduction to Phase One of the Multi-Dimensional Partner Trauma Model. This course offers 1.5 CE’s (Must be present for the duration of the presentation).

REGISTER FOR OCT 15TH

REGISTER FOR NOV 12TH

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After this program participants will be able to:

1. Explain where beliefs come from and how our beliefs influence our choices and how sexual betrayal leads to a crisis of belief.
2. Describe two ways sexual betrayal trauma differs from trauma due to a traumatic event.
3. List six areas where partners experience feelings of “threat” due to sexual betrayal.
4. Understand the six factors affecting a partner’s behavioral responses to allostatic load.

Laurie Hall, RScP, CPC-S, PSAP

Laurie is the President of the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists. Founded by pioneers of the trauma approach for treating partners, APSATS trains and certifies Partner Specialists and advocates for the recovery and treatment needs of Partners of Sex Addicts. She is the author or co-author of four books, including “An Affair of the Mind,” which  sold more than 120,000 copies and was translated into three languages. In her work as a journalist, Laurie has published more than 500 articles in regional, national, and international publications. She has lectured nationally on sexuality, addiction, forgiveness, spirituality and ethics for the helping professional. Laurie also runs the Partner Support Program for betrayed partners of those affected by sexual addiction at the Begin Again Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

Accreditations:

This program offers 1.5 CE’s.

*Participants must be present for the duration of the presentation (90 mins) to receive certificate of completion. ‘Join’ and ‘Leave’ times will be logged in the webinar platform and you must use your unique ‘join’ link in your registration confirmation to be counted present. Completion of the CE evaluation is required for receiving a certificate of completion.

Agenda:

• 11:00am-11:05am CST– Housekeeping and welcome
• 11:05am-11:35m CST– What we thought we knew:  our beliefs about love and marriage and where they came from; how those beliefs have informed our choices
• 11:35am-12:05 pm CST– An explanation of betrayal trauma: the difference between traumatic events and betrayal trauma; impact of betrayal on the partner; impact of betrayal on the “coupleship”; how sexual betrayal creates a crisis of belief.
• 12:05pm-12:35pm CST – The physiological and psychological impact of betrayal; PTSD in partners of sex addicts; the areas of a partner’s life that feel like they are “under threat”; how trauma impacts memory; difference in meaning making and expectations depend on previous relational trauma; allostatic load; the multidimensional partner trauma model
• 12:35-1:00pm CST– Questions and Answer session

Attendees for this intermediate presentation are behavioral healthcare professionals in private practice, treatment program clinical directors/staff, community agencies and various mental health disciplines.

For questions or concerns, please contact events@integrativelifecenter.com