Mental health professionals are increasingly called upon to respond to large-scale community-wide disasters. This 2-day workshop will provide participants with essential knowledge and skills for intervening effectively with mental health needs in the complex and intensive aftermath of a disaster. Topics will include types of disaster, trauma caused by disaster, risk groups, and phases of recovery. This particular course is not offered often. It can be taken by those who have a general interest in learning more about disaster mental health, or as one of three courses required to be a member of a CAMFT TRAUMA RESPONSE NETWORK.
Clinicians will learn
• Effective mental health interventions to be used in a variety of disaster settings (including workplace and community) and time phases.
• How disaster mental health needs differ from psychotherapy
• How to become part of an integrated community response effort
• Self-care and prevention of secondary traumatization for disaster mental health professionals.
Diane Myers, RN, MSN, has her Master’s Degree in psychiatric nursing from Yale University, and is a licensed Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist. She is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress; Certified Trauma Specialist, Association of Traumatic Stress Specialist; and holds the credentials of Certified Traumatologist and Master Traumatologist from the Florida State University of Traumatology Institute. She has 30 years of experience in disaster and critical incident stress management.
Register by February 15
Chapter Members $250
Non-Members $275
Register after February 15
Chapter Members $275
Non-Members $300
Fee includes
Eye of Storm Booklet, continental breakfast each day, CEUs
Payments may be made by credit card when you register online, by personal check, or PayPal.
Please use the chapter’s e-mail address: mail@scv-camft.org for PayPal payments,
or make check payable to SCV-CAMFT and mail to:
SCV-CAMFT
P.O. Box 60814
Palo Alto, CA 94306.
For reservation information, contact 408/235-0210 or mail@scv-camft.org.
For information on the workshop, please email Pamela Eaken pamelaeaken@gmail.com.
