Connect&restore (CORE) Professional clinical training series
Sri Lanka 15-hours (virtual) Trauma-informed training
What will I learn?
- Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care and compatible frameworks with real client examples
- Different types of trauma and clinical signs for effective implementation of Trauma-Informed Practice (neurobiological perspective, PTSD)
- Understanding Complex PTSD and clinical signs for effective implementation (neurobiological perspective, Complex PTSD)
- Trans-diagnostic understanding of trauma: manifestation across axis one and axis two disorders, leading to misdiagnosis
- Exploring Trauma Beyond Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
- Integrating attachment framework for understanding trauma..
- Development of emotional and attachment systems in early formative years
- Experiential understanding of gauging client’s ego-strength -Framework for application in trauma-focused interventions
- Understanding trauma adaptations using the window of tolerance and clinical application
- Incompatibility of extrapolating evidence-based Practices for PTSD to complex PTSD clients.
- Sequencing psychotherapy and Phase-based approach for clients with chronic traumatization
- Importance of Ego-State Therapies in addressing dissociation
- Differentiating habituation-based therapy models from Trauma-Processing models in trauma treatment
- Overview of promising ego-strengthening and emotional processing models
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About the facilitator
Syam K Ravindran
Syam K Ravindran is a registered clinical psychologist with extensive experience in the higher education sector spanning over a decade. He commenced his career as a faculty member at the Department of Psychiatry, KMC, Mangalore campus in 2012, where he served until 2017. Following his tenure at KMC, Mangalore, he transitioned to supervising MPhil clinical psychology trainees at the Department of Clinical Psychology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education from 2017 to 2022.
Throughout his career, Syam has honed his expertise in various therapeutic modalities and interventions, including Trauma-informed psychological interventions, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). His specialization lies in working with emerging adults.
Presently, Syam is associated with CONNECT & RESTORE, a virtual platform dedicated to providing clinical skills training and supervision for mental health professionals. Within this capacity, he actively conducts workshops and training sessions on Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-informed psychological interventions, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
He is Consultant & Trainer in Training of the EMDR India training team and is involved in conducting EMDR basic training for mental health professional in India.
He is a professional life member of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP), Clinical Psychology Society of India (CPSI) and EMDR Association, India.