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Digital Seminar

Narcissistic and Psychopathic Abuse: Clinical Tools, Techniques and Trauma-Informed Treatment Protocols


Speaker:
Sandra L. Brown, MA
Duration:
19 Hours 59 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 13, 2023
Product Code:
POS059431


Description

This comprehensive training module is intended to be a main component in a larger Narcissism Certification course.  The content inside covers how to treat survivors of narcissistic abuse from a trauma-informed perspective.  

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Disclosure of Program CoSponsorship

This program was developed through the joint providership of PESI, Inc. and The Association for NPD/Psychopathy Survivor Treatment, Research & Education



* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
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Earn up to 19.75 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by state and profession. 


Counselors - Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Counselors - Florida Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 19.75 continuing education credits.


Counselors - Illinois Counselors

This intermediate self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Per the IDFPR: Social Work Continuing Education Sponsors approved by the Division in accordance with the rules for the administration of Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act (225 ILCS 201), 68 Ill.  Adm. Code 1470.95; PESI, Inc. is a registered social work continuing education sponsor with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance, pass a post-test, and who complete the program evaluation.


Counselors - Kentucky Counselors

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 23.75 continuing education credit hours for Kentucky Counselors. The Continuing Education Requirements for the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors (201 KAR 36:030 Section 2) state continuing education programs from providers sponsored or approved by a state counseling licensure board shall be approved without further review by the board. PESI, Inc. is approved by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.


Counselors - Montana Counselors

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of instruction.


Counselors - Nevada Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 19.75 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


Counselors - South Carolina Counselors

This self-study program has been approved for 19.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Counselors - Texas Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 19.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 681, Subchapter J, Section 681.142 Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Social Workers - Social Workers

This intermediate self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Social Workers - Colorado Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This self-study course has been approved for 19.9 continuing education hours. 

 

COLORADO PARTICIPANTS ONLY: If you did not answer YES to be reported to the Colorado Chapter of the NASW on the evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com and provide the full title of the webcast, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.


Social Workers - Florida Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 19.75 continuing education credits. 


Social Workers - Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 19.5 contact hours.


Social Workers - Kansas Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 19.5 continuing education hours.


Social Workers - Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 19.5 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Social Workers - Montana Social Workers

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of instruction.


Psychologists - Psychologists

This course is for informational purposes only. No continuing education credit is available. 


Marriage & Family Therapists - Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Marriage & Family Therapists - Florida Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 19.75 continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 19.5 credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Montana Marriage & Family Therapists

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of instruction.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 19.75 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


Marriage & Family Therapists - South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study program has been approved for 19.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 19.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 801, Subchapter K, Section 801.264 Types of Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Addiction Counselors - Addiction Counselors - Generic

This self-study activity consists of 19.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Addiction Counselors - California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 19.5 CEU's (continuing education hours).


Addiction Counselors - Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 19.75 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


Addiction Counselors - Oklahoma Alcohol & Drug Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors approved provider #20240032. This self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Nurses - Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This self-study activity consists of 19.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Nurses - California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 19.5 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Nurses - Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 19.5 self-study contact hours.

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Nurses - Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 19.75 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


International Professionals' CPD

PESI, Inc. offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognised by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. Completion of this program is worth 19.75 hours CPD.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 19.75 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Speaker

Sandra L. Brown, MA's Profile

Sandra L. Brown, MA Related seminars and products


Sandra L. Brown, MA, has worked with narcissistic abuse survivors for over 30 years and is often referred to as the pioneer in the field of pathological love relationships (relationships with partners who have narcissism or psychopathy). Her seminal work and research helped launch the ‘Narcissistic and Psychopathic Abuse’ field. She is an author of hundreds of articles for survivors on narcissistic abuse and her books include the highly popular How to Spot a Dangerous Man Before You Get Involved (Hunter House, 2005), the award-winning Women Who Love Psychopaths: Inside the Relationships of Inevitable Harm With Psychopaths, Sociopaths & Narcissists (Mask Publishing, 2018), as well as the clinically-relevant Counseling Victims of Violence (American Counseling Association, 1991). She is the current president of The Association for NPD/Psychopathy Survivor Treatment, Research & Education, and the CEO of The Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sandra Brown has employment relationships with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction & Public Pathology Education and the Assn for NPD/Psychopathy Survivor Treatment, Research & Education. She receives royalties as a published author. Sandra Brown receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations
Non-financial: Sandra Brown has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Objectives

  1. Identify survivors of narcissistic abuse and differentiate between historical and non-historical trauma clients.
  2. Assess the specific treatment needs of survivors of narcissistic abuse and differentiate between treatment seeking and treatment needs.
  3. Apply best practices for harm reduction in trauma treatment. 
  4. Develop a three-step protocol for trauma education during stabilization.
  5. Apply pacing and titration in stabilization and symptom management.
  6. Use questionnaires, topic lists, and psychoeducation tools for the assessment and treatment of survivors of narcissistic abuse.
  7. Implement pathology education in the Structured Session Method.
  8. Evaluate the neuroscience and neurobiology of personality disorders in relation to survivors of narcissistic abuse.
  9. Utilize specialized techniques for enhancing pathology education and pathology education topic lists.
  10. Identify the six must-teach concepts for pathology education and use the "link and label" technique for teaching.
  11. Differentiate between generalized cognitive dissonance (CD) and chronic and persistent CD.
  12. Identify the four identifiers of CD and complications of trauma and CD.
  13. Develop best practices for CD reduction and utilize checklists, charts, and mindfulness scripts.
  14. Differentiate between typical trauma and atypical trauma and understand the presentation of hyper and hypo arousal states with CD.
  15. Utilize trauma assessments and differentiate between dual dysregulation and presentation/hyper and hypo arousal states with CD.
  16. Assess the impact of survivors' super traits of personality and understand the risks associated with agreeableness and conscientiousness.
  17. Develop strategies for working with super traits in early work and later work, using the historical impact checklist and super trait education topic list.
  18. Evaluate the patient intake and assessment process, including prescreening tools and considerations, special screening features, and trauma assessments for survivors of narcissistic abuse.

Outline

Introduction and Goals of Treatment  
Who Are You Treating? — A Survivor Overview
  • Problems in Identification 
  • Historical Trauma and Non-Historical Trauma clients 
  • Differentiation in Treatment Seeking and Treatment Needs 
  • Overall Specific Treatment Needs of Survivors
Intervention/Harm Reduction, Trauma Psychoeducation and Skill Building for Stabilization
  • Early Recovery and the Stabilization Process 
  • Eight Important Aspects in Early Treatment—Best Practices 
  • Prior Treatment Failure
  • Intervention for Harm Reduction and Trauma Worsening 
  • Three Step Protocol
  • Structuring for Multi-Need Clients
  • Trauma Education in Stabilization 
  • Skill Building, Resourcing, and Symptom Management in Stabilization 
  • Pacing and Titration in Stabilization
  • Questionnaires, topic lists, and psychoeducation tools
Pathology Education for Stabilization/Cognitive Dissonance Reduction
  • Implementing Path Ed in The Structured Session Method
  • Neuroscience and Neurobiology of PDs
  • Specialized Techniques for Enhancing Pathology Education   
  • Pathology Education Topic Lists
  • Six Must Teach Concepts
Checklists and the “Link and Label” technique
Cognitive Dissonance (CD): The Hallmark Feature of Pathological Love Relationships
  • Generalized CD versus Chronic and Persistent CD
  • CD Etiology, Levels and Focuses
  • Four Identifiers of CD
  • Complications of Trauma and CD
  • The Onset of Dual Dysregulation
  • Behaviors Connected to CD
  • Eight Best Practices for CD Reduction   
  • Checklists, charts and Mindfulness scripts
Working with Typical and ‘Atypical’ Trauma in Treatment
  • Trauma Assessments: Trauma Interviews and Self-Reports 
  • Differentiation Between Typical Trauma and Atypical Trauma
  • Dual Dysregulation and Presentation/Hyper and Hypo Arousal States with CD
  • Destabilization and Dysregulation
  • Trauma, Cognitive Dissonance and the Window of Tolerance
  • Triggers in Dual Dysregulation
  • Neuro-Based Treatment Issues from Dual Dysregulation
  • Combination Problems of Executive Functioning, Dual Dysregulation, and CD
  • Memories and CD and Processing Issues
  • Working with Whole Memories or Dual Processing
  • Using the C-PTSD and Atypical PTSD© checklist
Survivor’s Super Traits of Personality—A Different Kind of Risk Management
  • How Personality Science Can Help Us Understand These Survivors
  • Wrong But Common Therapeutic Assumptions About These Survivors
  • Understanding High/Low ACE Scores
  • Commonalities in Research: Two Trait Elevations
  • Risk in the Traits of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness
  • Harm Avoidance as a Dimension of Anxiety
  • Super Traits versus Codependency
  • Working with Super Traits: Early Work and Later Work
  • Historical impact checklist, super trait education topic list and more
Patient Intake and Assessment 
  • Prescreening Tools and Considerations
  • What to Use to Identify a Pathological Love Relationship
  • Tele-Counseling Considerations
  • Intake Package and Special Screening Features
  • Trauma Assessments
  • Atypical PTSD and Cognitive Dissonance Checklists
  • The ACE
  • The Partner-Related Traits Pathometry Checklist©

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Psych Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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