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Richard Bebout, Ph.D., trains and consults in the areas of supportive housing and men’s trauma services. In addition to maintaining a private therapy practice in Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland he is the Clinical Housing Director and active member of the Men’s Trauma Workgroup at Community Connections, where he has been working since 1987. He earned his doctorate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Lori Beyer, LICSW, MSWAC, has over 13 years of experience working with adults who are dually diagnosed with a serious mental illness and a substance abuse disorder and have histories of homelessness and violent victimization. She specializes in providing workshops and trainings to agencies and clinicians nationally on issues related to trauma-specific and trauma-sensitive service provision. She received her master’s degree from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. |
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Jasmin Cori, J.C., M.S., L.P.C., is a licensed professional counselor in Boulder, Colorado, who specializes in working with childhood trauma, including various types of abuse and the insidious effects of neglect and under-parenting. An experienced educator, she offers lectures and workshops on trauma and has facilitated support, therapy, and personal growth groups. She has also trained graduate students, body workers, and peer counselors in counseling skills. Jasmin utilizes a variety of writing techniques in her work and teaches a journaling course fo trauma survivors. Her book Healing from Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life, is written from her dual perspective as a therapist and survivor of childhood trauma. In her newest book, The Emotionally Absent Mother (October 2009), she tackles the "soft trauma" left by emotional neglect. View Jasmin's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Eileen Dombo, Ph.D., LICSW, conducts trainings on vicarious trauma and burnout, effective models of treatment and therapeutic interventions, and on trauma and special populations—specifically older adults and people living with disabilities. Dr. Dombo is a clinical consultant for organizations such as the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, SMYAL, and the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She has worked with vulnerable and disenfranchised consumers in the Washington, D.C., area for over 15 years and is a visiting assistant professor at the Catholic University of America in the School of Social Service, where she received her doctorate. View Eileen's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Roger D. Fallot, Ph.D., specializes in the development and evaluation of services for trauma survivors and the role of spirituality in recovery. A member of the adjunct faculty in Pastoral Counseling at Loyola College in Maryland, he edited and contributed chapters to Spirituality and Religion in Recovery from Mental Illness (Jossey-Bass, 1998). A graduate of Yale University (B.A., M.S., and Ph.D.), he is a clinical psychologist and Director of Research and Evaluation at Community Connections. |
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David Freeman, PsyD., has been involved in the development of a men’s trauma recovery program at Community Connections and specializes in psychotherapy with adolescents in his private practice. His work with vulnerable and disenfranchised consumers at Community Connections has included jobs as case manager, team leader, and program director. He currently oversees the care of 500 consumers. He earned his degree at Rutgers University. |
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Steven N. Gold, Ph.D., is an expert in psychological trauma and has trained doctoral candidates at Nova Southeastern University since 1982 in all aspects of therapy and testing. In his role as Director of the Trauma Resolution and Integration Program (TRIP) he has established, developed, and administered a program providing clinical services to and ongoing research on the evaluation and treatment of trauma survivors and clients with dissociative disorders. His broad-based private practice has included work with individuals, couples, and families to treat post traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and other addictive and compulsive patterns of behavior. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. View Steven's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Maxine Harris, Ph.D., has spent her career working for the betterment of women, trauma survivors, homeless persons, and substance abusers. As the CEO for Clinical Affairs and Co-Founder of Community Connections, she has worked in the cross over between mental health and homelessness. Among her many publications is a book of fables for adult survivors. She is a proponent of story telling in private and group therapy as a mechanism for gaining awareness and insight. Along with investigators from Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Harris has been co-investigator on federally funded grants to study homeless women, substance-addicted homeless persons, and to implement vocational services to persons with serious mental illness. She received her Ph.D. from Clark University. View Maxine's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Robert V. Hull, MA.Ed., Ed.S., MHS, CTR, has over 20 years experience as a school psychologist with working in rural, urban, and overseas environments. In that capcity he has run special programs for emotionally disabled middle and high school students, preschool assessment, and treatment programs. His training credential include training school staff in trauma response, crisis management, and the management of disruptive behavior. Mr. Hull has graduate degrees in psychology and public health/administration from Arizona State University, Memphis State University and Johns Hopkins. |
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Ann Jennings, Ph.D., has long been involved in raising public awareness and influencing fundamental changes in the way public mental health systems view and treat individuals with histories of unaddressed sexual and physical abuse trauma. Dr. Jennings is also president of the Anna Foundation, Inc., an organization dedicated to joining others in speaking truth about the effects of childhood trauma on individuals and society, promoting prevention and early intervention, and providing resources for professional, community, and survivors use. She has personal experience as the mother of a young woman diagnosed with serious mental illness. In additional to her life experience, she earned a doctorate at Union Institute. |
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Karl LaRowe believes that energy is our most valuable natural resource and the one thing almost every healthcare professional has too little of. Whether it is the constant demand of multi-tasking, the continual drain of needy patients, or repeated conflicts with difficult coworkers, almost every caregiver experiences the cost of care giving as physical, emotional, and even spiritual exhaustion. As an international speaker, Karl LaRowe is one of the leading authorities on transforming compassion fatigue into energy and engagement. As the creator of Flow MotionTM (a combination of movement, breathing, and visualization techniques inspired by the ancient Chinese martial art of Qigong), Karl works with social workers, nurses, therapists, supervisors, managers, and other professionals who want to discharge the energy residue of secondary traumatic stress to achieve breakthrough growth. He received his masters degree in clinical social work from the University of Chicago. |
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Teresa Rhodes McGee, M.A., comes to Sidran with a specialty in facilitating conflict resolution and crisis management. Her Master’s degree in spirituality and pastoral counseling make her a natural trainer for Sidran’s Risking Connection in Faith Communities. With 23 years’ experience in nonprofit development, program delivery, and senior management, she has authored five books, including Transforming Trauma: A Path Toward Wholeness (Orbis 2005). View Teresa's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Ruta Mazelis is a dynamic, experienced, nurturing, and much-sought-after trainer on the subject of self-inflicted violence, a term she coined in 1990. She has worked in the field of self-injury for over 20 years. Her experience as an author, researcher, consultant, service provider, and policy advocate around trauma-related issues has honed her skills in providing trainings on a variety of topics, including self-inflicted violence, revictimization in systems of care, trauma and its impacts, trauma-informed care, and self-care and peer support. Her expertise impacts local communities, national systems of care, and international projects. In addition to be a content specialist for Sidran Institute, Ms Mazelis is a program manager of NCTIC (National Center for Trauma-Informed Care) and consults for the National Leadership Forum for Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Services. View Ruta's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Anne Mills, M.A., is a registered and board-certified art therapist, licensed mental health counselor, and accomplished leader in the use of art and imagery in trauma assessment and treatment. Through her private practice, Art Therapy Services, in Washington, DC, she supports the personal transitions of children, adolescents, and adults brought on by loss, grief, trauma, and shifts in culture, status, and relationships. She utilizes visual art techniques--drawing, painting, sculpture--as a way of helping trauma survivors express and contain their feelings. She specializes in work with highly dissociative survivors of severe, early trauma. Ms. Mills has taught, published, and lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on the role of trauma-informed care and the role of art in trauma healing. She holds an MA in Art Therapy from Condordia University, Montreal, Quebec. View Anne's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Kathleen O'Hara, M.A., is a nationally known presenter and keynoter. Her book, A Grief Like No Other: Surviving the Violent Death of Someone You Love (2006), presents a seven-stage model to overcome the devastating consequences of traumatic grief. She specializes in recognizing how our bodies hold the experiences of trauma. In additional to speaking from the personal experience of grief and recovery resulting from the death of her oldest son in 1999, Ms. O’Hara has studied with Marion Rosen at the RosenMethod Bodywork Institute to learn more about the relationship between mind and body. She has been a guest on National Public Radio, CNN, and local and national news radio and television programs. She is a consultant for the Federal Office for Victims of Crime and is a board member of Witness Justice, a national victim's advocacy organization. She received an MA in psychology with a focus on somatic experience from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 1993. View Kathleen's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Terri Pease, Ph.D., has focused on helping agencies and practitioners respond to issues of trauma and abuse in disability services, child welfare, and mental health settings. She has worked to enable and broaden collaborations between victim service providers and those working in other areas of social services. Her calm and knowledgeable approach coupled with her more than 20 years of experience in settings from preschool to university provide her with a vast arsenal of skills from which to draw. She received her doctorate from Cornell University. View Terri's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Elizabeth Power, M.Ed., is an educator and program developer with expertise in competency-based adult learning and replication programs. She has developed programs for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the Children’s Institute, and for the National Center for PTSD. In addition, she provides training development , delivery and evaluation services in the corporate sector. She is a member of the International Positive Psychology Association, the American Society for Training and the International Women’s Writing Guild. She is the CEO of EPower & Associates, Sidran’s authorized Risking Connection Training provider. View Elizabeth's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Mary Ragan, Ph.D., With over 30 years of clinical experience, Mary Ragan has presented seminars in cross-cultural settings in this country and in South America. Topics include Grief, Loss, and Complicated Mourning; Counseling Skills for the Non-Professional Counselor; Crisis Intervention and Conflict Management; Collaboration in the Workplace; and Sexual Harassment Prevention. She is accredited as a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC). She is also a board-certified diplomate in clinical social work and licensed in New York State. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the AAPC. View Mary's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Howard Reznick, LCSW-C, has delivered educational presentations to diverse audiences for more than two decades. He specializes in a range of psychological, substance abuse, trauma, and other life-changing conditions. He created leading-edge community awareness and response to substance abuse in the Jewish community and training of Johns Hopkins Hospital healthcare providers at the onset of the AIDS epidemic in Baltimore. He received his master’s degree in social work at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. View Howard's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D., has experience in a broad range of psychological services in a pediatric setting, including evaluations of children, adolescents, and families;
individual, group, and family therapy; parent training, staff education
and consultation; and research. In the context of her independent business, Childhood Recovery Resources, Dr. Silberg does consulting, therapy, and forensic evaluation for children and adolescents, with specialization in family court issues, trauma, and dissociation. As a consulting psychologist with the Sheppard Pratt Health System, she is considered an expert in the field of dissociation in children. Dr. Silberg has presented extensively on childhood trauma and assessment and treatment of child sexual abuse. Her doctorate is from Ohio State University.
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Larry Smyth, Ph.D., trains in the areas of PTSD and anxiety disorders and has years of experience working directly with veterans through his position as clinical psychologist with the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Smyth heads up the Red Toad Road Company, which furnishes continuing education and credits to professionals. His Ph.D. is from Michigan State University. View Larry's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Elizabeth Vermilyea, M.A., has been working exclusively with trauma survivors and the people who care about them since 1991. As Director of Sidran’s trauma training programs, (1999–2006) she created and delivered traumatic stress education programs to a broad range of professional, paraprofessional, and public audiences including: caregivers and frontline service providers in child and adult mental health, public and private school systems, sexual assault and domestic violence settings, providers working with the homeless, corrections, developmental disabilities agencies, crime victim’s assistance agencies, and substance abuse programs across the United States and in Canada. She is the author of Growing Beyond Survival: A Self-Help Toolkit for Managing Traumatic Stress (2000) and is currently pursuing her doctorate. View Elizabeth's Curriculum Vitae. |
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Elizabeth Venart, M.Ed., NCC, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor in Ambler, Pennsylvania , and founder and director of The Resiliency Center, a trauma-informed healing arts collaborative designed to serve the community and provide professional training services to health care providers. She offers lectures and workshops on trauma and especially on healing through creative expression. She is an adjunct instructor at Drexel University where she teaches in the Behavioral Health Counseling Program.
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Patricia Wilcox, LCSW specializes in the treatment of traumatized children and their families and has presented extensively on this topic. Her career in child and family treatment has included the state child welfare system, the Superior Court, private practice, and Newington Children’s Hospital Day Treatment. She is currently the Vice President of Strategic Development at Klingberg Family Centers in New Britain, Connecticut. She received her degree from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. View Patricia's Curriculum Vitae. |
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