Attachment, Trauma, and Clinical Work with Military Service Members

Practitioners who work with military service members, veterans, and their families require unique knowledge and skills to effectively work with this challenging yet rewarding clientele. This knowledge includes an understanding of military culture and the deployment cycle, the neurobiology of trauma and attachment difficulties, as well as the unique organizational and systemic challenges facing service members who seek mental health assistance. Professional organizations such as NASW supply providers within the VA system and within the community with ethical and practice guidelines, as well as resources specific to the military and veteran populations.

This web conference will briefly review some of the ethical and practice guidelines contained in the NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Military Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families, apply them to case examples for discussion, and look specifically at the invisible wounds of war. The presentation will take an in-depth look at the invisible wounds of war and the neurobiological implications of trauma in military service members and their family members. The presenter will discuss vicarious trauma and issues of attachment with children and apply this knowledge to assessment and clinical treatment with military children and their families. The presenter will discuss resources for clinicians who work with military service members and their families. Lastly, the presentation will examine practice and ethical guidelines for work with military families and children.

This web conference is intermediate instructional level and designed to help clinicians:

1. Identify the provisions of the NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families.
2. Apply these ethical and practice standards to military social work using several clinical case examples.
3. Explain the invisible wounds of war including PTSD, depression, and suicide.
4. Discover the neurobiological implications of trauma and apply this knowledge to clinical work with military children and their families.
5. Determine the unique strengths and factors of risk in clinical work with the military family.
6. Identify local, regional, and national resources for military children and families.

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

Two CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.

GoodTherapy.org is also an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within counseling services.

GoodTherapy.org is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

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GoodTherapy.org, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0395.

To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

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