Domestic Violence and Trauma: Clinical Considerations

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Instructor: Rebecca Vazquez, PhD, LPC, NCC

Instructional Level: Intermediate

4 CE credits for psychologists

**This webinar fulfills the NJ psychologist CE requirement on domestic violence**

Duration: 4 hours

Price: $95

Description

This webinar includes brief historical, political, and cultural perspectives on domestic violence against women as well as the current state of this issue. Following this overview, Dr. Vazquez discusses various forms of violence against women that impact their emotional, physical, and psychological well-being. Although the content of this webinar is not exhaustive, the hope is to provide participants with a fundamental knowledge of how domestic violence has manifested throughout society and how to approach survivors using a trauma-informed, intersectional, clinical framework. Finally, vicarious trauma and self-care will be discussed, along with how to promote posttraumatic growth in clients.

Learning Objectives

After taking this webinar, readers will be able to:

• Describe the forms of domestic violence and their impact on the well-being of survivors.
• Assess the clinical needs of survivors through an intersectional, empowerment lens while recognizing the stages of prevention, intervention, and restoration.
• Compare the definitions and distinctions of compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma in order to learn how to implement wellness practice into clinical work.
• Identify clinical interventions that promote post-traumatic growth and implement them into the therapeutic process.

Instructor

Dr. Vazquez is the Director for the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA) at Rutgers University. For over a decade, Dr. Vazquez has been a passionate advocate for survivors of interpersonal violence. Her career began at Womanspace, the lead domestic and sexual violence agency in Mercer County, New Jersey, where she served as the Bilingual Coordinator for most of her nine-year tenure. In that capacity, she served as a court advocate, provided individual and group therapy in both English and Spanish, coordinated outreach to the Spanish speaking/immigrant community and trained the community on numerous issues related to trauma and culture. Over the past three years, she has continued her clinical work by providing trauma-informed services to children, adolescents, and families in underserved communities in South Jersey.

Dr. Vazquez earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Rider University, Master of Arts in Counselor Education from The College of New Jersey, and Doctorate in Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University. She is also a recipient of the Minority Fellowship Program through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). Her areas of interest include the intersection of trauma, culture, and spirituality along with human trafficking and organizational wellness.

Contact Us

For questions, please contact: ce@gsapp.rutgers.edu or call (848) 445-3577

Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0123.

Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.