Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT

Subject of Presentation: "Short-term Effective Youth Trauma Treatment"

 

Name of Presenter:   Laura C. Strom, MS, LMFT, LPCC, CRC

 

Mailing Address:          P.O. Box 353                                                                                                            City:   Monte Rio

 

Zip:    95462                   Email:  LCSTROM@GMAIL.COM  Phone: 707-889-9168

 

Short Bio of Presenter(s) (Including degrees, experience, and specializations

Laura C. Strom, MS, LMFT, LPCC, CRC is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 49174), a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPC 149) and a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC 00113822).

Laura was trained at Stanford as a trauma therapist in a 3 year clinical research trial treating traumatized youth and their families. She also has extensive training in Jungian Sandplay Therapy, an excellent modality for pre-verbal trauma. Her specialties are trauma/posttraumatic stress disorder, and disabilities.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

        After completion of the presentation the attendees will:

 

1. Know the latest research on trauma and its effects on children. 

2. Have an effective treatment plan for those suffering from the effects of trauma which reduces trauma symptoms very quickly and dramatically (1-3 sessions).

 

 3. Be introduced to Stanford Cue-Centered Treatment: A multi-modal treatment for youth suffering posttraumatic symptoms.

4.Go through experiential exercises which are proven to reduce posttraumatic symptoms.

 

Learning Activities/Modalities: Didactic, Discussion, Video, Experiential, etc.

 

                       1. Power Point Slide Presentation (equipment needed)

                       2. Experiential body mastery exercises

                       3. Q & A, time allowing, handout

 

Brief Outline of the Presentation:

 

I began with a Power Point presentation, starting with covering some key research in the field of trauma including the ACE study, Straus’ corporal punishment research, the 2009 Stanford brain imaging study which definitely proved that trauma changes the shape of a young child’s growing brain, and the Bayview Hunters Point study. Next I discussed Stanford Cue-Centered Treatment, including research participants, results, and a session-by-session breakdown. Body mastery exercises used with the children were taught to participants. Attendees also received an excellent handout that includes a Feelings Thermometer and Body Map.

 

Laura C. Strom is a Stanford-trained trauma therapist and worked for the Stanford Early Life Stress Research Program. She will introduce Stanford Cue-Centered Treatment: A multi-modal treatment for youth suffering posttraumatic symptoms. Laura was one of two therapists in a 3 year clinical research trial testing this cutting edge trauma treatment with traumatized youth. This 15-18 session intervention had excellent results with youth rapidly having a 65% drop in posttraumatic symptoms, and 50+% drops in depression and anxiety.

 

In this presentation, attendees learned about the latest research and trauma treatment techniques which can be used with both adults and children. Clinicians came away with an effective treatment plan for clients who are suffering with posttraumatic symptoms, anxiety or panic attacks, and learned some techniques experientially. A handout outlined Stanford Cue-Centered Treatment, and included a Feelings Thermometer (A. Wagner) and Body Map (Kara).

Youth Trauma Short-Term Tx.pdf