Saturday, May 24, 2014
9:00am – 4:00pm, 6 CE Hrs Alliant International University One Beach Street ~ San Francisco Private
practitioners and civilian mental health organizations are encouraging
more and more military veterans who are seeking their services for a
range of trauma and posttraumatic-related issues. It is essential
that mental health professionals, social workers, chaplains and drug
and alcohol counselors learn more about the influence of military
culture and its values, the kinds of moral and ethical decisions that
combatants are requirement to make in the field and the short and long
term effects of trauma that these individuals struggle with, especially
in regard to moral, ethical, religious and spiritual matters that
typically emerge once they have left the battlefield and the highly
structured environments that characterize of active service. . . . . . . . .
Participants in this training will: ·
Learn to consider what is involved
in violating personal and cultural ethics in a way zone ·
Become more knowledgeable about
Military Culture and Military training, especially in regard to their
relationship to moral injury ·
Develop greater awareness about the
many obstacles the military veterans face when trying to work through
the effects of their war experience with military and civilian setting ·
Become more competent when helping
combat veterans, family members and community members understanding the
posttraumatic struggles of a war veteran Robert Grant PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has an international reputation in the area of psychological trauma. For over twenty years he has worked in more than 20 countries around the world and several disaster/war zones as a trauma consultant, educator, trainer and author. He is also one of the primary authors of the current Operational Trauma and Stress Protocol that the US Marine Corps currently uses worldwide. He is also author of Healing the Soul of the Church (Ministers Facing Their Histories of Abuse and Trauma) 1994, The Way of the Wound (A Spirituality of Trauma and Transformation) 1997, Living and Working in Environments of Violence (A Resource Manual for Humanitarian Workers) 2002, A Healing Response to Terrorism (A Handbook for Psychological and Spiritual First Responders) 2004, Vicarious Trauma (Handbook for Professionals Working with Victims of Trauma ) 2006, I Love a War Veteran (Handbook for Veterans, Professionals and Family Members Working with Victims of Combat Stress and Trauma) 2007, Complicated Trauma (A Practitioners Manual) 2009, The Challenge of Forgiveness (As Faced by Victims of Abuse and Betrayal) 2010, Anger, Healing and Forgiveness (6 hour CD) 2010 and Dissociation Handbook, 2013. He can be reached at rw_grant@hotmail.com and some of his writings can be viewed at http://in-sigththerapy.blogspot.com/2013/06/trauma-and-spiritual-journey.html |
