How Childhood Family Trauma Affects Parenting
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Event Time: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Total CE Credits: 1.5
Clinical Hours: 1.5
General Admission: $0 CE Cost: $10
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Description
If you experienced a history of trauma in your family of origin, it likely stuck with you into adulthood. Depending on the severity of your trauma, it may affect your ability to maintain healthy relationships with your children. In times of stress—which are likely frequent while parenting—we often resort to what we know, and if our developmental years were traumatic or dysfunctional, it can be difficult to break those habits.
In this 1.5 hour webinar, Kaytee explores some of the major ways that childhood trauma can impact us later in life, including as we interact with our own families as partners and as parents. She explores the ways that unhealed trauma wounds can impact parents as they parent their children, due to the stressors that come with parenting. Kaytee gives special attention to the experiences of foster parents and the fostering community, with the unique stressors that may come with this experience, and provides some takeaway tips and tools to begin the process of healing and moving forward.
Training Objectives
1. Recognize and validate some of the different forms of trauma from one's family of origin.
2. Begin to recognize how a trauma history can impact someone in adulthood.
3. Explore how trauma history can impact someone's adult relationships, including with families and as parents.
4. Learn some ways to begin the process of healing, with tips and tools for coping.
5. Learn what resources are available to help along the way.
Speaker & Bio
KaytylnKaytee Gillis
Kaytlyn "Kaytee" Gillis is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist, renowned for her work with survivors of family of origin trauma, including childhood abuse, family dysfunction, and domestic violence. She is the author of several books, all on the topics of healing from domestic abuse and family trauma and is a regular contributor to multiple media outlets and publications for these topics. Kaytee has a popular column on Psychology Today and is a frequent contributor to Psychotherapy Networker. Kaytee’s work has been featured in TIME Magazine, BBC World News, Women's Health Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, CP24 News, and others. She provides training nationwide on recognizing patterns of domestic violence and family trauma and helping survivors move forward.
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