PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Working With Survivors Of Sexual Assault: Empowering Post-Traumatic Growth

Foundational principles for clinicians treating adult and teen survivors of sexual assault.
3 Continuing Education Credits Available*
  • 2 hr 50 min
  • On-demand
Complete the training at your own pace. CE credits are awarded following successful completion of all course requirements.

$90

Single course enrollment

2 hr 50 min

Approximate course duration

3 CEs

Available to eligible NYS professionals

On-demand

Complete at your own pace

$90

Single course enrolment
COURSE OVERVIEW

Working With Survivors Of Sexual Assault: Empowering Post-Traumatic Growth

This training will provide participants with the knowledge necessary to competently treat adult and teen survivors of sexual assault.

The training will focus on the universal principles inherent in all effective modalities of trauma treatment and how to apply them in clinical work with survivors.

Goals of preventing retraumatization, strengthening agency, and empowering post-traumatic growth are emphasized.

3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.

What You'll Explore

Improve your clinical skills in working with sexual assault survivors.

Clinical Efficacy

Working effectively with survivors of sexual assault in clinical practice.

Clinical Attunement

Responding to disclosures with empathy, support, and clinical attunement.

Trauma-Informed Care

Understanding trauma responses and their impact on treatment.

Survivor Agency

Supporting survivor agency while navigating complex treatment decisions.

Cultural Humility

Integrating cultural humility and individualized care into trauma treatment

Post-Traumatic Growth

Supporting healing and post-traumatic growth without minimizing the impact of trauma.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this training, you will
be able to:

01

Verbalize an understanding of the foundational principles of effective, survivor-centered trauma treatment.

02

Identify ways to tailor treatment plans to individual survivors.

03

Assist survivors in navigating resources available to them through law enforcement, the healthcare system, and the New York State Office of Victims Services.

04

Identify common treatment pitfalls that can be retraumatizing to survivors and what to do instead.

05

Identify common survivor internalized biases that can impede post-traumatic growth.

06

Help clients challenge internalized biases to form new survivor-centered narratives of meaning-making.

How It Works

Advance your clinical knowledge in
three steps.

step 1

Watch

Complete the on-demand professional training presented by Monique Dauphin, LMHC.

step 2

Demonstrate your understanding

Complete the online test following the training.

step 3

Complete your evaluation

Submit the course evaluation to fulfill the training requirements.

Successful completion of all three components is required for eligible participants seeking CE credit.

Instructor

Monique Dauphin, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor | Trauma Informed Provider  | Certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider

Monique Dauphin is a licensed mental health counselor who has specialized in treatment of post-traumatic stress and related disorders since 2013.

Monique has held several positions in Dutchess County’s coordinated interdisciplinary response to interpersonal violence, including in the county’s crime victims assistance program, batterer intervention program, and sex offender management program.

Monique has also served as chair of Dutchess County’s Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse (CASADA), and consulted for the criminal justice subcommittee of the county’s Criminal Justice Commission.

Monique is a certified Red Cross Disaster Mental Health First Responder, and a certified Black Lotus Yoga Project Trauma-sensitive Yoga Instructor.

Now in private practice, she treats trauma survivors using somatic, desensitization-focused, and narrative therapies and specializes in helping survivors recover from interpersonal violence and systemic oppression.

A specialized focus on trauma treatment

Monique has held several positions in Dutchess County’s coordinated interdisciplinary response to interpersonal violence working with both offenders and survivors, during which time, she developed an interest in the ways in which ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders interact with community struggles such as cycles of interpersonal violence and addiction.

As a late-diagnosed ADHD sufferer herself, Monique developed a passion for identifying ADHD in adults and supporting them through late diagnosis. Now in private practice as a certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider, Monique specializes in treating highly sensitive adults with PTSD, ADHD, and/or a combination of the two.
Continuing Education

Earn 3 Continuing Education Credits.

CE credits are provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC following successful completion of the training requirements.

3 CEs are available to eligible:

  • NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselors
  • NYS Licensed Master Social Workers
  • NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
  • NYS Licensed Creative Arts Therapists
  • NYS Licensed Clinical Social Workers
  • NYS Licensed Psychologists
  • NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts
Important Clinical Context

Strengthen your clinical approach to supporting survivors of sexual assault with trauma-informed, individualized care.

Professional Development

Build greater confidence supporting survivors of sexual assault.

Foundational principles for clinicians treating adult and teen survivors of sexual assault.
2 hr 50 min  •  On-demand  •  3 CEs available*
Immediate online access after enrollment.
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