TRAINING

Partial list only; other training topics available. All training and speaking events are customized for your organization's specific needs.

My Story: 1988-2016—Radical Survival: My story of abuse: kidnapping and attempted murder with my father; stalking from prison; raising a baby while hiding from his father, who was serving a life sentence; working with other victims; creating a DV hospital crisis team, shelter, PTSD therapy, faith resources, etc.; my own PTSD, healing from it and ultimately facing my fears a few years ago and taking my son across country to meet his dying father in prison ('restorative justice with a twist')
Distinguishing Between Victims and Abusers Requesting Advocacy Services (i.e. DVPOs)
Working with Victims with Multiple Vulnerabilities (trauma, PTSD, substance abuse, mental illness)
Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Trauma-Related Guilt in Battered Women
Skill Building for Advocates: Helping Victims Address Their PTSD Symptoms
Establishing a 50:50 Advocacy Partnership with Survivor Clients
How Abuse Changes Victims—Understanding Victim Survival Behaviors (hostage dynamics, substance abuse, PTSD, use of resistive violence, etc.)
Running on Empty: Understanding and Treating Compassion Fatigue
Working with Difficult Survivors
Understanding and Working with Christian Victims of DV
Partnering with Churches to Reach Battered Christian Women
Understanding the Abuse Tactics of Church-Going Abusers

Domestic Violence: Hostage Dynamics and Traumatic Bonding
Worldwide Violence Against Women
Domestic Violence Training for Church Leaders
Domestic Violence Training for Christian Counselors
Domestic Violence and the Christian Scriptures
Working with Battered Christian Women (for secular advocates)
Women, Substance Abuse and Trauma
Co-Dependency vs. Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Against Prostituted Women
Violence in Same-Sex Relationships
Why Men Batter
How Can a Batterer Change?
Why Do Battered Women 'Stay'?
How to Recognize and Avoid Victim-Blaming
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: What's the Connection?
Effects of Violence on Women's Physical Health
Effects of Violence on Women's Psychological Health
Guidelines for Counseling Trauma Survivors (adapted for various settings – mental health, medical, criminal justice, faith communities, schools, etc.)
Understanding Stalking
Understanding Sexual Violence
Understanding Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Training for Child Protection Workers
Domestic Violence Training for Police Officers
Domestic Violence Training for Substance Abuse Counselors
What About Battered Men?
Domestic Violence and Native American Women
Domestic Violence Training for Guardians ad Litem (GALs)

Trauma: How it Impacts a Person's Life
Assessing for Lifetime Trauma
Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
Effects of Trauma on Children and Adolescents
Domestic Violence Basics for Helpers
Distinguishing Between True Victims and Abusers Posing as Victims (tailored for court advocates, police officers, etc.)
Understanding Vicarious Trauma
Self-care for Those Who Work with Victims
Domestic Violence Counseling: Understanding the Victims
Domestic Violence Advanced Issues
Advanced Trauma Issues (Neurological Changes and PTSD)
Co-Occurring Disorders: Mental Health and Trauma
Co-Occurring Disorders: Substance Abuse and Trauma
Mothering After Trauma
Counseling Victims of Trauma and Abuse
Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
Domestic Violence and Adolescents
Understanding Dating Violence
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships
Tips for Identifying and Avoiding Abusers
Understanding the Adult Domestic Violence Victim
Understanding the Domestic Violence Offender
Counseling Do's and Don'ts with Trauma Survivors
Avoiding the Rescue Triangle/Transference
Guilt and Trauma: What's the Connection?
Cognitive Therapy for Trauma-Related Guilt
How to Identify, Assess and Counsel Trauma Survivors