Recognizing Childhood Relational Trauma

The traumatic effects of childhood relational trauma and emotional neglect are significant. Neuroimaging of the brain reveals how our fundamental needs for love, connection, safety and nurture are distorted when those we are programmed to depend on hurt us or treat us without emotional warmth. The outcomes are severe: those who have experienced childhood trauma can remain affected for years, cycling through depression, isolation, addiction, eating disorders, anxiety, insomnia, risk-taking behaviors, self-loathing behaviors and self-neglect. As tragic as this is, healing from childhood emotiona...Read morel neglect is possible. When individuals with a childhood trauma history seek treatment for an eating disorder or a substance use disorder, healing will occur in stages. Learn about these stages and the first steps to take in this process: a full and accurate assessment by the clinical team. Less...

Learning Objectives

Recognize two signs of childhood maltreatment in clients with eating disorders and/or substance use disorder.
Explain the link between childhood emotional neglect and maladaptive coping behaviors in adults.
Identify two skills to use when assessing patients for childhood trauma and emotional neglect.

Friday, April 23, 2021

Live Interactive Webinar

10:00 AM PDT - 11:30 AM PDT

EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Dr. Moreen Rubin, LMFT, PsyD

Dr. Rubin is a licensed marriage and family therapist and doctor of psychology. She specializes in treating eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and mood disorders. She is also certified to treat trauma. Dr. Rubin works with individuals and couples in her private practice in Southern California. As an expert in eating disorder recovery, she has served as the clinical director for several luxury treatment centers in Southern California and has run and opened multiple residential and daily treatment programs. Dr. Rubin regularly holds workshops and is an approved supervisor for unlicensed therapists. She is also a member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), regularly providing continuing education courses for professionals on the topic of eating disorder recovery and healing from complex relational trauma. In her leisure time, she enjoys spending time with family, being out in nature, gardening, dancing and reading.

CE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours

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