An overview of what services are offered through Psychological Health and Wellness

1. Robert Rhoton PsyD AZTraumatherapy.com Mesa, Arizona

2. Clinical Work Trauma Developmental Trauma Anxiety Depression Personality Disorders Traumagenic Family dynamics

3. Academic Work/Classes Taught Educational research: assessment and evaluation Research: assessment and evaluation in human services Methods and models of research in psychology Family systems theory Post traumatic and acute stress disorders Marriage and family therapy Fundamentals of clinical supervision and practice Marriage and family advanced therapy techniques Legal and ethical issues in marriage and family therapy Professional ethics (counselors) Introduction to the helping relationship Legal climate of behavioral health Rational emotive behavior therapy Solution focused brief therapy Assessment and treatment of complex trauma in children

4. Workshops and Training Contact Psychological Health and Wellness to request training Addiction and criminal behavior The U.S. Department of Justice Report on Alcohol and Crime found that alcohol abuse was a factor in 40 percent of violent crimes committed in the U.S (3 hours) Multigenerational transmission of alcoholism in families Developmental interruptions in social, psychological and emotional development are of children can become a multigenerational family culture that creates predictable outcomes that are personally costly to the individual family members and the family at large. (4 – 6 hours) Trauma and brain development in children Neurobiology of trauma, and how trauma impacts the development of the brain as well as diminishing the capacity of the brain to functional at its highest potential (4 – 6 hours)

5. Workshops and Training Contact Psychological Health and Wellness to request training Trauma and sensory integration in children Children that have been traumatized have heightened environmental awareness, and increased reactivity. Children with sensory integration disorders have difficulty processing sensory input. They are often over- or under-sensitive to environmental stimuli. When trauma and Sensory integration combine the possible effects on the child are very stressful, and the demands on the family can be overwhelming. (4 – 6 hours) Child social, emotional and psychological deficits related to foster care placement For many children being placed in foster is substituting one form of trauma for another. There is significant evidence that the length of time in care, number of placements, the Child’s understanding of status, and placement choices (quantity, quality, types) all impact physical and emotional development in children. Some of the health effects are: (1) More growth delays; (2) Higher incidence of illnesses; (3) Untreated health problems; (4) Fragmented heath care due to move and lack of continuity of provider. The impact on the social and psychological development can be equally profound. (4 – 6 hours)

6. Workshops and Training Contact Psychological Health and Wellness to request training Treating Complex Trauma Complex trauma results from exposure to severe stressors that are repetitive or prolonged, involve harm or abandonment by caregivers, occurs at developmental vulnerable times. Complex trauma leads to changes and alterations in mind, body, emotions, social and spiritual development. (8-16 hours) Neurobiology of childhood trauma Brain and nervous impact of complex trauma the changes and alterations the brain impact the body, emotions, social and spiritual development. (8-16 hours) 16 common behavior patterns in traumagenic families Patterns of adaptive family functioning that emerge as a result of multigenerational transmission of complex trauma. How complex trauma leads to changes and alterations in mind, body, emotions, social and spiritual development that are marked in the visible behavior of families. (3 hours)

7. Workshops and Training Contact Psychological Health and Wellness to request training Adult Attachment Disorder & Treatment Unresolved childhood attachment issues leave an adult vulnerable to difficulties in forming secure adult relationships. Patterns of attachment continue through the life cycle and across generations. New relations are affected by the expectations developed in past relationships. There is a strong correlation between insecure adult attachment and marital dissatisfaction and negative marital interactions. If an adult does not feel safe with others, he/she will tend to be either rejecting of their partner or overly clingy. Attachment problems are often handed down transgenerationally unless someone breaks the chain. As a parent, an insecurely attached adult may lack the ability to form a strong attachment to their child and provide the necessary attachment cues required for the healthy emotional development of the child thereby predisposing their child to a lifetime of relationship difficulties (4-6 hours)

8. Workshops and Training Contact Psychological Health and Wellness to request training Assessing and treating complex trauma in children Assessment and intervention strategies to create successful outcomes for those children that have experienced complex trauma by results from exposure to severe stressors that are repetitive or prolonged, involve harm or abandonment by caregivers, occurs at developmental vulnerable times. Complex trauma leads to changes and alterations in mind, body, emotions, social and spiritual development. (6-8 hours) Understanding and treating abusive personality disorders Up to 30 percent of people who require mental health services have at least one personality disorder (PD)--characterized by abnormal and maladaptive inner experience and behavior. Personality disorders, also known as Axis II disorders, include obsessive-compulsive PD, avoidant PD, paranoid PD and borderline PD. While people with PDs can possess very different personality disturbances, they have at least one thing in common: chances are their mental illness will not remit without professional intervention. This workshop examines the nature of the disorders, the developmental processes related to the disorders and intervention strategies. (4-6 hours)