Dr. Claudia Black is a renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. In the mid-1970s, Claudia gave “voice” to both young and adult children from addictive homes, offering a framework for their healing. This cutting-edge work would be critical in creating the foundation for the codependency field and a greater understanding of the impact of family trauma.
Since that time, Dr. Black has continued to be a passionate leader in the field of addiction. She designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, and addictive disorders. She has written more than 15 books, most notably It Will Never Happen to Me.
The recipient of numerous national awards, Dr. Black has been a keynote speaker on Capitol Hill and on Canada’s Parliament Hill. A Senior Fellow and clinical architect for the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows, she also serves on the advisory board for the National Association of Children of Alcoholics and the advisory council of the Moyer Foundation.
The Adult Child: Reverberations of Trauma in the Addictive Family
When people think of trauma, they often think of acute dramatic situations such as a natural disaster or car accident. Yet for children raised with substance use disorders, the disaster is often within their family system. Claudia Black, a pioneer in the adult children of addiction movement, will offer a context for the meaning of the acronym ACA (or ACoA) and its implications in the clinical setting. She will offer an overlay of how adverse child experiences are the foundation of emotional dysregulation fueling traumatic responses. She concludes the presentation offering a seven-step process...Read more for healing and core foundational issues. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Describe the concept adult child and its relevancy to frequently presented clinical issues.
- Identify how the trauma responses to flight, fight and freeze become acted out in the family impacted by substance use disorders.
- Delineate the more blatant (Big T) and the more subtle (small t) traumas in the addicted family.
- List seven steps in the healing process for adult children.
Target Audience
This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Live Interactive Webinar
09:00 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT
EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Claudia Black, MSW, PhD
Agenda
9-10:30am Presentation and Q&ACE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours
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