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LIVE STREAM: April 30, 2026 from 8:30am – 4:00pm (Victoria, BC) Please adjust your start time according to your specific time zone.
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April 30, 2026 | Day Two
Addressing Childhood and Developmental Trauma
Presented by Carissa Muth, Psy.D., CCC, R.Psych
8:30am – 11:45am
In the late 1990’s, the CDC in combination with Kaiser Permanente studied the link between childhood abuse and adult rates of death. This study firmly established a link between childhood experiences and long term mental and physical health outcomes. As 67% of individuals experiences at least one ACE, continued studies have investigated which factors or how many factors are the most influential. Dr. Carissa Muth will present updated data regarding childhood and developmental trauma with a focus on utilizing the research to effectively conceptualize and treat client symptoms. This will include a diagnostic explanation of complex posttraumatic stress disorder and staged treatment methods and interventions. As often the most complex clients have high ACE scores, knowing how to identify and treat these clients can provide hope for those that may feel disregarded.
Why Attend?
- Increased awareness- Childhood trauma can manifest in adulthood in a myriad of ways and sometimes covertly. As such, knowing the signs and impact of ACEs can aid in treating seemingly treatment resistant clients.
- Improved resources- Some would argue that personality disorders almost exclusively manifest from childhood abuse. These clients can be disregarded by professionals as noncompliant or too difficult to manage. Understanding roots to behaviours rather than just considering the manifestations of underlying issues can provide additional tools and hope for these typically complex individuals.
Practical Solutions to Address Anxiety in Children and Adolescents
12:45pm – 4:00pm
As high as 20% of children in Canada will experience an anxiety disorder before reaching adulthood. For many of these children, symptoms of anxiety will impede their life and development to a degree that will create impairments into adulthood. Developmental vulnerabilities place children and adolescents at unique risk and also in need of specialized knowledge regarding the assessment and treatment of their anxiety symptoms. In this workshop, Dr. Muth will ground the assessment and treatment of anxiety for children and adolescent in a neurological understanding of human development. Presenting developmentally appropriate CBT and play therapy interventions, Dr. Muth will provide practical tools for working with children and adolescents with anxiety. Participants will walk away with the ability to identify anxiety symptoms and apply immediate interventions to address psychological symptoms and reduce the likelihood of continuation of issues into adulthood.
Why Attend?:
- Practical Application: CBT is widely evidenced as the most effective method for treatment for anxiety for children and adolescents yet commonly misunderstood in application. This workshop will provide practical guidance for applying developmentally appropriate interventions for the cognitive (e.g. thought reframing) behavioural (e.g. imaginal and in vivo exposure) and physiological (e.g. addressing autonomic arousal) aspects of CBT.
- Expanded Toolbox: While protocoled therapies are often more widely studied and, as such, evidenced, alternative methods have also demonstrated efficacy in addressing anxiety in children. This workshop will present an overview and easy to apply play therapy interventions to equip participants to utilize a myriad of interventions to meet a variety of client needs.
