Trauma and Family Therapy: Historical and Theoretical Foundations

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You will examine the historical and theoretical foundations of trauma and how your understanding of these concepts can be applied systemically to the field of Family Therapy. You will examine key trauma theorists and researchers and the evolution of conceptualizing trauma across time. You will be developing an overall understanding of the theoretical applications of trauma at its foundation and how current day clinical applications consider Trauma Informed Care. Also, you will gain experience applying and integrating specific Family Therapy approaches with the Trauma Informed Care framework in order to demonstrate your knowledge of clinical application informed by historical considerations and key theorists.