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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe how to create therapeutic space for clients with limited memory or language for their trauma.

  • Reflect on the clinical stance needed to work effectively with absence-based trauma.

  • Integrate the course material into ongoing trauma-informed clinical practice.

Description

In this concluding module, Cohn summarizes key principles for integrating neglect-informed care into clinical practice. She emphasizes that change takes time, and that therapists must be prepared to hold hope even when clients feel hopeless. Concepts like self-care, repair, and emotional presence are reframed as ethical imperatives. The course ends with a call to action for ongoing study and humility in this deep relational work.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Ruth Cohn, MFT, is a psychotherapist living and practicing in the San Francisco Bay area. She has been specializing in work with survivors of trauma and neglect, their intimate partners, and families since 1988. She is a Certified Sex Therapist, certified in Neurofeedback, EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Imago Relationship Therapy. Ruth is also the author of numerous articles on sexuality, trauma, and neglect and three books: Working With the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect: Using Psychotherapy and Attachment Theory Techniques in Clinical Practice, Coming Home to Passion: Restoring Loving Sexuality in Couples With Histories of Childhood Trauma and Neglect, and Out of My Mind: Late Night Contemplations About Trauma and Neglect.