On-Demand: The Hidden Dynamics of Abuse: Identifying and Treating Intimate Partner Violence - 6 CEs

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• CE Hours Included: 6 Core (please see below for more information)
• Format: On-Demand Webinar (“Asynchronous”) ~ At your leisure to be viewed at your own pace. You may pause, rewind, and fast-forward at any point during the videos. You are in complete control of how you view this workshop. It also comes with a PowerPoint handout and multiple handouts & forms. There is a quiz at the end to ensure viewing and is required by all CE approval organizations.
• Investment: $140 (provides lifetime access!)
• Presented by: Jill Dieser, LCSW (see bio below)
• Instruction Level: Intermediate
• Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
  
• This workshop is not yet available; by pre-registering, you will receive immediate access when it becomes available in January.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this workshop in its entirety, you will be able to:

1. Compare characteristics of unhealthy intimate relationships and patterns of intimate partner violence.
2. Apply evidence-based resources from the field of intimate partner violence in clinical practice
3. Demonstrate advanced understanding of the dynamics of emotional manipulation and abuse.
4. Create treatment plan strategies and safety accommodations for patients experiencing intimate partner violence.
5. Evaluate post-traumatic symptoms and grief responses related to intimate partner violence.
6. Assess and interpret the complexity of co-occurring mental health symptoms commonly associated with intimate partner violence.

Workshop Description:

Gain the tools and confidence to recognize, treat, and support survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), taking into account nuance and safety. IPV, often called Domestic Violence, is a complex and misunderstood issue. Survivors of IPV rarely present with a single, clear symptom or narrative—rather, their lives are often marked by layers of trauma, grief, manipulation, and ongoing safety concerns. This advanced training moves beyond the basics, offering clinicians the insight and tools to recognize, respond to, and treat clients affected by IPV.

Clinicians will learn to differentiate unhealthy relationship dynamics from IPV, identify emotional manipulation and abuse, and use tools like the Power and Control Wheel and safety planning. The course covers how trauma and chronic stress affect survivors’ mental health and provides strategies for treatment planning. We will contemplate the therapist’s role, the impacts of vicarious trauma, and the importance of a clinician’s self-care practices.

Workshop Agenda:

1. Introduction (30 min.)
   1. Background
   2. Disclaimer
   3. Native/Indigenous Land Acknowledgment
2. Setting the stage to acquire knowledge about IPV (60 min., BREAK, 45 min.)
   1. Trigger warning: providing the workshop container for safety, self-care, and rapport building
   2. Vocabulary
   3. Evidence-based practice as a process
   4. Simply, what is intimate partner violence (IPV)? Define and compare “healthy” and “unhealthy” intimate relationships (Learning Objective #1=LO#1)
3. Unpacking IPV: What is it really, all the pieces (45 min., LUNCH, 45 min.)
   1. Stats, history, and common resources (LO#2):
      1. Power and Control Wheel (includes emotional manipulation and abuse examples (LO#3)
      2. Safety planning
      3. Other visuals commonly utilized with survivors of IPV and to educate community members, attorneys, judges, and social service providers.
4. Chronic stress, post-traumatic stress, and grief (45min., BREAK, 45min.)
   1. What is trauma? What is stress? How is grief intertwined in all of this? Highlights of the complexity (LO#5)
   2. PTSD symptoms (LO#5)
   3. Other symptoms and symptom clusters that survivors commonly experience. Case conceptualization - Judith. (LO#6)
   4. Another layer of safety planning: teaching, modeling, and practicing with a client the specific behaviors that support mental health when living with an abusive intimate partner (LO#4): teaching emotional regulation, how to build support systems, operating under surveillance, preparing to “leave”
   5. List of other considerations for treatment and treatment modalities
   6. List of possible treatment goals of a survivor when they have left their abusive intimate partner
5. The therapist’s role and self-care (45 min.)
   1. Vicarious trauma
   2. Transference and Countertransference
   3. Radical self-care

Presented by: Jill Dieser, LCSW

Jill Dieser, LCSW, received her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Montana. She is based in rural Montana, where she provides individual therapy, professional consultation, and specialized training for healthcare providers, social service agencies, and academic institutions. As an adjunct professor with the University of Montana’s 2+2 BSW Distance Program, Jill brings both clinical depth and teaching experience to her work with students and professionals alike.

Currently, her primary clinical focus is the treatment of trauma, with expertise in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Since 2018, Jill has been working directly with survivors and systems impacted by IPV, serving in roles that spanned crisis intervention, legal advocacy, shelter services, and therapy. She has coordinated care with child protection services, family courts, substance abuse treatment programs, law enforcement, and multiple levels of the judiciary. Alongside this frontline work, she has led the development of HIPAA-compliant policies and procedures and trained staff in ethical, trauma-informed care—experience that now informs her advanced teaching and consultation.

With 30 years of service across education, group work, and community programs and more than a decade of experience in mental health practice, Jill offers a rare combination of clinical expertise, systemic understanding, and teaching skills. Her background equips her not only to treat complex trauma but also to guide and mentor advanced practitioners seeking to expand their competence in IPV and trauma-informed practice.

6 "Asynchronous" Core CEs Included - Details by License Type Below:

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