Total Credits: 3
Tags: Clinical Domestic Violence
Media news outlets are teeming with reports of sexual assault cases within the context of - and perpetrated by those protected by - larger institutions or organizations. As a result, Betrayal Theory has emerged to describe and frame the problem, emphasizing the complex aftermath, and guiding practitioners regarding clients’ presenting issues. Yet almost no one discusses appropriate interventions that match the myriad of traumatic stress responses. A one-size-fits-all intervention is likely not the best fit for institutional betrayal/sexual assault (IBSA) recovery, given each survivor’s unique circumstances and the importance of a strong trusting rapport between client and counselor. Faced with this dilemma, the presenter spent over six years developing different handouts and interventions for IBSA survivor clients to assist with their recovery journeys. This workshop will discuss various integrative, person-centered, and experiential psychotherapy techniques, provide assessment tools, and ways to build rapport while contracting for treatment. Due to the collaborative nature of the counseling work based on a survivor’s level of information for interventions, a person-centered, experiential approach for IBSA recovery may also be useful for clients of diverse backgrounds.
Dr. Lori Daniels is an Associate Professor of Social Work for Hawai‘i Pacific University. She earned her MSW from the University of Chicago in 1987, and her PhD in Social Welfare from the University of Hawai‘i- Manoa in 2002.
Her 20+ years as a clinician included working as the military sexual trauma psychotherapist for the Portland (OR) Vet Center, as a traumatic stress psychotherapist for the VAMC American Lake (Tacoma, WA) inpatient and outpatient PTSD programs, and as the Director of the Traumatic Stress Recovery Program (outpatient PTSD Clinical Team) for the Honolulu VA.
Dr. Daniels was awarded the VA Pre-doctoral Social Work Fellowship in 2002 and was selected as a VA/Hartford Geriatric Scholar (2011-2013) . Dr. Daniels has been a Consultant with the National Center for PTSD – Pacific Islands Division and was the Co-chair of a community-based conference: Stress, Violence, and Trauma: Promoting Hawaii’s Resilience for four years. She also produced a VA educational video about diversity and PTSD counseling for Pacific Island veteran counselors.
Her publications include research articles (J of Gerontological Social Work, Traumatology) and clinical book chapters in Healing War Trauma: Using Creative Approaches; The Handbook of Post-Traumatic Therapy; and in the Oxford Handbook of Social Work and Healthy Aging. Her solo-authored book, Collaborative Recovery: Using Experiential & Person-Centered Approaches for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Institutional Betrayal has been contracted by Routledge and should be published in 2024.