Rita Schulte – Post-Traumatic Growth for Loss, Grief and Related Trauma: Guide Your Clients through the Losses in Life and Help Them Reinvest Themselves in a Life Worth Living

Rita Schulte – Post-Traumatic Growth for Loss, Grief and Related Trauma: Guide Your Clients through the Losses in Life and Help Them Reinvest Themselves in a Life Worth LivingYour clients are suffering, victims of the life-shattering effects of loss and trauma. Many have lost loved ones to disease while others lives’ have been devastated by the trauma of abuse and suicide. Still more face the agony of abstract losses like shattered dreams, unmet expectations, and the losses of love, trust, faith, and hope.Stories of grief and loss aren’t happy ones. They are not easy to tell – so your clients don’t. They bottle them up, push them down, and close-up shop. And their pain sits. Sometimes for decades. But you know how your clients respond to traumatic events determines what happens to their hearts — that part of the journey of recovering from loss is finding meaning and purpose. As clinicians, we long to connect our clients with the greater appreciation for life, improved relationships, and personal development that post-traumatic growth provides for those who find it.But we can’t help those suffering from loss, grief and trauma move their story forward unless we challenge them to step out and take risks. It’s critical to tap into the client’s potential for resiliency, open them to new possibilities, and compassionately walk with them along the path to post-traumatic growth.Rita Schulte is a licensed professional counselor, radio host, author, and suicide loss survivor. Rita lost her beloved husband to suicide in 2013 and approaches post-traumatic growth from the unique position of a counselor with lived experience. Through her own journey of loss and grief she has come to understand the targeted treatments and specific supportive measures needed to cope and transition to a life after loss as only someone who’s travelled the road to post-traumatic growth can.Transform the lives of your clients with:Effective methods to calm the overactive brain and improve affect regulation.The “Shattered Vase” and other imaginative exercises that open clients to new possibilities.Practical tools to manage traumatic memories and address the toxic emotions of anger, guilt and shame.Creative expressive and somatic interventions using art, writing, and remembered resources to facilitate post-traumatic growth.Watch Rita for this candid recording. She’ll show you how to honor your clients pain while gently planting the seeds of post-traumatic growth.Help your clients reclaim their hearts after loss and reinvest themselves in a life worth living!HandoutsManual 053485 (2.22 MB) 60 Pages Available after PurchaseOutlineFace Loss, Grief and Trauma with a Strengths-Based ApproachCrisis of belief and existential shatteringMeaning making and the importance of “why”Grief vs. complicated griefAbstract losses and the Ball of GriefTapping into resiliencyCore competencies and key principlesIdentify your clients’ strengthsCurrent evidence on strengths-based approachesCalm the Overactive Brain of Your ClientThe neurobiology of the traumatized brainMindfulness and the art of noticingContainment skillsGrounding exercisesAffect regulationBreathing and soothing techniquesTools for Managing Anger, Guilt, Shame and Traumatic MemoriesDealing with angerThe REACH model of forgivenessCertificates of debtThe power of surrenderAddress guilt and shameHow shame relates to trauma and lossFaulty beliefs and getting stuckCognitive restructuringManage traumatic memories with CBT coping skillsDistraction techniquesPositive self-talkMove Clients Toward Post-Traumatic Growth With Interventions Informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Shattered Vase Exercise – plant the seeds of possibilityCreating narrativesLetter writingPositive remembering and repositioningReframe the meaningExpressive and Somatic Therapeutic Interventions To Cultivate Post-Traumatic GrowthIntegrate left and right hemispheresArt therapyWriting to healAccess and reclaim compassionSomatic resourcingRemembered resourcesAssess clients self-talkReinvest in a Life Worth Living: Rekindle the Desires of the HeartThe PIE of life – brainstorm possibilities of growthCultivate social connection and re-engagementSupport and grief groupsToxic peopleWorking with families impacted by lossChoice and perspectiveFoster gratitude and a spirit of contentment after lossMeasurements of Post-Traumatic GrowthFacultyRita Schulte, LPCRita A. Schulte, LPC, specializes in the treatment of depression and suicidality, grief and loss issues, anxiety, relationship problems, and eating disorders. Rita’s beloved husband died of suicide in 2013, and she speaks candidly about her loss in the hope of helping others to heal.The author of Think This Not That: Eliminate Toxic Thinking and Rewire Your Brain (Leafwood) and Shattered: Finding Hope and Healing through the Losses of Life (Leafwood), Rita also writes for numerous publications and blogs. Her articles have appeared in Counseling Today Magazine, Thriving Family, and LifeHack.org.Rita is also the creator and host of Heartline Radio where she talks with counselors, authors and everyday people looking for advice on moving through the difficulties of life. Rita earned a B.S. degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.Speaker Disclosure: Financial: Rita Schulte is in private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Rita Schulte is a member of the American Counseling Association; and the National Board of Certified Counselors.