Description
Will you be ready to serve a survivor of modern-day slavery when he or she enters your therapy office?
Human trafficking is the second-largest industry for organized crime in the world.
Shari Kim – Human Trafficking: Clinical Identification and Treatment Approaches for Survivors of Modern Day Slavery and Sexual Exploitation
It often happens locally, with people being trafficked by people they know from their own neighborhoods.
Far from just sex trafficking, human trafficking also involves labor trafficking, child soldiers, and organ donation.
This issue is much more common than you think, and you need to be prepared to work with this unique population in your clinical practice. You may even have a client on your case load now that needs this special specialized treatment.
Understanding trauma helps, but it is not enough to provide sufficient and effective care for the struggles these survivors have endured. Trafficking survivors have a unique set of needs that differs from other cases of trauma entering your therapy office.
Complex trauma is overlaid with brainwashing and Stockholm Syndrome, providing an extremely complicated set of needs in this population. Great harm can be done both to the safety and to the mental health of this population if we fail to identify and treat their special needs.
This recording will give you the tools you need to safely and skillfully guide these survivors through the process of transformation from being someone’s product to feeling like a person again.
Handouts
Manual – Human Trafficking (3.82 MB) 172 Pages Available after Purchase
Outline
Human Trafficking: What You Need to Know
Legal and clinical definition
Types of trafficking
Labor trafficking
Sex trafficking
Child soldiers
Organ donation
Where people are trafficked
Risk factors for trafficking victimization
The Legal Process
Federal and local trafficking protections
Why it’s so difficult to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases
The unique protection needs of trafficking survivors
Case examples
Clinical Treatment for Human Trafficking Survivors
How to identify and what to watch for in-session
Identify risk in the clinical interview
Trafficking screening and assessment tools
How to respond if you suspect trafficking
Overcome Brainwashing and Stockholm Syndrome
Psychological underpinnings of entry to trafficking
Why victims stay (and why they return)
Psychological processes of luring in victims
Treating the Trauma of Trafficking
Evidence-based treatment for traumatic stress (e.g. Prolonged Exposure, EMDR)
Strengths-based treatment approaches
The essential components of traumainformed care
Treatment matching for different types of trafficking
Post-Traumatic Growth: Transformation from Victim to Survivor
Help clients find meaning after trauma
Create a comprehensive, individualized recovery plan
Case examples: From trauma to recovery
Potential Treatment Obstacles (and What to do About Them)
Building and maintaining trust with a trafficking victim
The power of brainwashing
Risk of returning to trafficking
Safety Issues
