The Role of Healing Complex Trauma in Supporting Adolescents and Their Families with Leslie Filsinger
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.6 • 141 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
"So from that lens of looking at trauma as anything less than nurturing, we all have wounding and I think that actually creates the platform for understanding the kinds of work that NARM does." ~Leslie Filsinger
Our host Sarah Buino is joined by Leslie Filsinger, NARM therapist and Clinical Director at Spring Ridge Academy in Spring Valley, Arizona. They talk about how the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) supports the healing of developmental and complex trauma in adolescents, how adolescents can learn to develop their voice to find their internal truth, and how understanding complex trauma can create more compassion and grace within families.
Spring Ridge Academy is a private, all-girls therapeutic boarding school specializing in treating young women and their families in overcoming the impact of emotional and developmental injuries.
Families often come to Spring Ridge Academy overwhelmed by fear, hopelessness and despair regarding their children. Leslie shares how she and her team meet the families with compassion and understanding, but also using psychoeducation around Complex Trauma to support greater health within the family system.
Leslie describes the importance of therapists and other helping professionals in shifting away from the focus of fixing behaviors and instead bringing greater understanding to what is driving these maladaptive behaviors. Instead of meeting adolescents with the pressure to change, meeting them with curiosity, patience, understanding and compassion.
At the same time, Leslie reminds us that as therapists, we are not the ones creating the change for these young women and their families, and not to overlook the strong intention of adolescents in connecting to their own will to heal and grow. Leslie also reminds us that true change does not come from the outside, and as a NARM Therapist she focuses on respecting and reinforcing her clients' developing Adult Consciousness.
As Leslie says, "We don't [want to do the work] for them… we create the space and allow them to connect with their own internal truth."
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Leslie has been a practicing therapist for over 35 years and has worked in outpatient and residential settings as well as private practice. She is the Clinical Director at Spring Ridge Academy in Spring Valley, Arizona, a private, all girl's therapeutic boarding school specializing in treating young women and their families in overcoming emotional and developmental injury. Leslie is also a certified Clinical Supervisor. Leslie is also a NARM practitioner and co-training assistant, committed to assisting others in understanding the impact of developmental, attachment and relational trauma.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma Podcast, a complex trauma podcast through the NARM Training Institute. |
| 0:11.5 | My name is Sarah Bueno, and I'm so excited to be sharing today's interview with you. |
| 0:19.2 | The NARM Training Institute has a very special announcement. Thanks to all your interest in learning more about NARM Training Institute has a very special announcement. |
| 0:22.6 | Thanks to all your interest in learning more about NARM, we're launching the online NARM |
| 0:26.9 | Basics Training, an online training for transforming trauma. |
| 0:30.6 | This new level one training in the neuro-effective relational model is for professionals working |
| 0:35.2 | with complex trauma. |
| 0:36.6 | The intention of this online training is to make it more accessible to learn NARM. |
| 0:41.3 | We know that during this time of COVID-19, live professional trainings are just not an option. |
| 0:46.3 | But even before this global crisis, many of you told us that you had difficulties traveling to come learn NARM, |
| 0:51.3 | getting time off work, or affording the full NARM practitioner training. Despite these obstacles, many of you still wanted to learn NARM. If this |
| 0:58.5 | rings true, then this online training is for you. This professional training is designed to support |
| 1:03.4 | those of you working with clients or populations dealing with complex trauma, which with COVID |
| 1:08.4 | in its aftermath includes many of us. This training is for mental health professionals, as well as helping professionals such as nurses, |
| 1:16.6 | doctors, other health care providers, educators, substance abuse counselors, coaches, body workers, and more. |
| 1:24.6 | Participants will learn more about the changing field of trauma, a deeper understanding |
| 1:28.8 | of the impacts of adverse childhood experiences, and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, |
| 1:34.5 | and how NARM, one of the first models specifically designed to address C-PTSD, can support |
| 1:40.0 | professionals in the growing trauma-informed field. The online basics training will be taught by |
| 1:45.2 | NARM creator, Dr. Lawrence Heller, NARM senior faculty members, Brad Kammer, and Stephanie Klein, |
| 1:50.9 | and a team of experienced NARM trainers. During the four-month online training, they will explore |
| 1:56.6 | the complex themes like difference between shock trauma and developmental trauma, working with |
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