Understanding and Transforming Trauma

Posted by on May 16, 2011

How do You Respond to Pain, Shock, and Distress in your Community?
Understanding and Transforming Trauma: An Interactive Workshop For Clergy, Lay Health Leaders, Chaplains, Congregational Staff, Seminarians and Religious Educators

Featuring Expert Trainer,
Sandra L. Bloom, MD

Thursday, May 19, 2011

9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Registration at 8:30 am.

Congregation Rodeph Shalom
615 Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
(Broad Street between Mt. Vernon and Green Streets).
Free Parking Available in Congregation’s Lot.
Easily accessible by public transportation.

Fee- $10 (covers the cost of lunch).
Scholarships available.
Fee is waived for ‘Zones of Peace’ members.

Registration:
Online at: http://www.interfaithcenterpa.org

Or Contact: Rev. Nicole D. Diroff
Director of Outreach and Innovations
Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia
[email protected], 215-222-1012

Come Join colleagues from other Faith Communities to Learn:
How you and your congregation can best respond to the affects of trauma on individuals, families and whole
communities.
What does trauma recovery look like? What are the barriers to recovery? What helps?
What happens to your brain, your emotions, your spirit, and your body when you are exposed to violence or a traumatic experience?

Sandra L. Bloom, MD, Keynote Presenter and Trainer:
Dr. Sandra L. Bloom is a board-certified psychiatrist, a renowned author and co-director of the Center for
Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health. She speaks and trains nationally and internationally about the impact of traumatic experience on individuals, families, organizations, and cultures. She has written three books on trauma, the most recent of which was published in October 2010 and focuses on the crisis in the delivery of health and human services.

This Hands-on Interfaith Workshop Will:
– Empower you to deal effectively with trauma in your congregation and community.
– Equip you with useful tools and resources.
– Promote your own understanding and self-awareness.
– Provide opportunities for relationship-building with clergy and congregational leaders from a wide variety
of traditions.

Trauma n. pl. trau·mas
An experience that is painful, distressful, or shocking, which often results in lasting mental and physical effects.
An event or situation that causes great distress and disruption.

Sponsored by:
Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia

Zones of Peace: Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia

Drexel University Department of Community Health and Prevention and the Center for Non-Violence and Social Justice