Understanding Sexual Trauma & Subsequent Behaviors

Study Sexual Trauma, symptoms, recoverym and treatment in foster children. Examine the impact of sexual trauma on children and how it leads to subsequent sexually acting out behaviors. Study tools that will help you to work with sexually-traumatized kids.

Instructor NATALIA ESTASSI, Psy.D., is a bilingual/multi-cultural clinician with over 11 years of clinical experience working with families, adults, children, and infants exposed to violence and trauma. Other areas of clinical expertise include: Child-Parent Psychotherapy, CBT, acculturation issues, dual diagnosis, and infant mental health. This includes training and practice of the DC 0-3 (Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood.) Her doctorate degree is in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis on family and children. Her dissertation focused on self-care practices of therapists in avoiding vicarious traumatization and burnout. She is currently working as the program manager for the Safe Start Program at Edgewood Center for Children and Families, a national research project designed to best understand and treat the impact of violence on children and their caregivers. Dr. Estassi has over 16 years of experience conducting trainings at local, state, national, and international levels.