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Safeguarding Training
February 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Session of LMPC has committed to providing ongoing safeguarding training for the congregation. This year, we’re grateful to welcome Dr. Jana Pressley from the Complex Trauma Treatment Center in Boston for an essential safeguarding workshop.
This training will explore how chronic, relational trauma shapes the whole person—emotionally, relationally, cognitively, physically, and spiritually. Dr. Pressley will help us understand how trauma can affect faith itself, and how the church can become a wiser, safer, and more compassionate community of care. Practical application will focus on supporting individuals in the context of the church community.
Friday, Feb. 6 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (Chapel)
Introduction to complex trauma (chronic, relational trauma)
Introduction to how trauma impacts lifelong development
Emotional impact: feeling too much or too little
Cognitive impact: executive functioning of the brain
Physiological impact: how the body holds the trauma
Relational impact: how interpersonal patterns can be shaped
Spiritual impact: shaping of worldview, perception of relationship with God
Saturday, Feb. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Chapel)
What does complex trauma “look like” in the people in your life?
Understanding the complicated emotions, behaviors, and relational patterns associated with complex trauma
What are common triggers for trauma survivors?
What are common coping responses for trauma responses?
How to support complex trauma survivors in a faith community context
Helpful support and potential pitfalls
Vicarious traumatization when supporting vulnerable community members
Sunday, Feb. 8 from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. (High School Room in JHYB)
How trauma impacts lifelong development – emotionally, cognitively, interpersonally, spiritually Trauma examples in a faith community setting
How to help
The Session of LMPC has committed to providing ongoing safeguarding training for the congregation. This year, we’re grateful to welcome Dr. Jana Pressley from the Complex Trauma Treatment Center in Boston for an essential safeguarding workshop.
This training will explore how chronic, relational trauma shapes the whole person—emotionally, relationally, cognitively, physically, and spiritually. Dr. Pressley will help us understand how trauma can affect faith itself, and how the church can become a wiser, safer, and more compassionate community of care. Practical application will focus on supporting individuals in the context of the church community.
If you serve, lead, teach, care, or simply want to love others more wisely, this training matters. It’s an opportunity to grow in awareness, deepen compassion, and strengthen our calling to love and protect God’s people.
Dr. Jana Pressley, Psy.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist, trainer, and consultant. She serves as Director of Clinical Services at the Complex Trauma Treatment Center-Boston, Co-Director of the Complex Trauma Treatment Affiliates, Founding Faculty at the Complex Trauma Training Institute, and Senior Training Associate of the Foundation Trust. She specializes in the treatment of youth, adults, and couples/families impacted by developmental trauma, as well as providing consultation supporting systems-level implementation of trauma-informed care in community settings and state-wide organizations.
Dr. Pressley is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Richmont Graduate University, where she designed and directed a trauma-based specialization certificate program. She teaches trauma-related courses at the graduate level, and implemented trauma treatment specialization courses and qualitative trauma-focused research labs for multiple graduate programs. Dr. Pressley’s research focuses on the experience of court-involved young adults who have suffered relational trauma in the midst of chronic poverty and community violence, as well as the impact of complex trauma history on adult spirituality and meaning-making. She has authored multiple articles and book chapters on these topics.
Dr. Pressley is also a content developer for www.complextrauma.org, a comprehensive information and resource website for trauma-impacted consumers, families and providers. She is a national trainer and consultant in the Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) and Component-Based Psychotherapy (CBP) complex trauma intervention models.