Behind the Pain:
Understanding the Experience of Trauma amongst Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence; Assessment and Treatment of PTSD within a Multicultural Context
August 20, 2010
About the training: Domestic Violence is prevalent amongst all races, cultures and ethnicities. This workshop will discuss the intertwining issues of culture and domestic violence and its impact on an immigrant women's experience of DV. This 6 hour workshop will utilize a cross cultural perspective that considers the issues of cultural context, role of patriarchy and religion, in exploring and understanding culturally appropriate clinical interventions in assessment and treatment of post trauma stress and anxiety disorders.
At the conclusion of this workshop participants will gain an understanding of the role of culture in a victims' experience of domestic violence as well as its impact of the trauma on their psychological status. The modules will discuss the scope of the problem in the immigrant communities, the intertwining issues of culture and domestic violence, role of patriarchy and religion and culturally appropriate clinical interventions. Specific immigrant communities like the Asian, South Asian and the Latino community will be examined.
Presenter: Rupa M. Khetarpal is the Director of the Cross Cultural Counseling Center at the International Institute of New Jersey. Ms. Khetarpal holds a Masters in Social Work from Rutgers University and is a licensed Social Worker. Prior to her current position, Ms. Khetarpal has worked as a Domestic Violence Advocate at the Morris County Prosecutor's Office and as a Sexual Assault Counselor in the Morris County Sexual Assault Center. She has been a strong advocate for immigrant victims of domestic violence and has been a speaker at many events involving domestic violence and immigrant communities in New Jersey.
Two Sessions/Dates: July 30, 2010 or August 30, 2010
Location: Montclair Training Center United Way Building
60 So. Fullerton Avenue, Room 105
Montclair, NJ 07042
8:30am Registration 9:00am - 4:00pm
(6) pending NASW CEU's
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