Trauma Informed Care: Sexual Trauma and Clinical Consideration While Working with Veterans
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
9:00AM - 10:30AM PDT
This presentation explores the effect of sexual violence and how to apply elements of trauma informed care into clinical care for Veterans.
Location: Online
Continuing Education: 1.5 (Applied through NASW Oregon)
Cost: Free to RVP Volunteers and partnering clinics who are listed in our directory and who have an active MOU with RVP. We also welcome our OR/WA Vet Center and VA staff to join for free. All other community providers, please pay $29 (or apply to become a RVP volunteer provider).
Who Should Attend:
This training is open to all RVP Volunteer Providers, social workers, mental health counselors, and community providers.
What You Will Learn:
This presentation provides an overview of trauma as it relates to the Veteran population, examining how traumatic experiences can present throughout the lifespan. Participants will gain skills in applying trauma-informed care principles, including appropriate pacing, stabilization techniques, and the integration of evidence-based and adjunctive treatments into individualized care plans. The course also delves into the neurobiological effects of trauma, describing how alterations to the brain, nervous system, and stress response systems influence emotional regulation, cognition, and physical well-being. Additionally, learners will identify common trauma-related patterns, particularly those linked to sexual trauma and developmental adversity, to enhance their ability to recognize and respond to complex clinical presentations.
Learning Objectives:
- 1. Define trauma and describe how experiences may present across the lifespan in the Veteran population.
- 2. Integrate principles of trauma-informed care into treatment planning including pacing, stabilization, and selection of evidence based and adjunctive interventions.
- 3. Explain neurobiological impacts of trauma on the brain, nervous system, and stress response, including how trauma-relatedad aptations influence functioning.
- 4. Identify common trauma-related patterns associated with sexual trauma and developmental adversity.
CE Faculty
Cody Graham (he/him) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who joined the Portland VA in the Fall of 2018 following completion of his Masters in Social Work at Portland State University. In previous roles at the Portland VA he has supported active duty service members with serious medical or mental health conditions transition into care and has served as local champion for implementation of exposure informed care, screening and surveillance for Post 9/11 veterans. In his current role, Cody provides trauma focused therapies to Veterans with PTSD and serves as one of two MST coordinators at the Portland VA Healthcare System. Cody is a Combat Veteran and served as a hospital corpsman in the Navy.
Aysha Crain (she/her), LCSW has been a social worker with the VA Portland Health Care System for the last 16 years. She has previously been a psychotherapist on the Dialectical Behavior Therapy team and is currently a provider on the PTSD Clinical team, as well as a one of the Military Sexual Trauma Co-Coordinators. Aysha earned her MSW from Portland State University in 2012, and was an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work at PSU from 2016-2019. Her clinical interests include treatment of complex trauma, spiritual/religious trauma, interpersonal trauma impacts, trauma informed care, and supervision of clinical social workers and MSW interns.
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