Dr. Laura provides trainings and workshops to clinical, legal, and academic professionals as well as other human service providers and community organizations. The focus of this training is to assist law enforcement in understanding the trauma related to the victimization of domestic and/or sexual violence and respond without inadvertently revictimizing the victim. Domestic Violence and Trauma: An Examination of How Licensed Mental Health Professionals Assess, Diagnose and Treat Victims of Domestic Violence (training based on Streyffeler research study, 2008) Battered Spouse Syndrome: Knowing when a victim meets the criteria and when he or she does not? Assessing the lethality and safety planning for domestic violence. What Helping Professionals need to know. Substance Abuse, Trauma and Relapse: What is the Connection Between Them?
Here are a few examples of the training that she provides:
To Protect, Serve, and Beyond…… A Training for Law Enforcement Professionals Who Work with Victims of Crime, their Families and Loved Ones as Well as Other Members of the Community
