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The number of fraud and scam victims is growing fast worldwide. We need to prepare ourselves for many more victims to reach out to us after experiencing this crime, and the trauma of it. There are some unique factors with this type of trauma, and you need to understand this to support victims effectively.
People are often re-traumatized by victim-blaming when they seek support after a scam, by people that do not understand the psychological weapons used to steal from them and who do not understand the subtle ways that victim-blaming exists in the language we use. In fact, many victims have told me about a mental health professional they reached out to doing this as well. This is hard for me to say, and, I’m dedicated to changing it. I have inadvertently said things I didn’t realize were victim-blaming, and I hope you will let me help you avoid doing this yourself.
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Hours to Complete: 6.5
Join Cathy Wilson, LPC, ACS, in this professional development course in the treatment of a specific form of trauma, to understand the unique challenges of working with scam and fraud victims. Experiencing this type of crime is traumatic, and effective clinical treatment requires a thorough understanding of how it is different than other forms of trauma. Scams in particular are shrouded in secrecy, stigma, and victim-blaming. The information you learn in this course will prepare you to effectively guide clients in their healing process.
This course is created from many voices of victims (who are also survivors!) about what they experienced and what they needed. There are very few published resources about the emotional impact victims experience. Those resources are based on what people share when they are willing to make the information public such as through interviews, social media, research, or an FBI report. This course, however, allows you to also gain an understanding directly from my work with scam and fraud survivors who were unwilling to share the information publicly. You’ll gain a deep understanding of the reluctance so many people have about telling anyone, even their closest friends and family.
In addition to the voices of victims/survivors, this material applies many concepts related to the power of manipulation and influence.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, student will have the skills to:
- Understand psychological effects of a fraud of this nature such as emotional, cognitive, relational, and identity changes.
- Understand the use of psychological manipulation in this type of crime that includes leveraging a person’s vulnerabilities, amplifying emotions, and persuasion techniques.
- Avoid victim-blaming language or subtle cues, learn strategies in helping clients overcome the trauma of this experience, and a detailed section on helping a person extract themselves from a scammer/criminal when at first the client does not want to accept that this is what is happening.
- Become proficient in development of treatment plan goals, and conceptualizing treatment approaches for the healing of trauma as a result of this type of crime.
Includes an in-depth section on ways you can help a client who does not want to accept that they are in a relationship with a scammer, or to support a family in this situation. This requires patience and gentleness, and you’ll learn several ways to approach the topic and support them through the process.
Instructor Credentials:
Cathy Wilson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado and Arizona, USA, and is also an Approved Clinical Supervisor. She has over a decade of experience with and specializes in working with people who have been scammed, and helping them heal and overcome this difficult experience. She has facilitated presentations on many aspects of the emotional impact of being scammed, has written a book on this topic, titled The Emotional Impact of Being Scammed and How to Recover, and has also created several trainings and informative videos on this topic as well.
Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor #6143
Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor #22949
Approved Clinical Supervisor #3328
Please reach out to Cathy Wilson for more information: phone +1 303-801-7878; cathy@scamsurvivorhealing.com or cw@lifepathscounseling.com; 7906 S. Flower Ct., Littleton, CO 80128.