CAO SPRING RETREAT May 7, 2026 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Transformative Healing: Announcing the CAO Spring Retreat
We’re excited to announce the CAO Spring Retreat, a special seminar designed to deepen your understanding of trauma, its profound impacts, and the transformative power of trauma-informed care.
Mark your calendars!
CAO Spring Retreat Details
- Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Time: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Meet the Speaker
This insightful session will be led by the highly accomplished Victoria M. Kumorowski JD, LLM, MJS, MDiv, DMin, BCC. Her diverse background and deep expertise in law, ministry, and spiritual care make her uniquely qualified to guide us through this critical subject.
Focus on the Inner Injury
The retreat’s core theme revolves around the powerful concept that trauma is “not what happens to you but what happens inside you” (Mate, 2022, p. 20). It’s an inner psychic injury that affects an individual’s body, mind, and spirit at the deepest level.
This seminar will equip you with essential knowledge to better serve and support those who have experienced trauma.
Retreat Objectives: What You Will Learn
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define Trauma: Understand that trauma is an inner psychic injury affecting body, mind, and spirit.
- Identify Components: Identify and describe the key components of trauma.
- Recognize Responses: Identify and describe different emotional, physical, cognitive, and behavioral responses to traumatic events.
- Describe Impacts: Identify and describe the deep impacts that severe trauma has on individuals.
- Understand Core Principles: Understand and describe the main concepts and core principles underlying trauma-informed care.
- Chaplains’ Special Role: Discern and describe the special role that chaplains can play in promoting the healing of patients suffering from trauma.
This is a vital opportunity for professionals across various fields to enhance their empathetic practice and contribute to genuine healing.
We look forward to seeing you there for this essential and enriching experience.