- 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
- Presenter: Victoria M. Kumorowski JD, LLM, MJS, MDiv, DMin, BCC
Objectives for Retreat: Participants will…
- learn that trauma is “not what happens to you but what happens inside you” (Mate, 2022, 20); it is an inner psychic injury that deeply affects an individual’s body, mind, and spirit
- be able to identify and describe the key components of trauma be able to identify and describe different emotional, physical, cognitive, and behavioral responses to traumatic events
- be able to identify and describe the deep impacts that severe trauma has on individuals
- be able to understand and describe the main concepts and core principles underlying trauma-informed care
- be able to discern and describe the special role that chaplains can play in promoting the healing of patients suffering from trauma
(More information to come after January, 2026)