Beyond Betrayal: How to recover from the trauma

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About this course

Intimate betrayal is a pain unlike any other; it strikes the core of our capacity to trust and love. When a person whom you love, rely on and trust betrays you, it paralyzes your physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing. Your trauma responses are activated, flooding your body with stress hormones and chemicals. If you’re not treated, or if threatening events continue to occur, your body remains stuck in the trauma response. This actually rewires your nervous system.

Still, recovery is possible, and begins with making a plan. You’ll need to cope with the immediate situation and perhaps find the right therapist. Then your goal is to clear your head and live intentionally. It helps to monitor your progress using tools such as daily tracking or journaling.

In this course, Beyond Betrayal, Colleen R. Baker, a nurse educator, walks you through the stages of betrayal, the common symptoms associated with the trauma of betrayal and strategies for finding healing and recovery.

Highlights

The 5 stages of betrayal, from The Set Up to Rebirth
How betrayal trauma rewires your nervous system
The natural trauma responses that are designed to protect us
Strategies for returning to equilibrium
How to find clarity in the insanity

About the instructor Colleen R. Baker

Colleen R. Baker, RN, BSN, CHPN, LNC, is a visionary nurse educator with an accomplished career that combines 17 years of clinical practice, teaching, and mentoring. Colleen graduated with a BSN from Samuel Merritt University School of Nursing and St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. She holds several national certifications, including Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and Hospice and Palliative Nurse Specialist. She is a Legal Nurse Consultant and an approved Continuing Education Provider through the California State Board of Registered Nursing.

As a survivor of abuse and betrayal, Colleen has gained insight and clinical expertise while navigating her own healing and recovery. As a child, she experienced domestic violence and neglect and was ushered into the foster care system at the age of 11. By the time she was 17 and primed for toxic relationships, she met, married and was duped for 27 years by a malignant narcissist.

Today, she teaches survivors and healthcare professionals about abusive personalities, targets of abuse, abusive relationships, and life in recovery. Colleen specializes in Betrayal Trauma and keenly understands the intense psychological and physical damage caused by toxic personalities. She shares her message of hope by counseling and teaching trauma-informed therapeutic remedies to help survivors of abuse shift the paradigm of suffering to healing and empowerment.

Cost and credits

The cost for this course is only $45 for 90 minutes of instruction. Once you purchase the course, you can access it online as long and as often as you want.

1.5 Continuing Education credits available to RNs and LVNs. “Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #17646 for 1.5 Contact Hours.” Colleen R. Baker, LLC, 2070 N. Broadway Plaza #5070, Walnut Creek, CA 94596.

Learning objectives

This workshop will enable participants to:

Define betrayal trauma.
Discuss the 5 stages of betrayal.
Learn how the body adapts to traumatic events caused by a toxic person.
Identify common trauma symptoms associated with betrayal.
Describe ways to heal and recover after a relationship with a toxic person