Not All the Effects of Hurricanes are Clear to See

The Trauma Resolution Center, Miami’s leading trauma experts, presents “Building Community Resiliency”, a unique series of FREE workshop events designed to address the pervasive and lingering effects of stress caused by hurricanes. The workshops are designed to promote mental health and wellness services as well as raise the awareness of the effects of trauma on the human body and mind.

For the residents of Miami-Dade County, workshops will specifically focus on the stresses and stressors brought on by hurricanes.

Miami-Dade County is no stranger to the threats posed by an approaching storm. Likewise, preparation before and recovery efforts after a hurricane are almost instinctually ingrained in residents. But as yards are restored, homes repaired and windows replaced, the community overlooks the mending of one of the most important pieces of the recovery process: itself. 

Stresses associated with hurricanes include anxieties and worries which if left unchecked can affect job or school performance, relationships and personal well being.

The Community Resiliency Program offers two types of workshops:

  • Pervasive Effects of Stress
  • Building Community Resiliency Workshop (two-day training that results in a certification as a Resiliency Facilitator)

Both events will offer participants the opportunity to:

  • learn the basics about stress and how it effects the human body
  • learn easy-to-use and practical stress-relief exercises
  • learn helpful tips and resiliency techniques for dealing with stress

Pervasive Effects of Stress is a provoking one-day FREE course on how stress and trauma effect the human individual and community. Social service, healthcare, educational and faith-based service providers, as well as private sector and corporate personnel, will benefit from attending an engaging lecture by Richard Brown, M.D.   

The event’s primary goals are to:

  • Share the keys to resiliency
  • Provide cutting-edge information about the impact of trauma
  • Provide experientials for relieving stress and experiencing resiliency
  • Provide tools to bring home or to the workplace

Pervasive Effects of Stress will offer qualifying participants the opportunity to receive continuing education credits (CEU).

About the Speaker:
Dr. Brown, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, is a pioneer in Integrative Psychiatry, the use of both standard medications and complementary treatments to optimize patient outcomes.  Trained as a psychopharmacologist, he applied his knowledge of biological systems to develop a neurophysiological model for the effects of yoga on anxiety and depression. Dr. Brown teaches courses at the American Psychiatric Association meetings, gives about 150 lectures a year, and has published more than 90 scientific papers, book chapters, and books. A long-term practitioner of zen, an Aikido teacher, and a certified yoga instructor, Dr. Brown develops novel treatments for PTSD, depression, ADD, and other disorders.

Continuing Education

This workshop gives credit towards Certified Traumatologist. The Community Resiliency workshop provides 12 CEUs and the Pervasiveness of Trauma provides 6 CEUs through Victim Services for Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers, and Mental Heath Counselors. Participants in all specialties will be provided with documentation for use in securing CE credits for their perspective licensure boards and/or professional associations. Victim Services Center i has been approved by the State of Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling to provide continuing education activities Fl. Board of MFT, MHC, & CSW: BAP#311 -Exp. 3/09.


Building Community Resiliency. Workshops Designed with Stress-Relief in Mind

Stresses, anxieties and worries are triggered by the build-up of things associated with hurricanes:

  • electrical outage
  • no water
  • canned foods
  • road rage
  • blue tarps
  • leaky roof
  • trees knocked over
  • empty supermarket shelves
  • battery supply
  • long gas lines
  • power generators
  • uncertainty
  • flooded streets
  • hurricane shutters
  • plywood
  • shelters
  • evacuation
  • missed work
  • thunderstorms

Funding provided by the
American Red Cross
Hurricane Recovery Program.

Victim Services
The Trauma Resolution Center:

111 SW 3rd Street, #201
Miami, FL 33130

PHONE          305-374-9990
WEB               www.vscmiami.org
EMAIL            info@vscmiami.org

FOR WORKSHOP INFO CALL:
305-662-0249