Empower Idaho Event: Identity and Trauma – When Who We Are Affects How We Are with Vikash Ravi, LCSW
Monday, August 22, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. MDT
Virtual Free Webinar | All are welcome to attend
American Sign Language interpreter will be present
Webinar Objectives:
What is self-identity?
Defining concept of “identity”
Defining “self-identity”
Factors that influence identity; different kinds of identity
Exercises on self-identity – coming to an understanding of self, describing self to other people, defining characteristics
Unsatisfactory principle – no level of description will fully capture all of you
What is trauma?
Defining trauma: Understanding how something can be considered “traumatic”
Integration of identity and trauma
Basic/universal trauma and traumatic susceptibility
Identity-specific trauma/trauma susceptibility
Conclusion – Allyship. Someone else is the most credible person of their own story