Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR): An Evidence-Based Transdiagnostic Therapy

San Diego Psychological Association
(in the United Way Building)

4699 Murphy Canyon Rd.  Suite 105
San Diego, CA 92123

REGISTRATION FEES:

• Member - $75
• Member Graduate Student $25
• Non-Member - $100
• Non-Member Graduate - $35

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Guilt and shame, like all emotions, have an adaptive function. However, experiencing these emotions in the context of trauma often results in non-adaptive guilt and shame (NAGS), a risk factor for impaired functioning and psychological distress like posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, substance use disorder, and suicidality. These associations have been found in research conducted in diverse samples in terms gender, ethnicity, nationality and military status, trauma type, and age. Reductions in NAGS have been found to predict subsequent improvements in symptoms and impairments. However, NAGS are not consistently addressed in gold standard PTSD interventions, which may contribute to the substantial rates of dropout and symptom persistence associated with these treatments. Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR) is a brief (4-6 sessions) transdiagnostic therapy that provides psychoeducation and strategies to help clients transform NAGS into more adaptive thoughts and feelings about the trauma and adversity they experienced, including attachment and moral injury. The self-help version so TrIGR, Transform Your Guilt and Shame, guides readers through the same strategies. TrIGR has been shown to result in statistically and clinically meaningful reductions of posttraumatic distress and impaired functioning. In this training workshop, participants will hear about the empirical support for TrIGR’s underlying rationale and approach, receive an overview of each session, and learn how to implement some of its main strategies through instruction and demonstration using case examples. Active participation by attendees will be encouraged through role plays, and discussions about how to apply the intervention to address specific presentations of NAGS observed in their own clients.

Biography

Carolyn B. Allard, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed, board-certified clinical psychologist; researcher; Distinguished Professor; and APA Trauma Division (56) past President, current journal editorial board member, and upcoming Representative to the APA Council. Dr. Allard has been Program Director of the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at Alliant International University since 2018. Before that, she directed the Military Sexual Trauma & Interpersonal Trauma Clinic and the Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health at the Veterans Affairs and University of California San Diego. For 20 years, she has been providing therapy, training and consultation in empirically supported therapy for posttraumatic distress; and conducting research focused on socio-cultural and contextual predictors of posttraumatic distress and treatment outcomes. She co-developed Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR), the evidence-based therapy that is the basis of her latest book, Transform Your Guilt and Shame, a self-guided workbook. More at www.CarolynAllardPhD.com/about and “Carolyn Allard, PhD” on FaceBook.

Conflict of Interest Statement

I receive royalties from the published therapy manual and the self-help book that are the basis of this training workshop:

Allard, C. B. (2024). Transform Your Guilt and Shame: Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity. American Psychological Association.

Norman, S. B., Allard, C. B., Browne, K., Capone, C., Davis, B., & Kubany, E. (2019). Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy: Treating Guilt and Shame Resulting from Trauma and Moral Injury. Academic Press.