Maintaining Emotional Well-Being Verdict After Verdict

Guardify was honored to host Dr. Doskey de Lobón for a second overview of the five skill domains of Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT). In this presentation, Dr. Doskey de Lobón caters her overview of CE-CERT specifically to prosecutors and their staff, teaching attendees how to manage emotional well-being verdict after verdict. 

Traditional approaches to reducing secondary traumatic stress (STS) or burnout involve individuals engaging in restorative practices after work. For decades, this has been the approach – and for decades, professionals in the justice field continue to burnout or experience levels of STS that result in them leaving the field.

The Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT), developed by Dr. Brian Miller, draws from what is known about trauma impacts and treatment and posits that secondary traumatic stress is not developed in response to mere exposure to others’ trauma stories but occurs when feeling overwhelmed or helpless. Rather than waiting to recover exclusively after work, the CE-CERT model proposes micro-interventions done throughout the day.

Presenter

Elena M. Doskey de Lobón, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in Texas and the Director of Clinical Training at Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC) responsible for the Doctoral Psychology Internship Program. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, OK. She is also certified and has received training in several empirically supported treatments for children with trauma-related disorders. 

In her role at the DCAC, Dr. Doskey de Lobón collaborates with other members of the multidisciplinary team including forensic interviewers, law enforcement, the district attorney’s office and the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) among others. She is the within-agency trainer for Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT) at DCAC and is qualified as an expert witness and provides expert testimony on child abuse cases in Dallas County.

Disclaimer

This presentation is intended to be an overview of the CE-CERT model, not a full introduction. Registrants interested in pursuing full implementation of CE-CERT should contact Brian C. Miller, Ph.D. at bmiller.thirdwave@gmail.com or Elena M. Doskey de Lobón, Ph.D. at edoskey@dcac.org.

Course Materials

The webinar recording can be accessed at the top of the page. Additional materials are linked below.

Course Materials