Shannon Dorsey, Ph.D. Will Be Conducting a 3-day TF-CBT Workshop in Tokyo from April 8th, 2016

IFCA is excited to announce that Shannon Dorsey, Ph.D. (University of Washington) will be providing 40 Japanese clinicians with a 3-day introductory TF-CBT (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) workshop in Tokyo on 4/8, 4/9, and 4/10.

Following the very successful 3-day TF-CBT Workshop by Monica Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (University of Colorado) in February 2016, Dr. Dorsey’s workshop will be the second TF-CBT workshop that IFCA is sponsoring this year.

Dr. Dorsey and some of Dr. Fitzgerald’s workshop recipients will be receiving 12-week online consultation by David Hong, Psy. D. from Uptown Psychology Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information about David, please see the following link: Dr. David Hong

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Shannon Dorsey, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. Her research is on evidence-based treatments (EBT) for children and adolescents, with a particular focus on dissemination and implementation of EBT domestically and internationally.  Her work has often focused on Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), with hybrid research designs that include both effectiveness and implementation questions. Research has focused on adaptation for unique populations (e.g., foster care) and on training and supervision strategies to deliver TF-CBT and other EBT.  Dr. Dorsey is a Principal Investigator on two NIH-funded randomized controlled trials (RCT) involving TF-CBT, both of which include implementation and clinical outcome research questions. The first, in Washington State, studies the role of supervisors in public mental health settings in supporting EBT with clinicians under their supervision. It includes both a descriptive study of common supervision practices and a RCT of supervision strategies. The second, in Tanzania and Kenya, is a RCT of TF-CBT using a task-shifting/task-sharing model in which lay counselors, with little to no prior mental health training, deliver group-based TF-CBT to children and adolescents who have experienced the death of one or both parents, under close supervision by local supervisors, themselves supervised by TF-CBT experts. Dr. Dorsey is also involved in common elements EBT training initiatives and research both in Washington State and internationally, in low and middle income countries. With colleagues at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, she is involved in RCT and feasibility studies in Southern Iraq, the Thailand-Burma border, Colombia, Zambia, and Ethiopia.