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Trauma-Informed Care for Reclaiming Your Relationship with You

A Part of SunCloud's Continuing Education Series of Events
The Role of Safety Behaviors in Maintaining Mental Health Conditions Presented by: Patrick McGrath, PhD | NOCD May 24th, 2024 Child and Adolescent Professional Development Series

Topics Covered: 

  • Identifying the role that safety behaviors play in the maintenance of Mental Health Conditions.  
  • Challenging the use of safety behaviors in patients and their families.  
  • Utilizing Exposure and Response Prevention techniques that challenge safety-seeking behaviors in order to move patients forward. 
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About the Speaker

[one_third][/one_third] [two_third_last] Presented by: Patrick McGrath, PhD | NOCD
Dr. Patrick B. McGrath serves as the Chief Clinical Officer for NOCD, where he oversees the company’s clinical protocols and team of OCD specialists. As the world’s leading provider of virtual therapy for OCD, NOCD offers evidenced-based treatment for adults and children around the world struggling with OCD and related conditions, with a network of licensed therapists who are trained, led, and supervised by Dr. McGrath. He is also a Lead Psychologist at Ascension Illinois Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, where he opened Intensive Outpatient, Partial Hospital, and Residential Treatment Programs for Anxiety Disorders, School Refusal, and OCD.
Dr. McGrath is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of OCD treatment experience. He is a member of the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Boards of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), a Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Past President of OCD Midwest, an affiliate of the IOCDF. He authored the books “Don’t Try Harder, Try Different,” and “The OCD Answer Book” and was featured on the Discovery Health Channel’s documentary “Panic” and on three episodes of “Hoarding; Buried Alive” on TLC.
[/two_third_last] [/colorsection]   Joint Accreditation Statement

Joint Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Galen Mental Health.  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.

 

Trauma-Informed Carefor Reclaiming Your Relationship with You

Kimi Simms
Presented By:
Kimi Simms, MSW, LCSW
February 27, 2026

Child and Adolescent Professional Development Series

Topics Covered

    • Learning the importance of an integrative approach to trauma reprocessing and to have a better understanding of the different evidence based practices available.
    • Learning more about the importance of psychoeducation in the therapeutic process and the need for adaptive processing when faced with symptoms of C-PTSD.
    • Understanding that healing is not a linear process and trauma reprocessing is not about blaming attachment figures. Rather it is about learning from your trauma narrative and finding your voice again and that voice leading you on a path to reclaiming your internal relationship with all parts of you.

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About the Speaker

Presented by:Kimi Simms, MSW, LCSW

Kimi Simms, MSW, LCSW is the owner and operator of Kimi Simms LCSW PLLC and is a telehealth trauma therapist working with adults and couples. Kimi has been an outpatient therapist since 2019 and prior to becoming an outpatient therapist, worked at Nationwide Children’s Hospital as an acute crisis response clinician. Kimi also has experience working in inpatient hospitalization for adults and community based therapy for adolescents. Kimi loves reading, traveling, going to Cubs games with her husband and hanging out with her two furbabies.

Kimi Simms

Joint Accreditation Statement:

Joint Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Galen Mental Health.  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.