AABH-OH Conference

Engaging the Traumatized Client in Treatment

by Arianna Galligher, LISW-S

This workshop will focus on weaving a trauma-informed case conceptualization model into treatment at the PHP/IOP level of care. Case examples will be discussed, and emphasis will be placed on introducing basic concepts used in Cognitive Processing Therapy to inform psychoeducational curriculum for group-based treatment.

Speaker Bio
Arianna Galligher, LISW-S, manages the PHP/IOP department and serves as the program coordinator of the STAR Trauma Recovery Center at OSU Harding Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She has an extensive clinical background across multiple settings, serving both adolescents and adults. She earned her Master’s degree in Social Work in 2005 at Ohio State University where she also currently teaches part-time.  

Years spent working with people living with HIV/AIDS, trauma survivors, women, youth, and the LGBTQ community have served to reinforce the importance of humor, empathy, empowerment, honesty, diversity, individual expression, and community building in her work.