Sexual trauma profoundly impacts not only the body and brain, but also a survivor’s emotional world, relationships, identity, and sense of belonging. This training explores the social and emotional consequences of sexual trauma through a trauma-informed and attachment-based lens, helping professionals better understand how trauma shapes self-concept, trust, emotional regulation, and interpersonal functioning. Participants will examine how experiences of sexual harm influences behavior. The training will also address how trauma responses may be misinterpreted as resistance, avoidance, aggression, or instability, when in fact they are adaptive survival strategies. Special attention will be given to the role of attachment injuries, developmental timing, cultural context, and systemic factors that compound the emotional aftermath of sexual trauma. Attendees will gain practical tools to support survivors in rebuilding safety, emotional regulation, relational capacity, and self-worth. Through case examples, reflective discussion, and practical application, this training equips professionals to respond with greater clinical attunement, empathy, and effectiveness. One and a Half Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be available for participants with social work and professional counseling licenses (LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC). If you would like to request CEUs, you may do so in the evaluation survey sent after completing this training. For more information on ICOY’s training attendance policy please see here: https://www.icoyouth.org/attendance-policy/Trainer: Heshima Mance