Elizabeth G. Vermilyea, PhD

Published Works

Growing Beyond Survival, 2000 Sidran Press

Risking Connection in Faith Communities, 2006 Sidran Press 

Technical Assistance and Master Training

Elizabeth Vermilyea is approved to provide:

OVC TTAC Training and Technical Assistance  

Risking Connection Training and Master Training

Illuminations Facillitation 

Illuminations is dedicated to the elimination of child sexual abuse through the creative use of the Illuminations Exhibit, a unique and important body of artwork created a victim of child sexual abuse. The Exhibit has been developed into a one-of-a-kind, interactive, audience-driven training workshop aimed at deepening awareness and understanding of the reality of child sexual abuse.

Biography

Elizabeth Vermilyea, PhD, has been working exclusively with trauma survivors and the people who advocate for them since 1991. She is an independent consultant specializing in traumatic stress consultation, training, and program development. Elizabeth creates and delivers customized traumatic stress education programs and consultation to a broad range of professional, paraprofessional, and public audiences, including caregivers and frontline service providers in child and adult mental health, public and private school systems, sexual assault and domestic violence settings, providers working with the homeless, corrections, developmental disabilities agencies, crime victim assistance agencies, and substance abuse programs across the U.S. and in Canada. She provides substantive, interactive workshops on symptom management, compassion fatigue/vicarious traumatization, trauma-informed care, trauma-informed leadership, differential diagnosis, ethics, self-injury, trauma & addiction, and addressing trauma in medical settings. Elizabeth is the author of Growing Beyond Survival: A Self-help Toolkit for Addressing Symptoms of Traumatic Stress and co-author of Risking Connection in Faith Communities: A Training Curriculum for Faith Leaders Supporting Trauma Survivors.