When the Bruises Are Invisible: Recognizing the Impact of Domestic Violence

Brooke LaLone, LMFT will be facilitating this training. Brooke is a local therapist in her own private practice who specializes in domestic violence. She is also a survivor herself of domestic violence and is a mother to a very spunky three-year-old. Due to her lived experience, Brooke takes great pride in supporting other survivors through therapy and her coaching services, as well as providing clinical consultation to other professionals in the area. In addition to domestic violence, Brooke also specializes in treating eating disorders, perinatal mental health, and is a Neurodiversity specialist. She is also a proud board member to KMB for Answers, a local non-profit promoting awareness and education for eating disorder treatment.

This training is for professionals across all fields: mental health, legal, medical, and educational realms. Everyone is impacted by domestic violence, and at the very least by the current laws, policies, and stigmas in our society.

This training aims to provide in-depth education around domestic violence - where it stems way beyond just physical violence. Domestic violence abusers often thrive in the justice systems, and victims are at risk of losing everything if they report anything to the legal system - especially if children are involved. Due to the current dangers of the legal system and misconceptions in the mental, medical and educational systems, we are failing the survivors of domestic violence.

Professionals attending this training will be able to better identify DV, find ways to better support survivors and their children, network with other professionals in other disciplines, and begin vital conversations to advocate for policy changes and reform.

Learning Objectives:

• Define coercive control and identify how it differs from or expands upon physical forms of abuser.
• Recognize the covert signs of abuse in clinical, legal, and familial contexts - - especially when physical evidence is absent, and explain the necessity and urgency of orders of protection, even in cases without visible physical violence.
• Understand the psychological and systemic impact of coercive control on survivors, especially during divorce and custody cases.
• Identify the ways the legal system often fails survivors, including how abusers manipulate court processes, custody evaluations, and protective orders.
• Apply trauma-informed, survivor-centered approaches in supporting victims through medical, mental health, and legal lenses.

Tree of Hope Counseling, LCSW, PLLC, is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers - #SW-0322.

This course is approved to provide continuing education hours for Social Workers.

This course is 6.0 contact hours.

Fee is $215.00

Registration available until 5:00pm Tuesday, 6/24/2025.

Refund Policy - partial refund of $190 provided up to 7 days prior to event. (Instructor discretion within 7 days.)

For more information about Brooke LaLone go to www.brookelalonelmft.com

For more information about Tree of Hope Counseling go to www.treeofhopecounselingrochester.com