Understanding Trauma in Legal Contexts: A Free Medico-legal Series
Register below for free live and on-demand sessions with leading psychiatrists, clinicians, advocates and legal professionals exploring trauma-informed practice, institutional harm, sexual abuse, sleep disruption, and vicarious trauma
PsycIME is pleased to be hosting a series of free online webinars throughout the months of February and March, including a presentation by Allison Forsyth, 2-time Olympian and 8-time Canadian champion.
This in depth series feature informative sessions on compassion fatigue, organizational trauma, chronic sleep deprivation, and trauma-informed lawyering. Learn from subject experts and get your questions answered!
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Friday, February 6th
Psychiatric Perspectives on Institutional Harm
with Dr. Ajmal Razmy
Wednesday, February 11th
Cultural Formulation and Sexual Abuse in Marginalized Communities
with Dr. Ajmal Razmy
Wednesday, February 18th
Disrupted Sleep, Disturbed Mind
with Mayra Lazo
Wednesday, February 25th
Trauma Informed Lawyering in Sexual Assault Cases
with Allison Forsyth
Wednesday, March 11th
Vicarious Trauma, Survival Skills for Legal Professionals
with Dr. Emily Gavett-Liu
Upcoming Free Online Events
Register today and get access to the series of special webinars:
Psychiatric Perspectives on Institutional Harm
Presented by: Dr. Ajmal Razmy
Date: Friday, February 6, 2026
Time: 12pm to 1pm EST
This webinar examines how military and first-responder organizational cultures can compound sexual abuse into organizational trauma with lasting psychiatric and functional effects. It applies a trauma-informed, systems-aware lens to understanding symptoms, disclosure, and key legal questions such as credibility, causation, and damages.
Cultural Formulation and Sexual Abuse in Marginalized Communities
Presented by: Dr. Ajmal Razmy
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Time: 12pm to 1pm EST
This webinar introduces the DSM-5 cultural formulation and examines how culture shapes the experience, meaning, and disclosure of sexual abuse, with particular attention to Indigenous and other marginalized populations. It demonstrates how culturally informed psychiatric and legal assessment can meaningfully alter opinions about diagnosis, credibility, capacity or consent, and the extent of harm.
Disrupted Sleep, Disturbed Mind
Presented by: Dr. Mayra Carlos Lazo
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Time: 12pm to 1pm EST
This webinar examines the neurobiological and psychiatric foundations of chronic sleep disturbance, including its relationship to trauma, pain, and comorbid mental illness, to clarify causation and pathways to impairment. It also addresses how to evaluate credibility, treatment adequacy, and functional impact by integrating subjective reports, objective sleep measures, and current clinical practice guidelines.
Trauma Informed Lawyering in Sexual Assault Cases
Presented by: Allison Forsyth
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Time: 12pm to 1pm EST
Allison is a 2-time Olympian and 8-time Canadian Champion in alpine skiing. Her career is now as a “Safe Sport” expert, advocate, and professional, and she was recently named one of Canada’s Top 25 Women of Influence.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to apply trauma-informed, survivor-centered principles to legal practice by understanding how trauma affects memory, disclosure, credibility, emotional regulation, and decision-making, enabling ethical and effective interviewing, testimony preparation, and courtroom advocacy that builds trust, preserves procedural fairness, and avoids re-traumatization.
Vicarious Trauma, Survival Skills for Legal Professionals
Presented by: Dr. Emily Gavett-Liu
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Time: 12pm to 1pm EST
This webinar examines the forms, mechanisms, and risk factors of secondary trauma in legal professionals—including vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, and moral injury—highlighting neurobiological effects, profession-specific vulnerabilities, and key warning signs of distress. It also outlines evidence-based individual and organizational strategies to prevent and mitigate secondary trauma, with a focus on workplace culture, systemic interventions, and building sustainable professional resilience.