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Level 2: Module 1
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This second-year seminar program concentrates on complex cases and dilemmas: resistance and stuckness, treatment-resistant depression, therapy-destructive behavior, regression, characterological issues, identity and sense of self, and vicarious traumatization. Using research-supported theory, we attempt to understand the etiology of complex symptoms and presentations from a trauma perspective and to apply the treatment approaches most likely to be effective in each individual case. The program content integrates traditional psychotherapy methods with newer theoretical models widely supported in the trauma treatment field.
A number of widely-accepted treatment approaches are referenced and their interventions discussed in the light of the neuroscience research. The interventions cited in the seminar include: psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, interpersonal neurobiology, EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, clinical hypnosis, couples and family therapy, and Internal Family Systems. Ethical and professional standards are emphasized as they are relevant to each topic area as well as cross-cultural sensitivity.
Janina Fisher, PhD
Janina Fisher, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and former instructor at The Trauma Center, a research and treatment center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known as an expert on the treatment of trauma, Dr. Fisher has also been treating individuals, couples, and families since 1980.
She is past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities.
She is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (2015) and author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation (2017) and the forthcoming book, Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma (in press).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Janina Fisher has an employment relationship with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. She is a consultant for Khiron House Clinics and the Massachusetts Department of MH Restraint and Seclusion Initiative. Dr. Fisher receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. Dr. Fisher has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Janina Fisher is on the advisory board for the Trauma Research Foundation. She is a patron of the Bowlby Center.
