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Session 1: How Therapy can Enhance Psychopharmacology
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Learn how you can help clients derive more benefits from medications by:
- Distinguishing biology from psychology, and psychiatric symptoms from feelings
- Determining whether psychological factors, including attitudes toward authority and fear of losing symptoms, are blocking medication effects
- Empowering clients to take responsibility for their own medication decisions
- Teaching clients to listen to how various parts of themselves are responding to-and often resisting-their prescribed medication
- Tuning into your own attitudes and biases about meds
OBJECTIVES
- Describe how knowing the difference between psychiatric symptoms and feelings can assist with deciding whether to prescribe medication.
- Explain how psychological factors like viewing the therapist as an authority figure or subconsciously clinging to symptoms can inhibit a medication’s effects.
- Describe the process of educating clients about medication so that they feel responsible for their own medication decisions.
OUTLINE
- Symptoms vs. Feelings
- Hvaing Clients Meditate and Reflect on Their Medication
- Prescribing Medication
- Collaboration between Psychotherapists and Psychiatrists
- SSRIs
- When Medications are Ineffective
Richard Simon, Ph.D.
Richard Simon, PhD, was a clinical psychologist and the late editor of Psychotherapy Networker, the most topical, timely, and widely read publication in the psychotherapy field. During his career, he received every major magazine industry honor, including the National Magazine Award.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Rich Simon is the President of Psychotherapy Networker, Inc. and the editor of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. He is a published author and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Rich Simon has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Frank Anderson, MD
Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.
Dr. Anderson is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute with Richard Schwartz and maintains a long affiliation with, and trains for, Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Center. He serves as an advisor to the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) and was the former chair and director of the Foundation for Self-Leadership.
Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation and wrote the chapter “Who’s Taking What” Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems for Trauma in Internal Family Systems Therapy – New Dimensions. He co-authored a chapter on What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy, and recently co-authored Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual.
His most recent book, entitled Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems was released on May 19, 2021.
His memoir, To Be Loved, is set to be released on May 7, 2024.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Frank Anderson maintains a private practice. He is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Self Leadership and has employment relationships with The Trauma Center and The Center for Self Leadership. Dr. Anderson receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Frank Anderson is a member of the New England Society Studying Trauma and Dissociation and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
