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Digital Seminar

Level 2: Module 1


Average Rating:
   21
Faculty:
Janina Fisher, PhD
Duration:
3 Hours 14 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Nov 01, 2018
Product Code:
POS052601_M1
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

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.

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before purchase.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


California Counselors

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Florida Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 22.25 continuing education credits.


Illinois Counselors

This intermediate self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Per the IDFPR: Social Work Continuing Education Sponsors approved by the Division in accordance with the rules for the administration of Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act (225 ILCS 201), 68 Ill.  Adm. Code 1470.95; PESI, Inc. is a registered social work continuing education sponsor with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance, pass a post-test, and who complete the program evaluation.


Kentucky Counselors

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 26.75 continuing education credit hours for Kentucky Counselors. The Continuing Education Requirements for the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors (201 KAR 36:030 Section 2) state continuing education programs from providers sponsored or approved by a state counseling licensure board shall be approved without further review by the board. PESI, Inc. is approved by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.


Missouri Counselors

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 22.25 continuing education clock hours for Missouri Counselors. The Missouri Committee for Professional Counselors accepts continuing education programs relevant to counseling that are provided by organizations recognized by national social worker associations. PESI, Inc. is recognized by a national social worker association. Please see social work approvals for this program.


Montana Counselors

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of instruction.


Nevada Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 22.25 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


New Mexico Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved continuing education provider by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board. Provider #CCE0180571. Provider approval period effective 03/28/2016 to 09/30/2024. This self-study program consists of 22.25 clock hours


New York Counselors

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 26.75 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance


Ohio Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance at this course meets the qualifications for 22.25 clock hours of General continuing education. Tracking number: 20-TBD


Pennsylvania Counselors

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


South Carolina Counselors

This self-study program has been approved for 22.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Texas Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 681, Subchapter J, Section 681.142 Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 22.25 Clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


California Social Workers

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Colorado Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This self-study course has been approved for 22.4 continuing education hours. 

 

COLORADO PARTICIPANTS ONLY: If you did not answer YES to be reported to the Colorado Chapter of the NASW on the evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com and provide the full title of the webcast, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.


Florida Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 22.25 continuing education credits. 


Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 22.0 contact hours.


Kansas Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 22.0 continuing education hours.


Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 22.0 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Montana Social Workers

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of instruction.


New York Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 26.75 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Ohio Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance at this course meets the qualifications for 22.25 clock hours of General continuing education. Tracking number: 20-TBD


Pennsylvania Social Workers

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


California Psychologists

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 22.0 continuing education credit hours for California Psychologists. The California Department of Consumer Affairs Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are specifically applicable and pertinent to the practice of psychology and by entities approved by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). This enduring material is certified for a maximum of 22.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by PESI as an accredited ACCME provider authorized to award credit by the AMA. PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 22.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for 22.4 self-study continuing education credits.


Illinois Psychologists

 

PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. License #: 268.000102. Full attendance at this self-study course qualifies for 22.0 contact hours.


Kentucky Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists, approved provider #202312H. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 22.25 contact hours.


New York Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0014. This self-study activity will qualify for 26.75 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


North Dakota Psychologists

CE credit is available. This course consists of 22.25 continuing education clock hours for North Dakota Psychologists. The North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners, pursuant to 66-03-01-03, confirms acceptance of continuing education programs for content related to practice authorized in North Dakota (century code 43-32) for programs approved by certain ce associations. When printing your certificate, please include any national social work approvals.


Ohio Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association, Provider #263896894, to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI is offering this self-study activity for 22.25 Standard hours of continuing education credit.


Pennsylvania Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider #PSY000211. PESI maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 22.25 continuing education hours.


Psychologists & Physicians

Physicians: PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 22.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity was originally recorded on 11/01/2018. It was last reviewed on 05/03/2022 and is valid until 02/04/2025.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. You are required to successfully complete and submit a post-test prior to receiving a certificate of completion.


Psychologists: The following state psychologist boards recognize activities sponsored by PESI, Inc. as an approved ACCME provider: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin. This activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. You are required to successfully complete and submit a post-test prior to receiving a certificate of completion.


Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


California Marriage & Family Therapists

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Florida Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 22.25 continuing education credits.


Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 22.0 credits.


Montana Marriage & Family Therapists

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of instruction.


Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 22.25 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


New York Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0024. This self-study activity will qualify for 26.75 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance


Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance at this course meets the qualifications for 22.25 clock hours of General continuing education. Tracking number: 20-TBD


Pennsylvania Marriage & Family Therapists

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study program has been approved for 22.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 801, Subchapter K, Section 801.264 Types of Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Addiction Counselors - Generic

This self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 22.0 CEU's (continuing education hours).


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 22.25 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for a total of 22.25 ceus in the area(s) of C2 - 22.25 hrs.


Oklahoma Alcohol & Drug Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors approved provider #20240032. This self-study activity consists of 22.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


California Licensed Educational Psychologists

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 22.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists - ANCC

PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses completing these self-study materials will earn 22.25 contact hours. Expires: 11/22/2024.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 22.0 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 22.0 self-study contact hours.

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Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 22.25 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists

This self-study program has been approved for 22.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 22.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Faculty

Janina Fisher, PhD's Profile

Janina Fisher, PhD Related seminars and products


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.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

 

For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com. 


Objectives

Session I - Introduction to the Treatment of Dissociation
  1. Determine three signs or symptoms of ‘complex trauma’ as it relates to case conceptualization.
  2. Differentiate dissociative compartmentalization vs. alterations in consciousness.
  3. Apply the Structural Dissociation model as related to clinical treatment.
  4. Determine signs of altered consciousness in traumatized clients.
  5. Discriminate symptoms caused by activity of trauma-related parts.
  6. Discriminate signs of voices found in dissociative disorder versus schizophrenic clients.
  7. Specify therapist interventions that increase patient ability to identify and determine dissociated parts to improve client level of functioning.
  8. Articulate role of mindfulness-based techniques in the treatment of dissociation.
Session II - Increasing Awareness of Dysregulated Parts and Dissociative States
  1. Determine signs of dissociative parts in the therapy hour.
  2. Determine manifestations of parts observed in physical presentation and facial expression in session.
  3. Differentiate characteristics of fight, flight, freeze, attach and submit parts.
  4. Utilize the term ‘blending’ as it applies to structurally dissociated parts for symptom management.
  5. Implement parts language as an intervention in the therapy of dissociative and dysregulated clients.
  6. Determine and analyze dissociative “switching” to improve client engagement.
  7. Utilize clinical strategies to increase internal communication in clients.
  8. Determine the therapist’s role in ‘coaching’ internal dialogue skills to improve treatment outcomes.
Session III - Working with Traumatic Memory in DID:  Implicit Memory and Animal Defense Survival Responses
  1. Determine the distinction between trauma-related explicit memory and implicit memory for purpose of client psychoeducation.
  2. Differentiate implicit memories versus situational emotional responses.
  3. Determine the complications of treating event memories with dissociative disorder clients to improve clinical outcomes.
  4. Utilize clinical strategies to determine the role of animal defense survival responses in dissociative disorders and their relationship to traumatic memory.
  5. Determine characteristic trauma-related internal conflicts found in trauma-related disorders as related to clinical treatment.
  6. Utilize clinical strategies to develop client’s ability to determine internal conflicts as struggles between parts to improve clinical outcomes.
  7. Determine indications and best practices for processing traumatic memories to inform the clinician’s choice of treatment interventions.
  8. Apply the meaning of the term “integration” in the treatment of dissociation as it relates to case conceptualization.
Session IV - Traumatic Attachment and the Treatment of Dissociative Disorders
  1. Apply the concept of “controlling strategies” as a complication of disorganized attachment to improve client level of functioning.
  2. Determine the implications of the controlling strategies in dissociative disorders as related to clinical treatment.
  3. Differentiate the interaction between traumatic attachment and self-destructive behavior to improve treatment outcomes.
  4. Articulate the effects of traumatic/disorganized attachment on the transference.
  5. Demonstrate uses of right brain-to right brain communication to address attachment-related issues.
  6. Utilize interventions for enhancing internal collaboration.
  7. Apply the use of the social engagement system (Porges) to improve client engagement.
  8. Facilitate increased access to states of self-compassion to improve client level of functioning.
Session V - Working with Regression, Aggression and Passivity
  1. Articulate the role of regression and aggression as survival responses to threat.
  2. Analyze personality disorder diagnoses in the light of research on disorganized attachment in clients.
  3. Specify verbal and somatic interventions for working with client dependency as related to clinical treatment.
  4. Demonstrate use of somatic and cognitive interventions to ameliorate devaluing and verbally aggressive behavior.
  5. Articulate the role of depression as an adaptation to trauma.
  6. Specify cognitive and somatic interventions for addressing chronic depressive states in clients.
  7. Determine how to address depression and passivity as a part to improve client level of functioning.
  8. Apply the use of positive re-framing in work with parts of the personality as it relates to treatment outcomes.
Session VI - Integration and Healing
  1. Articulate the traditional view of integration used in dissociative disorders treatment.
  2. Evaluate the complications of a focus on ‘integration’.
  3. Demonstrate interventions for increasing internal communication and cooperation among parts.
  4. Demonstrate internal collaboration as an alternative to traditional models of integration in a clinical setting.
  5. Determine how “healing” has been defined historically as it relates to clinical practice.
  6. Articulate ‘bottom-up’ approaches to healing that have developed over the past ten years.
  7. Determine the ‘negativity bias’ and its effects on psychological health and resilience in clients.
  8. Outline the role of self-acceptance and compassion in the healing process to improve clinical outcomes.

Outline

Session I: Introduction to the Treatment of Dissociation

  • What distinguishes ‘complex trauma’ symptoms from the symptoms of simple PTSD?
  • The Structural Dissociation model as a trauma model
  • Assessment and diagnosis of dissociative symptoms
  • Assessment questions and measures
  • Mindfulness-based techniques in the treatment of dissociation
  • Teaching mindfulness skills to fragmented individuals
  • Differentiating structurally dissociated parts of the personality
  • Using the language of parts

Session II: Increasing Awareness of Dysregulated Parts and Dissociative States

  • Treatment challenges in working with complex trauma and dissociation
  • Identifying signs and symptoms of dissociative parts
  • Differentiating the presence of fight, flight, freeze, attach and submit parts
  • Increasing dual awareness
  • Dissociative switching and “blending”
  • Helping clients increase their ability to “unblend” from trauma-related parts
  • Helping clients decrease dissociative “switching”
  • Distinguishing psychotic versus dissociative symptoms

Session III: Working with Traumatic Memory in DID: Implicit Memory and Animal Defense Survival Responses

  • Memory systems:  explicit and implicit, voluntary versus involuntary
  • The role of procedural memory in complex trauma
  • Helping clients differentiate implicit and procedural memories from situational responses
  • Dissociative compartmentalization as a complication in memory processing
  • Loss of a sense of time and place due to fragmentation
  • Re-thinking the role of witnessing client’s traumatic experiences
  • Discuss indications and best practices for processing traumatic memories in this population       
Session IV: Working with Regression, Aggression and Passivity
  • Traumatic attachment and animal defenses
  • The “controlling strategies” in individuals with disorganized attachment
  • Regression and aggression as controlling strategies driven by trauma-related parts
  • Working with regressive states and child parts
  • Aggression in therapy: devaluing and self-destructive behavior
  • Working with verbally abusive and devaluing parts
  • Depressive states as an adaptation to trauma
  • Interventions for addressing chronic depressive states
Session V: Traumatic Transference in the Treatment of Dissociative Disorders
  • Stimulation of the attachment system in therapeutic relationships
  • Effects of traumatic/disorganized attachment on the transference
  • Why some clients become more dysregulated rather than less
  • Co-regulation and right brain-to right brain communication
  • How therapists can use contingent co-regulation in treatment
  • Internal attachment versus self-alienation
  • Using the social engagement system
  • Rupture and repair: visualization techniques for repairing childhood attachment failure  
Session VI: Integration and Healing
  • ‘Integration’ as the goal of dissociative disorders treatment
  • What does it mean to be “integrated”?
  • The evolution of treatment models for dissociative disorders
  • Identify interventions for increasing internal communication and cooperation among parts
  • Markers of progress in fragmented individuals
  • How should clients and therapists define “healing”?
  • Self-acceptance and compassion in the healing process
  • Best practices in trauma treatment

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Case Managers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Psychotherapists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

Reviews

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Overall:      4.9

Total Reviews: 21

Comments

Raichel G - Wamberal, NSW

"I enjoyed the course and learnt a great deal"

Maria H - Ridgecrest, California

"great program - enjoyed the discussion and power points "

Suzanne C - San Antonio, Texas

"Excellent learning but very dense material "

Boe E - West Jordan, Utah

"The presenter was great. Part of my learning style to retain information more effectively might be to have short video clips of role play of what is happening rather than just an explanation. She did a great job explaining and visual with audio role playing the scenario illustrate will be more effective. "

Chrissy H - Shelby, North Carolina

"Great information, learned a great deal. Will be using in my practice. "

Tanya K - San Andreas, California

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