Deepen your understanding of the neurobiological theories to explain the fractured sense-of-self found in trauma survivors. Learn the importance of brief therapeutic models for trauma treatment. Specifically, you will learn approaches to target shame, self-loathing and relationship complications due to the impacts of trauma on attachment. In a world where virtual therapy is still ever-present, learn about the difficulties of virtual treatment and how to overcome these in the context of trauma therapy.
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Part 5
Part 1: Working with fragmented selves of trauma survivors
Alienation from the self is a survival strategy taken on by children who are exposed to abusive or dysfunctional parenting. It allows a child to maintain their attachment to their caregiver by branding themself as “bad” or “unlovable” so they can continue to see their caregiver as “good”. This deeply painful failure of self-acceptance results in shame, self-loathing, difficulty in self-soothing and complicated relationships with others which can be lifelong. To overcome this, therapy must focus on cultivating the client’s ability to use mindful observation. In this workshop you will look at using structural dissociation theory, sensorimotor psychotherapy and internal family systems to explore the therapeutic power of fostering internal secure attachments to clients most deeply disowned selves.
Part 2: Traumatic attachment and co-regulation: the neurobiology of relationship
Attachment failure is inevitable in the context of fear. This can have a lasting impact on all future relationships. Closeness is often feared rather than perceived as a haven of safety. This workshop addresses the impact of traumatic attachment on affect regulation and how to work with the somatic legacy of attachment. You will be presented with a neurobiologically informed understanding of the impact of trauma on attachment and how to use co-regulation rather than interpretation to help clients tolerate emotional and autonomic stress using interventions drawn from neuroscience and attachment research from sensorimotor psychotherapy, a body-centered talking therapy for the treatment of trauma.
Part 3: Making Virtual psychotherapy a relational experience
Everyone was affected by the climate of fear and isolation brought about by the COVID epidemic. Therapists had to deal with the practical and emotional challenges it created but from a distance and to this day virtual psychotherapy is being used more than it was before the pandemic. Virtual psychotherapy can be stressful for the therapist and client. Without the connection which both clients and therapists value as the heart and soul of psychotherapy, virtual sessions can feel distant and impersonal. Furthermore, many clients have histories of abuse, failed attachment, neglect and failed trust which can increase their sensitivity to distance and abandonment. This can create feelings of helplessness and guilt for the therapist, but virtual therapy doesn’t have to be impersonal!
This workshop will be split into 3 sections.
Section 1: introduces a different perspective to the one held by most clients and therapists that a connection requires in-person contact. You will be introduced to the concept of object constancy; allowing ourselves to internalize those closest to us and trusting that they still care from a distance.
Section 2: will look at the use of psychotherapy to help clients with present traumatic threat in the context of the pandemic rather than using psychotherapy to overcome past experiences of trauma.
Section 3: addresses how virtual psychotherapy requires a therapist to be more obviously present, expressive, warmer and connected than ever before. The subtle non-verbal communications used in face-to-face therapy are not felt virtually. You will learn how to make use of energy levels, breathing, gesture and social engagement to create a sense of connection over the internet.
Part 4: Healing traumatic wounds: a brief therapy model for the treatment of trauma
Neuroscience research has shown that trauma results in a ‘living legacy’. Even long after the traumatic event, the survival response remains easily re-activated evoking emotional and bodily memories. Sometimes treatment stimulates these symptoms which can prolong treatment effects especially in suicidal and self-destructive patients. This can leave a therapist feeling frustrated in their abilities. New neurobiologically informed treatments offer an approach in which the effects of the trauma are treated rather than the events which caused it. This reflects to therapists the usefulness of even a brief therapy paradigm.
Part 5: Working with parts in therapy: Different approaches to develop health relationships with self-parts
This part will include 3 separate talks by speakers Janina Fisher, Hubert Hermans and Leslie Greenberg introducing 3 different treatment approaches to treat a fragmented sense of self.
Section 1: Janina Fisher discusses building internal attachment bonds and overcoming self alienation. A child with an abusive caregiver will have a fragmented sense of self and disown themselves as “bad” or “unlovable”. Trauma-informed stabilization treatment (TIST) focuses on cultivating a clients mindful awareness of their fragmented self and disowned experience.
Section 2: Hubert Hermans on the dancing parts of the self, an introduction to the Dialogical self theory (DST). This theory uses the assumption that the self functions as a society of mind or “I-positions” which can be personal (e.g. I as a dedicated teacher) or external (e.g. my loving father). You will learn about this theory in more detail and how it can be applied to the field of mental health. There will be a focus on themes such as individual happiness, eudemonic happiness, rumination, loneliness and self-acceptance. To broaden the limited version of the Western self-ideal you will also be introduced to four identity levels; I an individual, I as a group member, I as a member of all humanity and I as a participant of the earth.
Section 3: Leslie Greenberg will discuss different part of self. There are four main dialogues between parts of the self. Conflict splits, Self-interruptive splits, unfinished business and anguish and emotional suffering. You will learn how to distinguish between the dialogues and recognize when to apply techniques such as two-chair dialogues, empty chair dialogues and self-soothing practices.
By purchasing this product you will receive two free video-courses:
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma, she is an Executive Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation and a Patron of the John Bowlby Centre. Dr. Fisher is the author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation (2017), Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists (2021), and The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart (2022). She is best known for her work on integrating mindfulness-based and somatic interventions into trauma treatment. Her treatment model, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), is now being taught around the world. More information can be found on her website: www.janinafisher.com.
Hubert Hermans was born in the Netherlands. He studied psychology at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, where he became staff member at the psychological laboratory of the same university in 1965. In 1973 he became associate professor of psychology at the University of Nijmegen and in 1980 full professor at the same university. Since 2002 he is president of the International Society for Dialogical Science (ISDS) and since 2020 honorary president. Since 2020 he is associate editor of the Journal of Constructivist Psychology. For his merits to society, he was appointed as Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (Knight in the Society of the Netherlands Lion) in 2002. His 2006 Dutch book “Dialoog en Misverstand” (Dialogue and Misunderstanding) was used by Herman Wijffels during the preparation of the Dutch government in 2007.
Leslie Greenberg, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University (CA) where he was Director of the psychotherapy research clinic. He is the developer and trainer of EFT, senior author on ‘Emotion-Focused approaches to treatment of individuals and couples: Facilitating Emotional Change’, ‘Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy’ and other books. He’s published extensive research and received the 2004 Distinguished Research Career Award (Society for Psychotherapy Research). He helped found the Society of the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration and is past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. He’s received awards for excellence in professional training (Canadian council of professional psychology), contributions to psychology (Canadian psychological association) and humanistic psychology (Carl Rogers Award). He conducts a private practice.
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