Working with Dissociation and Complex Trauma

as an EMDR Therapist 

Adult clients with a history of chronic or prolonged abuse and/or neglect present significant challenges in treatment, particularly in utilizing the standard EMDR Protocol. This presentation will integrate current relevant theories of complex trauma with practical interventions and resources for the EMDR therapist which are grounded in the AIP model.

Spend a day with other EMDR therapists focused on growing their knowledge in working with complex cases.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify five characteristic symptoms of dissociation.
2. Describe the role of attachment injury and chronic abuse and/or neglect in creating and maintaining dissociative processes and individuated self-states.
3. Acquire a familiarity with the three phases of complex trauma treatment in relation to the three prongs and eight phases of EMDR therapy.
4. Learn three emotional regulation methods for use in EMDR phase 2 with dissociative clients and strategies for interacting with self-states.
5. Name three characteristic phobias which maintain dissociative processes.
6. Can utilize several techniques for titrating EMDR phase 4 processing with dissociative clients.

Presenter

Bill Brislin has been a psychotherapist in the Orlando area for over twenty-five years. His interests in trauma and complex trauma began during his fifteen years as a counselor at a local AIDS support agency. An EMDR Certified Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Bill enjoys unlocking the potential for EMDR therapy with clients who have experienced profound developmental trauma. A graduate of the Catholic University of America and the University of Notre Dame, he is committed to ongoing learning and formation. Bill holds memberships in the EMDR International Association and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. 

Schedule

8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration, coffee and housekeeping

8:30 am-11:45am Session with 15 minute break

11:45 am -1:00 pm Lunch on your own

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Session with 15 minute break

CEUs

6 EMDRIA credits program n# 17019-04

6 CEUs. Provider: Creative Therapy Connections  Susan K Pate, LMHC, Director # 50-461. Exp 3/31/2019. Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider.

Fees

$125.00 if registered by January 23, 2018. $150.00 if after.

Group discount for groups of 4 are available. Contact Reg@ConnectEMDR.com or Claire@ConnectEMDR.com.

 

 

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