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Advanced Therapeutic Skills Workshop 1: Working with Disorganized Attachment and Developmental Trauma: Video Course
Advanced Therapeutic Skills Workshop 1: Working with Disorganized Attachment and Developmental Trauma: Video Course
At nscience, we are proud to launch a new, highly-immersive and therapeutic skills focused set of online evening sessions with internationally acclaimed Trauma expert Kathy Steele. At each of these evenings, we will explore one special topic per session relevant to working with challenging clients who have experienced complex trauma and dissociation. Each session will be focused on specific practical clinical skills. This will include a 75-minute didactic training module with time for comments, questions, and clinical applications. Next, we will offer 90 minutes of case consultation – attendees can bring anonymized cases for discussion. Attendees can sign up for individual sessions or for the entire series of five sessions at a discounted price.
Video course packs, including all notes are available immediately on booking. The access links are part of your ticket. Online video access remains available for 1 year from the date you receive the video course.
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The manifestations of disorganized attachment present a labyrinthine array of contradictory emotions and behaviours, complicating therapeutic approaches. Clients display intense emotional reactions and difficulties in emotion regulation, stemming from unresolved trauma and a compromised sense of safety. The interplay between attachment needs and defence mechanisms further complicates the therapeutic landscape.
As therapists, we can struggle with the delicate balance of offering a secure therapeutic environment while respecting our clients’ defence mechanisms. Integrating diverse therapeutic modalities —attachment-based, trauma-focused, and relational psychotherapies — requires skill and finesse. Establishing a collaborative therapeutic alliance becomes pivotal, prioritizing safety, empathy, and attunement.
Negotiating healthy boundaries within the therapeutic relationship is imperative. At this session, we start with the approach that working with disorganized attachment necessitates a multifaceted approach steeped in attachment theory, trauma dynamics, and relational intricacies. Psychotherapists and psychologists confront the intricate task of deciphering complex behaviours, regulating emotions, and creating a secure therapeutic milieu while delicately addressing attachment needs and defence mechanisms. Integration of diverse therapeutic modalities alongside a steadfast focus on the therapeutic relationship offers a beacon of hope in aiding individuals with disorganized attachment toward forming more secure internal models of relationships.
At this session, we will start with the premise that disorganized attachment is the bedrock of developmental trauma and should be a central focus of our therapeutic endeavours. We will explore how it develops and manifests and discuss practical approaches to treatment using the therapeutic relationship and boundaries as a healthy structure.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the manifestations of disorganized attachment
- Employ collaborative relational approaches that take into account both the need for attachment and the need for defence
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What's included in this course
- Presented by world-class speaker(s)
- Handouts and video recording
- 3 hrs of professionally produced lessons
- 1 year access to video recorded version
- CPD / CE Certificate
- Join from anywhere in the world
At this workshop, we will start with the premise that disorganized attachment is the bedrock of developmental trauma and should be a central focus of our therapeutic endeavours. We will explore how it develops and manifests and discuss practical approaches to treatment using the therapeutic relationship and boundaries as a healthy structure.
Learning objectives
- Identify the manifestations of disorganized attachment
- Employ collaborative relational approaches that take into account both the need for attachment and the need for defence
Kathy Steele, MN, CS has been treating complex trauma, dissociation, and attachment issues since 1985. She is in private practice with Metropolitan Psychotherapy Services and is Adjunct Faculty at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Ms. Steele is a Past President and Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and has also previously served on the Board of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). She has been involved with developing treatment guidelines for Dissociative Disorders and well as for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Ms. Steele has received a number of awards for her work, including the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award from ISSTD, an Emory University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006, and the 2011 Cornelia B. Wilbur Award for Outstanding Clinical Contributions. She is known for her humour, compassion, respect, and depth of knowledge as a clinician and teacher, and for her capacity to present complex issues in easily understood and clear ways using an integrative psychotherapy model that draws from both traditional and somatic approaches. She is sought as a consultant and supervisor, and as an international lecturer.
She has co-authored three books as part of the acclaimed Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology: The Haunted Self: Structural dissociation of the personality and chronic traumatization (2006, Van der Hart, Nijenhuis, & Steele – W. W. Norton); Coping with trauma-related dissociation: Skills training for patients and therapists (2011, Boon, Steele, & Van der Hart – W. W. Norton); and most recently, Treating trauma-related dissociation: A practical, integrative approach (2017, Steele, Boon, & Van der Hart – W. W. Norton). She has also (co)authored numerous book chapters and journal articles.
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