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Assessment and Therapeutic Work with Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical Integrative Approach
Speaker(s)
Kathy Steele, MN, CS
Course length in hours
9 hrs of video content
Course Credits
CPD: 9
Assessment and Therapeutic Work with Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical Integrative Approach
Duration: 8 h 41 m
Format: On-demand video + slides
CPD: 9 hours
Access: 1 year
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When experience no longer holds together
Dissociation isn’t simply spacing out — it’s the psyche’s most intricate survival strategy. Under overwhelming threat, memory, affect, and identity fragment, leaving parts of the self trapped in trauma-time while others struggle to function in the present.
For therapists, this fragmentation creates clinical paradoxes: contradictory narratives, emotional amnesia, crises of trust. What appears as resistance is often self-protection; what looks like avoidance may be a phobia of inner experience itself.
In this landmark 8-part training, Kathy Steele — internationally recognised trauma expert, former President of the ISSTD, and co-author of Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical, Integrative Approach — offers a definitive roadmap for assessing dissociative processes and engaging in therapeutic work that is safe, phase-oriented, and deeply attuned. With warmth and precision, she demonstrates how divided systems can gradually move toward communication, collaboration, and integration.
What You’ll Learn
✔ How to identify dissociative structures without over-interpreting symptoms
✔ When and how to ask about amnesia, inner voices, or time loss
✔ How to distinguish ego states from dissociative parts and gauge readiness for deeper work
✔ Phase-oriented interventions for safety, stabilisation, and trauma processing
✔ Practical tools for working with trauma-related phobias and protective resistances
✔ Strategies for fostering cooperation among parts through “talking through” and systemic repair
✔ Ways to protect therapist stability, empathy, and boundaries when facing distrust or dependence
Why Therapists Choose This Course
Because Kathy Steele bridges science and humanity like no one else.
Her teaching translates complex theory into clear therapeutic action, helping clinicians meet dissociative clients with steadiness, compassion, and precision. The result is not just understanding — but a way of working that restores coherence where the self has divided.
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The video modules included in this bundle
Understanding Dissociation and the Integrative Self – Part 1
Defines dissociation as a disruption in integration rather than a standalone pathology. Kathy explores the neurobiological, developmental, and philosophical roots of the “self,” drawing on Janet, Schore, and Damasio to illustrate why integration is a dynamic process.
Assessing Dissociative Structure and Amnesia – Part 2
Guides clinicians through the practicalities of assessment — what to ask, how to recognise time loss, and how to differentiate formal dissociative disorders from dissociative symptoms in complex trauma.
Mapping Parts and the ‘Not-Me’ Experience – Part 3
Examines how dissociative parts function as enduring patterns of consciousness, perception, and behaviour — not “personalities” but distinct vantage points. Therapists learn to identify these inner divisions without reinforcing them.
Principles and Phases of Treatment – Part 4
Outlines the three-phase treatment model: stabilisation, trauma processing, and integration. Kathy shows how to anchor clients in safety and collaboration before approaching traumatic material.
Working with Parts: A Systemic Approach – Part 5
Introduces relational and systemic strategies such as “talking through,” building internal communication, and fostering cooperation among parts — while avoiding re-enactment of attachment trauma.
Trauma-Related Phobias and Resistance – Part 6
Explores the protective defences that prevent integration — phobias of attachment, inner experience, and change. Therapists learn to meet resistance as intelligent self-protection rather than obstruction.
Processing Traumatic Memory Safely – Part 7
Demonstrates techniques of titration, pendulation, and dual attention, ensuring traumatic content is approached gradually without overwhelming the client’s system.
Integration and Realisation – Part 8
Concludes with the clinical indicators of integration: communication among parts, increasing cooperation, and a softening of inner divisions. Kathy illustrates how therapists can recognise and support this delicate process.
Bonus Module – Neglect-Informed Sex Therapy (Alternate Version)
Ruth provides additional insights and examples to deepen your understanding of sexual grief, disconnection, and intimacy challenges rooted in neglect trauma.
What's included in this course
- Presented by world-class speaker(s)
- Handouts and video recording
- 8 h 41 m of professionally produced lessons
- 1 year access to video recorded version
- CPD Certificate
- Join from anywhere in the world
Learning objectives
- How to identify dissociative structures without over-interpreting symptoms
- When and how to ask about amnesia, inner voices, or time loss
- How to distinguish ego states from dissociative parts and gauge readiness for deeper work
- Phase-oriented interventions for safety, stabilisation, and trauma processing
- Practical tools for working with trauma-related phobias and protective resistances
- Strategies for fostering cooperation among parts through “talking through” and systemic repair
- Ways to protect therapist stability, empathy, and boundaries when facing distrust or dependence
You'll also be able to...
Develop the ability to interpret and modulate the body’s nervous system (sensory and autonomic) to regulate arousal levels in clients and for safer trauma therapy
Identify and acquire recovery options and strategies for trauma clients inappropriate for trauma memory processing, particularly for those who don’t want to and those who decompensate or dysregulate from memory work
Also develop the ability to interpret and modulate the body’s nervous system (sensory and autonomic) to regulate arousal levels for professional self-care
Kathy Steele maintained a private practice in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1985 to 2025, offering individual and group therapy. She specializes in the treatment of complex trauma, dissociation, attachment disorders, and the clinical care of challenging cases.
Kathy Steele teaches trauma programs internationally, including at Emory University. She is also a member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), where she previously served as president.
She has received numerous awards for her clinical work and publications, including the ISSTD Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of many scientific papers, has contributed to several books, and co-authored three major works: The Haunted Self, Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation, and Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical, Integrative Approach.
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