From Complex Trauma to Dissociative Disorders | Hinton/Maddy 2023

September 19, 2023 to April 30, 2024

This course was created to give clinicians a solid education in how to identify and work with complex trauma and dissociation. The first part of this course covers guidelines for treatment and how to fulfill those guidelines in the process of therapy. Students will learn how to recognize the signs of complex trauma and dissociation, and understand the effects of trauma on the development and functioning of adult clients. They will be taught the relevant assessment tools to use, and how to structure therapy to be most effective for clients with all levels of traumatic experiences.  Students will also learn how working with traumatic material challenges both client and therapist, and how to meet the relational challenges that may emerge in therapy.   Special features that are common with dissociative clients will be covered, along with the skills necessary for the successful treatment of dissociation in clients. The course includes literature review and discussion, lecture and the explorations of a teaching case, “The Case of Harold.”

The second part of this course is a continuation of the Part I course. This course covers opening treatment of dissociative disorders, disorganized attachment, neurobiology, self (ego) states, treatment and techniques, self-care, suicidality and self-injury, affect and sensate regulation, and integration techniques. Students must be prepared to discuss theories as applied to the treatment of their own client. Each student will be expected to select one or two clients to discuss in class. The case of Harold used in Part I may also be utilized during class discussions.

Course Format: 16 sessions Live Teleseminar; 2.5 hour sessions each.
Course Dates: 2023: Sept 19, Oct 3, Oct 17, Oct 31, Nov 14, Nov 28, Dec 12. 2024: Jan 9, Jan 23, Feb 6, Feb 20, March 5, March 19, April 2, April 16, April 30 
Meeting Time: TUESDAYS | 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Eastern Time 

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Course Completion Requirements

Course completion requires live attendance, participation in sessions, and completion of session and overall evaluations. APA and ASWB credit cannot be awarded for watching the recording of a session. Please be advised that all courses have a course closure date, which is the last day of the month following the last session. All requirements must be completed by the course closure date. At that time, the course will no longer be accessible to participants who have pending tasks and credit cannot be retrieved at a later date. 

APA: Participants must attend all sessions live (at least 50 minutes of every 60 minutes | For a 2.5 hour session participants must be present for at least 125 minutes out of the full 150 minutes). APA Credit is not awarded for any missed sessions, nor for partial attendance that does not satisfy the aforementioned criteria. Credit will only be awarded for individual sessions in which live attendance requirements are successfully met and session evaluations are complete. At the end of the course, certificates will be automatically populated upon the completion of the final overall course evaluation. 

ASWB: Participants must attend all live sessions (at least 50 minutes of every 60 minutes | For a 2.5 hour session participants must be present for at least 125 minutes out of 150 minutes). If you are absent for an individual session or do not meet the aforementioned criteria, you are no longer eligible to earn ASWB credit at the completion of the course. *ASWB participants must be present and meet minute criteria for every single session throughout the course. ASWB certificates are manually processed by ISSTD staff and will be awarded via email approximately two weeks after the course closure date.

ISSTD Certificate Program: Participants must attend 8 out of 12 sessions (at least 50 minutes of every 60 minutes | For a 2.5 hour session participants must be present for at least 125 minutes out of 150 minutes). Those who attend the required number of sessions will be awarded 30 ISSTD Certificate Program credits. No certificate is awarded for certificate program credits.

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Target Audience

Licensed mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, accredited psychotherapists, etc.) who are interested in developing their skills in treating clients with complex trauma and dissociative disorders. For Part II of the course, students should have completed Part I (or the equivalent), and have at least one client with a dissociative disorder in treatment.

This course content is at the beginning/intermediate level.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 40.00 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 40.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, 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. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 40.00 continuing education credits.
  • 40.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 40.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.
Course opens: 
01/18/2023
Course expires: 
05/31/2024
Event starts: 
09/19/2023 - 11:00am EDT
Event ends: 
04/30/2024 - 1:30pm EDT
ISSTD Member cost:
$1,050.00
Your Price:
$1,150.00
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Dawn Hinton, MEd, LPCC-S
Dawn Hinton, Med, LPCC, NCC, has worked as a high school counselor for 20 years and has owned a limited private practice in Florence, Kentucky for over a decade, where she mostly serves clients with trauma related disorders, dissociative disorders, and anxiety.  She is trained in EMDR, hypnosis, and Reality Therapy.

She published an article, “Choosing Success in the Classroom” in The International Journal of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy focusing on teachers building relationships with students.  Prior to counseling, she taught high school math and science.  Throughout her career, she has conducted professional development sessions for teachers, school counselors, and counselors in training.  She teaches in the Professional Training Programs with the ISSTD and serves as an adjunct instructor at Xavier University and Northern Kentucky University.

She has served in leadership positions in professional organizations.  For the Northern Kentucky Counseling Association, she has served multiple years as secretary and has completed the three year presidential cycle.  She is currently serving as the Kentucky Counseling Association Past President and Executive Director.  

Dawn has received awards including Outstanding School Counselor, Counselor of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award.

Holly Maddy, LCSW, LISW-S

Holly Maddy, LCSW, LISW-S, an independent social worker licensed in both Ohio and Kentucky, has clinical experience beginning in 1999. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1998 with a masters degree in Social Work.

She began her career as a case manager in Hamilton County working with families at risk of abuse and neglect. She managed a non-profit counseling agency in Boone County for five years where she provided therapeutic services, supervised other clinicians, and worked closely with community partners. Maddy has worked with both Adult and Child/Adolescent psychiatrists in the Northern Kentucky area on a contractual basis for a seven years.

In 2008, she started her private practice. She also provides supervision for masters level social workers obtaining their independent license. She facilitates trainings in Boone County and coursework at Xavier University with topics including anxiety, trauma and dissociation. She is part of the ISSTD Professional Training Program faculty.  

She has additional training in trauma work, specifically Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). She has completed both EMDR 1 and 2 Trainings as well as the Masters Seminar course through ISSTD with a focus on DID.

Fees for in-person and teleseminar courses include continuing education (CE) credits. Continuing education credits are available for all teleseminar courses as well as US and Canada-based in-person courses. 

Please note that APA certificates will automatically populate upon the completion of the course. ASWB certificates are manually processed by staff and will be sent to eligible participants approximately two weeks after the course closure date. 

Available Credit

  • 40.00 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 40.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, 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. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 40.00 continuing education credits.
  • 40.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 40.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.
 
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$1,050.00
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$1,150.00
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ISSTD Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will only be accepted up to 14 days prior to the first course session. Cancellations are subject to a $45 cancellation fee plus the cost of copyrighted materials. The course fee is not refundable if you withdraw from the course less than 14 days before the start of the course. Once the course starts no new students can be accepted more than one week after the course begins. Please note that to receive ASWB ACE credit, all sessions must be attended. All materials used for this course are subject to copyright laws and are not for duplication or distribution by course participants. Fees must be submitted with registration, and must be submitted in US dollars.

The cost of the copyrighted materials for this course is $15

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ISSTD uses Zoom for our live teleseminar courses. Information on system requirements can be found here. A guide to live teleseminar courses is available below and in each session of the course in the course portal. 

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