The Complexities of Complex Trauma Part II | Cohen 2023

February 28, 2023 to July 18, 2023

Course Description

This course continues the information learned in Part I and will focus on betrayal and memory, treatment modalities, the role of attachment, applications of theoretical models, and secondary trauma. The course is partly didactic, based on the assigned readings. In addition, students must be prepared to discuss theories as applied to treatment of their own clients.

Course Format: Six Sessions Live Teleseminar; 2.5 hour sessions each
Course Dates: Tuesdays | 2023: February 28, March 28, April 25, May 9, June 20, July 18
Meeting Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM US Eastern Time

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Required Texts 

Required textbooks are listed below and must be purchased by the participant. Additional materials including journal articles will be provided at no cost via this online course portal upon registration. 

  1. Courtois, CA, and Ford, JD (2013) Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach. NY, NY: The Guilford Press.
  2. Courtois, CA, and Ford, JD, eds. (2020) Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, second edition. NY, NY: The Guilford Press.
  3. Herman, JL (2015) Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence – from domestic abuse to political terror. NY, NY: Basic Books.

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 4 out of 6 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 15 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 chronic trauma related disorders. 

This course content is at the beginning/intermediate level.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 15.00 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.
  • 15.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 15.00 continuing education credits.
  • 15.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 15.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
Course opens: 
03/24/2022
Course expires: 
09/30/2023
Event starts: 
02/28/2023 - 5:30pm EST
Event ends: 
07/18/2023 - 8:00pm EDT
ISSTD Member cost:
$395.00
Your Price:
$445.00
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Deborah Cohen, LCSW
Email: [email protected]

Deborah Cohen, LCSW has been involved in treating individuals with eating disorders and dissociation for much of her career. Certified in family and couples therapy, she is also the former Coordinator of both the Outpatient Eating Disorders Program at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY as well as the Inpatient Eating Disorders Program at Holliswood Hospital in Queens, NY. She worked as a research clinician for first responders who developed PTSD in response to the 9/11 attacks. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, maintains a private practice in Manhasset and Croton-on-Hudson, NY and consults privately. She has presented workshops on eating disorders and dissociation at the ISSTD Annual Conference and at the Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders' Annual Meeting. She is a faculty member in the ISSTD Professional Training Program. She holds an MSW in Social Work from the Columbia School of Social Work and an BS in Music Therapy from the New York University School of Education. 

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

  • 15.00 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.
  • 15.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 15.00 continuing education credits.
  • 15.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 15.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
 
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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.

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Required Hardware/software

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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