How to Work with Persecutory and Malevolent Introject Alters

Abstract
In this webinar. Dr. Ross will explain the origins and roles of malevolent and persecutory introject alters. They hold the fight component of fight-flight-freeze but have turned their anger on the other personalities and the body. They are commonly responsible for suicidal ideation and command hallucinations for suicide. It is essential to form a treatment alliance with persecutor alters as soon as possible. This can be done by: orienting them to the body and the present; validating their anger; getting the host personality to thank them for holding the anger; overcoming host resistance to accepting and soothing the persecutors; understanding the protective functions of persecutors; and helping them to have an expanded role in the system and in life, instead of just being angry. Treatment techniques will be illustrated through case examples.

This session was originally presented as a live webinar in December 2021.

Potential to Distress: Yes

 

Target Audience

Intermediate

Learning Objectives

Upon Completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the key features of persecutor alters
  • Describe the key functions of persecutor alters
  • Describe the primary mammalian defense system of persecutor alters
  • Describe strategies for forming a treatment alliance with persecutor alters
  • Describe the role of persecutor alters in suicidal ideation
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 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 1.50 continuing education credits.
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 1.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.
Course opens: 
12/17/2021
Course expires: 
12/31/2050
ISSTD Member cost:
$35.00
Your Price:
$35.00
Part of: 
Living Legends Package
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Presenter: Colin A. Ross, MD
Presenter Biography: Colin A. Ross received his M.D. from the University of Alberta in 1981 and completed his psychiatry training at the University of Manitoba in 1985. He has been running a Trauma Program in the Dallas, Texas area since. His Texas Trauma Program moved to UBH Denton in September, 2015. Dr. Ross is the author of 35 books and over 250 professional papers and is a Past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Dr. Ross has spoken widely throughout North America and in Europe, China, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. Besides his psychiatric research and writing, Dr. Ross has written poetry, short stories, essays, aphorisms, creative non-fiction, and screenplays.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 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 1.50 continuing education credits.
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 1.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.

Price

ISSTD Member cost:
$35.00
Your Price:
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