Living Legend Webinar: Dissociation and Perception: Toward the Restoration of the Self

Abstract
This presentation will describe the latest research discussing how the brain processes sensory experience in traumatized individuals and how these findings can guide treatment. A neuroscientifically-guided integrative approach to therapy drawing on many therapeutic modalities (CBT, DBT, sensorimotor therapy, SMART (sensory motor affective regulation therapy), ego state work, EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting, and neurofeedback) with the goal of achieving an embodied, agentive self that is capable of feeling ‘whole’ and experiencing fulfilling relationships both with oneself and others will be demonstrated. Bottom-up treatment approaches that target manipulation of sensory, vestibular and motor experience in an attempt to regulate higher cognitive functions, including emotion regulation, cognition, and theory of mind will be emphasized as part of an integrative approach for traumatic stress syndromes in developmentally traumatized individuals. Finally, this seminar will discuss how brain networks critical to the experience of the internal and external world can be affected by developmental trauma and how a disruption in these networks can have a profound impact on multisensory integration, which is essential for higher emotional, cognitive, and social functioning.

Potential to Distress: Yes

This webinar was originally presented live in October 2024.

Target Audience

Intermediate

Learning Objectives

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

  • Explain how sensory processing is related to higher emotional, cognitive, and social functioning and how trauma can disrupt this process
  • Describe a neuroscientifically-guided integrative treatment approach—drawing from a range of modalities, including CBT, DBT, sensorimotor therapy, SMART, EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting, and neurofeedback—to help clients feel ‘whole’ and experience fulfilling relationships with their self and others
  • Identify bottom-up treatment approaches that target manipulation of sensory, vestibular, and motor experience to facilitate grounding and bring emotion regulation and connection online

 

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 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 1.50 continuing education credits.
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 1.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
Course opens: 
11/27/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2050
ISSTD Member cost:
$35.00
Your Price:
$55.00
Part of: 
2024 Webinar Pass
Rating: 
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Presenter: Ruth Lanius, PhD, MD
Presenter Bio:  Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD, is a Psychiatry Professor and Harris-Woodman Chair at Western University of Canada, where she is the director of the Clinical Research Program for PTSD. Ruth has over 25 years of clinical and research experience with trauma-related disorders. She established the Traumatic Stress Service at London Health Sciences Center, a program that specializes in the treatment of psychological trauma. Dr. Lanius has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the Banting Award for Military Health Research. She has published over 200 research articles and book chapters focusing on brain adaptations to psychological trauma and novel adjunct treatments for PTSD. Dr. Lanius regularly lectures on the topic of psychological trauma both nationally and internationally. Dr. Lanius has co-authored four books: The Effects of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease: The Hidden Epidemic, Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment, and Finding Solid Ground (textbook and workbook). Dr. Lanius is a passionate clinician scientist who endeavours to understand the first-person experience of traumatized individuals throughout treatment and how it relates to brain functioning. Dr. Lanius graduated from the University of British Columbia with a combined MD and PhD degree in Neuroscience in 1996.

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 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 1.50 continuing education credits.
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 1.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.

Price

ISSTD Member cost:
$35.00
Your Price:
$55.00
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