Session Four - Case Conceptualization, Treatment Guidelines, & Treatment Principles

April 16, 2025

Session Description
This class will focus on how to utilize clinical information gathered as part of a comprehensive assessment process to develop case conceptualization as a guide to treatment planning and implementation. Dissociation specific treatment guidelines and principles will be introduced as a guide and frame to treatment. Essential aspects related to the role of the therapist, psychoeducation and work with families, cultural considerations, and neurobiological and attachment related considerations will be explored.

Readings

  1. Silberg, J. (2021). Beginning the Treatment Journey. In The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation (pp. 69–76). Routledge.
  2. Silberg, J. (2021). Child-Centered Family Therapy: Family tTeatment as Adjunct to Dissociation-focused Interventions. In The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation (pp. 205-221). Routledge.
  3. Hasler, J. (2022). A Journey of Discovery. In V. Sinason & R. Potgieter Marks (Eds.), Treating Children with Dissociative Disorders: Attachment, Trauma, Theory and Practice (pp. 198-212). Routledge.
  4. International Society for the Study of Dissociation. (2004). Guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of dissociative symptoms in children and adolescents. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 5(3), 119-150.
  5. Ortega-Williams, A., Beltrán, R., Schultz, K., Henderson, Z., R-G., Colón, L., & Teyra, C. (2021). An integrated historical trauma and posttraumatic growth framework: A cross-cultural exploration. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22(2), 220-240.
  6. Perry, B. D., & Hambrick, E. P. (2008). The neurosequential model of therapeutics. Reclaiming children and youth, 17(3), 38-43.

Timed Outline
30 minutes: Discussion of Readings 1, 2, & 3 – Treatment principles, therapeutic process, and working systemically with families
30 minutes: Discussion of Reading 4 - Treatment Guidelines
30 minutes: Discussion of Reading 5 – Cross-cultural exploration of post traumatic growth as a treatment frame
30 minutes: Discussion of Reading 6 – Conceptualization through the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)
30 minutes: Discussion of case study and case materials applying the above readings to disguised cases
 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify core principles and goals in the treatment of dissociation in children and adolescents
  • Describe the use of a child-centered family therapy frame to the treatment of dissociation in children
  • Discuss the use of at least one cross-cultural conceptual framework related to experiences of ongoing systemic violence and discrimination 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.50 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.
  • 2.50 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 2.50 continuing education credits.
  • 2.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 2.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
Course opens: 
11/01/2024
Course expires: 
07/31/2025
Event starts: 
04/16/2025 - 5:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
04/16/2025 - 8:00pm EDT
Part of: 
The Assessment and Treatment of Traumatic Dissociation in Children and Adolescents | Hosey 2025
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Available Credit

  • 2.50 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.
  • 2.50 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 2.50 continuing education credits.
  • 2.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 2.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
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