Session One - The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) Guidelines for Treating DID in Adults, A History of Trauma and Dissociation, Attachment and Dissociation

January 11, 2022

Session One – Content Level: Beginning and intermediate
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) Guidelines for treating DID in adults
A history of trauma and dissociation
Attachment and dissociation

Objectives:
1.    Discuss the ISSTD Guidelines for treating DID in adults
2.    Discuss the history of the understanding of dissociation and its antecedents
3.    Discuss the interplay of dissociation, trauma and multiplicity within the dynamic unconscious
4.    Explain the role of attachment in the development of dissociative disorders and the impact of other competing motivational systems

Readings:
A.    Chu, JA (2011) Rebuilding Shattered Live: Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons, pp. 3-19 (Chapter 1).
B.    Howell, EF (2011) Understanding and treating Dissociative Identity Disorder. NY: NY Routledge, pp. 27-54 (Chapter 2).
C.    Chu, JA (2011) Rebuilding Shattered Live: Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons, pp. 65-77 (Chapter 4)
D.    Liotti, G (2006) A Model of Dissociation Based on Attachment Theory and Research, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7:4, 55-73.
E.    Liotti, G (2017) Conflicts between motivational systems related to attachment trauma: Key to understanding the intra-family relationship between abused children and their abusers, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 18:3, 304-318.

Additional Materials:
ISSTD Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults, Third Revision (2011)

Timed outline:
30 minutes: Introduction of students and instructors (not eligible for CEs)
10 minutes: Introduction of ISSTD Adult Treatment Guidelines & their importance
30 minutes: Discussion of Reading A -  history of understanding of dissociation
60 minutes: Discussion of Readings B & C – interplay of trauma, dissociation and multiplicity and the unconscious
50 minutes: Discussion of Readings D & E – attachment and other motivational systems

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.
Course opens: 
11/04/2021
Course expires: 
09/30/2022
Event starts: 
01/11/2022 - 11:00am EST
Event ends: 
01/11/2022 - 1:30pm EST
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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.
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