Session Six - Beginning Therapy and its Vicissitudes (continued), Integrating Theory into Clinical Work (Part 2)
Session Six – Content Level: Intermediate
Beginning therapy and its vicissitudes (continued)
Integrating theory into clinical work (Part 2)
Objectives:
1. Discuss the role of safety in the first stage of treatment in patients with dissociative disorders
2. Describe the need for and use of containment in treating dissociative disorder patients
3. Apply theory from previous sessions to the cases of Harold
Readings:
A. Brand, B (2001) Establishing Safety with Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2:4, 133-155.
B. Chu, JA (2011) Rebuilding Shattered Live: Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons, pp. 147-159 (Chapter 8)
Additional Materials:
Brand, B (2001) Establishing Safety with Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2:4, 133-155
The case of Harold, Part 2
Timed outline:
30 minutes: Discussion of Reading A – establishing safety
30 minutes: Discussion of Readings B - containment
90 minutes: Discussion of the Case of Harold, Part 2 – stage one stabilization
Available Credit
- 2.50 APAThe 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.