Session Six - Beginning Therapy and its Vicissitudes (continued), Integrating Theory into Clinical Work (Part 2)
April 24, 2025
Session Six – Content Level: Intermediate
Beginning therapy and its vicissitudes (continued)
Integrating theory into clinical work (Part 2)
Readings:
- Brand, B (2001) Establishing Safety with Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2:4, 133-155.
- 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 1 – establishing safety
30 minutes: Discussion of Reading 2 - containment
90 minutes: Discussion of the Case of Harold, Part 2 – stage one stabilization
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the role of safety in the first stage of treatment in patients with dissociative disorders
- Describe the need for and use of containment in treating dissociative disorder patients
- Apply theory from previous sessions to the cases of Harold
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.
- 2.50 ASWB ACEThe 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 ProgramThis program is eligible for 2.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.