Session Ten - Dissociation, trauma and disorganized attachment

February 16, 2023

Session Ten – Content Level: Intermediate
Dissociation, trauma and disorganized attachment

Objectives:

  1. Discuss the role of trauma in the etiology of dissociative disorders
  2. Discuss attachment theory and the role of disorganized attachment in the etiology of dissociative disorders
  3. Apply theory to case material provided by the students and instructor

Readings:

  1. Howell, EF (2011) Understanding and treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Relational Approach. NY: NY Routledge, Chapter 4, pp. 73-84.
  2. Howell, EF (2011 Understanding and treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Relational Approach, NY: NY Routledge, Chapter 5, pp. 85-108.

Timed outline:
45 minutes:    Discussion of Reading 1 – complex trauma in dissociative disorders
45 minutes:    Discussion of Reading 2 -  attachment theory and disorganized attachment in dissociative disorders
60 minutes:     Discussion of application of theories in 1 and 2 to disguised case material from students

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: 
06/14/2022
Course expires: 
06/30/2023
Event starts: 
02/16/2023 - 12:30pm EST
Event ends: 
02/16/2023 - 3:00pm EST
Part of: 
From Complex Trauma to Dissociative Disorders Accelerated - Live Teleseminar Cross
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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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