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One of the more challenging problems of working with complex developmental trauma is how to effectively manage the therapeutic relationship. We are directed to help the client develop secure attachment; yet close relationship activates the insoluable dilemma of the client's history: needing to attach while feeling threatened.
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Chronic childhood interpersonal trauma can interfere with all aspects of normative human development and bring about a constellation of symptoms and impairments which, seen through a trauma lens, challenge dominant approaches to child services. Three collaborative projects aiming to implement trauma-informed care with child services will be presented.
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Psychotropic medications are widely used in the treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), yet the literature to guide their use is almost nonexistent. The prescriber faces the challenge of distinguishing whether particular symptoms, such as dramatic mood shifts or auditory hallucinations, represent switches within the alter system, as opposed to co-occurring biological disorders such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
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In this workshop Mary-Anne discusses the findings from her doctoral research, including from in-depth interviews with 13 in-patients with a Dissociative Disorder (DD), and results from 313 participants from an Australian university and 30 individuals in treatment for a DD
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Day five of this conference features two 90 minute workshops.
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Abstract Mary Main and Judith Solomon (1986) were first to identify fear as an important factor in the face of the child's attachment needs.
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C1 - Addictions and Eating Disorders Content Level: AdvancedContributors: Su Baker, MEd and Joan Turkus, MD
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C4 - Clinical HypnosisContent Level: Advanced Contributors: Richard Kluft, MD; Su Baker, MEd; edited by John O’Neil, MD
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AbstractClients reporting incestuous abuse that continues into adulthood represent a relatively small sample of child sexual abuse survivors, but one that is rarely re
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