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Therapy with people who have been severely traumatized presents challenges to both the client and the therapist. The intensity of emotional and physical needs of trauma survivors with complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders confront therapists with challenges of how best to manage those issues – for both the client and for the therapist.
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It is critical early in treatment of persons with complex trauma histories to establish a clear understanding of the client and a conceptual frame for your work with them.
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Day two of this conference features a plenary workshop by Karlen Lyons-Ruth as well as seven 90 minute workshop and one three hour workshop.
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Disorganized attachment processes have been theorized to contribute to a range of trauma-related psychopathologies in adulthood. Dr. Lyons-Ruth will focus on the current state of knowledge regarding parent-child interaction patterns associated with trajectories toward dissociation, borderline psychopathology, and suicidality, and present new interactional and neurobiological findings from recent longitudinal work.
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It is well known, and documented, that clients with complex PTSD and Dissociation have a high level of suicide risk. The presence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicide attempts (SA), and suicidal ideation (SI) in these clients is a constant challenge to both clients and therapists.
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The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule DSM-5 Version (DDIS) is a structured interview that diagnoses the DSM-5 dissociative disorders plus somatic symptom disorder, major depressive disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
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Acts of terrorism and mass violence can have a devastating impact on individuals, communities and societies. There is a range of effects on a wide group of people, from shock and dismay, to protests, and revenge attacks on those that seem "responsible."
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Dissociative Amnesia (DA) is a dissociative disorder in DSM-5 and also a diagnostic criterion symptom of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Dissociative Identity Disorder. This presentation will overview and updates recent studies and comprehensive reviews of DA.
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There is some current controversy over whether it is necessary to work directly with all dissociative parts or only to work with parts through the “adult self” in clients with DID. This workshop will describe problems that have led some clinicians to emphasize working solely through the adult self, such as dependency of child parts, chaotic switching, and unwillingness of the adult self of the client to engage in treatment.
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