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Category
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Trauma and the Developing Adolescent Brain
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Free to Members
  • Webinar
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
$35.00
Childhood trauma has the potential to overwhelm the coping ability of children and can create developmental changes in brain structure and function. These changes to the developing mind allow for short term survival and sacrifice long term effective functioning. Adolescence is a time when these changes have the potential for both becoming more deeply embedded or largely rectified as the person moves toward adulthood.
Stabilization Techniques: Building on Self-Reflection & Decreasing Dissociation in Youth
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Webinar
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
$35.00
Children and adolescents with dissociation have a high rate of affect and behavior dysregulation. They are easily triggered and out of their window of tolerance. They can be erratic and unpredictable due to their extreme switching of self-states and high rate of comorbidity. They are often put on heavy dosages of multiple medications and are still uncontained. Placements become disrupted and the child experiences frequent moves and failed therapeutic interventions.
Relational Aspects of Therapy
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Free to Members
  • Webinar
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
$35.00
​​​​​​​Psychotherapy outcome research shows that the relationship between therapist and client is highly predictive of therapy outcome. This is especially so for chronically traumatized persons, who have been relationally violated so often. In the therapy of complex trauma patients, there are six choice points that present typical relational challenges.
EMDR and Dissociation: An Introduction to the Progressive Approach
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Free to Members
  • Webinar
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
$35.00
After many early cautions about the potential dangers of using EMDR with individuals suffering from dissociative disorders, limited proposals have been offered for adapting EMDR procedures to this specific population.
Dissociation 101: A Comprehensive Exploration into the Field of Dissociation and Complex Trauma
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Free to Members
  • Webinar
  • 6.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
$99.00
​​​​​​​For many who first enter the field of dissociation and trauma, there is often not a great deal of information that describes the theoretical foundations and history of the dissociative field. This workshop is intended for students, emerging professionals and experienced practitioners who are interested in learning about the fundamentals of dissociation as a distinct response to trauma.
Changing Lenses: Improving Professional Responses to Trauma in Children and Youth
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Conference
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
$55.00
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.
The Childhood Experiences That Lead to Dissociation in Adulthood: Stories from a Dissociative Disorders In-patient Unit and Statistical Insights from Questionnaires with Students, Out-patients and In-patients
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Conference
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
$55.00
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
High Yield Review of DSM-5 Dissociative Disorders
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Conference
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
$55.00
Dissociative Disorders are underdiagnosed, undertreated, and widely misunderstood among mental health professionals. Dissociative disorders are more common than either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder even by conservative estimates, yet individuals suffering from these disorders are typically in the mental health system for years before receiving the proper diagnosis.
The World Congress on Complex Trauma: Research | Intervention | Innovation -Day One
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Conference
  • 9.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
$129.00
Day one of this conference includes one half day and one full day pre-conference workshop.
Body Positivity and Self-nurturance in Clients with Disordered Eating Behaviors
  • Beginning/Introductory
  • Conference
  • 3.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
$79.00
Disordered eating behaviors often do not generally occur outside of relationship to body dissatisfaction, trauma, and attachment disrupt. Disordered eating is considered to be a form of dissociation that, like traditional forms of dissociation, ranges from mild to severe in complexity and acuity.

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