The Complexities of Complex Trauma Teleseminar | Sage 2024

February 7, 2024 to November 6, 2024

Course Description

The first half of this course will focus on the etiology of chronic trauma, its clinical picture, tools of assessment, the phase oriented approach to trauma and treatment pitfalls and therapeutic alliance. The course is partly didactic, based on the assigned readings, and partly discussion of the “Case of Erica”, a teaching case which unfolds in a naturalistic progression over 4 classes.

The second half of this course then continues the information learned and will focus on betrayal and memory, treatment modalities, the role of attachment, applications of theoretical models, and secondary trauma. The course is partly didactic, based on the assigned readings. In addition, students must be prepared to discuss theories as applied to treatment of their own clients.

Course Format: Twelve Sessions Live Teleseminar; 2.5 hour sessions each
Course Dates: Wednesdays; Feb 7, Mar 13, April 3, April 24, May 8, June 5, June 26, July 10, Aug 7, Sept 4, Oct 2, Nov 6.
Meeting Time: 10:00am-12:30pm US Eastern Time

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Required Texts 

Required textbooks are listed below and must be purchased by the participant. Additional materials including journal articles will be provided at no cost via this online course portal upon registration. 

  1. Courtois, CA, and Ford, JD (2013) Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach. NY, NY: The Guilford Press.
  2. Courtois, CA, and Ford, JD, eds. (2020) Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, second edition. NY, NY: The Guilford Press.
  3. Herman, JL (2015) Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence – from domestic abuse to political terror. NY, NY: Basic Books.

Course Completion Requirements

Course completion requires attendance, participation in sessions, and completion of session and overall evaluations. APA continuing education credits will only be awarded for live attendence for 50 minutes out of every hour of training. 

To receive ASWB ACE credit, participants must participate and attend live the full time of all course sessions and complete session and overall evaluations.

For in-person courses participants are required to sign in and out of each session.

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Target Audience

Licensed mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, accredited psychotherapists, etc.) who are interested in developing their skills in treating clients with chronic trauma related disorders. 

This course content is at the beginning/intermediate level.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 30.00 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.
  • 30.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 30.00 continuing education credits.
  • 30.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 30.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.
Course opens: 
10/19/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
02/07/2024 - 10:00am EST
Event ends: 
11/06/2024 - 12:30pm EST
ISSTD Member cost:
$780.00
Your Price:
$880.00
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Rachel Sage, MSW, MFA, LCSW-C
Email: rachel.iva.sage@gmail.com

Rachel Sage, LCSW-C, licensed clinical social worker in private practice located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is licensed to practice in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Rachel received a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland (2019) and a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Towson University (2012). Rachel is an EMDRIA Approved Provider and Approved Consultant, holds ASCH certification in Clinical Hypnosis, is fully trained in Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) and actively pursuing certification, and often blends hypnotic interventions throughout their clinical work. In addition to teaching coursework on complex trauma at University of Maryland School of Social Work, Rachel also teaches as a member of Professional Training Program staff at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST-D) and is a Facilitator-in-Training at ISST-D’s EMDR Basic Training Program.
 
They primarily provide therapy to folks who experience symptoms of severe/complex dissociation (primarily DID/OSDD) and/or who have experienced severe/complex trauma. Rachel has experience working with a wide variety of populations in various settings such as harm reduction mobile services, Baltimore City Hall, Community Out Patient Clinics, shelters, and private practice.  
 
In addition to their clinical work, Rachel also provides consultation to other mental health practitioners on both EMDR therapy and complex dissociation. When Rachel isn’t engaged in their clinical practice, you can often find them hanging out with their dogs, doing hot yoga, or at a local metal or folk punk show. 

Fees for in-person and teleseminar courses include continuing education (CE) credits. Continuing education credits are available for all teleseminar courses as well as US and Canada-based in-person courses. 

Available Credit

  • 30.00 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.
  • 30.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 30.00 continuing education credits.
  • 30.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 30.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.
 
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ISSTD Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will only be accepted up to 14 days prior to the first course session. Cancellations are subject to a $45 cancellation fee plus the cost of copyrighted materials. The course fee is not refundable if you withdraw from the course less than 14 days before the start of the course. Once the course starts no new students can be accepted more than one week after the course begins. Please note that to receive ASWB ACE credit, all sessions must be attended. All materials used for this course are subject to copyright laws and are not for duplication or distribution by course participants. Fees must be submitted with registration, and must be submitted in US dollars.

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Required Hardware/software

ISSTD uses Zoom for our live teleseminar courses. Information on system requirements can be found here. A guide to live teleseminar courses is available below and in each session of the course in the course portal. 

PDF iconISSTD Guide to Teleseminars