The Development of the Self in the Presence of a Frightening Caregiver ("scare-giver") and the Moves Towards Safety and Growing

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. They later named it as the Disorganised attachment status.Their research findings has given us a new lens into the way we perceive human behaviour that is evident in many of our most traumatised clients who are in close proximity to their attachment figures ("scaregivers", Badouk Epstein, 2015). Clients with complex trauma and DID have all suffered chronic childhood injuries to critical areas in their development. The purpose of this webinar is to further professional understanding of the ongoing impact of the client's attachment betrayal and trauma, and it's adaptation as a means of survival. The webinar will also look at the role the therapeutic relationship has as a focal point in the client's healing process. I will demonstrate this by discussing a client who was diagnosed with DID and suffered extensive abuse at the hands of her parents and family members. This led to her becoming her parent's possession, both colonising and fragmenting her body and mind. It was the safety and reliability of the therapeutic relationship which helped alleviate her dissociation and move towards feeling more real and more connected to the world surrounding her.
 
Potential to Distress: Yes

Target Audience

Advanced

Learning Objectives

Upon Completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Describe what constitutes secure and insecure attachment
  • Discuss how the proximity to frightening attachment figures "scaregivers", impacts on the fragmentation of the self
  • Explain the role of the therapeutic relationship has on the traumatized client from an attachment perspective
  • Explain the organization of self and the move towards intersubjective relatedness when fear is less present
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 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 1.50 continuing education credits.
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 1.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
Course opens: 
01/04/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2050
ISSTD Member cost:
$35.00
Your Price:
$35.00
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Presenter: Orit Badouk Epstein, UKCP
Presenter Bio: Orit Badouk Epstein is a UKCP registered attachment based Psychoanalytic psychotherapist, a training supervisor and a training therapist, a teacher, and a writer. She trained at the Bowlby Centre, London where she was the Editor of the journal: “Attachment-New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis”, (Phoenix Publishing House). She runs a private practice and works relationally with individuals and parents. Orit has specialised in working with individuals who have experienced extreme abuse and trauma and have displayed symptoms of dissociation. She has written book chapters and is the co-author and editor of the books: “Ritual Abuse and Mind Control: The Manipulation of Attachment Needs”, (Badouk Epstein, Schwartz & Wingfield Schwartz,2011, Karnac),  “Terror Within and Without and Without”,(Yellin & Badouk Epstein,  2013, Karnac), and  Shame Matters, (2021, Routledge). In her spare time Orit enjoys reading philosophy, poetry and the arts.

Participants who attend the webinar live and wish to claim CE credits must do so within 30 days of the live by completing the webinar evaluation. After this time, participants will be required to watch the webinar recording and take a quiz in addition to the evaluation in order to claim CE credits.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 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 1.50 continuing education credits.
  • 1.50 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 1.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.

Price

ISSTD Member cost:
$35.00
Your Price:
$35.00
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Cancellations will be accepted until Monday, January 9 at 5:00pm US Eastern Time. All cancellations are subject to a $10 cancellation fee. No refunds are provided for no shows.