Introduction to Chronic, Complex Post-Traumatic Disorders
Chapel Hill
This program, developed by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, is for licensed mental health professionals who are personally treating an adult with a chronic or complex trauma history. Each of the six 2 1/2 hour sessions is a combined literature discussion/lecture and case discussion of cases brought by participants. The intention of this program is to prepare participants to be able to learn “the language” of chronic complex trauma and dissociation so that patients/clients and the clinical literature become more easily understood, to the advantage of all.
See the ISSTD website http://www.isst-d.org/training/intro-chronic-trauma.htm for details.
Dates: Starting in February 2010, meeting dates will be determined at the first session. The program consists of 6 meetings, 2 ½ hours for each meeting.
| FACULTY: | Gary Peterson, M.D. |
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| TUITION: |
Paid directly to ISSTD – Members: $225; Non-ISSTD Members: $275 |
| CONT. ED UNITS: | 15 |
Introduction to the Diagnosis and Treatment
of Chronic, Complex Post-traumatic Disorders
A Program of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
This course syllabus and bibliography are the property of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD).
Intended Participants: Licensed mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists) who are personally treating an adult with a chronic or complex trauma history.
Meeting Frequency: six 2 1/2 hour sessions, in sequence; may be given on separate days or grouped in three all-day segments of two sessions each.
Course Format: Each of the six 2 1/2 hour sessions is a combined literature discussion/lecture and case discussion of cases brought by students. Case discussions are not supervisory in their nature. Cases are used to illustrate aspects of the curriculum, in general. The discussion may naturally include material beyond that assigned for a given class. The intention of this program is to prepare participants to be able to learn “the language” of chronic complex trauma and dissociation so that patients/clients and the clinical literature become more easily understood, to the advantage of all. This course is a preface to the ISSTD’s Standard and Advanced courses in chronic complex trauma, both of those courses to be offered in sequence after the pilot year of this introductory program. It may also be considered the logical prelude to the study of the dissociative disorders.
About the Curriculum: The course you are about to take represents the collaborative efforts of a team led by Donald Fridley, Ph.D., of Los Angeles and including Lynette Danylchuk, Ph.D., and Richard Chefetz, M.D. Consultation was also provided by Steven N. Gold, Ft. Lauderdale, and Christine Courtois, Ph.D., Washington, D.C. In designing the curriculum and choosing the focal points of study, our intention has been to use texts that were authoritative, clearly written, and representative of the theoretical and technical basis for establishing the good practice of intensive psychotherapy for chronic, complex post-traumatic disorders. The DDPTP Directors believe that we’ve needed a course that addresses chronic, complex trauma treatment, includes gaining a working knowledge of dissociative process and dissociation, but does not focus its attention on the treatment of complex dissociative disorders such as dissociative identity disorder. At the same time, we also believe that a solid knowledge of dissociative processes and the post-traumatic states of mind that are generated by dissociative mechanisms is a powerful perspective from which clinicians can better serve their patients/clients. We believe this perspective distinguishes our courses from others that are offered elsewhere.
Introductory Course Description: This course includes the following (this is a minimum dictated by the curriculum) Instructors may supplement and add material, but not take material away.
1. Review of the history of trauma studies, explore the effects of abuse, terror, captivity, and neglect on the developing mind.
2. Review diagnostic categories and symptoms of acute and post-traumatic stress disorders and the dissociative disorders.
3, Survey the neurobiology of trauma and dissociation, and the role of infant attachment in developmental trauma and dissociation.
4. Review trauma and the organization of a dissociative self.
5. Understand memory in the aftermath of trauma, phase/stage oriented trauma treatment, and working with delayed recall of memory of abuse.
6. Describe typical transference and counter-transference constellations, vicarious traumatization, enactment and therapist self disclosure and non-disclosure.
7. Learn how to identify and maintain clinical boundaries and manage suicidal and parasuicidal behavior.
8. Survey the legal and ethical issues in trauma treatment.
9. Provide a brief overview of specialized treatment methods: cognitive-behavioral treatments, hypnosis, EMDR, somatic approaches, interpersonal, intersubjective, and psychodynamic approaches.
