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This webinar was broadcasted live on Thursday, June 23, and Friday, June 24, 2022

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Description

When complex trauma involves early abuse, disattunement, and neglect, the outcome may be not only post-traumatic stress, but also disturbance of self-organization associated with attachment disruption and altered self-schema. As a result, complex trauma can lead to problems accessing a benign and grounded sense of self; easily triggerable and especially painful trauma/attachment memories; problems with emotional regulation; and, for some, a plethora of risky or self-harming behaviours.

Based on significant developments over the last 5-10 years, his upcoming (early 2023) 3rd edition of Principles of Trauma Therapy, and his in-progress complex trauma assessment book for the APA, Dr. Briere will introduce in this workshop a client-empowering model of assessment, therapeutic exposure, and relational processing that takes implicit attachment memories, chronic emotional dysregulation, and memory reconsolidation into account. He will also outline the principles of trigger management; and offer mindfulness approaches (including the ReGAIN procedure) to distress reduction behaviours.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will be better able to —

Describe the etiology of complex trauma outcomes
Outline the primary psychological impacts of early, sustained, relational trauma and parental disengagement
Outline a philosophy of psychological assessment for complex trauma presentations
Describe the role of a positive therapeutic relationship in modern trauma treatment
Describe the steps of ReGAIN as they relate to de-escalating triggered responses
Define interspersal and trigger management
Discuss memory reconsolidation as it relates to processing and updating painful memories
Describe the principles of titrated exposure

Speaker Bios

John Briere, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck USC School of Medicine. Recipient of the APA’s award for contributions to the science of trauma psychology, he is author of over 150 articles and chapters and 15 books, and lectures world-wide on trauma, therapy, and mindfulness.

Agenda

DAY 1

Time	Topic Covered
First 90 minutes	Describing etiology of complex trauma outcomes Describing disturbance of self-organization, classic PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Borderline personality disorder
15 minutes	Break
Last 90 Minutes	In-depth discussion of specific symptoms associated with PTSD, Complex PTSD, and borderline personality disorder Synthesis of this information to generate conclusions about the major targets for modern trauma therapy Outline a philosophy of psychological assessment that takes complex trauma presentations into account Highlight dangers associated with Distress Reduction Behaviors

DAY 2

Time	Topic Covered
First 90 minutes	How to establish a therapeutic relationship to provide stabilization, provide empathy and compassion, and activate and process early attachment schema and relational memorieS Use of specific treatment techniques: Grounding, relaxation, mindfulness training, and emotional discrimination
15 minutes	Break
Last 90 Minutes	Urge/emotion “surfing” Use of the ReGAIN mindfulness exercise Principles of titrated exposure Discussion of memory consolidation and related techniques as they informs trauma therapy Techniques to deepen extinction of distress conditioned to trauma memories

CE Information

This training offers 6 hours of direct contact (not counting breaks or lunch). It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice.

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Number of hours of training
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ON-DEMAND VERSION

Continuing Education Information:

This professional continuing education activity was sponsored by Praxis Continuing Education and Training and co-sponsored by Leading Edge Seminars. Praxis Continuing Education and Training, who has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the organizations listed below, maintains responsibility for the educational activity offered and for following the standards and regulations for the organizations listed below. This non-live on-demand activity is approved for 6 CE hours.

No partial credit will be awarded. At the end of the workshop, Leading Edge Seminars will provide attendees with an instruction sheet on how to complete the online evaluation and how to print your CE certificate of completion. You will be required to pass a post test with a score of 80% or higher. You will be able to complete this process immediately after the conclusion of the activity.

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Course launch date: 6/1/2022

Next course review/expire date: 5/31/22

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Who Should Attend

This training is aimed at all mental health professionals including:

Marriage and Family Therapists
Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
Psychiatric Social Workers
Pastoral Counsellors
Psychotherapists
Psychiatrists
Physicians
Nurse Practitioners
Occupational Therapists
Counsellors
Graduate Students in Accredited Programs in the Above Fields
case managers
licensed professional counsellors
all other professionals who would like to develop, update or expand their skills and knowledge in mental health practices

What level of knowledge the attendee should have in this topic?
– Intermediate/Advanced