Therapeutic Challenges and Creative Solutions with Traumatized and Dissociative Youth
This all day workshop will address how to work with therapeutic challenges that arise in the work with children and teens who suffer from the effects of complex trauma. These children may evidence puzzling loss of memory for recent behavior, unpredictable rage reactions, and self-destructive behaviors. Developing a treatment alliance is often a challenge as these clients are protective of the often hidden shame-filled feelings that lead to their destructive urges.
The presenter will discuss how to focus the treatment directly on Dissociation-Focussed Interventions that help to uncover these hidden feelings and allow the client to work through these feelings and gain self-acceptance. Opportunities will be presented for the participants to problem-solve in small groups about their own “stuck moments” in treatment, and role plays and demonstrations will illustrate treatment techniques. The workshop is appropriate for all practitioners who have attended The workshop “The Child Survivor” (Offered Dec. 10, 2010), and clinicians treating traumatized youth.
Workshop attendees should have a basic familiarity with the concepts of trauma and dissociation.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to describe two key psychoeducational points to teach traumatized youth and their families.
- Participants will apply at least two techniques learned to their own caseload.
- Participants will be able to describe the cycle of traumatic attachment.
- Participants will learn two techniques to engage clients demonstrating resistant behaviors.
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