Master Class Case Consultations: Working with Trauma
This special series is designed to help practitioners safely process difficult cases involving child, adolescent or adult trauma survivors that evoke feelings of “being stuck,” angry, frustrated, anxious , overwhelmed or afraid. As participants have the opportunity to present their cases Lisa will demonstrate how to look at them through a variety of paradigmatic lenses including: Psychodynamic, Cognitive- Behavioral, Sensorimotor, Internal family Systems, Ericksonian, Rogerian, Pharmacological, Expressive Arts, and Solution-Focused models. Treatment strategies that focus on de-pathologized and creative approaches will be emphasized as we explore left and right brain approaches to treatment. Participants will learn through demonstrations by the presenter and through role playing- taking on the persona of both the client and the therapist. Attention will be paid to common transferential and counter-transferential issues that inevitably emerge through the course of treatment. Clinicians who attend all three classes can either present new cases each time, or follow the development of a particular case throughout the three month period.
NOTE: If a large number of participants sign up, rather than individual case presentations, Lisa will crystallize the common themes, questions and concerns from all of the cases and offer feedback that will resonate for all of the clinicians.
Learning Objectives:
- Re-frame issues of client “resistance” and “stuckness” by learning creative treatment modalities designed to “work with” the impasses that show up in the therapy room.
- Identify and process common counter-transferential issues that emerge in the client-therapist relationship, and the impact these dynamics have on clinician efficacy.
- Explore the ways in which traumatic transference impacts the course of treatment and how to work through issues including client testing, boundary challenges, and abreactions.
- Gain new insights about the application of a variety of treatment modalities that can help to move treatment forward.
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