Complex Trauma, Dissociation & Flashbacks 2022

Complex Trauma, Dissociation & Flashbacks is organized by PTSD Trauma Workshops and will be held from Feb 03 - 04, 2022. This workshop is approved for a maximum of 12 Hour CPD.

Description
An intermediate-Advanced level workshop focused on the most challenging aspects of Complex trauma. All workshops cover how to safely deliver therapy Remotely (as well as face-2-face) & the extra challenges posed by COVID19.
• Dissociation
• Somatic-body intrusions
• Overwhelming affect & sensory Images
• Re-experiencing 
• Perceptual distortions (trauma related pseudo-hallucinations)
• Shame & Self-Loathing
Grounded in the current research. A Relational CBT approach - underpinned by client-centred values. We look at the myths of trauma-focused treatment, discuss the common pitfalls and missteps of therapy. Offering Compassionate, safe and effective ways forward.

How Does Developmental Trauma Affect the Nervous System, Brain & the Body?
Why does this matter in therapy?
• Why age of trauma occurrence impacts development
• How neglect may be more detrimental than abuse
• How does this differ from single-event adult trauma
• What are Medically Unexplained Symptoms - how are they connected to Complex Trauma
• What are the hormonal & Inflammatory biomarkers correlations with Complex Trauma
• How does Interpersonal Neurobiology helps us understand Trust and Shame reactions in Complex Trauma

Is Dissociation a Single Concept or Multiple Phenomena?
Why does this matter in therapy?
• Why flashbacks feel like present experience, not past memory
• How the links in the brain become distorted during dissociation
• Depersonalisation & Derealisation - what is the difference and what to do in therapy
• Dissociation and memory fragmentation - how to help our clients make sense of experiences
• Hallucinations or pseudo hallucinations in  Complex Trauma
• Numbing and disconnection
• Strategies for using the body to bring clients out of dissociation and back in the driving seat

Other Responses - Beyond the Fight, Flight Freeze Model
Why does this matter in therapy?
• The common confusion between the Freeze response and Tonic Immobility
• How to help when trauma traps the body in a specific response
• Overwhelming affect and sensory images - what to do to bring long term relief
• When a clients Social Engagement System goes offline - how to help 
• How to help unpick the stuckness of Shame

Processing Multiple Traumas With Safety & Compassion
• Knowledge and skills to integrate the safe and effective use of narrative exposure based practices 
• Specific focus on intrusive images / re-experiencing / somatic intrusions
• Activating clients resources
• How to build habits that create resilience

Delivering Therapy Remotely &  Challenges of Covid19
• Remote therapy - Effective with Safety & Compassion
• Challenges to people with Complex PTSD during COVID19