EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing

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Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT Related seminars and products

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Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified complex trauma professional, and experienced registered yoga teacher with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. As an internationally sought-out teacher, EMDR therapist, somatic practitioner, and leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma, she is the author of six books, including The Complex PTSD Workbook, The Complex PTSD Treatment manual, and The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook. Learn morn about Arielle at www.drarielleschwartz.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz maintains private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Analyze the neurobiology of complex PTSD and dissociation through the lens of polyvagal theory.
2. Apply interpersonal neurobiology through co-regulation strategies that strengthen our client’s social engagement system.
3. Assess for emotional and physiological dysregulation as “parts” of self.
4. Integrate practical parts work therapy interventions to improve treatment outcomes for “resistant” clients.
5. Utilize techniques to help clients to work with shame and develop self compassion for their most wounded parts.
6. Conduct modified EMDR therapy protocols that will allow you to create a safe healing environment for clients with a history of complex traumatization.

Outline

Understanding Complex Trauma: The Neurobiology of PTSD

• Nuances of stress, trauma, and complex PTSD
• The impact of dissociation
• Interpersonal neurobiology, somatic psychology, and social engagement
• The polyvagal theory
• Skill: Spacious, Relational Awareness
• Skill: Explore Co-Regulation

How to Assess for a Complex Diagnosis: History Taking and Case Conceptualization

• Identify chronic, repeated, developmental and sociocultural trauma
• Overcoming betrayal trauma to resolve insecure attachment
• Assess for dissociation (“fragmentation”)
• How parts, ego states and defences create walls to change
• Compassionate strategies for “Resistant” clients
• Move from shame to empowerment
• Skill: Understand emotional dysregulation as a “part”
• Skill: Connect to the adult self
• Skill: Differentiating from a part

Moving Clients Forward: Modified EMDR and Parts Work for Complex PTSD

• The 8-phases of EMDR therapy
• Neural networks and “encapsulated” ego states
• Bilateral stimulation and dual attention in EMDR therapy
• Modified EMDR therapy protocols
• Preparation for trauma reprocessing
• Cultivate mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion
• Skill: Choice and containment
• Skill: Build allies for a part of self
• Skill: Facilitate repair scenarios
• Skill: Reprocess a traumatic memory
• Skill: Positive state installation

The 6 Pillars of Resilience: For Post-Traumatic Growth and Healing

• Trauma recovery and the bell curve
• Resilience as a process and an outcome
• Move from learned helplessness to learned optimism
• Skill: Create your resilience recipe

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Nurses
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Physicians