Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research

The Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research is pleased to present

Dissociative Indicators in Children’s Human Figure Drawings:
Post-Trauma Brain Neurobiology & Projective Processes

This is a half-day training seminar/workshop held by Mary Sue Moore, Ph.D.

The seminar is scheduled for Friday, June 26, 2009 from 9:30AM to 12:30PM and will be held at the Boulder Baptist Church which is located on the Northwest corner of Pine and 13th streets (map)

Summary

This presentation integrates new data from empirical neuroscience studies of the impact of traumatic experience on normal brain function, with research analyzing the projective drawings of children and adults with a documented trauma history. Particular drawing processes, as well as specific characteristics of human figure drawings (HFD’s) and family drawings (KFD’s), will be discussed in relation to complex neurobiological  processes such as implicit/procedural memory, “traumatic enactments,” and dissociative states. Application of these findings to on-going psychotherapeutic treatment, as well as to assessment, will be a focus.  Therapist or evaluator counter-transference response to projective material from traumatized patients will also be discussed.

Audience

The training is appropriate for clinicians using drawings (or other projective measures) in assessment or treatment of children and adolescents, as well as adults.

Registration

For more information and to register for this seminar, please view the seminar announcement