EMDR Toolbox: EMDR Related Methods of Safely Targeting Psychological Defenses in Clients With Complex PTSD

This is a front porch workshop held by James Knipe, Ph.D.

The seminar is scheduled for Friday,September 25, 2009 from 8:30AM to 4:30PM and will be held at the NITA Education Center in Louisville (map)

Summary

The focus of this workshop will be on the use of specific EMDR-based interventions which enable the targeting of psychological defenses, including defenses of denial and avoidance, addictive patterns, and patterns of idealization/shame. These interventions can make the therapeutic benefits of EMDR more accessible to many clients with Complex PTSD. Video examples will be shown, and there will be time for discussion of issues arising with difficult cases.

Registration

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

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

BIPR and the Therapeutic Preschool would like to announce a limited time opportunity to bid on a gently used Hamilton Upright Studio Piano with matching bench. This is a great way to support BIPR and the Therapeutic Preschool.

Description

Baldwin Hamilton Studio Piano, 1981. Dark brown walnut finish, A-439 Pitch. Good condition overall, with soundboard, bass and treble bridge in good condition.

According to the appraiser, “The piano has had light use and has many years of use left.” It would make a great family piano for many years. This piano has a suggested retail value of $4795.00

Bidding Details

All bids must be placed by June 15, 2009 by emailing info@bipr.org. The highest bidder wins. Free tune up and minor repairs upon delivery. Questions? Call Mary Rozaklis, 303-442-4562.

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Attachment, Trauma and Neurobiology: Clinical Paradigms & Interventions

By: Jane D. Conron, Ph.D.
Date: Friday March 13, 2009 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: NITA Education Center, Louisville (map)

Summary

The emerging role of neurobiology in attachment and trauma has led to a greater knowledge of the physiological changes surrounding normal and deviant attachment processes and the neurobiological changes that occur in response to trauma.  The impact of traumatic experiences during early attachment and later in life creates a challenge for the therapeutic relationship.  Rather than relating to the client, the therapist is often relegated to relating to the dysregulated neurobiology of the patient.

The goal of the workshop was to outline the clinical paradigms that result from traumatic experience and early traumatic attachments and review effective therapeutic treatment interventions for these clinical paradigms.  We discussed treatment approaches that work toward restoring (or creating) an organized and regulated sense of self.  We reviewed the aspects of current treatment paradigms, including self-psychology, object relations, relational therapy, subjectivity, therapeutic mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral therapy, that create specific changes for patients who have experienced trauma and traumatic attachments.   We discussed and reviewed the role of therapist, the role of family members in the case of child therapy, and the role of the patient, in creating and maintaining the change process.

For more information about this lecture, please view the Lecture Announcement