Course Description

To treat Complex Trauma we need more than familiarity with dissociation, traumatic memory, and attachment wounding… We need skill!

This webinar trains trauma-informed therapists to bridge what they already grasp about trauma into greater success rates in session. We will focus on getting interventions to actually work, including EMDR modified protocols, Parts Work adaptations and blends (Mapping, IFS, Dissociative Table, etc.), Psychoeducation and Attachment repair strategies. The Bridge Course is designed to enhance the clinician’s ability to actually treat dissociation, discern when and how to introduce metacognitive interventions, time orientation, trauma processing, and attachment repair, as well as how to resolve obstacles and establish a therapeutic frame that keeps clients moving forward without overwhelming them. We will visit and move beyond theory and assessment to solidify the competency needed to make a difference.

This training is designed to build on the information presented in the ‘At The Crossroads of Trauma Therapy’ training. It addresses (but is not limited to):

- When and how to transition between interventions/modalities

- Recognition and resolution of obstacles

- Orientation toward avoidance of interventions

- Application of the stabilization menu to marginalized and oppressed populations

- Strengthening of the therapeutic frame for better results (collaboration, attunement, boundaries)

- Essential guidelines for professional growth

The curriculum for this course is designed for intermediate-advanced level mental health professionals who have either taken the full ‘At the Crossroads of Trauma Therapy’ training or an equivalent trauma-informed course on the connection between trauma, attachment wounding, and dissociation. This is not an introductory course or an EMDR Basic training. Clinicians will need a basic understanding of the neurobiology of trauma, trauma processing, parts work, and attachment repair.

  • On Demand Training for 180 Days

    Access and complete the training, which includes 9.5 hours of video content and resources, within 180 days of purchase.

  • Intermediate/Adv.

    This training is designed for intermediate-advanced level mental health professionals who have either taken the full ‘At the Crossroads of Trauma Therapy’ training or an equivalent trauma-informed course on the connection between trauma, attachment wounding, and dissociation.

  • 9.5 CEs

    This online webinar is approved for 9.5 hours of CE credit through CE-Classes.com, and 9.5 hours of EMDRIA Credits (EMDRIA Distance Learning Approval #19024-DL07).

Course curriculum

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    1. Introduction

    1. Establishing the Therapeutic Frame: Collaboration, Attunement, Therapeutic Boundaries

    1. Part A: Growing Metacognition: Psycho-ed, Mapping

    2. Part B - Growing Metacognition: Feeling in Parts Work

    1. Cultivating Access to New Somatic/Emotional States

About this course

  • $349.00
  • 9.5 hours of video content
  • Provides 9.5 CEs | EMDRIA credits

Learning Objectives

1. Summarize the primary causes of dissociation as they relate to attachment and identify essential goals of treatment.

 2. Identify current cultural trends impacting the diagnosis of dissociative disorders and explain relevant adaptations to treatment.

3. Identify 7 interventions needed for stabilizing the dissociative process including tools/protocols for enhancing metacognition, building secure attachment, and improving trauma processing through modified protocols. Recognize obstacles and resolutions to all interventions.

4. Identify 3 strategies for treating issues with time orientation and de-personalization in trauma treatment. Explain when and how to implement each one.

5. Distinguish between 4 interventions for enhancing secure attachment in dissociative clients. Identify strengths of each one and explain when and why to apply each for best results.

6. Recognize 4 EMDR modified protocols for safely processing traumatic memories in dissociative clients. Identify their 'mechanisms of change', as well as why, when, and how to introduce them for best results.

7. Recognize best practices and intervention-adaptations for achieving stabilization of the dissociative process with marginalized and oppressed populations.

8. Summarize key factors for successful trauma treatment involving intersectionality with marginalized and oppressed populations.


Meet the Presenter

Senior Instructor Rachel Z. Walker, MA, LMFT

Rachel Z. Walker, MA, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and EMDRIA Approved (EMDR) Consultant with a full-time private practice in Oakland, CA. She is the winner of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Mary Riemersma Distinguished Clinician Member Award, 2021. In addition to treating trauma survivors in private practice, Rachel also writes books, creates trauma-treatment tools, and teaches/trains mental health professionals throughout the United States in the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. She is the author of numerous books including Trauma Recovery Guidebook for Therapists and Trauma Recovery Handbook for Survivors, as well as the creator of NeuroPeeps; distinctive treatment dolls designed to facilitate psycho-education, meta-cognitive growth, affect regulation, and attachment repair in both children and adults. Rachel is also the creator of TraumaRecoveryStore.com, an online platform dedicated to providing hands-on trauma treatment tools for both survivors and those who work with them! Rachel understands how well a multi-modal, integrative approach to healing affects symptoms across a wide spectrum of trauma-related suffering. Through this way of working, many more people are being helped and empowered to help… which is enormously heartening!

Meet the Presenter

Instructor Eleni Sexton MS, LCSW

Eleni provides trauma-informed care, consultation and training through her private practice in Reno, NV. She is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant with a focus on the treatment of complex trauma and dissociative disorders. Before moving to private practice in 2022, Eleni served as a trauma specialist for eight years, and as the Director of Behavioral Health for two years, at Northern Nevada HOPES, a federally qualified health center serving underserved populations. As Director, Eleni developed models for integrating behavioral health into primary health care for delivery of trauma-informed wrap-around services to members of diverse populations, including people experiencing homelessness, serious mental illness, and HIV/AIDS, as well as members of the BIPOC and LGBTQIA communities. In her clinical work at Northern Nevada HOPES, Eleni provided psychotherapy in English and Spanish as well as advocated for clients’ rights via collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams. Eleni has provided training for licensed clinicians and interns, employees of the Nevada Department of Corrections, and members of the Nevada Bar Association. In all her work, Eleni utilizes an integrative, science-based approach that includes a wide array of treatment lenses and modalities including neuroscience, attachment theory, structural dissociation, ego state therapy, guided imagery, and the expressive arts.

Policies & CEs

Professional CEs: 9.5 — Participants can receive CEs at the end of the webinar after

filling out an evaluation form and completing an online quiz. CEs are provided by Ce-classes.com. Certificates are accessed online after completion of the webinar.

Participants print their own certificates after after:

  1. Filling out an evaluation form and receiving a personalized ‘key code’
  2. Registering at CE-Classes.com and entering their personalized ‘key code’
  3. Completing an online course quiz on the CE-classes.com website

 

EMDRIA Credits: 9.5 — Participants can receive a Certificate of EMDRIA Credit at the end of the webinar after filling out an evaluation form. [Eligibility for EMDRIA Credits is restricted to those who have completed an EMDRIA-Approved Basic EMDR Training. Attendees with no prior EMDR training are not eligible to receive EMDRIA Credits. Rachel Walker maintains responsibility for this program and its content in accordance with EMDRIA requirements.]

 

The PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and

Professional Counselors will accept this course for Continuing Education.

 

The American Psychological Association (APA) CE-Classes.com is approved by the

American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

 

New York Social Work Board – CE-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of

continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0120.

 

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Tuition will not be refunded once the training is purchased.

 

Grievance Policy: All grievances must be in writing and sent to: Owen Walker at

[email protected]. Replies will be made within 5-10 business days.

 

ADA and/or Special Accommodations: This workshop is held in facilities which are in

compliance with the American Disabilities Act. Please contact Owen Walker at:

[email protected] or 510-292-9842 if special accommodation is required.

 

There is no known commercial support for this program. There are no known conflicts of interest for this program.

 

CE-Classes.com is approved by:

Updated 11/14/2024

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  • The Texas Board of Marriage & Family Therapists – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
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  • New York Social Work Board – CE-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education
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  • This course is NOT available for NBCC credit
  • This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers.