2-Day Intensive Trauma Treatment Certification Workshop: EMDR, CBT and Somatic-Based Interventions to Move Clients from Surviving to Thriving

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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 clinical psychologist, internationally sought-out teacher, therapeutic yoga instructor, and leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma. She is the author of six books based upon her integrative, mind-body approach to trauma recovery: The Complex PTSD Workbook; The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook; A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD; EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology; The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, and Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery. Her unique blend of spirituality and science can be found in her writings, guided trauma recovery programs, and applied Polyvagal Theory in yoga for trauma recovery.

Dr. Schwartz is an accomplished teacher who guides therapists in the application of EMDR, somatic psychology, parts work therapy, and mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of trauma and complex trauma. She has a succinct way of speaking about very complex topics. She is a longtime meditation and yoga practitioner with a passion for the outdoors; all of which she incorporates into her work as founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy in Boulder, Colorado where she maintains a private practice providing psychotherapy, supervision, and consultation. Dr. Schwartz believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart. Discover more at drarielleschwartz.com.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz maintains a private practice and is a trainer with Advanced EMDR Therapy Trainings. She receives royalties as a published author and receives compensation as an international presenter and a yoga instructor. Dr. Schwartz is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. She receives speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Yoga Alliance.

Objectives

1. Describe the brain regions involved in trauma.
2. Communicate the clinical implications of the freeze response in trauma treatment.
3. Establish how clinicians can assess for simple, complex, and intergenerational trauma.
4. Characterize how bottom-up techniques like grounding and breathwork can increase felt safety in clients.
5. Evaluate methods clinicians can use to gauge when clients are ready for intense trauma work.
6. Describe how narrative therapy exercises can be employed in session to help clients talk about hotspots.
7. Determine how somatic approaches can be used to address the physical symptoms of trauma survivors.
8. Integrate techniques that can be used to “slow” emotions in clients.
9. Communicate how EMDR-based techniques can be used with clients to resolve traumatic memories.
10. Differentiate between EMDR, EFT and neuromodulation approaches.
11. Utilize techniques for working with anger, resistance, and suicidality in clients who’ve experienced trauma.
12. Communicate the potential risks and limitations of trauma treatment techniques.

Outline

• Key brain areas involved in trauma
• Fight, flight, freeze, fawn survival responses
• Clinical implications of the freeze response
• The neuroscience of EMDR, exposure therapy and cognitive therapy

• Simple vs. complex trauma
• Intergenerational trauma
• Symptom clusters and physical manifestations
• CAPS-5 and PCL-5
• Primary Care PTSD Screen
• Dual diagnosis

• Trauma treatment roadmap – order of operations
• Bottom-up techniques to reconnect and feel safe in the body
  • Self-soothing techniques
  • Grounding strategies
  • Breathwork
• Gauge when a client is ready for intense trauma/cognitive work

Proven Skills and Techniques from Evidence-Based Approaches:

Somatic Approaches: Address Physical Symptoms of Trauma

• Relevance of Polyvagal theory and early trauma
• Assess for readiness to apply somatic tools
• Teach body awareness
• Manage unease with “Felt sense” exercises
• Resourcing strategies to create a safe space

CBT Coping Skills: Manage Emotions

• Identify inaccurate trauma-related cognitions
• Exposure, titration and pendulation to slow emotions
• Cognitive reframing and reappraisal interventions
• Memory reconstruction techniques

EMDR-Based Techniques: Resolve Traumatic Memories

• Adaptive Information Processing Theory
• EMDR vs EFT vs neuromodulation
• Resourcing strategies
• Combine memory reprocessing with cognitive restructuring
• Using “restricted processing” with complex trauma

Narrative Therapy Exercises: Rewrite Traumatic Experiences

• Interventions to help clients talk about hotspots
• Reclaim identity with the “Tree of life” exercise
• Awareness and closure – create life stories

• How to handle the angry client
• Strategies for the resistant trauma client
• Boundary concerns
• Dealing with crises, suicidality, substance use

• Better than normal – the neuroscience of post-traumatic growth
• The therapeutic alliance as a brain-based approach
• The power of forgiveness in moving forward
• Meaning making exercises

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Physicians
• Psychologists
• Case Managers
• Addiction Counselors
• Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals