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Digital Seminar

Working the Edge in Healing Trauma: Can Therapy Sometimes Be Too Safe?

Faculty:
Diane Poole-Heller, PhD
Duration:
3 Hours 47 Minutes
Copyright:
Mar 18, 2016
Product Code:
NOS049875
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

Description

While most therapists are sensitive to the hazards of retraumatizing clients by pushing them too far, too fast, what about the dangers of playing it too safe? When is too much risk avoidance a disservice to clients and an indication of the therapist’s overprotectiveness getting in the way of growth? In this workshop, we’ll look closely at how to understand clients’ threat threshold and establish an optimal pace in trauma recovery, drawing fully on their resilience and capacity for self-healing. Through video clips and demonstration, you will learn how to:

  • Use resourcing and other methods to set up corrective experiences with clients learning how to handle increasing arousal and discomfort
  • Recognize your own tendency to be overprotective and rescue vulnerable clients
  • Invite and empower clients to face manageable challenges and find ways to test their own limits

CPD

CPD
- PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 3.75 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

Handouts

File type File name Number of pages
PDF Manual - Working the Edge in Healing Trauma (35 MB) 69 Pages Available after Purchase

Faculty

Diane Poole-Heller, PhD's Profile

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Trauma Solutions

Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D., is an internationally-recognized speaker, author, and expert in the field of attachment theory and trauma resolution. She developed a signature series on adult attachment called DARe (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience), that facilitates more fulfilling adult relationships.

In 1989, she began working with Dr. Peter Levine, teaching for 25 years for SEI.

She's authored 3 books: Crash Course, on auto accident trauma; Healing Your Attachment Wounds: How to Create Deep and Lasting Relationships; and The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships. Her film, "Surviving Columbine," supported community healing after the Columbine High School shootings.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Diane Poole Heller has an employment relationship with Trauma Solutions. She is a published author and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Diane Poole has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

  1. Articulate strategies to leverage corrective experiences in treatment
  2. Summarize the effects of establishing therapeutic presence to help improve client engagement
  3. Summarize strategies to help clients test their own limits to improve clinical outcomes
  4. Summarize strategies to help reinforce resilience and capacity for self-healing in clients

Outline

Overview of working with disorganized attachment in trauma clients

  • Identifying secure attachment
  • Establishing safety and tracking in the body

Step-by-step discussion through client demonstration video

  • How to directly untangle the disorganized attachment
  • How to help clients "reclaim their light"
  • How to use Polyvagal Theory to help our clients

Concluding remarks from Diane Poole Heller

  • Final remarks on client outcomes

Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and other Behavioral Health Professionals

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