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2-Day Trauma and Attachment Certification Course from Lois Ehrmann

Faculty:Lois Ehrmann

Duration:12 Hours 09 Minutes

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Outline:

Attachment Theory and Attachment Therapy

Recent influences in attachment theory and therapy
Attachment importance in the development of the healthy individual
Attachment styles vs. disorganized attachment
Neuroscience supporting bottom up therapeutic strategies
DSM-5®: Classification of trauma and stressor-related disorders

Neurological Impact of Trauma and Attachment

How the research informs treatment
Trauma is stored/stuck in the right hemisphere
Chronic activation of the fight/flight/freeze response (Amygdala issues)
The reason for the stuckness
Cortisol and its impact on cognitive impairment

Indicators of Trauma and Attachment Disruption

Common diagnostic mistakes
Characteristics of the children and adults
View attachment as a continuum

Assessments for Trauma and Attachment Wounds Case Studies and Video Sessions

Protocol to assess the strength and health of the parental/caregiver system
Most effective scales, measures and instruments
Methods to explain the Internal Working Model of the child to the parent/caregiver
Diagnostic considerations/Differential diagnosis
- Complex Trauma, Complex PTSD, Developmental Trauma, Disorganized Attachment, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Translate Trauma and Attachment Goals into SMART Objectives

Core treatment goals
- Relational factors between client/therapist and child/ parent/caregiver
- Dismantling the individual’s unhealthy negative internal working model
- Increase the level of affective mastery
- Reduce distancing defenses Increase attachment within healthy relationships and for adults with their own children
- Containment of rage anger and pain so that resolution can occur
How to operationalize goals into measurable objectives

The Integrated Attachment and Trauma Timeline Strategy (IATTS): Help Children and Families Unpack their History

A guide to move from assessment to treatment
Techniques to clarify and construct the client’s cohesive narrative
Methods to “chunk” overwhelming and disorganized historical material
Integrates with evidence-base treatment modalities
- Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Attachment Focused Family Therapy
- Bibliotherapy Expressive Therapies and Somatic Psychotherapy

BOTTOM UP TECHNIQUES: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH PRACTICE TIME!

A Child Who Had No Safety: Case Study

A view of Attachment Focused Family Therapy
Healthy vs. disrupted attachment/bonding cycle
Intersubjectivity and Attunement: What being in sync does/does not look like
PACE: Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy
Co-regulation of affect and co-creation of experiences

When Traumatized Children are Broken into Many Parts: Case Study

Secure vs. anxious and avoidant attachment styles
Disorganized attachment: Recognize the signs
How attachment impacts parent-child dyads
Integrate IFS into Attachment Focused Family Therapy
Parts work through sand tray, art strategies and puppetry

Repair the Fracture with Adoptive Parents: Case Study

Clarify the trauma and negative internal working model
Parts mapping: Teach parts concepts to children and parents
Integrate Bibliotherapy into IFS
Assist parents how to engage in self-led parenting

Protecting Sibling and Self In Foster Care: Case Study

Protector parts activity/worksheet
Teach children to use their inner imagination to work with their part
Transform terror into trust

The Rage that Comes from Physical Abuse: Case Study

When children reenact the trauma of abuse
See the positive intention in all parts
Teach compassion, curiosity, calmness and connectedness through
Expressive therapies

Parts that Children Wall Off: Case Study

Terrified of being terrified
The freeze of the Fight Flight Freeze Trauma Response
Help children understand their own thoughts, feelings, behaviors and experiences

When Parents and Children Both Have Activated Parts: Case Study

Activation Parts Map: Z-Process
Naming and witnessing the activated parts
Helping the parts understand each other

Full of Rage with No Where to Go: Case Study

Integrate EMDR into Attachment Focused Family Therapy
Teach parents and children resource tapping and positive self-talk
Use tapping as part of imaginal nurturing
Calming and self-regulating strategies from EFT Naming feelings with bilateral drumming

Other Trauma Specific Evidence-base Treatment Modalities

What they are used for and why clients seem to respond well
Sensorimotor psychotherapy
Mindfulness-based approaches including breath work and imagery
Biofeedback and EEG Biofeedback
Limitations of the related research and risks of each approach

Description:

Become a leader in the mental health field and elevate your practice with state-ofthe-art advancements for working with some of our toughest clients—children, adolescents and families suffering from trauma and attachment wounds.

Begin by watching Dr. Lois Ehrmann for this intensive Trauma and Attachment Certification Course recording and learn the most effective evidence-based therapeutic interventions for clients where the foundational blocks of attachment are fractured and at times not even there.

Let Dr. Ehrmann help you take your practice to the next level as she teaches you to integrate bottom up interventions rooted in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment Focused Family Therapy, Bibliotherapy, Expressive Therapies, and Somatic Psychotherapy in your treatment of these clients.

You will learn cutting-edge interventions to:

Repair and recover your client’s trauma triggers, fears about connecting in relationships, self-destructive patterns, negative limiting beliefs and affect dysregulation
Unpack your client’s history and create a cohesive trauma narrative
Assess the strength and health of the parental/caregiver system
Assess your client’s Internal Working Model and attachment category
Operationalize core treatment goals into measurable objectives

Neuroscience revelations show us that healing in these areas require bottom up processes and not top down talk therapy processes. Through video case examples, video demonstration and thought-provoking lecture this intensive Trauma and Attachment Certification Course recording will make the latest research accessible and user-friendly and clearly link it to your clinical work.

Don’t miss this opportunity to become a Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional (CATP).

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