11:00 AM EDT -1:00 PM EDT
Description
The standard three-phase trauma treatment model - safety and stabilization, trauma processing, and integration - implies a linear progression that clinicians outgrow as treatment advances. This workshop challenges that assumption, proposing instead that safety and stabilization are not a discrete opening phase but an ongoing, recursive process that continues throughout the life of treatment. Drawing on relational (Schore, Fosha), polyvagal (Stephen Porges, Deb Dana), and ego-state/parts frameworks, participants will examine safety as it operates on multiple simultaneous levels: relational safety within the therapeutic dyad, nervous-system safety in the body, negotiated safety between internal parts, and affect tolerance as a capacity clients either already have or develop.
About the Presenter:
Avi is a registered social worker and psychotherapist. He is the founder and clinic director of Healing Horizons Psychotherapy in Toronto, Canada, and has over 20 years of clinical experience with individuals and couples. Avi's clinical focus is primarily on PTSD and complex trauma and their lingering effects of dissociation, self-organization disturbances, perfectionism, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. Avi also provides consultation to other clinicians and regularly supervises social work and psychotherapy students and other qualifying trainees. He continues to train extensively in various evidence-based modalities, trauma-informed approaches and cutting-edge therapies. While Avi draws on and integrates varied therapeutic modalities, the heart of his approach is fundamentally relational.
Learning Objectives:
- Introduce a modified understanding of safety and stabilization as ongoing, recursive processes
- Name and describe multiple frameworks for facilitating safety and stabilization
- Clinically apply the "what, when and with whom" of the above frameworks
Agenda:
Workshop Schedule: Safety & Stabilization as Recursive Process (2 hours)
0:00–0:10
Welcome, framing, and introduction to the recursion model - critique of the linear three-phase model
Format: Lecture/didactic
0:10–0:35
Theoretical foundations: relational (Schore, Fosha), polyvagal (Porges, Dana), and ego-state/parts frameworks for safety
Format: Lecture/didactic
0:35–0:50
Guided discussion based on two case examples
Format: Guided discussion
0:50–1:15
The four levels of safety in practice: relational, nervous-system, parts-negotiated, affect tolerance as existing/developing capacity
Format: Lecture/didactic
1:15–1:40
Case applications: What, when and with whom in Dissociative Disorders
Format: Case application
1:40–1:55
Guided discussion: Synthesis
Format: Guided discussion
1:55–2:00
Wrap-up: key takeaways and Q&A
Format: Lecture/discussion
Accreditation - This Webinar Offers 2 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- NEFESH International, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0116.
- NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
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This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an intermediate level, and is beneficial for an intermediate level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Additional information
- Refunds: Registrants who are unable to attend a NEFESH seminar or live webinars may ask for, and will receive, a credit or refund (your choice). Refund requests will be processed within 3 business days. When an attendee knows in advance that they are unable to attend we ask that they inform NEFESH ahead of time by emailing secretary@nefeshinternational.org or by calling or texting 201-384-0084 this allows us to free up the spot in the training in the event that a training is at or near capacity.
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- System Requirements: Any device (such as a computer, tablet, or phone), Dual-Core 2 GHz or higher processor, and at least 4 GB of RAM capable of running a Zoom session, along with a stable internet connection.
- Although early registration is recommended for this class in order to ensure the best experience, attendees may register and join until the start of the program