Discover the invaluable insights and practical knowledge from our exclusive workshop, now available in a recorded format! Delivered by renowned CBT clinician and educator Helen Kennerley who shares her invaluable insights and strategies. this On Demand workshop offers a unique opportunity to experience the same high-quality content and expert guidance at your convenience.
CPD Hours: 3 hours 17 mins
Dissociation is a common, pan-diagnostic psychological phenomenon that can present in diverse ways, sometimes mundane and often vital. Dissociative responses range from brief “blanking” in sessions through to the presentation of Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D) and they can involve intense “tuning in” as in flashbacks or intense “tuning out” as is detachment disorders. Clearly, there is a wide range of presenting symptoms and therapists need to be able to recognise them, share a psychological understanding of them, manage them or realise when to refer on.
With that in mind, this workshop aims to:
o Demonstrate the range and presentations of dissociative symptoms and states (including flashbacks) within a simple unifying framework.
o Clarify the basic psychology and neuropsychology of trauma and dissociation
o Explore the links between traumatic or stressful experiences and dissociation
o Explore the impact of trauma and dissociation on the development of self
o Provide a sound basis for recognising and formulating difficulties arising from trauma –related memories and dissociation
o Use formulations and CBT “first principles” to explore relevant CBT interventions to give relief from distressing dissociative experiences.
Thus, a main aim is to demystify working with dissociative presentations and equip the clinician to formulate them and to use formulations to guide treatment.
Helen has worked with forms of dissociation for over thirty years, developing simple ways of communicating the phenomenon to patients and using familiar CBT interventions to help patients cope.
Helen is co-editor of “Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to the understanding and treatment of Dissociation” (Kennedy, Kennerley & Pearson, 2013) and she published one of the first CBT therapist guides to working with dissociative symptoms: Kennerley, H. (1996). Cognitive therapy of dissociative symptoms associated with trauma. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 35(3), 325-340.
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