Janina Fisher ~ Healing Broken Bonds: Traumatic Attachment and Emotional Dysregulation
November 5, 2018
St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
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ATTCH is thrilled to be hosting a full day training with Dr. Janina Fisher on the topic of Healing Broken Bonds:
Traumatic Attachment and Emotional Dysregulation.
Course Description:
In the context of trauma, attachment failure is inevitable, leaving a lasting imprint on all future relationships, including the therapeutic one. Rather than experiencing others as a haven of safety, traumatized clients are driven by powerful wishes and fears of relationship. Because the capacity to tolerate emotion without becoming overwhelmed depends upon secure attachment in childhood, therapeutic work is often challenged by the client’s vulnerability to affect dysregulation. In this presentation, we will address the impact of traumatic and less-than-optimal attachment experiences on affect regulation, exploring the effects of traumatic attachment from a psychobiological perspective and how to work with its relational legacy.
This workshop utilizes a combination of lecture, video, and experiential exercise to explore a neurobiologically-informed understanding of the impact of trauma on attachment behavior, somatic interventions for challenging trauma-related relational patterns, and how to use ourselves as “neurobiological regulators” of the client’s dysregulated emotional and autonomic states.
Learning Objectives:
Instructor:
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, Director of Psychological Services for Khiron Clinics UK; Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute; an Instructor at the Trauma Center, a research and treatment center founded by Bessel van der Kolk; an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Credit Provider; former president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation; and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international writer and lecturer on the treatment of trauma, she is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (in press) and author of the forthcoming book, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors (in press). Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities. For more information, go to www.janinafisher.com.
This training is being offered as an independent event or as part of a 3 day training event. Details about Days 1 & 2 are included below:
Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
with Lori Gill, MA, RP, CTS, Founder and Clinical Director of the Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing
The fields of attachment and trauma research and intervention are growing rapidly. It is apparent that this is an area all clinicians can benefit from training in as it crosses all sectors and populations in some manner. However, we know that it can be difficult to keep up with all of the readings and resources. As this is our area of specialization, let us share what we have learned through our literature and research reviews and what we have effectively put into practice with you in an engaging and practical manner. This comprehensive two-day training will provide insight into current trauma, attachment, and neuroscience research ensuring an understanding of critical information and best practice strategies for working with trauma. This training will also help you to enhance your clinical skills and learn how you can add trauma regulation and attachment healing strategies to your repertoire.
Day 2 will focus on putting it into practice. Through this training participants will learn how to make historical connections, complete initial assessments, and formulate trauma-informed treatment planning. Participants will learn about phase-based treatment of complex trauma and review of best practice and evidence-based approaches will also be experienced.
Upon completion of training participants will have a strong understanding of:
Trauma-Informed Care
The Neuroscience of Trauma, Addictions, Mental Health and Violence
Sensory Regulation
Boundaries, Self-Compassion, and Healthy Relationships
Both days will be rich with research, practical examples, case studies, experiential activities, and opportunities for self-reflection.
Registration Details:
Paper registration is available for download here.
Traumatic Attachment and Emotional Dysregulation.
Course Description:
In the context of trauma, attachment failure is inevitable, leaving a lasting imprint on all future relationships, including the therapeutic one. Rather than experiencing others as a haven of safety, traumatized clients are driven by powerful wishes and fears of relationship. Because the capacity to tolerate emotion without becoming overwhelmed depends upon secure attachment in childhood, therapeutic work is often challenged by the client’s vulnerability to affect dysregulation. In this presentation, we will address the impact of traumatic and less-than-optimal attachment experiences on affect regulation, exploring the effects of traumatic attachment from a psychobiological perspective and how to work with its relational legacy.
This workshop utilizes a combination of lecture, video, and experiential exercise to explore a neurobiologically-informed understanding of the impact of trauma on attachment behavior, somatic interventions for challenging trauma-related relational patterns, and how to use ourselves as “neurobiological regulators” of the client’s dysregulated emotional and autonomic states.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to describe the effects of trauma-related attachment on affect regulation
- Participants will be able to identify the effects of disorganized attachment on interpersonal relationships
- Participants will be able to utilize Sensorimotor Psychotherapy interventions to address attachment and trauma-related issues in psychotherapy
- Participants will be able to employ interactive neurobiological regulation to help clients tolerate psychotherapy and be more effective collaborators
Instructor:
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, Director of Psychological Services for Khiron Clinics UK; Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute; an Instructor at the Trauma Center, a research and treatment center founded by Bessel van der Kolk; an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Credit Provider; former president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation; and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international writer and lecturer on the treatment of trauma, she is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (in press) and author of the forthcoming book, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors (in press). Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities. For more information, go to www.janinafisher.com.
This training is being offered as an independent event or as part of a 3 day training event. Details about Days 1 & 2 are included below:
Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
with Lori Gill, MA, RP, CTS, Founder and Clinical Director of the Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing
The fields of attachment and trauma research and intervention are growing rapidly. It is apparent that this is an area all clinicians can benefit from training in as it crosses all sectors and populations in some manner. However, we know that it can be difficult to keep up with all of the readings and resources. As this is our area of specialization, let us share what we have learned through our literature and research reviews and what we have effectively put into practice with you in an engaging and practical manner. This comprehensive two-day training will provide insight into current trauma, attachment, and neuroscience research ensuring an understanding of critical information and best practice strategies for working with trauma. This training will also help you to enhance your clinical skills and learn how you can add trauma regulation and attachment healing strategies to your repertoire.
Day 2 will focus on putting it into practice. Through this training participants will learn how to make historical connections, complete initial assessments, and formulate trauma-informed treatment planning. Participants will learn about phase-based treatment of complex trauma and review of best practice and evidence-based approaches will also be experienced.
Upon completion of training participants will have a strong understanding of:
Trauma-Informed Care
- What it means to be trauma-informed at an organization, service system and societal level
- Core principles, guiding values and common language of trauma-informed care
- Understanding what is helpful vs. what is harmful
- The difference between trauma-informed and trauma-specific services
- Understanding top-down, bottom-up and integrative trauma treatment modalities
The Neuroscience of Trauma, Addictions, Mental Health and Violence
- How stress and trauma affect the brain, body and behaviour
- The role of attachment in self-regulation and the capacity for relationship
- The impact of attachment injuries on child development and adult health outcomes
- Attachment dynamics in health care and human services work
- The connection between trauma, addictions and violence
- The importance of worker self-regulation and self-care in providing attunement, therapeutic presence and co-regulation for clients and in mitigating the effects of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma
Sensory Regulation
- Why trauma is a sensory experience
- Recognizing the signs of emotional and physical dysregulation
- Integration and how this relates to emotional and physiological regulation
- The use of sensory approaches to promote regulation and integration
Boundaries, Self-Compassion, and Healthy Relationships
- How trauma disrupts our boundaries and how we can learn to establish healthy boundaries
- Addressing unmet needs
- Shifting from false refuges to those that provide effective regulation
- The importance of self-compassion for forming and maintaining healthy relationships
- Differentiating intimacy from abuse
Both days will be rich with research, practical examples, case studies, experiential activities, and opportunities for self-reflection.
Registration Details:
- Days 1-3: Early registration: $550 + HST. After October 1, $650 + HST
- Day 3 only: November 5 Janina Fisher. Early registration online rate: $260.00 + HST (taxes included in price charged). After October 1, 2018 online rate $310 + HST (taxes included in price charged)
Paper registration is available for download here.
Day 3 Only - November 5, 2018, Janina Fisher, Healing Broken Bonds: Traumatic Attachment and Emotional Dysregulation
Day 3 only: November 5 Janina Fisher. Early registration online rate: $260.00 + HST. After October 1, 2018 online rate $310 + HST.
*Note an additional fee applies to online purchases to offset associated fees. There is no fee to complete an transfer through online banking.
Fall Training Series Days 1-3
Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
with Lori Gill, MA, RP, CTS, Founder and Clinical Director of the Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing
Day 3: Janina Fisher, Healing Broken Bonds: Traumatic Attachment and Emotional Dysregulation
Days 1-3: Early registration: $550 + HST. After October 1, $650 + HST
*Note an additional fee applies to online purchases to offset associated fees. There is no fee to complete an transfer through online banking.