Course

EMDR Therapy with Complex Trauma and Dissociative Personality Structure

Format

Online Course

Duration

12 hours

Presenter

Jim Knipe, PhD

Prices

$350

General Price

$175

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About

Course Description

The term Complex PTSD (Herman, 1992, van der Kolk, 2005) has been proposed to describe a pattern of negative effects of prolonged and extreme stress, particularly during childhood. The focus of this workshop is to describe a theoretical framework, and specific therapy “tools” which may be useful in providing effective therapy, within the EMDR Adaptive Information Processing Model, to individuals suffering with Complex PTSD. Important concepts and particular interventions will be illustrated through video examples and transcripts from therapy sessions. Dr. Knipe presents user-friendly methods for identifying and treating specific psychological defenses and dissociative symptoms with accompanying evidence from available research or case studies.

Intended Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Mental Health Clinicians, etc. This course is designed for licensed mental health clinicians who have completed an approved EMDR Basic Training.

EMDRIA and CE's credits

12 CE Credits (CEs included in course price) and 12 EMDRIA Credits (Included in course price). Please click here to see the CE information and instructions on how to obtain your CE credits/certificates of attendance.) Only EMDR trained clinicians can obtain EMDRIA Credits.

Skill Level of Audience

Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.

Course Outline

Day 1
Day 2
An Adaptive Information Processing model of treating psychological defenses occurring within the context of Complex PTSD
  • Overview of an Adaptive Information Processing model of Complex PTSD and dissociation.
  • Video example of targeting avoidance defense. The “Loving Eyes” alternative to EMDR Phase 3.
  • Video example of targeting avoidance in a client with a dissociative personality structure.
  • Targeting idealization defenses. Targeting addictions. Video example of targeting a smoking addiction.
  • An Adaptive Information Processing model of treating dissociative symptoms and dissociative personality structure. The origins of dissociation in disrupted attachment.
Targeting and safely resolving internally-phobic separation between dissociative personality parts
  • Video example of a method of reorienting a client who is experiencing dissociative abreaction.
  • The Back-of-the-Head Scale/Constant Installation of Present Orientation and Safety (BHS/CIPOS) method.
  • Two videos demonstrating variations of the BHS/CIPOS method: 1) a client with fear of dissociated physical sensations, and 2) a combat veteran with a dissociative disorder, with a 15-year follow-up after the initial EMDR sessions.
  • The use of CIPOS with defense. EMDR-related treatment of “The problem of attachment to the perpetrator.” Video example of targeting the defense of shame/idealization of the perpetrator, in the treatment of a highly dissociative client.
  • Additional variations on how EMDR- related procedures may be used to help dissociative clients who present with chronic shame-based depression and problematic attachment to the perpetrator. Two video examples.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to identify three conceptually different types of damage to personality development that can occur as a result of difficult childhood experiences
Participants will be able to describe several different ways of targeting and resolving avoidance defenses, idealization defenses and shame defenses, and how these targeting methods may be modified for clients with dissociative personality structure
Participants will be able to describe the "Loving Eyes" method, an alternative to the EMDR Assessment Phase (EMDR Phase 3)
Participants will be able to describe the Back-of-the-Head Scale (BHS), and the wide variety of applications of the Constant Installation of Present Orientation and Safety (CIPOS) method
Participants will be able to describe the connections between shame-based depression and "the problem of attachment to the perpetrator," and participants will know several specific approaches to AIP targeting of dysfunctional attachments
Participants will be able to identify the experiential distortions ( I.e. Unresolved traumatic “reliving’s,” unresolved psychological defenses) that are preventing personality integration in an individual with a dissociative disorder
Participants will be able to identify the steps in setting up and then implementing the Internal Healing Dialogue (IHD) procedure, which can be very useful in assisting a dissociative person with personality integration.
Participants will be able to identify important considerations and procedures that can be useful in the EMDR-related treatment of a person with narcissistic defenses
Meet the instructor

Jim Knipe, PhD

Jim has been a licensed psychologist in private practice in Colorado since 1976 and has been using EMDR since 1992. He is a Trauma Recovery/HAP Trainer, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Instructor, and was designated a "Master Clinician" by EMDRIA in 2007. He was a Keynote speaker at the 2010 EMDRIA conference, 2015 EMDR Canada conference and was an invited guest speaker at the 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2014 EMDRIA Annual Conferences, the 2006, 2008 and 2012 EMDR-Europe Annual Conferences, the 2010 EMDR Asia Conference, and national EMDR conferences in Denmark, Germany, Scotland, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil and Japan.

He has been involved with Trauma Recovery/EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs, serving as Coordinator for training programs in Turkey and Palestine, and serving on the Board of Directors and as Research and Training Director. He has also been involved in Trauma Recovery/HAP programs in Oklahoma City, New York (following 9/11), Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

In addition, he is a co-author of published outcome research documenting the effects of EMDR with survivors of 9/11 and with those traumatized by the 1999 Marmara earthquake in Turkey.

Dr. Knipe has contributed chapters to EMDR Casebook (Manfield, 2002), EMDR Solutions, Volumes I and II (R. Shapiro, 2005, 2009), Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation (2007), EMDR Scripted Protocols: Special Populations (Luber, 2009), and EMDR and Dissociation: The Progressive Approach (Gonzalez and Mosquera, 2012).

His book, EMDR Toolbox: Theory and Treatment for Complex PTSD and Dissociation, was published in August 2014, and he is a co-author (with Dolores Mosquera) of an article in the Winter 2015 issue of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, entitled Understanding and Treating Narcissism With EMDR Therapy.

Jim Knipe, PhD

Frequently asked questions

Cancelations

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** HIPAA Regulations: Please note that this course may contain protected health information (PHI). Any unauthorized use or disclosure of this PHI is strictly prohibited, this includes recording and/or reproducing any part of this training video. This video presentation contains videos of clients and case discussions. The presenter has received permission to use the videos to assist in the education and training of clinical professionals who must comply with confidentiality standards.

ADA assistance

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How to obtain your credits/certificates

Certificates are awarded online after completion of the workshop. To receive your EMDRIA credits complete the entire course and complete the post-test, then print your certificate. For CE credits, participants print their own certificate after registering at CE-Classes.com, entering a keycode, and completing an evaluation form. Click here to know more.

Please forward a copy of your confirmation email or receipt to associate@emdrhap.org and you will receive a reply with instructions on how to access the learning assessment and certificate. Please make sure the receipt has the course title on it or write it in the forwarded email.***Please note, due to a high level of requests, it may take 1-5 business days to receive a reply. If you do not receive a reply within the 5 day time period, please call the HAP office***Only one recipient per course purchase will be given CE’s. Multiple CE’s will not be given to groups who purchase one course viewing.

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