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LIVE CE ACCESS | 2-Day Intensive Workshop: Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy


Speaker:
Frank Anderson, MD
Duration:
Two Full Days
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC055340
Brochure Code:
SUM93517
Media Type:
Live Webinar

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Description

Join IFS and world-renowned trauma treatment expert, Dr. Frank Anderson MD, as he guides you on the effective use of IFS to help your clients overcome trauma and achieve lasting health. 

After completing this training, you will: 

  • Gain a deep understanding of the theoretical model of IFS and how it can be used to treat various types of trauma.  
  • Treat emotional wounds and overcome the common roadblocks that clients face in the therapy process. 
  • Learn how to identify, separate, and work with target parts using IFS techniques in order to help your clients move beyond their traumatic experiences. 
  • Apply the principles of trauma and dissociative neuroscience in your clinical sessions.  
  • Design interventions based on the impact of attachment and relational trauma factors along with other associated features of trauma.  
  • Receive practical tools and techniques that you can immediately apply to your practice. 

Don't miss this opportunity to learn from Dr. Frank Anderson and enhance your skills in trauma treatment with IFS. Enroll in our training program and become a more effective and confident therapist – making a world of difference in your patients’ lives.

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Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Each purchase includes CE credit for one individual (participants in full attendance will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, Q&A, and others.

Continuing Education Information: Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live, interactive webinar only. This webinar is being broadcast live in real-time and must be attended live, in its entirety, in order to earn credit. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your licensing board dictates whether web-based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your licensing board's rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 12.5 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


Canada Credit - Canadian Counsellors and Psychotherapists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to offer continuing education for counsellors and psychotherapists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This activity is approved for 12.5 credit hours.


Canada Credit - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 12.5 continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Canada Credit - Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 760 continuing education minutes as required by many national and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements. 


Canada Credit - Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 12.75 Clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Synchronous distance.  Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.



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Speaker

Frank Anderson, MD's Profile

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Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.

Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation and wrote the chapter “Who’s Taking What” Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems for Trauma in Internal Family Systems Therapy – New Dimensions. He co-authored a chapter on What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy, and recently co-authored Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual.

His most recent book, entitled Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems was released on May 19, 2021.

His memoir, To Be Loved, was released on May 7, 2024.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Frank Anderson maintains a private practice, is the co-founder of the Trauma Institute, and is the co-founding producer of Trauma Informed Media. He receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Frank Anderson is a member of the New England Society Studying Trauma and Dissociation and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.


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Objectives

  1. Explain the theoretical model of IFS and the concept of parts related to trauma treatment applications. 
  2. Identify different symptoms and characteristics of trauma and CPTSD in order to inform an IFS based treatment plan. 
  3. Integrate IFS into your current therapeutic interventions to improve trauma treatment outcomes. 
  4. Recognize the risks and limitations of using IFS in trauma treatment. 
  5. Apply techniques for identifying and separating target parts in your clients. 
  6. Propose how to work with protective parts from an IFS perspective for assessment and treatment planning. 
  7. Relate how self-energy, internal wisdom, empathy and compassion impact treatment outcomes. 
  8. Understand how the neuroscience of trauma and dissociation affects your clients and use that knowledge to inform therapeutic decisions. 
  9. Determine how to work with implicit and explicit trauma memories in clients. 
  10. Comment on how the role of attachment and relational trauma from an IFS perspective informs clinical treatment interventions. 
  11. Characterize common reactions to trauma such as vulnerability, shame cycles, and substance use in the context of case conceptualization. 
  12. Examine the use of medications and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in conjunction with IFS interventions for trauma treatment. 
  13. Utilize IFS based techniques to identify and manage dissociative symptoms in clients. 
  14. Outline the order of progression and common roadblocks encountered during trauma treatment. 

Outline

IFS and Trauma Treatment
Working with Various Types of Trauma 

  • CPTSD and IFS 
  • Trauma Types Defined 
  • IFS Theoretical Model Overview 
  • IFS and Phase Oriented Treatment 
  • Integrate IFS into Your Treatment Approach  
  • Identifying a Part Meditation Exercise 
  • Risks and Limitations 

The IFS Technique: How to Work with Protective Parts
Getting Started with IFS in Your Practice 

  • Identifying and Separating Target Parts 
  • Using Self-Energy and Accessing Internal Wisdom 
  • Befriending, Finding the Job, and Finding the Fear 
  • Beyond the 6 F’s  
  • Direct Access of a Part Video Demonstration 
  • Empathy and Compassion Experiential Exercise 

The Neuroscience of Trauma and Dissociation
What You Need to Know as a Therapist 

  • Fear Circuitry and PTSD 
  • Implicit and Explicit Memory 
  • Hormones and Other Chemical Factors 
  • Anatomical Factors 
  • Extreme Reactions and the Autonomic Nervous System 
  • How Neuroscience Informs Therapeutic Decisions 

Attachment, Relational Trauma and Common Reactions
The Role of IFS in Treating Attachment and Relational Wounds 

  • The Stages and Styles of Attachment 
  • Attachment and Preverbal Trauma  
  • IFS as Internal Attachment Work 
  • Common Reactions to Trauma 
  • Vulnerability 
  • Shame Cycles Associated with Trauma 
  • Substance Use as Protection 

The Associated Features of Trauma
Master the key factors in a Trauma Treatment System

  • Systems, Severe Trauma, and Polarities 
  • Traumatic Feelings and Loss 
  • Therapists’ Parts 
  • Common Comorbidities 
  • Medications and Trauma 
  • Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy 
  • Identifying Therapists’ Parts Exercise 

Working with Dissociation, The Self & Parts
Stay on Target Using IFS with the Most Extreme Parts 

  • Dealing with Dissociation  
  • Dissociation as a Spectrum 
  • Conflict Between Parts 
  • Therapist parts 
  • Meditation - Therapist Parts  

The Process of Transcending Trauma
Self as the Ultimate Corrective Experience 

  • The Order of Healing 
  • Features of Treating Emotional Wounds 
  • Common Roadblocks 
  • Forgiveness 
  • Confrontation  
  • Trauma Memories 
  • Integrating Spirituality 
  • The Unburdening Process Video Demonstration 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Case Managers
  • Therapists
  • Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields

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