EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing

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Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT Related seminars and products

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Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, is a clinical psychologist, internationally sought-out teacher, therapeutic yoga instructor, and leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma. She is the author of six books based upon her integrative, mind-body approach to trauma recovery: The Complex PTSD Workbook; The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook; A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD; EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology; The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, and Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery. Her unique blend of spirituality and science can be found in her writings, guided trauma recovery programs, and applied Polyvagal Theory in yoga for trauma recovery.

Dr. Schwartz is an accomplished teacher who guides therapists in the application of EMDR, somatic psychology, parts work therapy, and mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of trauma and complex trauma. She has a succinct way of speaking about very complex topics. She is a longtime meditation and yoga practitioner with a passion for the outdoors; all of which she incorporates into her work as founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy in Boulder, Colorado where she maintains a private practice providing psychotherapy, supervision, and consultation. Dr. Schwartz believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart. Discover more at drarielleschwartz.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz maintains a private practice and is a trainer with Advanced EMDR Therapy Trainings. She receives royalties as a published author and receives compensation as an international presenter and a yoga instructor. Dr. Schwartz is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. She receives speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Yoga Alliance.

Objectives

1. Analyze the neurobiology of complex PTSD and dissociation through the lens of polyvagal theory.
2. Apply interpersonal neurobiology through co-regulation strategies that strengthen our client’s social engagement system.
3. Assess for emotional and physiological dysregulation as “parts” of self.
4. Integrate practical parts work therapy interventions to improve treatment outcomes for “resistant” clients.
5. Utilize techniques to help clients to work with shame and develop self compassion for their most wounded parts.
6. Conduct modified EMDR therapy protocols that will allow you to create a safe healing environment for clients with a history of complex traumatization.

Outline

• Nuances of stress, trauma, and complex PTSD
• The impact of dissociation
• Interpersonal neurobiology, somatic psychology, and social engagement
• The polyvagal theory
• Skill: Spacious, Relational Awareness
• Skill: Explore Co-Regulation

• Identify chronic, repeated, developmental and sociocultural trauma
• Overcoming betrayal trauma to resolve insecure attachment
• Assess for dissociation (“fragmentation”)
• How parts, ego states and defences create walls to change
• Compassionate strategies for “Resistant” clients
• Move from shame to empowerment
• Skill: Understand emotional dysregulation as a “part”
• Skill: Connect to the adult self
• Skill: Differentiating from a part

• The 8-phases of EMDR therapy
• Neural networks and “encapsulated” ego states
• Bilateral stimulation and dual attention in EMDR therapy
• Modified EMDR therapy protocols
• Preparation for trauma reprocessing
• Cultivate mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion
• Skill: Choice and containment
• Skill: Build allies for a part of self
• Skill: Facilitate repair scenarios
• Skill: Reprocess a traumatic memory
• Skill: Positive state installation

• Trauma recovery and the bell curve
• Resilience as a process and an outcome
• Move from learned helplessness to learned optimism
• Skill: Create your resilience recipe

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Nurses
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Physicians