Phase-Oriented Treatment Of Psychological Trauma

Developmentally-Informed, Time Effective Treatment Of Complex Trauma Disorders

November 21-22, 2003
at the The Fairmont Copley Plaza – Boston, MA

For more information and to register for this course visit www.cme.hms.harvard.edu

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Course Directors

Daniel Brown, PhD and Lawrence E. Lifson, MD

Course Description

The most recent innovations in the treatment of psychological trauma include an increased emphasis on developmentally-informed
treatment, and a concern to develop briefer, time-effective treatments for complex trauma. The work of each presenter reflects each of
these respective concerns. From a developmental perspective, early disordered primary attachment relationships and later specific
traumatic events both contribute to disruption of: 1) core affective states and subsequent affect dysregulation, 2) the core self, and the
development of self pathology, and 3) secure attachment, and the development of attachment pathology. These developmental disruptions
play an important role in the subsequent development of personality disorders and trauma-related disorders, such as posttraumatic
and major dissociative disorders.

Effective treatment for complex trauma, including co-morbid posttraumatic, dissociative, and/or personality disorders, entails careful
developmental assessment and precise treatment foci in order to achieve accelerated, time-effective change. Some of the treatment
innovations addressed by the presenters to accomplish this include: using the treatment relationship to foster secure attachment
and the structuralization of the representational world, facilitating the visceral experience of core affective states and their transformation,
accessing the core self as a vehicle of change; and utilizing rapid methods to address defenses and defensive “parts” of the personality.

The objectives of this conference are:

to provide participants with up-to-date knowledge about research on child development (e.g., attachment theory,
affective neuroscience, self development theory) and its relevance to psychological trauma and co-morbid posttraumatic,
dissociative, and personality disorders.
to help participants learn new ways to assess trauma-related disorders through developmentally-informed assessment,
systematic treatment selection, and the use of selective treatment foci.
to familiarize participants with time-effective trauma treatment that combines neurobiological, psychodynamic, cognitive-
behavioral, developmental, and hypnotherapeutic perspectives into an integrative model, along with a variety
of practical techniques that effectively address how to: repair attachment pathology, foster the development of
healthy self- and object- representations, develop the core self as an integrator of treatment change, and facilitate
affect regulation within the therapeutic relationship.
to provide participants an opportunity for intensive training through master workshops on specific treatment modalities.

Course Schedule Friday, November 21, 2003

8:00 – 8:45am	Registration
8:45- 9:00	Welcome – Daniel Brown, PhD
9:00 – 9:45	Developmental Perspectives on Trauma and Its Effects – Elgan L. Baker, PhD
9:45 – 10:30	The Dyadic Regulation of Fear and Other Intense Emotions in Work With Trauma and Disorganized Attachment – Diana Fosha, PhD
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm	WORKSHOPS A or B
12:30 – 1:45	Lunch (on your own)
1:45 – 5:00	WORKSHOPS A or B continued
5:00	Adjourn

Saturday, November 22, 2003

8:30 – 9:15 am	Selecting the Right Treatment Foci for Different Traumatized Individuals – Daniel Brown, PhD
9:15 – 10:00	Being the “I” in the Storm: Staying Centered with Different Trauma Clients – Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30 pm	WORKSHOPS C, D, or E
12:30 – 1:45	Lunch (on your own)
1:45 – 4:30	WORKSHOPS C, D, or E (CONTINUED)