Trauma Wisdom Circle · February 2024
Trauma and the Body
Janina Fisher · PhD
This program has limited CE approval for the live Trauma Expert Teachings Zoom calls on a per-session basis (1.5 CEs per session)
CE Request Deadline
**CES MUST BE REQUESTED NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE LIVE CALL**
- Session 1Feb 2, 20241.5 CEs
- Session 2Feb 16, 20241.5 CEs
**FULL ATTENDANCE FOR THE ENTIRE 90-minute DURATION IS REQUIRED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CES**
February 2024 Calls – Janina Fisher – Trauma and the Body
It is the participant’s responsibility to check if their state is approved for CEs. No refunds will be given on CE purchases for failure to check state approval. Please click on the Specific CE Information link below for more details.
Course Details
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Instructor at the Trauma Center, an outpatient clinic and research center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known for her expertise as both a therapist and consultant, she is also a past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, a faculty member of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher has been an invited speaker at the Cape Cod Institute, Harvard Medical School Conference Series, the EMDR International Association Annual Conference, University of Wisconsin, University of Westminster in London, the Psychotraumatology Institute of Europe, and the Esalen Institute. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of research and treatment and how to introduce these newer trauma treatment paradigms in traditional therapeutic approaches.
Trauma and the Body
Using a mindfulness-based approach, participants will be introduced to understanding ‘trauma’ not as an event but as dysregulated autonomic arousal, overwhelming emotions and sensations, intrusive images and memories, impulsive acting out, numbing and disconnection. In this presentation, participants will learn how to assess and make sense of trauma-based somatic symptoms and how to integrate neurobiologically informed treatment techniques into traditional talking therapies.
Trauma and the Body
with Janina Fisher, PhD
Course Agenda
Live Online Zoom Session 1: Effects of Traumatic Experience on the Body and Nervous System
– Friday, February 2nd, 2024 – 11am-12:30pm PST/2-3:30pm EST – 1.5 hours – 1.5 CEs
Overview: This session explores trauma and its effects on the body, focusing on somatic interventions for complex trauma. We will discuss how extreme stress can disrupt memory processing, leaving sensory elements of the experience unattached. Implicit memories, encoded without words, primarily consist of bodily and emotional feelings detached from the event. We’ll learn how mindfulness and curiosity are used to awaken the prefrontal cortex and facilitate frontal lobe activity and about treatments that emphasize collaborative exploration of the client’s experience with curiosity and playfulness.
Session Content:
- Describe the autonomic, cognitive, affective and somatic effects of traumatic experience (20 minutes)
- Triggers and triggering: how trauma becomes PTSD (15 minutes)
- Mindfulness-based techniques challenge unresolved trauma-related responses (20 minutes)
- Introduction to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a mindfulness-based treatment (15 minutes)
- Helping clients learn to observe their somatic, emotional and cognitive responses (20 minutes)
– Friday, February 16th, 2024 – 11am-12:30pm PST/2-3:30pm EST – 1.5 hours – 1.5 CEs
Overview: This session explores the concept of neuroception, which involves the brain’s instinctive evaluation of danger and subsequent defensive responses. We’ll discuss different systems of response, such as the ventral vagal system for safety and the sympathetic arousal system for danger. Somatic interventions will be emphasized, including techniques to expand the client’s “Window of Tolerance” and experiment with somatic resources for traumatic reactions. Social engagement is highlighted as crucial for healing trauma, and the therapist’s role in regulating affect through subtle cues will be discussed. Finally, we will cover strategies for therapists to enhance treatment using their own bodies, emphasizing playfulness, acceptance, curiosity, and empathy.
Session Content:
- Expanding the Window of Tolerance and stabilizing traumatized clients (20 minutes)
- Helping clients to recognize the felt experience of being triggered (15 minutes)
- Somatic resources to regulate autonomic and emotional dysregulation (20 minutes)
- Mobilizing and immobilizing defensive responses (20 minutes)
- Helping clients overcome unhealthy patterns of response (15 minutes)
Trauma and the Body
with Jules Taylor Shore, LPC, LMFT, SEP
Learning Objectives
Live Session 1:
1. At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify the longterm autonomic effects of traumatic experience.
2. Describe two ways of increasing client mindfulness.
3. Name three techniques for increasing awareness of somatic effects of trauma. Live Session 2:
1. At the end of this session, participants will be able to describe two techniques for expanding the autonomic Window of Tolerance.
2. Describe two somatic resources that support autonomic regulation.
3. Name and identify the five survival defense responses.
For intermediate mental health professionals including Psychologists, Social Workers, LPCs, and LMFTs.
Continuing Education
This program offers limited Live CEs/Contact Hours.
Continuing education credit/Contact hours are awarded on a per-session basis, with full attendance required for the entire 90-minute duration. There is no additional charge for the CEs. Application forms and other required CE materials will be available to participants by the Academy of Therapy Wisdom.
NOTE: To receive continuing education credit, applicants must complete all CE materials, comply with attendance regulations, and submit an evaluation form for the session attended. It is the responsibility of the attendee to determine if CE credit/contact hours offered by Academy of Therapy Wisdom meet the regulations of their state licensing/certification board.
Psychology: This course does NOT provide CEs for Psychologists.
Counseling:
Academy of Therapy Wisdom has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7370. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Academy of Therapy Wisdom is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This program is approved for 1.5 CE Credit Hours for each live session for a possible total of 3 CE Credit Hours.
Social Work: ASWB-ACE & New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Workers. We are partnering with ASWB-ACE approved provider, Erena DiGonis, LCSW, PLLC. She is also a NYS state-approved provider for Social Workers.
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CE Expiration Date
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