Working with Complex Trauma: Innovative Approaches for Restoring Mind-Body Integration
Bessel van der Kolk · M.D.
This program has limited CE approval for the live Zoom call on Wednesday, October 4th from 8-11am MDT/11am-2pm EDT
CE Request Deadline
**CES MUST BE REQUESTED NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE LIVE CALL (DECEMBER 4th, 2023)**
**YOU MUST ATTEND THE ENTIRE 3-HOUR CALL IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CES**
Continuing education credit is awarded only for the Live session with Bessel, with full attendance required. The CE processing fee is $15.00.
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Course Details
Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D. is a pioneer clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress. His work uniquely integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic, somatic, and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment.
His #1 New York Times Science best seller, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma(translated into 38 languages), transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring-specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, psychedelic therapy, psychodrama, mindfulness techniques, parts work, yoga, and bodywork. Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation, cognitive development, memory, and the psychobiology of trauma. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles on such diverse topics as neuroimaging, self-injury, memory, neurofeedback, Developmental Trauma, yoga, theater, and EMDR.
He is the founder of the Trauma Center (now the Trauma Research Foundation) in Boston, MA; past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Professor of Psychiatry at University Medical School and Principal Investigator Bostonsite of MAPS sponsored MDMA assistedpsychotherapy study. He regularly teaches at universities and hospitals around the world.
Visit besselvanderkolk.com for more information.
Working with Complex Trauma: Innovative Approaches for Restoring Mind-Body Integration
This lecture explores the neuroscience of trauma and a spectrum of body-centered interventions aimed at helping people integrate traumatic memories. At the core of trauma’s persistence is the dysfunction it induces in the brain and body. Neuroscience gives us a window into the consequences of both limited traumatic experiences and chronic trauma. Within that context, you will learn how trauma rearranges the brain’s wiring – specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. This lecture will delve into innovative approaches to restoring the mind-body connection, incorporating the latest data and research on the benefits of yoga, mindfulness-based interventions, somatic experiencing, and psychedelics.
Educational Goals
- Understanding how trauma affects neurobiology and why this leads patients to fixate on their traumatic experiences
- Learn how trauma affects parts of the brain associated with pleasure, engagement, control, and trust
- Discover why traumatized individuals tend to be resistant to treatment through talk therapy and why a mind-body approach is of importance
- Exploring various methods clinicians can use to work with their patients on restoring the mind-body connection
- Understand aspects of trauma-sensitive yoga, mindfulness-based interventions, somatic experiencing, and psychedelics and how they can be beneficial to patients with traumatic histories
Innovative Approaches for Restoring Mind-Body Integration
with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Course Agenda
Live Online Zoom Session: – Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – 8-11am PDT/11am-2pm EDT – 3 hours – 3 CEs
11am-11:30am – How traumatic experiences condition responses and predispose the traumatized to a fixation on what happened to them (30 minutes)11:30am-12:30pm – Examining what we know about neurobiology and how the brain is rewired by acute and chronic trauma, paying attention especially to areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust (1 hour)
12:30pm-1:00pm – Exploring various evidence-based interventions that mental health professionals can use to help clients restore mind-body integration (30 minutes)
1:00pm-1:30pm – Delve into the world of trauma-sensitive yoga, mindfulness-based interventions, somatic experiencing and psychedelics (30 minutes)
1:30pm-2:00pm – Identifying and assessing research currently being done surrounding trauma and its impact on mental health, as well as emerging treatments and techniques that mental health professionals can use to support their clients (30 minutes)
Working with Complex Trauma:
Innovative Approaches for Restoring Mind-Body Integration
with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D
Learning Objectives
- Provide an overview on the neurobiology of trauma, including how trauma affects the body, brain, and nervous system.
- Discuss innovative and evidence-based approaches for working with clients who have experienced complex trauma.
- Discuss interventions that mental health professionals can use to help clients restore mind-body integration, regulate their emotions, and improve their overall well-being.
- Discuss trauma-sensitive yoga, mindfulness-based interventions, somatic experiencing and psychedelics
- Identify the latest research on trauma and its impact on mental health, as well as emerging treatments and techniques that mental health professionals can use to support their clients.
For intermediate mental health professionals including Psychologists, Social Workers, LPCs, and LMFTs.
Continuing Education
This program offers limited Live CEs.
Continuing education credit is awarded for the live session occurring on October 4th, 2023 from 8-11am PDT, with full attendance required. The CE processing fee is $15.00, and may be paid with registration. 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.
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