Part 1 of EMDR Therapy & Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults (AFTT-A) - Live Webinar

Course overview

October 24-26, 2024 Live Webinar Attachment trauma negatively impact adults in the development of a strong sense of self, a balanced personality structure and functioning, the ability to form healthy attachments in present-day relationships including the therapy relationship, and the capability to benefit from EMDR therapy. Part 1 is a 2 1/2-day training teaches participants the skills and strategies for incorporating EMDR therapy into internal restructuring and creation of safety and attachment for parts of self, creating an effective resource team, and strengthening of the competent adult self. Participants will develop strategies and be offered practice opportunities for effective creation of safe places and higher powers for Adult and Child parts of Self; internal resource teamwork, time orientation, negotiation within and between clients inner personality parts and structure, creation of new inner attachment experiences, and resourcing the competent Adult part of Self. Lecture, films, demonstrations, Q & A, handouts, experiential reflections and practicum sessions will allow participants to apply strategies immediately with their own clients. With adaptations and consideration for the increased complexity of the internal personality system, AFTT-A protocols can be utilized within overall treatment for DID, although such application is not the focus of this workshop. Presenter Bios: Ann Potter, Ph.D. & Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP Ann E. Potter, Ph.D. has worked over 40 years in the mental health field as a psychiatric nurse, educator, therapist, psychologist, evaluator, researcher, writer, presenter, and consultant. She is a certified therapist and approved consultant in EMDR, a certified therapist in RO DBT (Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy), and has training and extensive experience in DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). She piloted outcome research related to phase-based trauma treatment (DBT/EMDR) for adults and published articles on the roles adults played as children in alcoholic families, books on trauma treatment, and articles on EMDR therapy. Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP is a member of the faculty of the EMDR Institute, an institute basic EMDR trainer, and is on the editorial board for The Journal of EMDR Practice and Research. She has provided EMDR specialty trainings related to attachment trauma in children and adults world-wide. She conducts research and has authored and co-authored articles and chapters, including two chapters co-authored with EMDR founder Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. and books related to attachment and trauma. Dr. Potter and Ms. Wesselmann co-authored a book, EMDR and Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults: Reclaiming Authentic Self and Healthy Attachments, Springer (2023). Timeline: Day One: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Day Two: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Day Three: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: Describe how attachment trauma is reflected in both the internal and external attachment systems through the language of the EMDR AIP and AFTT-A models. Use the PAC schema to improve clients relationships and transform internal personality structure. Explain effective installation of Safe Place for Child and Adult parts of self. Identify process of developing supportive inner Resource Team. Summarize therapeutic approaches to effectively time orient younger/other parts of Self. Describe strategies to strengthen Competent Adult part of Self through imagery. Create new attachment experiences between Child and True Parent parts of Self. Facilitate inner dialogue/parts work to rework older versions of Parts of Self (Critical Parent and Emotion Regulator-Controller/ little a) into True Parent and Competent Adult parts and integrate new versions of parts of Self into Resource Team. Choose strategies to provide an emotionally corrective experience in the therapeutic relationship to improve clients attachment patterns. Recognize new information ab