Carol Forgash- Healing the Heart of Complex Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy

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DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM Healing the Heart of Complex Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy Trainer- Carol Forgash, LCSW Recorded in St. Louis, MO, May 2012 This workshop will present a Cross Training model: the cutting edge integration of EMDR , trauma informed phase oriented therapy, and ego state therapy in the treatment of highly traumatized clients. A major focus will be the exploration and negotiation of the extensive preparation phase that is often required to safely build up stabilization, affect and dissociative symptom management skills, and the therapeutic relationship, prior to the actual trauma processing and desensitization phase of EMDR treatment. Participants will be taught how to weave these methods into EMDR treatment to help complex trauma clients develop appropriate internal and external boundaries and acquire skills to promote affect regulation. Having established these prerequisites, participants then will discover how to use this cross training model for successful EMDR reprocessing. Presenter Bio: Carol Forgash, CSW, BCD Carol Forgash is in full-time clinical and consulting practice in Smithtown, New York. She provides treatment utilizing EMDR and Ego State Therapy for complex PTSD, general psychotherapy, health issues, couples work, and performance issues. She is an internationally known lecturer and consultant on the integration of EMDR and Ego State work and psychodynamic treatment, the treatment of complex PTSD, and the health issues of sexual abuse survivors. Carol has presented at EMDRIA and ISSD conferences and was a Keynote Speaker at EMDR Europe 2002 and 2003. She has contributed several chapters on EMDR work with complex trauma and dissociation to EMDR Scripted Protocols: Special Populations, Editor Marilyn Luber.(Springer, 2009). Carol is the co-author, co-editor of Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy (Springer, 2007). Learning Objectives Partipants will be able to: Identify the fundamentals of trauma informed phase oriented therapy Describe the fundamentals of ego state theory and practive Integrate EMDR and Ego state therapy in the treatment of trauma Select and evaluate the specific phase preparation interventions that precede phase 4-7 of the EMDR protocol with challenging clients Develop specific stabilization strategies to help clients manage and reduce dissociative symptoms and manage affect Acquire new advanced techniques and interweaves that promote resolution of trauma symptoms, within the EMDR protocol Describe how to help clients manage effect and dissociative issues in between therapy sessions Carol Forgash, LCSW, maintains responsibility for this program and its contents in accordance with EMDRIA standards. CE-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its contents in accordance with APA and ASWB standards.