Janina Fisher, Frank Anderson – Working with Complex Trauma Clients: Putting the Pieces Together with Janina Fisher, PhD and Frank Anderson, MD

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Re-interpreting client symptoms as manifestations of parts
Mindfulness-based techniques for working with parts

Janina Fisher, Frank Anderson – Working with Complex Trauma Clients: Putting the Pieces Together with Janina Fisher, PhD and Frank Anderson, MD

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DAY ONE

Workshop Overview: Frank Anderson and Janina Fisher

Trauma and Dissociation [Fisher]

Dissociation and fragmentation as normal responses to trauma
How fragmentation aids survival and adaptation
Repeated re-activation of trauma responses and traumatized parts in the context of safety

Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) [Fisher]

Applying a parts model to personality disorders and complex PTSD
The Structural Dissociation Model
Re-interpreting client symptoms as manifestations of parts
Mindfulness-based techniques for working with parts
Stabilization of symptoms and impulses
State of the evidence, risk and limitations of the model & application in clinical practice

Internal Family Systems [Anderson]

IFS Model
Parts and psychopathology
The 6 F’s, working with protective parts
State of the evidence, risk and limitations of the model & application in clinical practice

Trauma and Dissociation, cont. [Anderson]

The Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation
Overcoming roadblocks, working with extreme symptoms of trauma
Overcoming roadblocks, working with extreme symptoms of trauma
Beyond the 6 F’s in IFS

DAY TWO

Self-Leadership in IFS [Anderson]

Therapist parts
The dimensions of Self-Energy
Differentiating empathy from compassion

Healing from Within [Anderson]

The healing process in IFS
Unloading family of origin and cultural burdens
Rewiring implicit emotional memory

Repairing the Injuries of Traumatized Child Parts [Fisher]

Developing internal communication
Concept of ‘missing experiences’
Developing client ability to offer reparative experiences to parts
Welcoming the parts home now

Contrasting Approaches to working with Parts [Fisher, Anderson]

Sharing reactions to video excerpts
Discussion of strengths and limitations of each approach
Participant Q&A

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Janina Fisher, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 63

Janina Fisher, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and former instructor at The Trauma Center, a research and treatment center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known as an expert on the treatment of trauma, Dr. Fisher has also been treating individuals, couples and families since 1980.

She is past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities.

She is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (2015) and author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation (2017) and the forthcoming book, Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma (in press).

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Janina Fisher is in private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Janina Fisher has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

Frank Anderson, MD Related seminars and products: 18

Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation. He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.

Dr. Anderson is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute with Richard Schwartz and maintains a long affiliation with, and trains for, Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Center. He serves as an advisor to the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) and was the former chair and director of the Foundation for Self-Leadership.

Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation and wrote the chapter “Who’s Taking What” Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems for Trauma in Internal Family Systems Therapy – New Dimensions. He co-authored a chapter on “What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy” and recently co-authored Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual.

Dr. Anderson maintains a private practice in Concord, MA.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Frank Anderson maintains a private practice. He receives a consulting fee from the Center for Self Leadership. Dr. Anderson receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Frank Anderson is the President of the Foundation for Self Leadership.