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Upcoming Events:
Centre for Counselling & Community Safety Special Events
 Dr. Christine Courtois presents:
Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders: Advances in Conceptualization and Evidence-Based Treatments (SPE155)
 Dr. Daniel Siegel presents:
Mindsight: The Science of Personal and Relational Transformation - Practical Strategies, Tools and Techniques for the Mindful Therapist (SPE116)
Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders: Advances in Conceptualization and Evidence-Based Treatments (SPE155)
Complex traumatic stress disorders develop in the aftermath of chronic cumulative trauma, particularly severe child abuse and neglect. They are also associated with relational insecurity and disorganization in primary attachment relationships that often occur prior to the more overt traumatization.
The objective of this course is to provide participants with an increased understanding of the nature, diagnosis, and treatment of these conditions and disorders, drawing upon recent clinical consensus and empirical findings. Topics to be covered include description of the diagnostic criteria for complex traumatic stress disorders (including developmental trauma disorder) in children and adults; preliminary treatment guidelines based on the growing clinical consensus and evidence base; and specific strategies and approaches, especially those directed towards affect regulation, ego-enhancement, symptom stabilization, and the maintenance of the individual’s functioning. The importance of the therapeutic relationship to the treatment will be stressed. This overview is based on the presenter’s recently published books, Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy, revised edition and Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders: An Evidence Based Guide, co-edited with Dr. Julian Ford.
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Oct 28-29, 2010 – NWC |
| Fee: |
$345; group rate, $325 |
| Early Bird Rate: |
$325; group rate, $305 (before Sep 30, 2010) |
| Location: |
JIBC New Westminster Campus (Theatre) |
| Instructor: |
Dr. Christine Courtois |
Christine A. Courtois is a psychologist in independent practice and founder and principal of Christine A. Courtois, PhD & Associates, PLC in Washington, DC. She is co-founder and past Clinical and Training Director of The Center: Posttraumatic Disorders Program at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (1991-2006). Dr. Courtois has recently co-edited, with Julian Ford, Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: An evidence-based guide (2009). She has authored three other books, Recollections of sexual abuse: Treatment principles and guidelines (1999), Adult survivors of child sexual abuse: A workshop model (1993), and Healing the incest wound: Adult survivors in therapy (1988), to be published in March 2010. Dr. Courtois is currently Associate Editor of the American Psychological Association Division 56 journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Read articles written by Christine Courtois:
- COMPLEX TRAUMA, COMPLEX REACTIONS:
ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT (pdf 130kb)
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training
2004, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 412–425
(© 2004 by the Educational Publishing Foundation)
- CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE ATTACHMENT FRAMEWORK: RELATIONAL TREATMENT OF COMPLEX TRAUMA (pdf 109kb)
Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 18, No. 5, October 2005, pp. 449–459 (© 2005)
- TREATMENT OF COMPLEX POSTTRAUMATIC SELF-DYSREGULATION (pdf 107kb)
Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 18, No. 5, October 2005, pp. 437–447 (© 2005)
FREE PUBLIC PRESENTATION
with DR. CHRISTINE COURTOIS
How to Respond When Someone You Love Has been Traumatized
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October 27, 2010
JIBC New Westminster Campus
7:00 - 8:30 pm |
| To register for this FREE public event: |
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604.528.5608 or toll-free 1.888.799.0801 |
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csjd@jibc.ca |
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Mindsight: The Science of Personal and Relational Transformation - Practical Strategies, Tools and Techniques for the Mindful Therapist (SPE116)
As we continue to discover more about the deeply social nature of the brain, human service professionals are moving towards remarkable new insights into what traditional notions of “mindfulness” mean in the context of human relationships. It is becoming ever clearer that it is the clinician’s own level of awareness and neural integration that is at the heart of the therapeutic process.
Dr. Daniel Siegel will focus on how neuroscience can complement traditional contemplative practices and explore how to enhance deeper levels of integration in ourselves and in those we care for professionally. You will learn about the nine levels of neural integration and how to work at each level, both in your own self-development and with others. You will explore the new findings about the mirror neuron system and how the various circuits involved in emotional resonance and empathy can enhance your understanding of others and of yourself. Dr. Siegel will pay special attention to the role of “mindsight” – the interweaving of insight and empathy – and how it leads to changes in self regulation, attuned communication, and mental well-being.
 Offered in partnership with the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology and the Adler School of Professional Psychology.
For more information: http://www.alfredadler.org
| Date(s): |
May 11-12, 2011 |
| Fee: |
$375, group rate, $345 (plus HST) |
| Early Bird Rate: |
$345; group rate, $325 (before Apr 11, 2011) |
| Location: |
Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria |
| Instructor: |
Dr. Daniel Siegel |
Dr. Daniel Siegel is the author of the internationally acclaimed academic text, The Developing Mind (Guilford, 1999), and is the founding editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology. His book (with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.), Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (Tarcher/Penguin, 2003) reveals the applications of this newly emerging view of the mind, the brain, and human relationships for a parenting audience. The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (Norton, 2007), is a professionally-geared text exploring the nature of mindful awareness as a process that harnesses the social circuitry of the brain as it promotes mental, physiologic, and relational health. His first work for a general audience is Mindsight (Bantam/Random House, 2009), a synthesis of science and story that provides a readily accessible exploration of the practical steps to apply the power of the mind to integrate the brain and promote well-being in everyday life.
Read articles written by Dr. Daniel Siegel:
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