Advanced Seminars and Webinars in Complex Trauma and Dissociation

A ten-month seminar program for psychotherapists and other related professionals interested in developing greater comfort and expertise in working with complex trauma and dissociation while staying abreast of recent trauma-related research and treatment advances.

Advanced Seminars will begin in the fall of 2010 on Wednesdays from 12-2 pm.

Now accessible over the internet in a remote learning webinar format!

A new Webinar series will begin in September of 2010: a Level I seminar “Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma,” which will air one Thursday per month from 12-2 pm EST, covers the same material as the seminar. A second year seminar program for previous graduates of Level I, entitled, “Principles and Challenges of Trauma Treatment,” will air one Monday per month from 12-2 pm EST.

All webinar series are recorded and available for later viewing or reviewing by participants.

Sample of topics to be covered:

• Implications of the neurobiological research for trauma treatment
• “The body keeps the score:” the somatic legacy of trauma
• Using mind-body techniques in traditional talking therapy
• Disorganized attachment and the therapeutic alliance Dissociative phenomena in the everyday lives of survivors
• Working with shame and self-loathing
• The challenges of self-destructive behavior

Advanced Seminar Programs 2010-11

The Wednesday seminar will begin September 29.

• Seminar dates: September 29, October 27, November 17, and December 15, 2010;
  January 12, February 16, March 16, April 20, and May 18, 2011

The Thursday webinar will begin September 30.

• Level I Webinar dates: September 30, October 21, November 18, December 16, 2010;
  January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, and June 16, 2011

For more information about the seminar program, download Information for Potential Advanced Seminar Participants. For more information about the webinar program, download Information for Potential Webinar Participants.

To register for a seminar, download an Advanced Seminar Interest Survey. To register for a webinar, download a Webinar Interest Survey. Fill out the Interest Survey and provide credit card authorization or send a check with the appropriate registration fee to Dr. Fisher to: 23 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472. A registration confirmation will be returned via email.

Tuition: $750 for the series of ten seminars and $600 for the series of ten webinars. Continuing education credits are available for the seminar only at an additional charge.