September 29, 2023 Christine Courtois, Ph.D. Webinar

Christine Courtois, Ph.D.

The PRISM: Principles & Attachment-Based Strategies for Treating Complex Trauma

Over the past decade, understanding of what constitutes complex trauma and what differentiates it from more time-limited impersonal forms of trauma has grown significantly. Complex trauma is now recognized as the most common type of trauma that can occur at any point across the lifespan with a wide range of developmental and posttraumatic consequences. A history of complex trauma is prevalent in many clients who seek mental health treatment, making it important for clinicians to be able to recognize symptoms and to offer relevant evidence-based and supported treatment and medication, if indicated. This presentation begins with an overview of advances in defining and understanding complex trauma and its consequences followed by discussion of major diagnostic developments. Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is now included as a freestanding diagnosis in the International Classification of Diseases-11 of the World Health Organization. The primary focus of the presentation is the treatment of CPTSD, with an emphasis on recent treatment guidance and innovations. The presenter (with co-author Dr. Julian Ford) has recently developed a set of principles for CPTSD treatment entitled PRISM referring to trauma-informed and responsive treatment that is Personalized, Relational, Integrative, Sequenced/Strategic, and Multi-Modal/Multi-Dimensional as an update and supplement to the now classic Sequenced Relationship-Based Model outlined in their previous books. The PRISM principles will be presented in detail as they are intended to guide the clinician in the treatment of a diversity of clients, each of whom have unique histories, contexts, and presentations to address. It will be integrated with and applied within the phases of the sequenced model. Current best practices in the treatment of complex traumatic stress disorders will be presented. We will also address common transference and countertransference issues and their management, as well as the impact of this work on the therapist.

Learning Objectives:

Describe differences between complex and other types of traumatic stressors.
Identify common developmental and posttraumatic consequences of complex trauma exposure.
Describe the criteria for Complex PTSD in the ICD-11.
Describe the primary elements of the PRISM acronym integrates with the Sequenced, Relationship-based Model.
Identify several best practices for the treatment of CPTSD.
Identify several evidence-based treatments for PTSD symptoms and where they can be best applied in the sequenced treatment model.

Friday, September 29, 2023

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

CE HOURS

3.0

$75.00

Christine Courtois, PhD, ABPP

Christine A. Courtois, Ph.D., ABPP continues to edit and write books on trauma responses and treatment. She has co-authored Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Dr. Julian Ford and others; with Dr. Ford, she has co-authored a book on the treatment of complex trauma and co-edited two books on complex trauma in adults and children/adolescents. The revised tenth-anniversary revision of their 2009 book on treating complex trauma was released by Guilford Press in 2020. She is also a co-editor of Sexual Boundary Violations in Psychotherapy: Facing Indiscretions, Transgressions, and Misconduct and Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy for Trauma, and author of the well-received consumer book It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You (available from Amazon). Dr. Courtois chaired the American Psychological Association Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of PTSD in Adults (2017). She is past president of APA Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) and has served two terms on the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Board of Directors. She has received the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Professional Practice, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Sarah Haley Award for Clinical Excellence, and most recently the American Board of Professional Psychology, 2016 Distinguished Service Award to the Profession of Psychology and the American Psychological Association Division 56 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Schedule

Friday, September 29, 2023

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

The PRISM: Principles & Attachment-Based Strategies for Treating Complex Trauma

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