Become a leader in the mental health field and elevate your practice with state-ofthe-art advancements for working with some of our toughest clients—children, adolescents and families suffering from trauma and attachment wounds.
Begin by watching Dr. Lois Ehrmann for this intensive Trauma and Attachment Certification Course recording and learn the most effective evidence-based therapeutic interventions for clients where the foundational blocks of attachment are fractured and at times not even there.
Let Dr. Ehrmann help you take your practice to the next level as she teaches you to integrate bottom up interventions rooted in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment Focused Family Therapy, Bibliotherapy, Expressive Therapies, and Somatic Psychotherapy in your treatment of these clients.
You will learn cutting-edge interventions to:
Repair and recover your client’s trauma triggers, fears about connecting in relationships, self-destructive patterns, negative limiting beliefs and affect dysregulation
Unpack your client’s history and create a cohesive trauma narrative
Assess the strength and health of the parental/caregiver system
Assess your client’s Internal Working Model and attachment category
Operationalize core treatment goals into measurable objectives
Neuroscience revelations show us that healing in these areas require bottom up processes and not top down talk therapy processes. Through video case examples, video demonstration and thought-provoking lecture this intensive Trauma and Attachment Certification Course recording will make the latest research accessible and user-friendly and clearly link it to your clinical work.
Don’t miss this opportunity to become a Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional (CATP).
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This online program is worth 12.25 hours CPD.
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Manual - Trauma and Attachment Certification Course
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Lois Ehrmann, PhD, LPC, NCC, CTTS, is a trauma-informed and sensitive clinician who works with individuals and families who suffer from trauma, abuse and attachment issues. She is the founder of The Individual and Family CHOICES Program, a holistic trauma-informed counseling center in State College, PA, that has been providing cutting-edge trauma-informed therapy for over 10 years. Prior to that she co-owned a dual diagnosis outpatient counseling program called Counseling Alternatives Group for over 18 years. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has been in clinical practice for over 30 years, specializing in trauma and attachment for over 22 years.
A Certified Trauma Treatment Specialist (CTTS), Lois is also an Approved Consultant and Certified Clinician in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDRIA) as well as a Certified Internal Family Systems Clinician. Trained in IFS Levels 1, 2 and 3 as well as Somatic IFS, she has introduced the IFS model to the children and families she works with, as well as groups of parents of traumatized children and to professional healers who work with traumatized families. Lois is a Registered ATTACh Clinician, Certified Attachment Focused Family Therapist/Consultant and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (NCE). In addition, she is a trained neurofeedback clinician and trained in clinical hypnosis.
Lois is a sought-after trainer both locally and nationally and is also an adjunct assistant professor in counselor education and supervision at PSU. She has presented nationally for many years for the National ATTACh Conference and until very recently served on that organization’s board of directors. Lois has also presented annually for the Internal Family Systems Conference specifically focusing on the use of IFS with children and families struggling with attachment issues.
Lois is the co-author of a book on best practices in attachment therapy and has self-published books for children and their parents on attachment and Internal Family Systems concepts. She was the lead researcher in the development of the Internal Family Systems Adherence Scale for the Internal Family System Foundation.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lois Ehrmann is owner of E-Counseling and Consultation Services. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Lois Ehrmann is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for the Training and Treatment of Attachment Disorders In Children (ATTACh), the American Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES), the Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society for Counselors and Counselor Educators (CSI), EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), and the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (ATSS).
Articulate the neurological impact of trauma on attachment in children and adolescents and how current research informs treatment planning.
Differentiate between the clinical presentation of children and adolescents who exhibit insecure vs. secure vs. disorganized attachment.
Implement trauma and attachment assessments to develop observable and measurable treatment plan goals.
Implement the “internal working model” intervention to clarify the client’s attachment category to inform treatment planning.
Operationalize the core treatment goals into measurable objectives in the treatment of trauma and attachment.
Implement the Integrated Attachment and Trauma Timeline Strategy (IATTS) to organize and construct the client’s trauma narrative.
Utilize the client’s trauma narrative to process attachment disruptions and trauma responses.
Apply bilateral tapping to reduce the intensity of strong affect and/or to amplify a strength resource.
Integrate elements of Internal Family Systems psychotherapy to map out a child’s problematic behavior and the parent’s responses to the behavior.
Utilize bibliotherapy to teach children, adolescents and families the concepts of Internal Family Systems psychotherapy to improve treatment outcomes.
Integrate resource tapping (EMDR) into Attachment Focused Family Therapy to increase the strength of attachment and healthy regulation in children, adolescents and families.
Teach clients mindfulness-based breath work, guided imagery and sensory awareness to improve affect regulation.
Outline
Attachment Theory and Attachment Therapy
Recent influences in attachment theory and therapy
Attachment importance in the development of the healthy individual
Attachment styles vs. disorganized attachment
Neuroscience supporting bottom up therapeutic strategies
DSM-5®: Classification of trauma and stressor-related disorders
Neurological Impact of Trauma and Attachment
How the research informs treatment
Trauma is stored/stuck in the right hemisphere
Chronic activation of the fight/flight/freeze response (Amygdala issues)
The reason for the stuckness
Cortisol and its impact on cognitive impairment
Indicators of Trauma and Attachment Disruption
Common diagnostic mistakes
Characteristics of the children and adults
View attachment as a continuum
Assessments for Trauma and Attachment Wounds Case Studies and Video Sessions
Protocol to assess the strength and health of the parental/caregiver system
Most effective scales, measures and instruments
Methods to explain the Internal Working Model of the child to the parent/caregiver
Translate Trauma and Attachment Goals into SMART Objectives
Core treatment goals
Relational factors between client/therapist and child/ parent/caregiver
Dismantling the individual’s unhealthy negative internal working model
Increase the level of affective mastery
Reduce distancing defenses Increase attachment within healthy relationships and for adults with their own children
Containment of rage anger and pain so that resolution can occur
How to operationalize goals into measurable objectives
The Integrated Attachment and Trauma Timeline Strategy (IATTS): Help Children and Families Unpack their History
A guide to move from assessment to treatment
Techniques to clarify and construct the client’s cohesive narrative
Methods to “chunk” overwhelming and disorganized historical material
Integrates with evidence-base treatment modalities
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Attachment Focused Family Therapy
Bibliotherapy Expressive Therapies and Somatic Psychotherapy
BOTTOM UP TECHNIQUES: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH PRACTICE TIME!
A Child Who Had No Safety: Case Study
A view of Attachment Focused Family Therapy
Healthy vs. disrupted attachment/bonding cycle
Intersubjectivity and Attunement: What being in sync does/does not look like
PACE: Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy
Co-regulation of affect and co-creation of experiences
When Traumatized Children are Broken into Many Parts: Case Study
Secure vs. anxious and avoidant attachment styles
Disorganized attachment: Recognize the signs
How attachment impacts parent-child dyads
Integrate IFS into Attachment Focused Family Therapy
Parts work through sand tray, art strategies and puppetry
Repair the Fracture with Adoptive Parents: Case Study
Clarify the trauma and negative internal working model
Parts mapping: Teach parts concepts to children and parents
Integrate Bibliotherapy into IFS
Assist parents how to engage in self-led parenting
Protecting Sibling and Self In Foster Care: Case Study
Protector parts activity/worksheet
Teach children to use their inner imagination to work with their part
Transform terror into trust
The Rage that Comes from Physical Abuse: Case Study
When children reenact the trauma of abuse
See the positive intention in all parts
Teach compassion, curiosity, calmness and connectedness through
Expressive therapies
Parts that Children Wall Off: Case Study
Terrified of being terrified
The freeze of the Fight Flight Freeze Trauma Response
Help children understand their own thoughts, feelings, behaviors and experiences
When Parents and Children Both Have Activated Parts: Case Study
Activation Parts Map: Z-Process
Naming and witnessing the activated parts
Helping the parts understand each other
Full of Rage with No Where to Go: Case Study
Integrate EMDR into Attachment Focused Family Therapy
Teach parents and children resource tapping and positive self-talk
Use tapping as part of imaginal nurturing
Calming and self-regulating strategies from EFT Naming feelings with bilateral drumming
Other Trauma Specific Evidence-base Treatment Modalities
What they are used for and why clients seem to respond well
Sensorimotor psychotherapy
Mindfulness-based approaches including breath work and imagery
Biofeedback and EEG Biofeedback
Limitations of the related research and risks of each approach
Target Audience
Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Certified Case Managers
Occupational Therapists
Other Helping Professionals Who Work with Children
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