ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAINING Course II: Trauma, Dissociation, Sexuality and Addiction
"We repeat what we don't remember." - Sigmund Freud –
OCTOBER WEEKEND
Friday 6:30-8:30pm: Gestalt Lecture: What is it and how is it different from other Psychotherapy Theory & Definitions of terms used Experiments in contact Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B) (WvS,NP,LZ) Saturday 9:00 - 10:00am Awareness Process (NP&LZ)
10:00am-1:00pm. Introduction: Attachment Theory Attachment and Brain development (WvS, NP)
2:00pm – 3:00pm Body work Bioenergetic body work & body readings (NP&LZ)
3:00pm – 4:00pm Large Group: Body Awareness Demonstration: Working with the Body (WvS,LZ,NP) Sunday 9:00-10:00am Lecture: Countertransference: A Diagnostic Tool (WvS)
10:00-12:00am Practicing under Supervision (incl. a 15 min. break) (WvS)
12:00-1:00pm Large Group Meeting Questions Answers and Sharing (LZ, WvS)
NOVEMBER WEEKEND
Friday 6:30-8:30pm Gestalt Lecture: The Here and Now, Awareness, Perception, and Gestalt Formation Seeing and understanding the layers Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B) (WvS,NP,LZ) Saturday 9:00am-11 ;00am Trauma and Dissociation I An Introduction (LZ) 11:00am-1:00pm The Adult Attachment Interview Attachment Theory and Character structures (WvS)
2:00pm – 4:00pm Creating safety Trauma and the Body Bodywork (NP,LZ)
Sunday 9:00am-12:00am Trauma and Transference Using countertransferential reactions as a diagnostic “tool” Diagnoses as ongoing process Practicing under Supervision (WvS)
12:00- 1:00PM Large Group meeting Questions, Answers and Sharing (LZ,WvS)
JANUARY WEEKEND
Friday 6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B) Gestalt Lecture: Retroflection, Projection, Introjection and Confluence Perls’ (re)conceptualization of Defense and Resistance (WvS, NP, LZ) Saturday 9:00-10:00am Trauma and Dissociation II Introjection, Projection & Retroflection in the treatment of Trauma (LZ)
10:00am-12:00am “Body memories” (NP, LZ)
12:00am – 1:00pm “The Trauma Reenactment Syndrom” (WvS)
2:00pm-3:00pm Body Reading: Recognizing Trauma in the Body (NP,LZ)
3:00pm – 4:00pm Large Group: Bodywork: working with “Body memories” (WvS,NP,LZ)
Sunday 9:00am-12:00am Trauma, Transference and Projective Identification I Practicing under Supervision (WvS)
12:00 – 1:00pm Large Group Meeting Questions, Answers and Sharing (LZ, WvS)
FEBRUARY WEEKEND
Friday 6:30-8:30pm Gestalt Lecture: Deathlayer: The topdog - underdog/victim - victimizer Concept Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B) (WvS, LZ, NP) Saturday 9:00-11:00am The Victimizer Concept and Trauma work (WvS) 1 1:00am-12:00am Imagery and Trauma work (LZ)
12:00am – 1:pm Special Considerations in working with Sexual Trauma (WvS)
2:00pm-4:00pm Body Reading Bodywork: “Body memories” II (NP,LZ)
Sunday 9:00am-12:00pm Trauma, Transference and Projective Identification II Working with and Dissociation Practicing under Supervision (WvS)
12:00 – 1:00pm Large Group Meeting Questions, Sharing and Answers (LZ, WvS)
MARCH WEEKEND
Friday 6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B) Gestalt lecture: Working with the Mind-Body connection (WvS, NP, LZ) Saturday 9:00am-10:00am Introduction Shame, Trauma and Addiction (WvS)
10:00am-12:00pm Addiction and Substance Abuse Large Group (WvS, NP, LZ)
12:00am – 1:00pm Trauma and Addiction (Adv. Tr. only, WvS)
2:00pm-4:00pm Bodywork Shame and Addiction Large Group (NP, LZ, WvS)
Sunday 9:00am-12:00pm Transference and Countertransference in working with Addiction Practicing under Supervision (WvS)
12:00- 1:00pm Large Group Meeting Questions, Answers and Sharing (WvS, LZ)
APRIL WEEKEND
Friday 6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B) Gestalt Lecture: “Dreamwork” (WvS, NP, LZ)
Saturday 9:00am-10:00am Shame, Guilt, Eroticism and Sexuality (WvS, NP)
10:00am-12:00am Working with Issues of Love and Sex (WvS, NP)
12:00am - 1:00pm Working with Love and Sexuality cont. (LZ, NP)
2:00pm - 3:00pm Bodywork and Sexuality (NP, LZ)
3:00pm - 4:00pm Bodywork and Sexuality Large Group (NP, LZ, WvS)
Sunday 9:00am-12:00pm Practicing under Supervision Transference and Countertransference explorations: Love and Sexual Attraction in the Client-Therapist Relationship Practicing under Supervision (WvS)
12:00 – 1:00pm Large Group Sharing and Closure (WvS, LZ)