Treating Complex Trauma - Practitioner Training Level 2

This is our level 2 practitioner training that will equip you to safely and effectively work with structural dissociation, personality dysfunction, addiction and coping behaviours such as dissociation.

The course is structured to comply with Australian Psychology Board guidelines for Continuing Professional Development. It covers the following topics 

• Theory: Understanding structural dissociation and how that expresses in identity, emotions, behaviours and personality
• Assessment: How to safely and quickly assess for structural trauma and provide appropriate psychoeducation to clients
• Planning and Formulation: How to structure an effective intervention, choose the appropriate therapies and communicate that to a client in a way that empowers their buy-in
• Skills: Therapeutic Responses including

1. Resolving the critical voice
2. Reconciling dissociated parts in a client
3. Working with addiction in a non-pathologising way
4. Working with co-morbid diagnoses
5. Working with dissociation and other defence mechanisms

Treting Trauma level 1 is a prerequistie to this training.

The program is designed and facilitated by Adam Blanch, an Australian Registered Psychologist with more than 30 years experience in providing individual and group trauma treatment, employing over 30 treatment approaches. 

This is an experiential skills training that requires participants to engage as both the client and the therapist in all processes using real world experience for processing. Participants must be practicising therapists (social worker, psychologist, psychotherapist, counsellor, allied health professional) with a minimum of two years training and experience. Participants must not be under the influence of psychoactive substances or have experiencied active psychosis within a 12 month period prior to participation.