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Course Description

Hours: 12

This Professional Development course will focus on three key learning components of different levels of structural dissociation within treatment for chronic traumatization. This includes working with clients having a primary, secondary (complex trauma, DESNOS, BPD without dissociative identity disorder (DID)) and tertiary (complex trauma with DID) structural dissociation. 

The focus of the course will be on:

  1. Advancing knowledge of the structural dissociation of the personality.
  2. Understanding chronic traumatization from Pierre Janet psychology of action systems and tendencies.
  3. Treatment of chronically traumatized clients, including: 

        a. assessment
        b. promoting adaptive actions
        c. general treatment principles
        d. phase one:
                i. overcoming the phobia of attachment and attachment loss
                ii. overcoming the phobia of trauma-derived mental actions
                iii. overcoming the phobia of dissociative parts
        e. phase two:
                i. overcoming the phobia of traumatic memory
        f. phase three:
                i.  Integration of personality and overcoming normal life phobias

Notes

For more information contact the Faculty of Social Work Professional Development office:

Email: fswprofessionaldevelopment@wlu.ca
Phone: 548-889-5128

Cancellations and Transfers
Be sure to carefully review our cancellation and transfer information before registering.

Website: wlu.ca/fswpd

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Section Title
Advanced Structural Dissociative Theory: A Therapeutic Approach to Working with Trauma Parts – Part 2
Type
Remote
Days
T, W
Time
9:00AM to 4:00PM
Dates
Jun 22, 2027 to Jun 23, 2027
Schedule and Location
Total Hours
12.0
Delivery Options
Remote  
Course Fee(s)
Registration Fee non-credit $415.00
Potential Discount(s)

Section Notes

Time Zone: All remote courses are ET (Ontario, Canada).

Instructor: Ian Robertson, MSW, RSW

Location: This Professional Development course is being held remotely through Zoom. 

Website: wlu.ca/fswpd

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