Many dissociative clients have difficulties with voices or parts that are hostile and critical. One factor that affects this conflict is how the patient deals with the voices or parts of the self. Most approaches to helping people with hostile or critical voices have something to do with either trying to get rid of the voice, such as by taking drugs until it fades away, or trying to ignore the voice or distract attention away from it. One problem with these strategies is that they all involve avoiding issues or emotions the voice may be bringing up. A key aspect to the work with hostile parts of the personality and voices is to understand their function and the meaning behind their disruptive behaviors. In these cases, transforming conflict through dialogue, compassion and understanding is essential. Specific procedures to work with the conflict presenting in these clients, including traumatic experiences will be illustrated through video examples.

• Are you afraid to process trauma with clients with critical parts? 

• Are you concerned about clients who hear hostile voices and place themselves in danger? 
  

• Do you want to learn dynamic and effective tools to manage hostile parts and voices safely? 

Want to attend but unsure about your distant schedule? Not to worry!

This training is appropriate for all clinicians, with or without training in EMDR. 

      

       In this training, in which new content will be debuted in the United States, the use of clinical case examples and generous use of video will be shown to illustrate interventions with the hostile and critical parts of self present in clients with complex trauma and dissociative disorders.  These useful and innovative interventions expand upon and incorporate the concepts from Dr. Mosquera's research and foundational texts.This workshop will demonstrate relevant, cutting edge material on how clinicians can safely utilize a wide range of interventions from the preparatory phases (Phase 2 in EMDR) through to the entirety of the course of treatment. As this training is comprised of is new content, the training can be attended as a stand alone workshop and/or as an continuation, extending and elaborating upon Dr. Mosquera's recent presentations. 

List of Dr. Mosquera's foundational texts: 1, 2, 3, 4

CORE CONCEPTS:

• Identify the internal system of dissociation and internal voices that are forceful, hostile and critical
  
  
• Understand the clinical underpinnings of how saboteur or self-berating parts of the personality develop.
  
  
• Learn when using parts language with hostile internal voices can be useful or not.
  
  
• When employing parts language is not indicated, learn to adapt the clinical language to the needs of clients and considerations.
  
  
• Better expand the therapist’s use of dialogue to more effectively manage the intrusive voices that often derail the therapy.

• Assist clients with understanding the motivations behind self-harming behaviors such as substance abuse, eating disorders, self-mutilation and other hostile or critical dynamics.

• Gain awareness of how ignoring, distracting oneself from or negating the hostile voices may lead to problematic avoidance of important emotions or issues that the voice is bringing up.

• Learn how to better read the function and purpose behind the saboteur parts of self.

• Learn sophisticated interventions to deal with client distraction, resistance and avoidance.

• Manage work with parts that are very frightened or distrustful of the therapy, other parts and/or the therapist.

• Reduce impasses, blocks and resistances that may complicate or reduce the efficacy of the treatment helping to move the therapy forward

• Gain undestanding on how to dialogue with the unintegrated parts of Self and to reduce the internal conflict and shame among the system of parts.

• Implement techniques which use compassion and understanding to help deal with dissociative phobias present within the internal system

• Become better-versed in applying the core components of assessment and clinical work with hostile parts in Attachment disorders, CPTSD and dissociative disorders.   
  

Dr. Mosquera currently is in high demand as a featured presenter at several major psychological conferences worldwide.

3rd Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Asia Annual Conference  Shanghai, China April 2017 

18th Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Conference Europe Annual Conference, Barcelona Spain June 2017

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association Annual Conference, Seattle Washington August 2017

ESTD European Society for Trauma and Dissociation Conference, Berne, Switzerland Nov 2017

ISSTD International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation: 34th Annual Conference Washington DC April 2017

Hotel rooms available at the Study at Yale in New Haven & Clarion Suites in Hamden, CT. Lunch will be served.