BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d541b8c34587e231d4c13e056da69fc1376 CATEGORIES:CE Events: Adult Individuals SUMMARY:Transforming Trauma-Related Resistance and Stuckness DESCRIPTION:
Coming to therapy is a cry for help, requiring the abil ity to acknowledge vulnerability. But for those who have been abused, aband oned, or rejected, being vulnerable is associated with powerlessness, humil iation, and violence. Almost every kind of traumatic or painful experience in life involves incompetence or cruelty perpetrated by other human beings. No matter how much clients sincerely want our help, they cannot control th e triggering of instinctive fight, flight, or submission defenses in the pr esence of other human beings. Should the client commit to therapy or flee? Combat the therapist’s every effort? Or “submit” by coming but not fully pa rticipating? To seek help may bring initial relief in a moment of crisis bu t also inevitably raises doubts: Is it better to trust or avoid trusting? W hether resistance manifests as a passive aggressive ‘no’ to every therapeut ic intervention, as unchecked self-destructive behavior, a struggle for the rapeutic control, or desperation for help alternating with resistance to ac cepting it, the underlying dilemma is the same. What we label “resistance” may actually reflect inherent trauma-related conflicts activated by all for ms of treatment and all types of therapists.In this workshop, we will explo re the complex relationships between these internal trauma-related conflict s and resistance in psychotherapy. Using techniques drawn from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, and other mindfulness-based models , participants will learn how to de-code resistance or stuckness and help c lients work with it as an internal conflict, not a therapeutic issue. When we help them “befriend” the resistance, we become part of the solution inst ead of part of the problem.
Hosted by MAK Continuing Education , LLC, Cape Cod Institute online and in Eastham, MA for 15 CEs . For more info, visit www.ca pe.org.
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