Not just preparation: Resourcing for dissociation as a focus of treatment
Description
Sandra Paulsen has written of the “ubiquity of dissociation” (2014) and also that “dissociation is the engine...not the caboose” of traumatic symptoms (emdrandbeyond.com/ blog/2018/4/13/screening-for-did-and-more). If dissociation drives trauma symptoms, from simple to complex, and small-t to big-T, then EMDR practitioners should be prepared to treat dissociative processes in all clients. However, most training distinguishes between “standard” clients and “dissociative” clients. Dissociation treatment appears in the preparation phases of the EMDR protocol, which implies that dissociation needs only be addressed if it interferes with reprocessing trauma rather than considering dissociation as a focus of treatment. This presentation will discuss the benefits of using specific resourcing techniques from the dissociation and early childhood trauma literature with all clients. The speaker will present techniques in the context of contemporary neurological theory, which provides a model for understanding how dissociative processes occur in standard clients. These processes are reversed through the associative nature of EMDR.
Format
Conference
Language
English
Original Work Citation
Dawson, S. (2021, November). Not just preparation: Resourcing for dissociation as a focus of treatment. Presentation at the 26th EMDR International Association Virtual Conference
Citation
“Not just preparation: Resourcing for dissociation as a focus of treatment,” Francine Shapiro Library, accessed May 3, 2024, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/27051.