OARTC Webinar - Dissociation is Not a Dirty Word: Insights from the Lived Experience of a Trauma Expert with Dissociative Identities

OARTC Presents:

Dissociation is Not a Dirty Word: Insights from the Lived Experience of a Trauma Expert with Dissociative Identities

Presented by: Jamie Marich (she/they), Ph.D., LPCC, REAT, RYT-500 

Friday, February 20th at

12pm-1pm EST

1 CE

FREE for OARTC members! $15 for non-OARTC members

Program Description:

Myths, misconceptions, and cruel assessments of people who dissociate still abound in the helping professions. Although dissociation, or severing/separating, is a natural part of all trauma response and the human experience, even seasoned professionals can find themselves baffled in addressing dissociation clinically. Your guide for this presentation addresses these problems from several angles—as a person with a dissociative disorder and intricate internal system, as an EMDR Therapy practitioner and trainer, and as a long-time recipient of various approaches to trauma therapy as a client. Solutions are proposed for helping professionals become less afraid of dissociation by more fully embracing their own internal world of responses and parts and committing to address the abundance of stigma that exists toward people with dissociative identities in helping professions and in society at large. These paradigm shifts can lead us to more effectively serve our clients and to not judge all dissociative minds as the same.

Objectives:

1. Define dissociation in a comprehensive manner
2. Identify three of the most common myths and misconceptions about conducting trauma therapy with people who have dissociative identities (DID) and other dissociative responses
3. Articulate 2-3 solutions for addressing how media stigma and misinformation impacts the clinical professions

(1 CE)

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