The impact of unprocessed childhood trauma/loss, from the perspective of attachment theory and structural dissociation theory, will be explored as a foundation for understanding, assessing, and treating complex trauma.  This workshop will provide tools to both assess and work with attachment trauma and dissociation, as well as offer a structured approach to ensure client readiness and proper preparation for trauma work. Participants will be introduced to using integrative strategies such as attachment resourcing, ego states/parts work and metacognitive/mindful awareness to build affect tolerance for processing trauma and addressing dissociative barriers.  Full documentation can be found here.

Participants will be able to:

• Identify four attachment styles based on modern attachment theory
• Describe how insecure attachment style can contribute to dissociation
• Apply 3 effective grounding and soothing tools to manage dissociative symptoms
• Utilize 2 assessments to determine level of dissociation in a client with complex trauma 
• Evaluate if your client is ready for trauma processing