rethinking personality disorders:
the search for secure attachment
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​​LIVE ONLINE TRAINING 

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“The brains of these patients aren't trying to sabotage treatment or give you a hard time. They're simply responding to the way they've been programmed to survive in a chaotic environment.”
 ~ Author Courtney Armstrong in Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation and Resilience

DATE/TIME
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20th, 2021
9:00AM - 4:00PM U.S. Eastern Time each day

THIS IS A LIVE ONLINE TRAINING VIA ZOOM WITH PARTICIPATION REQUIRED. THIS TRAINING WILL BE RECORDED AND SENT TO PARTICIPANTS ONLY FOR REVIEW POST-TRAINING FOR A 2 WEEK TIME PERIOD. HOWEVER, LIVE ONLINE ATTENDANCE WITH YOUR CAMERA ON IS REQUIRED FOR CEs.  
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MEET THE PRESENTER

Courtney Armstrong, MEd., LPC is a licensed professional counselor and author specializing in grief and trauma recovery. With a career spanning more than two decades, she has helped thousands of clients overcome trauma and has trained mental health professionals in trauma treatment worldwide. As a speaker, Courtney is known for her warm, relatable teaching style and her ability to translate scientific discoveries into accessible therapeutic interventions that get results.
 
Courtney's professional expertise has also made her a much sought-after media guest, and she has appeared on CBS Radio News, NPR affiliates, and media outlets internationally. She has contributed articles to the Psychotherapy Networker, Counseling Today, and The Neuropsychotherapist and is the  author of Transforming Traumatic Grief (2011), The Therapeutic “Aha!” (2015) and Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation and Resilience (2019).

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DESCRIPTION

Courtney's approach, given its compatibility with the attachment-based Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), is often used with individual clients during "stage 2" work when the blocks and resistances are particularly challenging in one of the partners. In this program, she will give you an overview of not just how clients with personality disorders (and personality disorder traits) resolve trauma, but also, explain her therapeutic process when she's been personally asked to work with these clients for individual therapy during impasses in couples therapy.

Take a deep dive into just how attachment trauma affects the developing brain and contributes to the development of characterological disorders.
 
Drawing from research that that has found an association between attachment trauma and personality disorders, Courtney will help you work effectively with and master the association between attachment trauma and these often recalcitrant patients.

In this stimulating workshop, you will learn evidence-based treatment strategies that will give you the skills to create a stronger therapeutic alliance, reduce your frustration, and safely reprocess early attachment trauma using insights from the neuroscience discovery of memory reconsolidation.

This educational program will include lecture and video examples to teach and integrate skills and interventions.
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After attending this training, learners will be better able to:

1. Describe the association between insecure attachment and the ten personality disorders in the DSM5.
2. Analyze personality traits and the way developmental trauma shapes the brain.
3. Apply at least one strategy for strengthening the therapeutic alliance and handling enactments.
4. Describe the focus of each phase of the three-phase treatment model for complex trauma.
5. Describe the neuroscience discovery of memory reconsolidation, its implications and limitations for trauma treatment.
6. Demonstrate 4 types of experiential interventions used to facilitate reconsolidation of early attachment trauma experiences.
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SCHEDULE

8:45 to 9:00 am
Registrant online check-in and orientation
9:00 to 10:20 am
Describe correlations between attachment trauma and the ten PD’s
10:20 to 10:30 am (break)
10:30 to 12:00 pm
Compare strategies for creating a trusting alliance with PD clients
12:00 to 12:40 pm  (lunch break)
12:45 to 1:45 pm
Discuss the neuroscience breakthrough of memory reconsolidation
1:45 to 2:30 pm
Demonstrate a 5-step process for reconsolidating a trauma memory
2:30 to 2:40 pm (break)
2:40 to 4:00 pm
Discuss 4 experiential techniques for safely reconsolidating memories; closing remarks and questions

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​TARGET AUDIENCE
Mental Health Professionals, Social Workers, Psychologists

LEVEL
Intermediate

PRE-REQUISITE
None

CONTINUING EDUCATION - 6 CEs VIA CE-CLASSES.COM 

​Satisfactory completion required to obtain CEs (Continuing Education Hours). CE certificates will be available after paying the tuition fee, registering via an online form provided at the start of the training, attending the entire program live with your camera on for the duration, and completing an evaluation. No certificate will be issued if these conditions are not met. Partial credit is not available. No exceptions will be made. 

Continuing Education Credit is available for the following professions only:
***It is the participant's responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state.***

American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 
This course is NOT available for NBCC credit 
This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers. 
Florida Certification Board
The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2023 
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements. 
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) Provider Number OS-12-147-0223 Expires 02-2023 
The Texas Board of Social Work Examiners – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education 
The Texas Board of Professional Counselors – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education 
Massachusetts Authorization Number: (TBD) 
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board – Provider # RCST031201 
New York Social Work Board – CE-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education
Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of
continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0120. The Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #: 50-4896) Expires 10/31/2022 Do not send certificates to the Florida Board of Nursing. You must keep this certificate for 4 years. 
The California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2022. 

You are ultimately responsible for verifying this information with your state board. For further information or questions about CEs, please contact CE-Classes.com.

ADA ASSISTANCE
This workshop is compliant with the American Disabilities Act. Please contact us at [email protected] if special accommodations are required at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the training. 

CE GRIEVANCE POLICY
We seek to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please submit a written grievance to [email protected] and be sure to include your full name and contact number. Grievances will receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems. You will receive a response within 2 business days.  

There is no commercial support or conflicts of interest for this program. 
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INVESTMENT

$140 Regular Rate 
$125 Early Rate (before 6/4) 
$105 Special Rate for F/T graduate students, active/former military, pre-licensed interns, ICEEFT members, diversity/inclusion*
 *Diversity/inclusion is is strictly for those who work in an agency, non-profit,  or community mental health setting and predominantly with minority/marginalized populations​

Registration closes on 8/18/21

6 CEs included for no additional fee!
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REGISTER NOW ON EVENTBRITE!

​CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY*
Less than 14 days notice - no refund, no exceptions
14+ days notice, full refund minus $30 administrative fee
* Refund amounts are based on our fixed costs and contractual obligations. When you enroll, it is with the understanding that you will attend. If an "Act of G-d" or nature requires SFCEFT to cancel or postpone this event, we will apply your fee to the make-up date. If you still request a refund, it will be provided to you minus the administrative fee. If you qualify for a scholarship, due to limited spots, please notify us as soon as possible if you are unable to attend so that a spot can open up for someone else. All refunds must be requested in writing via email to [email protected].  Please allow up to 2 business days for a response. 

QUESTIONS/CONTACT*
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*any inquiries regarding training details, registration, payment, refunds, website issues, etc.