FYI for sydney members Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Rachael Murrihy <info@aacbt.org> > Date: 12 August 2013 1:04:42 PM AEST > To: anna_203@hotmail.com > Subject: AACBT NSW Event Announcement: Dialectical > Reply-To: Alina Morawska <info@aacbt.org> > > Hi anna, > > The AACBT Sydney branch would like to invite you to a two-day workshop: > > Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and the Treatment of Complex Trauma. > > Presented by: Jace Cannon-Brookes > > > > Date: 30 & 31st August, 2013 at the Sebel, 28 Albion St, Surry Hills > > Cost: (incl. GST) AACBT Member Earlybird rate (before July 31st): $550 and after July 31st: $650 > > To register go to: www.aacbt.org and hit on Events link > > Workshop Summary > > It is inevitable that all therapists will come into contact with clients struggling with the impact of histories of developmental trauma, many of whom may present with diagnoses of borderline personality disorder (BPD). There is considerable evidence that early experiences of trauma often result in a chronic inability to modulate emotions. Individuals tend to rely on a range of behaviours that can best be understood as attempts at self soothing (Van der Kolk et al., 1994). Frequently, these behaviours (whether addiction, eating disorders, gambling or indiscriminate relationships) may provide the therapeutic window that brings people into treatment. Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT; Linehan, 1993) is based on the principle that BPD is essentially the result of deficits in interpersonal and self-regulatory skills and that these skills can be taught in therapy. Defective affect regulation is seen as particularly important. > > Acquisition of these skills could be seen to serve as a pre-requisite for later therapy that focuses more on the processing and integration of trauma. This training will introduce participants to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, outlining in particular its benefits with clients who have histories of developmental trauma. DBT is a research-supported treatment which combines cognitive-behavioural theory and methods with Eastern meditative principles and practices. Developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan and her colleagues at the University of Washington, DBT addresses problems in regulating emotions, behaviour, and thinking. > > About the presenter: > > Jace Cannon-Brookes has worked as a Clinical Psychologist across both private and public settings. Her work has covered bereavement services, eating disorder units, and acute and general psychiatry. For fourteen years Jace worked within drug and alcohol centres, where she designed and co-ordinated a six week residential rehabilitation program, with a focus on the treatment of complex trauma for women with histories of substance dependence. Jace has also twice completed the intensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) training and subsequently co-ordinated the implementation of a 12 month out-patient DBT program. She has worked in private practice on the North Shore and in the Eastern Suburbs. Jace has facilitated trainings to health services, NGO’s and within the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology program at the University of Sydney on treating trauma and on DBT. She is currently an ANZAP psychotherapy candidate in addition to being a Partner in the Heath Group Practice in Edgecliff, Sydney. > > > > You are subscribed as 'anna_203@hotmail.com' > > Unsubscribe? If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please click here to unsubscribe. > PLEASE NOTE: Certain email systems often categorise emails from an unknown address as SPAM. To ensure you receive our emails, please add 'info@aacbt.org' to your address book. > > If you use a SPAM filter, please be sure to include 'info@aacbt.org' as a legitimate sender of email communication. > > Getting more than one copy of our emails? Tell us and we`ll fix it! >