ISSD Advanced Course in Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Program

led by Maggie Phillips, PhD
Beginning in September 2006
in Oakland, California

The International Society for the Study of Dissociation has successfully completed four years of the Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Program (DDPTP), and over 600 participants have made use of this program. This year the Advanced Course is being introduced, after a successful one-year pilot of the program that was designed by Steven Frankel, Ph.D., J.D. Coursework will include focus on both readings and clinical situations and has additional emphasis on attachment, special technique, special adjustment of the treatment frame, transference and countertransference, boundaries, communications with alters, and integration and termination. The Advanced Course is scheduled to take place in several locations throughout the world, including Oakland, California. The Oakland course will be lead by Maggie Phillips, PhD.

Course will meet for 2.5 hours once monthly for 9 months on dates to be determined by participant availability. The group will consist of 6-10 licensed psychotherapists with CEU's available. The dates and times of this course will be determined after all participants have registered -- we will make a schedule that all can attend, and this may be a mixture of weekend and evenings depending on what everyone can handle (times currently under consideration are Friday mornings, Saturday mornings, and/or Wednesday evenings).

Who May Attend
Participants must be licensed professionals, and they must also receive the approval of Maggie Phillips and ISSD faculty to attend. Clinicians in training may attend with the written recommendation of the chairperson of their training program/department. Prerequisite for this course is completion of the basic ISSD Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Program or it's equivalent.

Fees: Registration for ISSD Members: $380; for Non-ISSD Members: $430.
For CEU credit please add $40 (available for non-MDs only). Payment must be made by credit card, and fees include course materials and copyright fees. Reading materials will be provided in the form of CD.

There is a $25 non-refundable charge for withdrawal from the class plus an $80 copyright and materials fee if materials have been sent to you prior to withdrawal. There are no refunds for withdrawal less than 15 days before the date of the first class.

Course Outline:
• Session 1: Advanced topics on the development of dissociation.
1. Understand the basic paradigms of attachment research.
2. Understand the categories of infant-parent attachment
3. Understand the implications of attachment on the development of dissociation.

• Session 2: Advanced topics on treatment frame/principles.
1. Understand the role of resilience and treatment trajectories in treatment planning.
2. Understand the relationship between phase oriented treatment and treatment trajectories.
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 and 2 through case presentations.

• Session 3: Advanced topics on transference and counter-transference.
1. Understand traumatic transference.
2. Understand complex countertransference problems.
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 and 2 through case presentations.

• Session 4: Advanced topics on countertransference and boundaries.
1. Understand the range of countertransference responses to dissociative processes.
2. Understand common vs. subtle countertransference problems
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 & 2 via case presentations.

• Session 5: Advanced problems on communicating with alters.
1. Understand complex interaction patterns (e.g., unwillingness or inability to communicate, etc.)
2. Understand the role of alter hierarchies in communication problems.
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 & 2 via case presentations.

• Session 6: Advanced problems on treatment pitfalls & pacing.
1. Understand complex pitfalls (e.g., reenactments)
2. Understand approaches to management of pacing
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 & 2 via case presentations.

• Session 7: Advanced problems on memory work.
1. Understand the differences between treatment oriented toward metabolizing traumatic memory vs. treatment oriented toward tolerating and managing emotions such as shame.
2. Understanding the problem of patients who wish to act on their "recovered memories" through confrontation and/or legal action.
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 & 2 via case presentations.

• Session 8: Advanced problems on adjunctive treatment modalities.
1. Understand hypnosis as orientation to treatment vs. intervention strategy.
2. Understand the role of interventions such as EMDR, TFT, EFT, etc., in the treatment of the dissociative disorders.
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 & 2 via case presentations.

• Session 9: Advanced problems on integration and termination.
1. Understand the controversy surrounding integration as a goal for all DID/DDNOS patients.
2. Understand ways to manage re-splitting episodes.
3. Illustrate the understandings of Objectives 1 & 2 via case presentations.

Further details also available at: http://www.issd.org/Training/Train-index.html

Click here to learn more about Maggie Phillips, the leader of this ISSD training series.


To register:
This class is now closed. Please check back for a new group in September, 2008. Call Maggie Phillips at 510-655-3843 and leave a message with your contact information (name, address, phone number, email address), your professional qualifications, and a few good times you can be reached to discuss your enrollment in this course. You will receive a call back.

Once you have talked with Maggie directly, you will then need to send her a copy of your license to practice your profession (or if you are a graduate student, a letter from your Department Chairperson giving permission for your participation in this program). This should be mailed to: 2768 Darnby Dr., Oakland, CA 94611; faxed to: 510-531-5345 or emailed to: mphillips@lmi.net.

Once this has been received, you will be given a registration number which you will need in order to register directly with the International Society for the Study of Dissociation. Applications which are received by ISSD without your assigned registration number will be returned.

For full details on the course and registration process, please see:
International Society for the Study of Dissociation
Phone: 847-480-0899
Fax: 847.480.9282
ISSD Training Website: http://www.issd.org/Training/Train-index.html.
ISSD online course registration form: https://atrium.issd.org/TrainingReg.htm
CEU information: http://www.issd.org/Training/CEU/Information.html


If you have questions about this advanced course which are not addressed on this page or on the ISSD website, contact: assistant@maggiephillipsphd.com.

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