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 and the daily agenda 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