Trauma & Attachment -Terry Levy
- Faculty:
- Terry Levy
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 25 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Jun 18, 2020
Description
Join internationally-known attachment and trauma therapist, Terry Levy, Ph.D., in this cutting-edge seminar as he teaches you concepts and skills necessary to facilitate positive change with challenging clients with trauma and/or attachment wounds. You will learn effective assessment and therapeutic techniques for children, adults and couples, based on the latest research in neurobiology, trauma and attachment therapy, and resilience.
Clinical videos will illustrate how various interventions promote change and healing with the following issues:
- Beliefs and attitudes
- Attachment security in children and adults
- Traumatic emotions, behaviors, mindsets, and brain/biochemistry
- Self-regulation
- Communication and resilience
- Family dynamics
- Controlling, defiant and resistant clients
Through video case studies, presentation and discussion, you will leave this seminar with practical and effective techniques you can use to help clients achieve symptom reduction, fulfilling lives and meaningful relationships.
Handouts
| Manual – Trauma & Attachment (0.94 MB) | 50 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Part I: Assessment
- Symptoms of trauma
- Symptoms of attachment disorder
- Traumatized brain and biochemistry
- Core beliefs and expectations
- 4 attachment styles
- Life script: Psychosocial history and relationship patterns
Part II: Treatment Interventions Structure of the Healing Process
- 30-hour Intensive Outpatient Psychotherapy model
- 3-step treatment process: revisit, revise, revitalize
- Integrative approach: mind-body-spirit
Experiential and Skill-Based Interventions Shown through Video Demos
- Facilitate emotional and neurobiological connections
- Foster trust and secure attachments
- Heal interpersonal trauma to self-acceptance
- Confront traumatic events: move from victim to survivor
- Change negative beliefs and narratives
- Resolve anger, fear, shame and loss
- Exposure Therapy to alleviate trauma and PTSD symptoms
- Forgiveness to let go and move on
Posttraumatic Growth: Recovery and Resilience
- Positive psychology
- Instill optimism and hope
- Gratitude and positive emotions
- A sense of meaning and purpose
- Use signature strengths
- Enhance relationships and social support
- Self-esteem and self-efficacy
- Volunteering and giving
Improving Relationships
- Strengthen the hardwired need for a safe emotional bond
- Change attachment patterns: withdraw-cling, blame-distance, criticize-defend
- Attachment Communication Training: Constructive communication, problem-solving and conflict-management skills
- Limbic resonance and fulfillment of attachment needs
Therapeutic Goals
- Develop positive core beliefs
- Resolve loss and grief
- Promote safe and secure attachments
- Alleviate anxiety, depression, shame, and “victim mindset”
- Reduce biochemistry of trauma
- Stress management skills
- Constructive parenting skills
- Supportive and fulfilling family relationships
- Mitigate defensiveness, enhance motivation and cooperation
Faculty
Terry Levy, PHD, DAPA Related seminars and products: 1
TERRY M. LEVY, Ph.D., D.A.P.A., has been a psychotherapist, trainer, supervisor and consultant for over 40 years. Dr. Levy is the director of the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center and the Attachment Treatment and Training Institute in Evergreen, Colorado. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Colorado and Florida, a Board Certified Forensic Examiner and a Diplomate and Master Therapist of the American Psychotherapy Association. He is co-author of the best-seller Attachment, Trauma & Healing (2nd edition, 2014, Jessica Kingsley Publisher, London), editor of Handbook of Attachment Interventions (2000, Elsevier Press) and co-author of Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust and Love (2006, Child Welfare League of America).
Dr. Levy was the founder and previous director of the Family Life Center (Florida) and the Miami Psychotherapy Institute, which offered family systems treatment and training. He was co-founder and past-president of the board of directors of the Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh), an international organization dedicated to attachment and its critical importance to human development.
Speaker Disclosure
Financial: Terry Levy is in private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Nonfinancial: Terry Levy is a member of the American Psychological Association; American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; American Family Therapy Association; and Colorado and Florida Psychological Associations. He does not receive compensation.
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