Intended Participants: Participants must receive approval of the faculty member to attend. Participants must be licensed mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors) who are personally treating a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder or Dissociative Disorder NOS. Other health professionals, e.g., medical physicians and nurse practitioners, are encouraged to inquire about their interests with Lynette Danychuk to determine if their background might fit the seminar content. While we are not interested in a homogenized group, and like diversity, we also must attend to the need to provide an educational experience where people's basic backgrounds will allow for individual growth in the context of growth for the group as a whole.
Course Format: Participants will not meet at specific times to participate in discussions but will have a week to login to the course (you’ll gain access to the course and readings once you register) to reply/create discussions. Please see the course schedule below for more information.
If you have further questions about how an online course works please contact Mirel Goldstein the online administration: mirelgoldstein@gmail.com
2014 Standard Online Course Schedule
Section 1: Beginning the Treatment: Putting the Essentials in Place
Section 1 Readings: Jan. 14- Jan. 20
Section 1 Discussion: Jan. 21- Jan. 30
Section 2: Diagnostic Basics
Section 2 Readings: Jan. 31- Feb. 5
Section 2 Discussion: Feb. 6- Feb. 14
Section 3: Initial Steps: Pacing and Phase-Oriented Treatment
Section 3 Readings: Feb. 15-Feb. 20
Section 3 Discussion: Feb. 21- Mar. 1
Section 4: Boundaries
Section 4 Reading: Mar. 2- Mar. 7
Section 4 Discussion: Mar. 8- Mar. 17
Section 5: Transference and Countertransference
Section 5 Reading: Mar. 18- Mar. 23
Spring Break: Mar. 24- Mar. 31
Section 5 Discussion: April 1- April 10
Section 6: Organization of the Personality
Section 6 Reading: April 11- April 16
Section 6 Discussion: April 17- April 26
Section 7: Treatment Techniques and Theoretical Approaches
Section 7 Reading: April 27- May 3
Section 7 Discussion: May 4- May 13
Section 8: Clinical Approaches to Working with Persecutory Alters
Section 8 Reading: May 14- May 19
Section 8 Discussion: May 20- May 28
Evaluations and Goodbyes - ALL: May 29- June 3