DISSOCIATIVE PROCESSES AND THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF COMPLEX PTSD

NOVEMBER 11, 2016   |    8:30AM-5:00PM
EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON CHICAGO O'HARE/ROSEMONT  

We are excited to announce our 2016 Regional Conference in Chicago, the original home of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). This one-day workshop will feature Richard Chefetz, MD and will focus on the psychodynamics that are created by dissociative processes, along with associated chronic and intractable shame, negativity, and suicidality. Participants are encouraged to bring their own casework to discuss as part of the presentation.

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE 

7:30am-8:30am                 Registration & Light Continental Breakfast
8:30am-10:00am               Session 1: Psychodynamics of Complex PTSD
10:00am-10:30am             AM Beverage Break
10:30am-12:00pm             Session 2: Recognizing Dissociative Processes in your Casework
12:00pm-1:30pm               Lunch 
1:30pm-3:00pm                 Session 3: Shame and Negativity
3:00pm-3:30pm                 PM Beverage Break
3:30pm-5:00pm                 Session 4: Suicidality and its Management

The ISSTD was formed in the early 1980’s and is the oldest international society to represent the interest of clinicians and researchers working with complex trauma and dissociative disorders. It is a non-profit, professional association, organized to develop and promote comprehensive, clinically effective and empirically based resources and responses to trauma and dissociation.

Note: All registration fees are in US dollars. Cancelations prior to the conference are subject to a $45 cancelation fee. No refund are provided for no shows. The deadline for cancelations with a refund is Wednesday, November 5th at 5:00pm EST.