The “Safety Miscue” That Can Come Up with Clients After Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• One Fundamental Misunderstanding Practitioners May Have About Working with Trauma
• Why Being Nice to Clients Will Not Always Evoke Feelings of Safety
• Practical Ways to Help Clients Feel Safe Without Being a Trigger

What Part of the Brain Develops First (and Why That’s Important When It Comes to Trauma)

Allan Schore, PhD

• The Neuroscience Behind Trauma and Attachment Relationships
• Why Childhood Trauma Can Make a Client More Vulnerable to Stress Dysregulation
• How a Mother’s Trauma Can Impact a Developing Baby In Utero

Why Connecting with the Right Brain Can Be Key to Regulation

Allan Schore, PhD Dan Siegel, MD

• The Common Brain “Bias” That Could Lead to Misattunement with Your Client
• How to Help a Client Stay Emotionally Connected – Even When They’re Dysregulated
• Why the Right Brain Is Vital to the Client’s Core Sense of Self
• Why It’s Important to Communicate Directly with Your Client’s Right Brain

How Attachment Styles Can Become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy for a Client’s Future Relationships

Dan Siegel, MD Allan Schore, PhD

• Four Attachment Styles Explained – and How They Play Out Throughout a Client’s Lifetime
• When Dysfunctional Interactions Can Be the Key to Healing
• Epigenetics and How It Can Affect Work with Clients Who’ve Experienced Trauma
• The Problem with Staying Neutral – the Role of the Practitioner in Helping Patients Co-Regulate After Trauma

How Secure Attachment Can Be the Basis for Emotion Regulation

Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD Pat Ogden, PhD

• How to Foster Secure Attachment with a Client Who Has Never Felt Safe with Another Person
• How to Use Choice to Create a Sense of Safety During Sessions
• Helping Clients Connect with Others Through Proximity-Seeking Actions
• How to Work with the Body to Reverse Feelings of Victimhood

Critical Insights: Working with Different Attachment Styles

Ron Siegel, PsyD Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD Ruth Buczynski, PhD

• Why Connection with Others Is Essential for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding When the Care Itself Can Be Threatening for a Client
• How to Upregulate Positive Emotions (without Overwhelming the Client)
• Specific Ways to Engage a Traumatized Client’s Curiosity

Expert Strategies for Building Secure Attachment

Joan Borysenko, PhD Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT Ruth Buczynski, PhD

• Three Methods for Drawing Out a Client’s Strengths and Coping Skills
• How to Mindfully Help Clients Manage Physical and Emotional Pain
• Two Questions That Can Reignite a Client’s Hope for the Future
• Case Study: Adverse Childhood Experience and Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma

Here’s What You’ll Get:

Everything is yours to keep forever in your professional library

	Downloadable videos so you can watch at your convenience, on any device
	Audio recordings you can download and listen to at home, in the car, at the gym or wherever you like
	TalkBack Segments to distill key ideas (this is where we “land” the session)
	Next Week in Your Practice sessions to give you concrete strategies to use with patients
	Professionally-formatted transcripts of the sessions, to make review and action simple
	Two downloadable bonus videos to help you work more effectively with a client’s attachment history