Kathryn Rheem, T. Leanne Campbell – Healing Trauma through Connection

Outline

Practice an Emotionally Focused Therapy approach when working with couples in which one or both partners has been affected by trauma.Practice an Emotionally Focused Therapy approach when working with couples in which one or both partners has been affected by trauma.

• Key EFT interventions central to working with emotion both intrapsychically and interpersonallyKey EFT interventions central to working with emotion both intrapsychically and interpersonally
• How to pace intrapsychic and interpersonal workHow to pace intrapsychic and interpersonal work

Explain how traumatized partners can provide corrective emotional experiences for each other as it relates to clinical treatment. Explain how traumatized partners can provide corrective emotional experiences for each other as it relates to clinical treatment.

• How to work with trauma with couples with attention to heightening and/or containing emotionHow to work with trauma with couples with attention to heightening and/or containing emotion
• Positively and durably shifting affect regulation capacitiesPositively and durably shifting affect regulation capacities
• Positively and durably shifting models of self and otherPositively and durably shifting models of self and other

Assess the most effective ways to create enactments between partners to alleviate symptoms of trauma. Assess the most effective ways to create enactments between partners to alleviate symptoms of trauma.

• How to work with trauma with couples, and work within the ‘therapeutic window” both individually and relationallyHow to work with trauma with couples, and work within the ‘therapeutic window” both individually and relationally
• How to work with emotion “moment-to-moment” with the goal of facilitating bonding and trauma resolutionHow to work with emotion “moment-to-moment” with the goal of facilitating bonding and trauma resolution

Incorporate an understanding of neuroscience and attachment theory with the aim of further informing your clinical decision-making and judgment. Incorporate an understanding of neuroscience and attachment theory with the aim of further informing your clinical decision-making and judgment.

• Clinical assessment and identification of various personal and relationship factors that impact clinical decision-makingClinical assessment and identification of various personal and relationship factors that impact clinical decision-making
• Impact of trauma from an attachment perspective with regard to mental health assessment and intervention more generallyImpact of trauma from an attachment perspective with regard to mental health assessment and intervention more generally