Dissociation is an area of mental health that few practitioners know much about. It is shrouded in mystery and controversy, but in the last 10 years there is an increasing literature of the science and clinical practice of dissociation. In particular, complex dissociation appears in clients with severe borderline personality disorder and clients with dissociative identity disorder. This Online Course will introduce you to dissociation, discuss cognitive neuroscience of dissociation, clinical syndromes in dissociation with both PTSD and BPD subtype, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
This course is ideal for psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, counselors, and other allied professionals who are eager to learn more about working with patients experiencing dissociation. You can enhance your knowledge & skills at your own pace with this self-paced online course, accessible from the comfort of your home or work, anytime you choose.
Unlimited access for one year!!!!
Regular Price: $249
Video: Introduction to Dissociation
PPT Slides Module One Understanding Dissociation & How to Work With It.
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Video: Neuroscience of Threat
PPT Slides Module Two Understanding Dissociation & How to Work With It.
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Video: Clinical Syndromes in Dissociation - PTSD Dissociation Subtype
PPT Slides Module Three Understanding Dissociation & How to Work With It.
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Video: Clinical syndromes in Dissociation - Borderline Personality Disorder
PPT Slides Module Four Understanding Dissociation & How to Work With It.
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Video Clinical Syndromes in Dissociation - Introduction to Dissociative Identity Disorder
PPT Slides Module Five Understanding Dissociation & How to Work With It.
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Video: Treatment of DID: Adaptations to Psychodynamic Therapy and a Clinical Case
PPT Slides Module Six Understanding Dissociation & How to Work With It.
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About Dr Nick Bendit: Dr Nick Bendit is a staff specialist psychiatrist working at the Centre for Psychotherapy (Newcastle), an outpatient public psychotherapy unit offering long-term psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and eating disorders. He treats patients with BPD using the Conversational Model and DBT, as well as supervising mental health clinicians in the management of patients with BPD. He is the current Director of Training of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (ANZAP). He has published articles on mechanisms of change in psychotherapy, reviewing the effectiveness of DBT in borderline personality disorder, and mechanisms of chronic suicidal thoughts in patients with borderline personality disorder. He has been a co-author on the most recent Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines on deliberate self harm in borderline personality disorder (RANZCP, 2016). He is the co-author of the second-largest randomised clinical trial of the effectiveness of psychotherapy in BPD, comparing DBT and the Conversational Model (Walton et al., 2020).
