The NYSPA Trauma SIG Presents

Utilizing Imaginal and Relational Interventions in Working with Trauma

Sunday, October 1, 2023
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

2 CE Credit Hours Available

In this program, participants working with traumatized patients will be taught the nuts and bolts of creating and maintaining safety, and the utilization of reparative imaginative techniques and processes in the therapy session, in-person or online. These two sets of principles and skills will enhance approaches already being used with trauma, such as EMDR and CBT. With the pandemic and the increase in violence in this country and in the world, therapists are seeing many more traumatized patients, and the need for effective approaches is dire. The two related and complementary approaches to be presented are AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) which focuses on the therapist-patient relationship in the here-and-now, and PBSP (Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor), which emphasizes imaginative re-processing of historical events. Both approaches are client centered and share the following tools, which will be taught: slowing the client down, careful, moment-to-moment tracking, employing a non-directive, non-interpretive therapist stance, knowing how to wait for and assess the clients receptivity, supporting the client’s agency. For both approaches, maintaining safety will be gauged by the patient’s explicit assessment of it, and the tools of assessment will be taught. Remembering and utilizing the patient’s word choice, metaphors, phrasing, syntax and rate of speech.

The specific PBSP skills which will be taught are: generating and using reversals, teaching patients how to use the suspension of disbelief, generating imagined antidotes to traumatic events and relationships, the use of imagined external figures including witness and protection figures.

This webinar will be recorded.

Speaker:

Matt Fried, MA, PhD, MFA

Matt Fried, MA, Ph.D., MFA, a board member of the NYSPA Trauma SIG, is a NYS licensed psychologist with over five decades of clinical experience. He is currently in private practice in New York City and Delaware County, New York, working with individuals, groups and couples and supervising therapists learning AEDP and PBSP. He is a certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor and a Certified PBSP Supervisor and International Trainer.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to describe at least two similarities and two differences between the approaches of AEDP and PBSP in working with trauma.
2. Participants will be able to describe and demonstrate two relational techniques in working with trauma.
3. Participants will be able to describe and demonstrate two imaginal techniques in working with trauma.
4. Participants will be able to describe three ways of creating and sustaining the patient’s experience of safety in the therapy session.

Tickets:

NYSPA Members: $30 (can be applied towards 2023 Trauma SIG Membership, must select in registration form)
NYSPA Trauma SIG Members: $20
NYSPA Student Members: $0
Non-NYSPA Members: $40
Non-Member Students: $10

CE Information:

Two (2) CE credit hours are available for this program. Information regarding earning of CE credits will be sent out to all registered attendees at the conclusion of the event.  Please note that there is no additional fee for earning CE credits or receiving certificates.

The program organizer will present two CE Attendance Codes, the first at the beginning of the program and the second at the end of the program. To earn CE credit, attendees must correctly enter the two CE Attendance Codes in the post-event evaluation, which will be sent to all participants at the conclusion of the program.  Individuals arriving more than 15 minutes after the start of the program or leaving early are not eligible for CE credit.

The Foundation of the New York State Psychological Association, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #Psy-0066.

The Foundation of the New York State Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Foundation of the New York State Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Grievance Procedure:

View the full NYSPA Grievance Policy here. Grievances about any sessions at the Convention must be submitted in writing to the Foundation of the New York State Psychological Association, Inc., 330 W 38th St., Suite 1105, New York, NY 10018, Attn: Continuing Education Committee. Grievances can also be submitted directly to the CE Committee Chair, Mitchell Slutzky, in writing at nyspa@nyspa.org.

Cancellation & Photo Policy:

The New York State Psychological Association will accept refund requests made in writing no later than Friday, September 29, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Registration fees are not refundable after this date.

By registering for this New York State Psychological Association event, I give consent for my photograph to be taken or presence recorded and possibly used on the organization’s intranet, internet, newsletters, board reports, and other organizational materials as needed. I understand that I am not eligible for compensation for use of my photo and I may not be informed in advance of the specific use of those images.