Online

19-21 September  2023

14h00 to 19h30 AEST

15 CPD Hours

Postgraduate Intensive Training in Ego State Therapy.

Seminar 4: Activation and work with Trauma Associated Ego States.

Ego states can be described as enduring states of mind. Once a state of mind has occurred, it can be recalled frequently depending on the circumstances. Repeated activation of a state of mind over weeks, months and years makes it more likely that it could again be activated in future. Thus: Particular states of mind may develop cohesion and clusters through their repeated activation. They may therefore develop into “self-states” or ego states.

When confronted by trauma, some individuals’ nervous system react to such an extent that they dissociate into an immobilized freeze state or submit mode. This happens without conscious awareness. Before the individual becomes aware of what happened, the nervous system has already responded. The result could be the formation and processing of specialized “selves” or traumatized ego states in freeze. 

In this fourth workshop Carl will mainly focus on ways of accessing dissociated, traumatized ego states, how to interview them and how to work with them therapeutically. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of a trusting therapeutic relationship and its importance in reengaging the ventral vagal system.

Traumatized ego states are often beyond the threshold of conscious awareness and often need hypnotic activation. Carl will also demonstrate how immobilized clients and their ego states could be freed from their tonic immobility by using activation-, stimulation-, mobilization-, breathing- and pendulation techniques, thereby facilitating self-regulation, flow, wholeness and post-traumatic growth. This will be demonstrated through live demonstrations.

The training utilizes a lecture-demonstration-practise format. Hence, the training is a stimulating blend of theoretical, vicarious, and experiential learning. This workshop is the fourth in a series of consecutive workshops which lead to internationally recognized certification as an ego state therapist by Ego State Therapy International (ESTI).

Educational Objectives

1. To learn about the importance of co-regulation, safety and stabilization when working with traumatized ego states in the freeze or submit mode
2. To learn how to activate immobilized and trauma-associated ego states and how to work with them clinically and therapeutically
3. To learn more about the dynamics of trauma-associated ego states and how to address freeze and other immobilization responses with a bottom-up approach in order to resolve traumatic stress responses and to re-establish self-regulation
4. How to use movement, stimulation and breathing techniques to bring trauma-associated ego states into flow again
5. How to recreate self-regulation, re-balance, wholeness and flow in clients presenting with immobilization and trauma-associated ego states

Keywords: trauma-associated ego states, freeze response, movement, breath work

PLATFORM :    ZOOM

Presenter

Carl (Callie) Hattingh (MA Psych) 

Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Supervisor,Crisis and Intervention Committee International Society of Hypnosis, Vice-Chair COR International Society of Hypnosis (ISH), President Elect Ego State Therapy International (ESTI),President Australian Institute of Clinical Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (AICHP),Director Ericksonian Institute of Sydney Australia (EISA), Accredited trainer, presenter and keynote speaker.

Organiser

Carl (Callie) Hattingh 

Clinical Psychologist

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