Online

16-18 October 2023

14h00 to 19h30 AEST

15 CPD Hours

Postgraduate Intensive Training in Ego State Therapy.

Seminar 5: The Devil Wears Prada. Activation and Work with Destructive Ego States and Introjects

The handling and therapeutic intervention strategies with destructive ego states and introjects are controversial in many ways and often the centre of intense debate in academic circles.

In this seminar Dr Hartman will specifically focus on etiology and clinical intervention strategies with destructive ego states and introjects. Such states pose a real challenge to a therapist in many ways. They are often elusive by nature but could emerge unexpectedly and without warning. This could result in the therapist being unprepared in how to deal with the situation effectively.

The aim of this workshop is to prepare the therapist for unexpected appearances of both destructive ego states and introjects and how to activate, communicate and work with them clinically.

In order to deal with them effectively they need specific and strategic intervention strategies. They are often very rigid in their demeanor due to their hybrid nature. The latter refers to the fact that they are both symptom-associated, in a defensive, fight mode and, on the other hand closely associated with a specific trauma.

Destructive ego states and introjects are created on a neurophysiological level as a defense response to severe trauma. It is a mistake to regard them as so-called “foreign” entities and psychological constructs only. On the contrary, they are in fact, resourceful as they are neurophysiological manifestations of the autonomic nervous system response formed in the face of trauma to allow the individual to survive the traumatic experience. Such states should be dealt with clinically and therapeutically in order to re-establish coherence and self-regulation in the nervous system and then to modulate and reinterpret, re-script and re-contextualise their psychological meaning. 

This will be demonstrated through live demonstrations. In this workshop Dr Hartman will also facilitate the learning process through role play exercises in order to gain a better understanding of the internal dynamics of these ego states. The training utilises a lecture-demonstration-practise format. Hence, the training is a stimulating blend of theoretical, vicarious, and experiential learning.

This workshop is the fifth in a series of consecutive workshops which lead to internationally recognised certification as an ego state therapist by Ego State Therapy International (ESTI).

Educational Objectives

1. To learn more about the dynamics of destructive ego states and introjects and how to work with their hybrid nature in order to resolve their defensive responses and then to re-establish self-regulation
2. To learn how to activate and communicate with highly charged and mobilised destructive ego states and how to work with them clinically and therapeutically
3. To decide if, when and how to effectively use demasking and dis-identification techniques with destructive ego states in order to reset the autonomic nervous system response
4.  How to recreate self-regulation, re-balance, wholeness and flow in traumatised clients

Keywords: Destructive ego states, introjects, hybrid states, demasking, dis-identification

PLATFORM :    ZOOM

Presenter

Dr Woltemade Hartman (PhD )Clinical and Educational Psychologist - Clinical and Educational Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institutes of South Africa (MEISA),Past-President of Ego State Therapy International (ESTI), Executive Board member of the International Society of Hypnosis (ISH).Internationally recognised, accredited and awarded author, researcher, trainer, presenter and keynote speaker in Ericksonian Hypnosis and Ego State Therapy.  

Organiser

Carl (Callie) Hattingh - Clinical Psychologist

President Australian Institute of Clinical Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (AICHP)

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