Prof Martin Dorahy on Traumatic dissociation and treatment

Name: Prof Martin Dorahy on Traumatic dissociation and treatment
Start: 2025-07-12T11:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-07-12T11:00:00+10:00

Traumatic dissociation refers to the manifestation of dissociation, either in structural form or as psychosomatic phenomena, associated with overwhelming experiences. Such dissociation typically has a major impact on the way an individual comes to experience their sense of self. For example, the lack of agency characterising the traumatic experience is manifest in an ongoing manner via dissociative symptoms like depersonalisation, derealisation and amnesia, where the person feels a lack of control over their internal experience. Additionally, a sense of ownership over what has occurred externally and is occurring internally is significantly disrupted by dissociation. Traumatic dissociation is a major diagnostic feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and several of the dissociative disorders. It is central to complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder, and is often present in eating, psychotic and anxiety disorders, among others. The treatment of traumatic disorders required an overarching conceptualisation and as well as moment-to-moment assessment. Both will be explored in this presentation after a rendering of traumatic dissociation is provided.

Venue: Online Webinar. Includes access to video recording for 30 days.

Date: Saturday, 12th of July, 2025

Time: 1100hrs to 1300hrs (Sydney/Melbourne Time)

Cost: ANZAP Members $90, Non-Members - $120, ANZAP Students - Free, Westmead Students - $40, Other Students - $60.

CPD Certificate: 2 hours CPD certificates are issued to attendees attend the live webinar with at least 80% attendance.

About Prof Martin Dorahy: Martin Dorahy, PhD, DClinPsych, is a clinical psychologist and professor in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a clinical, research and theoretical interest in complex trauma, dissociative disorders and self-conscious emotions (e.g., shame). He has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and co-edited six books in the area of psychotraumatology, including most recently, Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorder: Past, Present, Future, 2nd Ed (with Steve Gold and John O’Neil; 2023) and Contemporary Perspectives on the Seduction Theory and Psychotherapy: Revisiting ‘The Assault on Truth’ (with Warwick Middleton). He is a member of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, New Zealand Psychological Society, and the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists. He is a Fellow and Past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). He maintains a clinical practice, focused primarily on the adult sequelae of childhood relational trauma. He enjoys snow skiing and mountain biking.

Prof Martin Dorahy on Traumatic dissociation and treatment

Prof Martin Dorahy on Traumatic dissociation and treatment

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