Reconstruction of Internal Personality Parts & Attachments

Attachment trauma negatively impact adults in the development of a strong sense of self, a balanced personality structure and functioning, the ability to form healthy attachments in present-day relationships, including the therapy relationship, and the capability to benefit from EMDR therapy.

Part 1 is a 2-day training that teaches participants the skills and strategies for incorporating EMDR therapy into internal restructuring and creation of safety and attachment for parts of self, creating an effective resource team, and strengthening of the competent adult self. Participants will develop strategies and be offered practice opportunities for effective creation of safe places and higher powers for Adult and Child parts of Self; internal resource teamwork, time orientation, negotiation within and between clients’ inner personality parts and structure, creation of new inner attachment experiences, and resourcing the competent Adult part of Self.

Lecture, films, demonstrations, Q & A, handouts, experiential reflections and practicum sessions will allow participants to apply strategies immediately with their own clients.

With adaptations and consideration for the increased complexity of the internal personality system, AFTT-A protocols can be utilized within overall treatment for DID, although such application is not the focus of this workshop.

The Objectives

Participants will leave the training prepared to:

1. Describe how attachment trauma is reflected in both the internal and external attachment systems through the language of the EMDR AIP and AFTT-A models.

2. Utilize the PAC schema to improve clients’ relationships and transform internal personality structure.

3. Explain effective installation of Safe Place for Child and Adult parts of self.

4. Identify process of developing supportive inner Resource Team.

5. Summarize therapeutic approaches to effectively time orient younger/other parts of Self.

6. Demonstrate strategies to strengthen Competent Adult part of Self through imagery.

7. Create new attachment experiences between Child and True Parent parts of Self.

8. Choose strategies to provide an emotionally corrective experience in the therapeutic relationship to improve clients’ attachment patterns.

9. Employ new information about participants’ own internal personality structure and internal attachments to enhance their mindful awareness and attunement in the therapeutic relationship.

10. Integrate AFTT-A strategies and protocols into clinical practice.