Speakers
Dr. Peter King
Lead FacilitatorStart
November 21, 2020
End
May 17, 2021
Address
Essentia Health: 144 Martin Street Brighton VIC 3186 View map4 Programs in 4 Locations!
In 2021 participants have the choice of attending the face to face component in Melbourne, Sydney, the Gold Coast or Krabi, Thailand!
The Centre for Mental Health Education is proud to announce a 6-month intensive training course with Peter King PhD in the Melbourne from March 2021! This 7 Day In-person and Online Webinar Intensive course is now open to applicants with a background in psychology, social work, mental health nursing, counselling and psychotherapy.
The course runs over 6 months with supervision and consultancy provided to attendees in between each workshop block via our new online participant portal. The course is run over three workshop blocks, run over a 6 month period, reviewing both traditional and alternative theories of PTSD, CPTSD & BPD including (but not limited to) those developed by: Babette Rothschild (developer of Somatic Trauma Therapy); Marsha Linehan (developer of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy); Bessel van der Kolk, Judith Herman, M.D. at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; the Bodynamic Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Peter Levine, Ph.D., Ergos Institute, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
MELBOURNE INTENSIVE DATES (3 workshop blocks spread over 6 months)
- Workshop 1: Can be completed online before the 10th of February 2021. Online component equivalent to three days CPDs are required to be completed before the commencement of Workshop 2
- Workshop 2: Friday 12th, Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th and Monday 15th March 2021
- Workshop 3: Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th and Monday 30th May 2021
Flexible payment options available for attendees following payment of the deposit. Please contact our team via email info@cmhe.org or call on 03 9448 2361.
About the course:
This training is open to psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and other health care professionals. All workshops are conducted with a combination of lecture, discussion, exercises, demonstrations, and practice. They will include a review of both traditional and alternative theories of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This course attracts a total of 100 CPD hours (face to face & online learning) over 6 months and meets the education component for credentialing as a Stabilisation Based Therapy Practitioner (SBT Practitioner).
This training embraces three major goals:
- First, to make a relevant bridge between trauma & recovery based theory and clinical practice;
- Second, to make non-touch somatic tools available to the trauma practitioner;
- Third, to equip therapists to distinguish and help clients who: 1) are not good candidates for processing trauma memories and 2) those who are good candidates for processing memories.
These goals underlie the principles addressed in The Body Remembers (Vol 1 & 2), DBT Skills Training Manual putting into direct practice the tools presented there as well as many others.
The training is grounded in the belief that the therapist working with trauma must become familiar with many theories, techniques, and treatment models to ensure that therapy will always be tailored to the needs of the client. Therefore, it is designed to enhance, not replace, skills and knowledge already held by the participants. In the past, practitioners from many disciplines (psychoanalysis, psychodynamic, EMDR, cognitive behavioural, hypnosis, Gestalt, body psychotherapy, TA, etc.) have all found this training to be a complement not a conflict.
Part One: Completed Online
- Reducing risks of trauma therapy is the focus of this workshop and the foundation of the entire training.
- Theoretical material includes: psychology of stress and trauma – including the role of dissociation; physiology of stress and trauma – including how brain and nervous system communicate during and following traumatic events;
- Defining types of trauma clients; “putting on the brakes” for containment, and safety, and regulating hyperarousal.
- Experience with basic body awareness, muscle toning, boundaries, and the use of resources will provide the basis for direct practice during the remainder of the training.
- Development and identification of client resources, skills and strategies for stabilisation
Part 2: Face to Face Session in Melbourne
- Theory and technique of therapeutic treatment will be the focus of this workshop.
- Both cognitive and somatic sides of transference and countertransference will be explored.
- Memory theory will be presented as it applies to traumatic memory.
- In groups of three, participants will begin practicing Peter Irvine’s SIBAM dissociation model as a multifaceted tool that can be used to enhance resolution of trauma.
- Participants will also be encouraged to use the theory they have learned to develop their own techniques.
Part 3: Face to Face Session in Melbourne
- Integration of both theoretical and practical material from all three workshops will be the focus, reinforcing the bridge between theory and practice.
- Issues involved when trauma therapy is the sole aim of treatment, as well as when it is a part of long-term psychotherapy, will be addressed.
- The BODYnamic ‘running technique’ will be introduced as an imaginal, mind/body integrative procedure for reawakening the flight reflex and reducing hyperarousal.
- Participants will be supervised in making relevant choices of techniques both during role-plays and during client consultation.
Access to Additional Resources
Peter will be providing support to participants between workshop 2 & 3 in the application of Somatic Trauma Therapy. Support can be accessed by participants via the Centre for Mental Health Education’s website which offers participants:
- Videos (role plays, instructional videos, additional lectures)
- Online access to supporting materials and recommended readings
- Online group chat discussion
- Live Q&A sessions
Faculty: Dr. Peter King (Clinical & Academic Lead, Australian DBT Institute)
Dr. King is an experienced educator and clinician with over 25 years of experiences in various public, community and private mental health settings. Since 1993, Peter has worked in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, DBT Programs, Psychotherapy, and as a Senior Executive in the health care and not-for-profit sector. Peter has consolidated this experience both in Australia and the USA through mentoring with Professor Marsha Linehan’s company Behavioral Tech LLC, mentoring with the creator of Somatic Trauma Therapy – Babette Rothschild, leading clinical research and completing his Ph.D. in the mental health field.
Peter is currently the Clinical and Academic Lead at the Australian DBT Institute on the Gold Coast, Australia and develops mental health professionals through interactive workshops with a focus on safe trauma therapy approaches and the management of individuals with extreme emotion dysregulation. Peter’s workshops have been attended by over 10,000 mental health professionals in Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom. His Ph.D. focused on Clinical Interventions for Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder and extreme emotion dysregulation from which he has developed Stabilisation Based Therapy (SBT) and Trauma Informed Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT-TI).
Peter has held previous positions as CEO of an Indigenous Charity, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Rural Mental Health, Senior Clinician/Acting Manager on a Psychiatric Triage Team, University Lecturer, Clinical Educator for Emergency Psychiatry Services and employment with the Royal Melbourne Hospital (Eating Disorders Unit & ECATT).
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSTrauma Therapy Education Training
The STT Intensive training is a heavily practice based workshop which is supported with online lectures and role plays performed by Dr. Peter King. During all three workshops the focus is on developing practice by using the approaches identified in The Body Remembers, The Body Remembers Casebook and The Body Remembers Vol 2. Participants are instructed to practice the Somatic Trauma Therapy approaches using client examples and not their own personal examples.
Who should attend?
This workshops is suitable for the experienced clinician or clinician from a range of professional backgrounds who work in community-based services, including youth, family, homeless, aged, welfare, alcohol and substance, mental health, and disability. Psychologists, Clinical Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Mental Health OTs, Psychotherapists, Counsellors and Psychiatrists have all found this workshop useful!
Course Prerequisite: A Foundations workshop in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a prerequisite for this workshop. This course can be completed online or in person at no additional charge when taking this course.
Continuing Professional Development Points/Hours
Each year the Centre for Mental Health Education provides CPD opportunities to over 1,000 mental health professionals who claim their education with CMHE as CPD hours. Please refer to our CPD Statement at www.cmhe.com.au/cmhes-cpd-statement
Workshop Fees (per participant)
- Option 1: Early Bird Payment of $1,499 (Before the 31st December 2020)
- Option 2: Early Payment $2,250 (payment before the 20th January 2021)
- Option 3: Full Price $2,750 (payment from the 20th January 2021)
