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The Treatment of Complex Posttraumatic States: From Evidenced Based Treatments to Object Relations . Presenters: Ron J. Llewelyn Psy.D. Jana C. Fulmer, MSCJ. University of Phoenix, Utah Campus American Counselors Association 2011. The Best Treatment…. Objectives.
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The Treatment of Complex Posttraumatic States: From Evidenced Based Treatments to Object Relations Presenters: Ron J. Llewelyn Psy.D. Jana C. Fulmer, MSCJ University of Phoenix, Utah Campus American Counselors Association 2011
Dimensional Perspectives Healthy Borderline
Good Reality Testing Poor Good Boundaries Poor Dimensional Perspectives of Trauma Type 2 PTSD:Internalizing/Externalizing/with significant dissociation Type 2 PTSD: With ego-syntonic features Type 1 PTSD: Found in the DSM-IV-TR Peritraumatic stress & Current traumatic stress Trauma related stress
Diagnostic Comparison Type 1 - PTSD Type 2 – Complex PTSD
Defensive Functioning Good Reality Contact Rigid Boundaries Borderline Permeable Boundaries Poor Reality Contact
Three Stages in a Social Context Intrapsychic & Therapeutic Interaction Micro Therapeutic Dynamics Macro Level Dynamics
Stage one: Stabilization Primarily a personal experience Primarily a social experience
The Neurobiology of the Fight or Flight Response This occurs before information reaches the Cortex Stressful Event Cortex Thalamus Amygdala Locus Coeruleus Hypothalamus Sympathetic NS Thyroid Pituitary Adrenal Medulla Thyroxin Adrenaline Adrenal Cortex Cortisol Noradrenalin Adapted from Preston, O’Neal, & Talaga 2010
Neuro-anatomical Factors Broca’s Area Right Hemisphere
What Can We Do To Change This? Recondition to a pre-trauma homeostatic state
Beyond the Pre-Frontal Cortex:Sensory Motor Trauma Therapy Nerve Stimulation
Hope Oral Trust vs. Mistrust Willpower Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt Anal Purpose Genital Initiative vs. Guilt Competence Industry vs. Inferiority Latency Fidelity Identity vs. Role Confusion Phallic Love Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Stagnation Care Integrity vs. Despair Wisdom