Source For Help: Ego state interventions workshop

Join Robin Shapiro in an engaging and practical workshop on ego state therapy, designed to empower therapists to address a wide range of client issues. Through her accessible teaching style, Robin will guide participants in understanding and applying ego state therapy techniques effectively.

What You’ll Learn

• Foundations of Ego State Therapy: Differentiate between healthy, flexible states and dissociative states.
• Trauma-Informed Approach: Utilize vagal states, body types, and trauma/attachment histories to make accurate diagnoses and create effective treatment plans.
• Advanced Techniques: Apply Polyvagal Theory principles, the Theory of Structural Dissociation, and ego state interventions to clear trauma, heal attachment issues, and improve relationships.

Key Workshop Topics

• Identifying and working with functional and dysfunctional states.
• Addressing attachment to abusers and supporting survivors of sexual abuse in creating healthy sexual relationships.
• Using April Steele’s Imaginal Nurturing protocol and healing interventions for phobias of younger parts.
• Supporting clients in resolving relationship issues and using adult states to choose healthier partners.
• Managing overactive immune systems and chronic pain with EMDR and ego state work.
• Addressing personality disorders, including Borderline and Narcissistic traits (Exhibitionist and Codependent).

Special Focus on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

• Diagnostic approaches and applying the Theory of Structural Dissociation.
• Tools such as the Dissociative Table and Healing Places.
• Techniques for “Switching” Places and fostering collaboration among alters.
• Therapist self-care strategies for working with DID clients.

Learning Methods

Participants will engage in lectures, guided experiences, case studies, demonstrations, role-plays, and hands-on practice. This dynamic format ensures a comprehensive understanding of the material and practical skills for implementation.

Whether you’re new to ego state therapy or looking to deepen your expertise, this workshop offers valuable insights and tools to enhance your clinical practice.