Emotion Focused Therapy for Complex Trauma - EFTT

Maio, 22-23 -  Em Psicoterapia, pacientes com histórias de trauma relacional complexo e abuso na infância, e índices de drop-out notoriamente elevados, são omnipresentes. Estes pacientes não foram capazes de curar antigas feridas emocionais, e com frequência têm dificuldade em beneficiar de terapias baseadas na exposição, habitualmente não concebidas para problemas relacionados com vinculação. Psicoterapia bem sucedida requer ajudar os pacientes a aceder e explorar sentimentos dolorosos de forma a transformar emoções desadaptativas.

A TerapiaFocada nas Emoções para o Trauma (TFET/EFTT) é a única terapia para o trauma baseada num modelo empiricamente verificado que identifica os passos do processo de resolução de temas relacionais do passado. Este modelo tem mais de quinze anos de investigação envolvendo ensaios clínicos, observação e análise de sessões de terapia, bem como uma larga experiência clínica que demonstra a sua eficácia no tratamento do trauma complexo.

 
Sandra Paivio, PhD, é Professora no Departamento de Psicologia, Directora do Centro de Investigação em Psicoterapia na Universidade de Windsor, e tem mais de 20 anos de experiência clínica. É um dos autores que desenvolvem a terapia focada nas emoções, aplicada em particular ao trauma complexo (EFTT), e tem conduzido ensaios clínicos de avaliação da eficácia e dos processos de mudança em EFTT. É autora de numerosas publicações em trauma e psicoterapia, incluindo “Working with Emotions in Psychotherapy” (em co-autoria com Les Greenberg) ,  “Emotion-focused Therapy for Complex Trauma” (com Antonio Pascual-Leone), e “Narrative Processes in Emotion-focused Therapy for Trauma” (com Lynne Angus - no prelo). A Dra Paivio tem apresentado inúmeros workshop na América do Norte e Internacionalmente, e oferecido treino intensivo em EFT e especialmente EFT para trauma a estudantes graduados e pós-graduados. É também membro convidado no grupo de trabalho que desenvolve orientações para as melhores práticas no trauma complexo (Divisão 56) da American Psychological Association.

ENGLISH

Psychotherapy clients with histories of childhood abuse and complex relational trauma are ubiquitous, and have notoriously high drop-out rates. These clients have been unable to heal past emotional injuries and often have difficulty handling exposure-based therapies, which usually are not designed for attachment related problems. Successful therapy requires helping clients access and explore painful feelings in order to modify maladaptive emotions. Emotion-Focused Therapy for Trauma (EFTT) is the only trauma therapy that is based on an empirically-verified model that identifies steps in the process of resolving past relational issues. This model has more than fifteen years of research involving clinical trials, observation and analysis of therapy sessions, as well as extensive clinical experience which demonstrates its effectiveness for healing complex trauma.

Day one will begin with material on the nature of complex trauma and the central roles of attachment relationships and emotional processes in the development of disturbance. The workshop then will present the EFTT treatment model and how EFTT addresses central features of disturbance, as well as distinctive features and advantages of EFTT compared to other treatment approaches (including the general model of emotion-focused therapy).
 
This will be followed by intervention guidelines for the different phases and tasks of therapy. These include guidelines for cultivating and maintaining a safe and empathic therapeutic relationship, for assessing and responding to core emotional processes (including avoidance and emotion dysregulation), and for promoting exploration and construction of new meaning (experiencing). These are the foundations of all phases and for all interventions used in therapy.

Day two will focus on strategies (including alternatives to chair-work) and guidelines for helping clients confront trauma feelings and memories (exposure); for reducing fear, avoidance, and shame; and for resolving attachment injuries with specific perpetrators through expressions of anger and sadness. Numerous videotaped examples will illustrate key therapy processes, and discussion of treatment issues will be encouraged.

Sandra Paivio, PhD., C. Psych, is a Professor in the Psychology Department, Director of the Psychotherapy Research Centre at the University of Windsor, and has 20+ years of clinical experience. She is one of the developers of emotion-focused therapy, particularly applied to complex trauma (EFTT), and has conducted clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of and processes of change in EFTT. She is author of numerous publications on trauma and psychotherapy, including co-author (with Leslie Greenberg) of “Working with Emotions in Psychotherapy”, author (with Antonio Pascual-Leone) of “Emotion-focused Therapy for Complex Trauma”, and author (with Lynne Angus) of a forthcoming book on “Narrative Processes in Emotion-focused Therapy for Trauma”. Dr Paivio has presented numerous workshops nationally and internationally and provided intensive graduate student and professional training in EFT and EFT specifically for trauma. She also is an invited member of the American Psychological Association (Division 56) working group developing best practice guidelines for complex trauma.