Working with Depression
An Integrative and Creative Approach
NOW CLOSED
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Friday 4 March 2022
A Live Webinar with Barbara Dowds
CE Credits: 3 hours
- Includes a recording of the event with access for a year (14 days post the event)
- Bookings close at 4:00am EST Tuesday 1 March
What makes depression so complex, and how can therapists best meet its particular demands? Depression is a multifaceted and layered phenomenon – a set of conditions that vary widely in subjective experience and aetiology. It is difficult to work with because the very psychodynamic patterns that underpin it tend to block therapeutic change.
READ MORE...This workshop will attempt to grapple with these complexities, and ask why such a common and potentially devastating ‘disorder’ has not been eliminated by natural selection.
We will explore how primary origins in childhood adversity manifest in the threat (polyvagal) and stress (cortisol) responses that regulate our reaction to psychosocial and physical challenges. The resulting habitual defensive responses are associated with a wide range of rigid patterns that govern the sense of self-and-other, and the experience of relationships; that cement shame, guilt, grief or anxiety in place, while inhibiting/repressing other feelings such as anger, curiosity or aliveness.
What makes working with depressed clients particularly demanding is that trust, hope and flexibility are at a premium. In the next part of the workshop, we will explore some ways of intervening in these rigid patterns through creative approaches such as parts work, body work and art therapy. This can allay the deepening of the depression and assist in developing therapeutic cooperation, thus clearing the way to address some of the deeper childhood issues.
ONLINE BOOKING
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FEES (USD)
Bookings close at 4:00am EST Tuesday 1 March
Live Webinar:
$70 (Member $35)
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Includes a recording of the event
CE
This event is accredited by:
- NBCC
Certificates of attendance for 3 hours will be provided.
To receive the full CE credits, you are required to attend 100% of the live event. No partial credit will be given.
This event is NOT accredited by the following organisations:
- ASWB
- NYSED (Psychology)
Please note, that this event is not being recorded and no CE test post event will be available and so you will need to attend all of the live event to receive the CE certificate.
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VENUE
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SCHEDULE
Friday
09.00 EST Introductions
09.05 Causes of Depression
09.45 Q&A
10.00 Break
10.15 Consequences of Depression and Preliminary Challenges in Therapy
11.00 Q&A
11.15 Break
11.30 Working with the Fundamental Causes of Depression
12.15 Q&A
13.00 End