Australia CPD courses on dissociation: explore self-states, trauma, and attachment theory for improved client work.
This advanced course gives Australian psychologists and counsellors a depth psychological view of dissociation and multiple self-states. Building on Bion's alpha function and attacks on linking, attachment theory, affect regulation and archetypal psychology, it explains how early relational trauma shapes dissociative self-states. Practitioners learn to identify subtle dissociation in clinical presentations, respond with informed, ethically grounded interventions and work within the intersubjective space with traumatised or fragmented clients. The course is approved by the Australian Counselling Association for CPD hours.
This professional development course provides a comprehensive exploration of dissociation and the multiplicity of self-states from a depth psychological perspective. Drawing on the work of key theorists including Bion, Bowlby, Fonagy, Bromberg, Kalsched, Jung, and van der Kolk, this presentation offers a nuanced understanding of dissociation as a defence mechanism rooted in early relational trauma.
This advanced training is ideal for psychologists and therapists seeking to deepen their clinical insight into dissociative processes, improve attunement to subtle presentations of dissociation in therapy, and develop effective techniques for working within the intersubjective space with traumatised or fragmented clients.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:
Differentiate between normal multiplicity of self and pathological dissociation.
Understand dissociation as a defensive process through the lens of Bion’s alpha function and attacks on linking.
Recognise how early relational trauma informs the development of dissociative self-states.
Explore the contributions of attachment theory, affect regulation, and archetypal psychology in shaping dissociative phenomena.
Identify subtle signs of dissociation in clinical presentations and respond with informed, ethically grounded interventions.
Develop clinical skill in working with projective identification, countertransference, and intersubjective therapeutic space.
Apply theoretical concepts to case material to enhance therapeutic confidence and insight.
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