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Welcome to: Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma

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Strategies to Treat Patients Trapped in the Freeze Response

Bessel van der Kolk, MD   Stephen Porges, PhD   Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD   Pat Ogden, PhD   Thema Bryant, PhD   Bethany Brand, PhD   Deb Dana, LCSW   Janina Fisher, PhD   Kathy Steele, MN, CS

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Infographic: How the Nervous System Responds to Trauma
Infographic: How to Differentiate Freeze from Shutdown

How to Identify and Treat Dissociation (Even When It’s Subtle)

Peter Levine, PhD   Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD   Stephen Porges, PhD   Bessel van der Kolk, MD   Thema Bryant, PhD   Kathy Steele, MN, CS   Janina Fisher, PhD   Bethany Brand, PhD   Pat Ogden, PhD

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Infographic: Three Warning Signs of Structural Dissociation
Infographic: Working with Structural Dissociation

How to Work with Emerging Defense Responses to Trauma (Beyond the Fight/Flight/Freeze Model)

Pat Ogden, PhD   Stephen Porges, PhD   Bessel van der Kolk, MD   Janina Fisher, PhD   Kathy Steele, MN, CS   Deb Dana, LCSW   Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD   Thema Bryant, PhD

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Infographic: 4 Signs of the Attach/Cry-for-Help Response
Infographic: 4 Key Ways Collapse/Submit Can Present in a Client

How to Ease the Pain of Trauma-Induced Shame

Bessel van der Kolk, MD   Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD   Peter Levine, PhD   Thema Bryant, PhD   Richard Schwartz, PhD   Pat Ogden, PhD   Janina Fisher, PhD   Kathy Steele, MN, CS   Stephen Porges, PhD   Martha Sweezy, PhD, LICSW   Deb Dana, LCSW   William Nash, MD

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Infographic: Shame vs. Guilt

How to Work with Patients Whose Trauma Triggers Problems in Their Current Relationships

Stephen Porges, PhD   Terry Real, MSW, LICSW   Janina Fisher, PhD   Richard Schwartz, PhD   Pat Ogden, PhD   Martha Sweezy, PhD, LICSW   Bessel van der Kolk, MD   Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD   Deb Dana, LCSW   Thema Bryant, PhD

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Infographic: Mapping Your Nervous System’s Response to Trauma
Infographic: How Trauma Can Affect Adult Relationships

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Course Director

Ruth Buczynski, PhD

Dr. Ruth Buczynski is a licensed psychologist and founder and president of The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM). NICABM helps physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors – practitioners who have some of the most significant and life-changing missions on the planet – provide cutting-edge, research-based treatment strategies to their patients. For more than 35 years, NICABM has offered accredited training and professional development programs to thousands of practitioners worldwide.




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