HERE’S EVERYTHING THAT’S INCLUDED

1) Session 1 - Theoretical Background to Working with Dissociation in Children
Dissociation is always part of trauma and it is also part of disorganized attachment. But very little information about dissociation or treatment in children. This module will teach you what dissociation in children is, how it differs from adult dissociation, and how to adapt Janina Fisher’s TIST model into an effective treatment for children who dissociate.

2) Session 2 - Identifying the Parts
It is commonly believed that dissociation is a form of collapse, amnesia, or numbing or spacing out. But those are not the only ways dissociation manifests. Children dissociate in different ways from adults, and when children dissociate, it is often misconstrued as a behavior problem. In this module, you’ll learn to identify dissociation through background histories, case examples from the therapy room, and video clips.

3) Session 3 - Identifying and introducing the parts to a child client
This module shows you how to determine if a child is dissociating and which parts are being triggered. You’ll learn to look at changes in the child’s body and behaviors, as well as the underlying narrative. You’ll be shown how to introduce various parts to the child in a way that is fun, normalizing, and understandable to them. And you’ll learn techniques that focus on and strengthen the child’s core self so they can become allies in therapy sessions. You’ll walk away with the basic formula for talking to and working with parts and how to manage multiple parts that are triggered.

4) Session 4 - Strategies for Working with the Parts
In this module, you’ll learn different strategies for regulating each of the survival strategy parts: fight, flight, freeze, submit, attach, control, and shame. Each part needs different strategies and different strategies are needed depending on where the part is in the body.

5) Session 5 - Troubleshooting
Sometimes, things don’t go as planned when using TIST for children. In this session, you’ll learn what to do when difficult situations arise, when there are complications with parts, and how to support parents when their parts are triggered by their child’s parts.