Working with Trauma, Working with Addictions: Strategies from Chairwork Psychotherapy

“Addiction is often, if not usually, a response to trauma." – Dr. Andrew Tatarsky

In this webinar we will introduce the practice of Chairwork and Parts Work with brief history and general clinical guidelines. We will then discuss the unique application of Chairwork when working with unresolved traumatic memories. Following that, we will show how Polarity Dialogues can be used to engage with ambivalence and increase the motivation to change. A live, unrehearsed clinical demonstration and a group discussion will be included.

Chairwork, with its roots in Psychodrama and Gestalt Therapy, is curr...Read moreently undergoing a world-wide renaissance. We believe Chairwork can be an important method of healing and change for those working in Behavioral Health. In this free, two-hour CE webinar, Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC, will introduce clinicians to the use of Repetitive, Third-Person Storytelling as a method for engaging with and integrating traumatic and disturbing memories that are still haunting the patient.

In turn, Scott Kellogg, PhD, will show how Polarity Dialogues can be used to engage with ambivalence and increase the motivation to change. The webinar will include brief didactic presentations and unrehearsed, live clinical demonstrations with volunteer participants.

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Learning Objectives

Setup a dialogue structure for working with an unintegrated difficult memory or positive memory.
Outline the advantages of using Third-Person voice when working with traumatic memories.
Demonstrate how to set up a polarity dialogue.
Compare the respective roles of Dr. Jacob Moreno and Dr. Friedrich "Fritz" Perls in the creation of Chairwork.

Target Audience

This event is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's. Grad students and interns are also welcome.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Live Interactive Webinar

12:00 PM EDT - 02:00 PM EDT

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EARN 2 CE Credit Hours

About the speakers

Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC

Co-Director, Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative

Amanda Garcia Torres is a certified Chairwork Psychotherapist and a Voice Dialogue Practitioner. She received her Master’s Degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University in 2014. Ms. Garcia Torres began her study of Chairwork in 2013 and completed her Chairwork Psychotherapy certification in 2019. In the same year, she also formally joined The Transformational Chairwork Psychotherapy Project as a Trainer. In 2020, Ms. Garcia Torres became Co-Director of Training at TCPP. She currently teaches and shares her Chairwork Psychotherapy expertise with clinicians in the United States and abroad. In 2023, she co-founded the Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative with Scott Kellogg, PhD. As Co-Director of CPI, she has recently co-launched the world’s first international Chairwork Psychotherapy Certification program. Her presentations and writings have addressed topics including Chairwork, trauma recovery, social justice, and identity issues. Ms. Garcia Torres is in private practice at Chairwork Therapy NYC.

Scott Kellogg, PhD

Director, Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative

Dr. Scott Kellogg is an ISST-certified Advanced Schema Therapist who has also received training in both Gestalt Therapy and Voice Dialogue. He created the Transformational Chairwork Psychotherapy Project in 2008 and he currently teaches this method of
psychotherapeutic dialogue to practitioners in both the United States and abroad. In 2023, he and Ms. Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC, launched the Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative – which is the first international Chairwork Psychotherapy Certification
Program.
Dr. Kellogg is in private practice in New York City.
Dr. Kellogg received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1994, and he has served on the faculties of New York University, the Rockefeller University, the Yale University School of Medicine, and Teachers College/Columbia University. He is also a Past and Current President of the Division on Addictions of the New York State Psychological Association. In his writings, he has focused on such topics as Gestalt Chairwork, Humanistic Addiction Psychotherapy, and Schema Therapy. Dr. Kellogg is the author of Transformational Chairwork: Using Psychotherapeutic Dialogues in Clinical Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).

Agenda

Please note: Due to the deeply personal nature of the material involved, webinar recordings will not be shared after the event.

12pm-2pm Presentation, Demonstration, and Q&A

CE Information - Earn 2 CE Credit Hours

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