Course Description

This workshop will describe how teen’s protective parts appear hostile and aggressive and how they attempt to torpedo therapeutic treatment through violent or destructive actions to themselves, caregivers, school and to the therapist. Specialized interventions are required for successful treatment that addresses such disturbing and disruptive symptoms that are encapsulated in dissociation. Participants will learn how to utilize curiosity to engage protective parts and help the internal system collaborate as a team so that the client can desensitize early childhood traumatic memories.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to demonstrate identifying different types and roles of emotional parts, including angry and hostile self-states with creative arts methods and initiate internal communication and cooperation and work towards resolution of early childhood memories.
2. Participants will be able to apply the principles of curiosity and gradual exposure to allow dissociative parts of self to emerge during preparation for EMDR.
3. Participants will be able to describe 2 strategies to work effectively with angry and hostile self-states to resolve traumatic experiences and reduce violent behaviors.

Presenter(s)

Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT

Annie Monaco, LCSW-R, RPT-S, is co-founder of Playful EMDR, an online hub for training and consultation. Annie travels internationally/US providing specialty trainings on EMDR with children and teens and treating attachment wounds and children using dissociative strategies. Annie has extensive experience with foster care, out of country adoptions, and at-risk teenagers and family therapy. Annie is an EMDRIA approved trainer of EMDR and provides consultation to therapists and agencies. Annie is the co-editor and contributor of chapters for EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room, An Integrated Approach (2020) and contributing chapter for EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies (2022).