GreenWood Mentors Presents

Working with Dissociative Disorders (7.5 hours CPD)

Part 3 of the BPS Approved Certificate in Working with Self-States (four modules) or a stand-alone module

Depersonalisation Disorder, Fugue, Somatoform Disorder and PNES

Did you know that dissociative disorders are far more common than we think? And most of us are stumped when it comes to dealing with them.

• medically unexplained symptoms (somatoform/conversion disorders)

• non-epileptic seizures

• depersonalisation disorder

• fugue states

Key Benefits

• Get a new framework for formulating these challenging presentations

• Working with self-states: deepens your connection with the whole client

• New, effective tools and resources to deal with dissociative presentations

• Integrate CBT and Third Wave seamlessly into your practice

• Click here for the full outline

What you will learn

• The CBT model of dissociation

• Assessing and formulating dissociative presentations

• Intervening with effective new approaches

Individual £100

Group of up to five 350

Your Trainer

Dr Fiona Kennedy is a respected and knowledgeable, fun trainer with a knack of making complex concepts accessible without losing their richness. She has many years’ experience in  managing and delivering services in the NHS, and is Director of GreenWood Mentors Ltd.

She has written books including the guided therapy book Get Your Life Back: The Most Effective Therapies for a Better You, for clients, shortlisted for the BMA Popular Medical Book Of The Year 2018. In 2020 a therapist’s companion to this appeared as part of the Routledge CBT Distinctive Features series: Integrating CBT and Third Wave Therapies. She co-edited Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Dissociation and developed the CBT theory of dissociation. Fiona and her husband have volunteered in India for the past 16 years, enabling volunteers and NGO staff to work with children and young people from severe disadvantage as well as with tribal groups from rural areas.

Dates and times

9.30-1.00 UK time

May 9th and 10th 2023 (NB changed from 8th to avoid King’s Coronation Day)

Venue: online only: live or watch later