1 - Practical information

For who? This 2-day training is designed for professionals; psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, (mental) health care workers, educators, ...

When? 16-17 September 2022

Location? Online

Price? 150€

Organised by: Traumacentrum België - Doris D'Hooghe.

Questions? Contact - Traumacentrum België or via email at info@traumacentrum.be

Doris is a member of:

ABP-BVP (Belgische vereniging voor Psychotherapie)

BIP (Belgisch instituut voor psychotraumatologie)

ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation)

ESTD (European Society for Trauma and Dissociation)

IAAN (International Association of Applied Neuroscience)

CTRN (Childhood Trauma Recovery Network)

C&A Committee of the ISSTD

ISSTD Child Dissociative Guidelines Taskforce

2 - Introduction

It is important to broaden our vision of attachment trauma, by pointing out the importance of the quality of parenting as an indicator to develop a safe attachment relationship. As the literature suggests, the quality of the attachment relationship affects the development of a secure attachment bond.

This quality mainly depends on the caregivers’ ability to mentalize, regulate, contain, respond sensitively, and play, …

The absence of these features causes traumatic stress in the child and impacts his neuropsychological development and the possibility to attach. This kind of attachment trauma is called “Invisible Attachment Trauma”.

“Invisible Attachment Trauma” is not about an obvious event but about the lack of necessary skills to build a secure attachment relationship between the child and his caregiver.

3 - Learning objectives

Participants will be able to ...

• Recognize, identify and categorize “Invisible attachment trauma”.
• Formulate and adapt attachment features in the therapeutic relationship
• Recognize the importance of the quality of parenting in the formation of a secure attachment relationship
• Design a case conceptualization and treatment plan based on the recognition, definition, and inventory of the features of “Invisible attachment trauma”.
• Describe factors that contribute to the treatment needs of traumatized children and adolescents and integrate the presented treatment possibilities into their daily practice

4 - Program

Day one: 16/09/22

Part 1: 9u-10.30u

• Attachment

          ◦ Attachment?

          ◦ Dynamic interaction

          ◦ Relational experiences

          ◦ Pre-natal

• Trauma?
• Trauma features
• The three E's of trauma
• Traumatic stressors

          ◦ Impersonal

          ◦ Personal

• Attachment trauma

PAUZE 10.30u - 11u

PART 2: 11u-12.30u

• "Invisible Attachment Trauma"

          ◦ Interruption

          ◦ Ghosts in the nursery

          ◦ Intergenerational

          ◦ Ineffective regulation

PAUZE 12.30u – 13.30u

Part 3: 13.30u-15u

• Trauma impact on the developmental trajectory of the child

          ◦ Relational development

          ◦ Development of the needs

          ◦ Neurobiological development

          ◦ Body development

PAUZE: 15u - 15.30u

Part 4: 15.30u - 17.00u

• Trauma impact on the developmental trajectory of the child

          ◦ Emotional development

          ◦ Cognitive development

          ◦ Development of the sense of self

          ◦ Transpersonal development

Day two: 17/09/22

Part 1: 9u - 10.30u

• Parental skills to build a secure attachment relationship

          ◦ Reflective functioning

          ◦ Mentalization

PAUZE 10.30u - 11.00u

Part 2: 11.00u - 12.30u

• Parental skills to build a secure attachment relationship

          ◦ Containment

          ◦ Play

PAUZE 12.30u - 13.30u

Part 3: 13.30u - 15.00u

• Parental skills to build a secure attachment relationship

          ◦ Sensitive responsiveness

PAUZE 15.00u - 15.30u

Part 4: 15.30u - 17.00u

• Describe a case in which "invisible" attachment trauma was present.
• Which consequences did you recognize?

5 - About - Traumacentrum Belgium

On a daily base, people of all ages are traumatized.

Trauma can be a single-time event or repeated, chronic.

Trauma can be caused by impersonal stressors such as a flood, a car accident....

Trauma can also be caused by people such as war, rape, bullying…

When trauma is caused between the parent and the child we speak of attachment trauma. Trauma is a unique experience and there is no hierarchy of pain

These experiences and events leave a deep impact on the person, to the extent that functioning on different levels becomes difficult if not impossible.

Trauma Center Belgium offers a team of specialists, equipped with their experience and knowledge, ready to provide a sound and well-founded treatment.

Doris D'Hooghe is a Psychotraumatologist, Integrative Child therapist, and EMDR Practitioner. She started her career as a psychiatric nurse and has over 35 years of experience as a psychotherapist and child therapist.

She is the founder of Trauma Center Belgium (www.traumacentrum.be) and has been working for 30 years in private practice where she offers therapy for complex trauma in children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Her special focus is on the complex consequences of early childhood trauma and the development of treatment models.

She took several courses such as Gestalt Therapy, Group Therapy, Transpersonal Psychology, Integrative Child Therapy, Psychotraumatology, and EMDR.

As a specialist in early childhood trauma in an attachment relationship, she developed the concept of "Invisible Attachment Trauma" (see the publication "Seeing the unseen: Early Attachment Trauma and The Impact on Child Development" in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior and "Invisible Attachment Trauma" by Doris D'Hooghe. A brief review. LinkedIn). She contributed to the book "The Neuroeducation Toolbox: Practical Translation of Neuroscience in Counseling and Psychotherapy". With author Frauke Heyde, she wrote a self-help book for children with PTSD, "Oscar en het avontuur in de speelgoedkist" published by Garant.

Her work is mainly inspired and based on the fusion of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Spirituality.

She works with an intense belief in the healing capacity of the client and the uniqueness of each individual.

For the last 10 years, she has been a much-approved teacher and speaker nationally and internationally. On LinkedIn and www.traumacentrum.be you can find an overview of the training, workshops, articles, etc.