What Parents can do for their child who are using dissociation strategies
Annie J. Monaco LCSW, RPT-S and Christine Choucair, MS, LPC
Three Options to Join! | Also for Parents, Caregivers, Therapists, School, Mentors, Agency workers
This live and virtual workshop on zoom, is for parents and caregivers who have a child with early attachment wounds that are using dissociative strategies to cope. What does that look like? The child is struggling with intense emotions and exhibiting serious problematic behaviors at home, school and in the community. This could include spacing out, lying, stealing, aggression, sexual acting out and explosive emotions. Caregivers often feel like they have a child who acts like different kids at times!
During the workshop, parents will understand that trauma and attachment wounds are the foundation of dissociative symptoms and behaviors. The parent will gain understanding that the child has parts of self and is willing to learn how to work closely with the therapist on managing the needs of these parts at home, in school and community.
- This will not be recorded due to confidentiality of caregivers.
- Parents have to attend Part 1 in order to attend Part 2
- Participants will receive handouts on the material being presented
Annie Monaco, LCSW, 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.
Christine Choucair, MS, LPC