Program | Trauma Conference

International Conference

at Kilden Performing Arts Centre

Tuesday 11th of June – Preconference
Workshop in English. ONLY FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE.
10.00-17.00	Martin Dorahy Shame, Trauma and Dissociation This workshop will explore the treatment of shame in trauma and dissociative disorders. After providing an understanding of the psychology of shame and its association with psychological distress, including that associated with psychotic and dissociative disorders, focus will be given to the relationship between shame and dissociation in complex trauma presentations. Drawing on conceptual models like the window of tolerance to pace therapy an in-depth clinical example will be provided to demonstrate treatment considerations and pitfalls. Location: The teaching center, Sørlandet Sykehus

Tuesday 11th of June – Preconference

Workshop in English. ONLY FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE.

10.00-17.00

Martin Dorahy Shame, Trauma and Dissociation
This workshop will explore the treatment of shame in trauma and dissociative disorders. After providing an understanding of the psychology of shame and its association with psychological distress, including that associated with psychotic and dissociative disorders, focus will be given to the relationship between shame and dissociation in complex trauma presentations. Drawing on conceptual models like the window of tolerance to pace therapy an in-depth clinical example will be provided to demonstrate treatment considerations and pitfalls.
Location: The teaching center, Sørlandet Sykehus

Wednesday 12th of June – 09.20 - 17.20
Lectures in English \| Forelesninger på engelsk
08.30-09.20	Registration
09.20-09.45	Opening and welcome by Nina Mevold, Hospital director Moderator: Cecilie Brøvig
09.45-10.30	Introduction Schizophrenia, psychosis and dissociation: Historically shifting concepts obscure intriguing phenomenological differences Andrew Moskowitz
10.30-11.30	Schizophrenia as disembodied existence Giovanni Stanghellini
11.30-11.50	Break
11.50-12.50	Consciousness, self-disturbance and identity in dissociative identity disorder Martin Dorahy
12.50-13.20	Panel discussion with Stanghellini and Dorahy Debate Leader/Moderator Andrew Moskowitz
13.20-14.20	Lunch
14.20-15.20	Changing perspectives on voice hearing and the power of language: Pathology, recovery and discovery Andrew Moskowitz
15.20-15.40	Break
15.40-16.40	Voice hearing in dissociative identity disorder Martin Dorahy
16.40-17.10	Panel discussion with Moskowitz and Dorahy
17.10-17.20	Closing Day 1
19.00	Conference Dinner, Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel

Thursday 13th of June – 8.45 - 17.30
Lectures in English \| Forelesninger på engelsk
08.45-09.00	Opening day 2 Moderator: Birgit Lie
09.00-09.15	Some thoughts after day 1, introduction of day 2 Andrew Moskowitz
09.15-10.15	Enacting one’s self and world: The making of identity, meaning and reality Ellert Nijenhuis
10.15-10.35	Break
10.35-11.30	The psychiatrist as a ragpicker: The dialectics between the fragment and the whole in the treatment of mental conditions Giovanni Stanghellini
11.30-12.00	Panel discussion with Stanghellini and Nijenhuis: About the experience of the world and reality among people with psychotic and dissociative disorders Debate Leader/Moderator Andrew Moskowitz
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-14.00	Trauma therapy as participatory evolution of identity, meaning and reality Ellert Nijenhuis
14.00-14.20	Break
14.20-15.10	From theory to practice – thoughts on being a pragmatic clinician in the face of trauma and psychosis Akiah Ottesen
15.10-15.30	Break
15.30-16.30	Talking With Voices: A Novel Dialogical Therapy For Working With Distressing Voices Alison Branitsky
16.30-17.15	Panel discussion on clinical implications with Ottesen, Dorahy, Nijenhuis, Stanghellini Debate Leader/Moderator Andrew Moskowitz
17.15-17.30	Closing remarks after the international part of the conference

Fredag 14. juni – 8.40 - 16.00
Forelesninger på norsk \| Lectures in Norwegian
08.40-09.00	Åpning – Oppsummering av de to første dagene Cecilie Brøvig
09.00-09.40	Belastninger og traumer i psykoseforskning: Et behov for konseptuell og metodisk avklaring Sjur Sætren
09.40-10.20	Fra «Hva er galt med deg?» til «Hva skjedde med deg?». Betydning av barndomstraumer på tvers av vanlige og alvorlige psykiske helseplager Nina Mørkved
10.20-10.40	Pause
10.40-11.25	Når personer med dissosiative lidelser utvikler psykose, eller gjør de det? Arne Blindheim
11.25-12.30	Lunsj
12.30-13.20	Klinisk forståelse av fenomener på tvers av diagnoser – Felles refleksjon og behandlingsmessige alternativer. Video av samtale med bruker. Ingunn Holbæk, Arne Blindheim, Kjersti Karlsen og Elisabeth Haug. Cecilie Brøvig leder samtalen
13.20-13.35	Informasjon om digitale plattformer for temaområder fra konferansen 1. Innovasjonsprosjektet "Psykosekompetanse.no - en digital læringsplattform" Kristine Kling og Hilde Kristin Aam Szabo 2. European society for trauma and dissociation - https://estd.org Arne Blindheim
13.35-13.55	Pause
13.55-14.45	Fra et fragmentert til et mer sammenhengende selv. Hva beskriver mennesker med en dissosiativ lidelse som viktige elementer i endring?Ingunn Holbæk
14.45-15.00	Pause
15.00-15.45	Å gi form til røyk Akiah Ottesen
15.45-16.00	Oppsummering og avslutning