Understanding and Treatment of Dissociative Disorders Through a Structured, Stage-Oriented Approach
Date and Times:
Friday, March 13th, 2026 at 10am-1pm CST
LOCATION:
Virtual workshop. Link will be emailed upon registration.
Workshop Description:
Deepening clinicians' conceptual, diagnostic, and clinical skills in working with dissociation across the spectrum—from transient dissociative responses to dissociative disorders. Participants will explore contemporary models of dissociation grounded in trauma theory, attachment theory, and neurobiological perspectives. The training emphasizes clinical recognition of dissociative processes, differential diagnosis, and the impact of dissociation on the therapeutic relationship.
Course Objectives:
Clinicians will be able to define dissociation and describe its function as an adaptive response to trauma, stress, and attachment disruptions.
Clinicians will be able to differentiate between types and levels of dissociation, including depersonalization, derealization, dissociative amnesia, parts-based experiences, and dissociative disorders.
Clinicians will increase their abilities to recognize clinical signs of dissociation in session, including subtle and overt presentations, and understand how dissociation may interfere with insight-oriented or exposure-based work.
Clinicians will gain an understanding of an overall stage-oriented approach to treatment to address clients’ presenting concerns that is both safe and effective, including a focus on therapeutic alliance, skills building, resolution of trauma symptoms, and working toward clients’ goals for healthy functioning.
Audience:
Professional Counselors
Social Workers
Substance Use Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Psychologists
Presenter Biographies:
Dr. Janna Henning J.D., PsyD (She/Her)
Dr. Henning is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with 20 years of clinical experience working with adults with trauma- and loss-related presenting problems or life-threatening/chronic illness, and 16 years of experience providing trauma- and death, dying, bereavement, and loss-focused graduate education and professional training. She is also the president-elect of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology, a professor in the Clinical Psychology Department of Adler University, as well as a past president of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
Continuing Education Hours:
This program is recognized as providing 3.0 CE* Hours for:
• LPC/LCPC (IDFPR license #197.000360)
• LSW/LCSW (IDFPR license #159.001584)
• LMFT (IDFPR license #168.000268)
• Licensed Psychologist (IDFPR license #268.000146)
Questions: Email Stephen at stephen@soleilpsychotherapy.com