This is a 5-day training in which the neurobiology, clinical conceptualization and practice of the foundational material of the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) is taught through didactic lecture, live demonstrations, Q&A and dyad practice by the participants.  A description of the model to be taught follows and clients are able to use the model with clients immediately after taking this Basic training.

The Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) is a system of healing which aims to clear clinically relevant residues of traumatic experiences by resolving the associated emotional responses that are consolidated in memory at the time of the trauma, thereby activating the defense responses of fight-flight-freeze, hide, avoid, submit or dissociation; all of which contribute to the creation of state-dependant trauma memory learning loops in the limbic system.  In CRM, we conceptualize and treat all presenting problems, symptoms and diagnoses as behavioral, cognitive and relational manifestations of these autonomic nervous system, neurobiological and neurochemical defense responses.  The primary mechanism of change is emotional memory reconsolidation framed within a neurobiological, affect-focused, mid-brain-based conceptualization and practice.  A sturdy scaffold of internally generated resources promotes thorough brain and body-based safety which catalyzes trauma healing and personal transformation. Examples of these resources include: attunement to self and other; secure attachment neurobiology; a positively valenced neurochemical state of seeking affiliation; a brain-based topographical neural network which promotes conscious awareness moment to moment; and breathwork skills.  The individual resources and the layered resource scaffolds are anchored in the brain with fixed eye positions. 

CRM juxtaposes these robustly layered, neurobiological resource states with traumatized states to avoid overwhelming emotional distress while the individual re-members the traumatic experiences.  These crucial mismatches happen at the level of the brainstem, rather than at the cortical level which is a conceptual evolution from the historical theoretical focus in post-traumatic stress disorder; the role of the amygdala and the hippocampus being seen as the initial target areas for the mechanism of change.  Resourcing in CRM is layered and specifically targeted to allow safe entry into the deepest pain residual from the traumatic event so that it is not overwhelming during processing of the memory, does not lead to further re-traumatization or dissociation, and allows the individual to remain fully present throughout the process.  CRM renders intolerable hurt tolerable, releasing the need for autonomic nervous system, limbic and cortical defense responses thereby dismantling the clinical symptoms and diagnoses that were the previous outcome of the original memory consolidation.  Brain neuroplasticity is accessed and utilized to maintain the gains in the learning systems of the limbic system thereby transforming brain connectivity and reactivity to trauma experiences and memory.

Presenter Bio:
Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed. is a licensed psychologist, consultant, and international educator working in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She is the developer of The Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM), a trauma therapy model that employs brain-based physiological safety as the foundation for healing and is the primary author of The Comprehensive Resource Model®: Effective therapeutic techniques for the healing of complex trauma.
Lisa has, for the past 28 years, been dedicated to creating innovative methods for working with severe dissociative disorders (Complex PTSD, DID, DDNOS), attachment disorders, and gestational trauma. She has also developed cutting edge conceptualizations for working with sports performance (The Sports Dissociation Model, 2008) and Military PTSD. Her work bridges  neuroscience and consciousness in trauma healing through a combination of traditional psychotherapy, somatic therapy, and indigenous healing methods. She is a certified practitioner of Colin Ross’s Trauma Model and Robert Schrei’s Source Point therapy. She is trained in Usui Reiki, transpersonal psychology and has studied the breathwork and somatic concepts of Richard Brown, MD, Jeremy Youst, and Barbara Barnett.

Timeline:

DAY ONE (11:00 am – 8:00 pm)
11:00 – 1:00  Lecture: Overview and development of CRM
1:00 – 1:15   Break
1:15 – 2:30  Lecture: Clinical conceptualization and phenomenology of CRM
2:30 – 3:00   Q and A
3:00 – 4:15   LUNCH
4:15 – 4:45   Lecture and group experiential: Breathwork skills
4:45 – 5:45   Lecture and Online White Board: Neurobiology of trauma and CRM
5:45 – 6:00   Q and A
6:00 – 6:15   Break
6:15 – 7:30   Demonstration: Resource scaffold and trauma processing
7:30 – 8:00   Debrief / Q and A
DAY TWO (11:00 am – 8:00 pm)
11:00 – 12:00  Lecture: Emotional Memory Reconsolidation
12:00 – 1:00  Group experiential of a 4-Resource Scaffold (Attunement, Breathwork, Affiliation, Attachment)
1:00 – 1:15  Break
1:15 – 1:45  Debrief and Q and A relevant to group experiential
1:45 – 2:15  Lecture: Fixed eye positions and how to find them
2:15 – 3:00  Lecture (part one): Internally generated secure attachment neurobiology
3:00 – 4:15  LUNCH
4:15 – 4:45  Q and A
4:45 – 5:00  Breathwork Group Experiential within the context of an activation target
5:00 – 5:45  Lecture: Brain topography / Fixed eye position for grounding and regulation
5:45 – 6:00  Break
6:00 – 7:30  Demonstration: Full CRM Resource Scaffold and trauma processing
7:30 – 8:00  Debrief / Q and A
DAY THREE (11:00 am – 8:00 pm)
11:00 – 12:30  Dyad Practice (part one)
12:30 – 12:45  Break
12:45 – 2:15  Dyad Practice (part two)
2:15 – 3:00  Debrief / Q and A
3:00 – 4:15  LUNCH
4:15 – 5:30  Lecture (part two): Developing internally generated secure attachment neurobiology and neurochemistry
5:30 – 5:45  Q and A
5:45 – 6:00  Break
6:00 – 7:15  Demonstration: Trauma Processing within CRM Resource Scaffold
7:15 – 7:45  Debrief / Q and A
7:45 – 8:00  Group experiential: Internal self-care through secure attachment neurobiology
DAY FOUR (11:00 am – 8:00 pm)
11:00 – 12:15  Dyad practice (part one)
12:15 – 12:30  Break
12:30 – 1:45  Dyad practice (part two)
1:45 – 2:15  Debrief / Q and A
2:15 – 3:00  Lecture: Brain neuroplasticity and home practice development
3:00 – 4:15  LUNCH
4:15 – 5:30  Lecture: Trouble-shooting ego state–based obstacles to resource development
5:30 – 5:45  Q and A
5:45 – 6:00  Break
6:00 – 7:15  Demonstration: Working with obstacles to resource development
7:15 – 7:40  Debrief / Q and A
7:40 – 8:00  Live demonstration: Resourcing for acute emotional dysregulation
DAY FIVE (11:00 am – 8:00 pm)
11:00 – 12:15  Dyad Practice (part one)
12:15 – 12:30  Break
12:30 – 1:45  Dyad Practice (part two)
1:45 – 2:15  Debrief / Q and A
2:15 – 3:00  Lecture: Using CRM with dissociative diagnoses
3:00 – 4:15  LUNCH
4:15 – 5:30  Demonstration: CRM resource set-up with dissociative clients
5:30 – 6:15  Debrief / Q and A
6:15 – 6:30  Break
6:30 – 7:30  Lecture: Post-traumatic growth using CRM resourcing
7:30 – 8:00  Q and A and Closing

Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:

1. Define the elements of the phenomenology of CRM
2. Describe the clinical case conceptualization and neurobiology of CRM
3. Summarize the CRM conceptualization and practice of phased-based treatment (i.e., stabilization, processing and integration)
4. Formulate comprehensive case conceptualization for various diagnostic categories
5. Identify and implement CRM treatment within the framework of the neurobiology of trauma
6. Differentiate between neurobiology and practice of Resourcing in CRM versus use of Resourcing in other psychotherapeutic treatment modalities
7. Describe the neurobiology and practice of emotional memory re-consolidation
8. Formulate the Neurobiology of the CRM Resource Scaffolds
9. Compare and Contrast the Neurobiology of Attachment disruption versus secure attachment and requirements for integrated attachment healing
10. Practice clinical applications of internally sourced neurobiological resourcing interventions
11. Differentiate cognitive internal conflicts from neurobiological attachment paradoxes
12. Distinguish the development of Adult Self from Co-consciousness work with Ego States
13. Discuss working with obstacles to treatment and thorough healing
14. Explain the psycho-education of trauma and CRM healing processes with clients
15. Formulate home-based work relevant to between session triggers
16. Explain importance of Therapist attunement to self and client
17. Practice specific breathing exercises that provide resourcing for various needs (ie., pain, panic attacks, flashbacks, nightmares and racing thoughts).
18. Utilize eye positions for the anchoring of resources, and how to direct another to find their own.
19. Utilize a variety of secondary resources for enhancing brain neuroplasticity and positive neurophysiological changes (including but not limited to bilateral music, imagery, cognitive intent, cognitive choice).
20. Practice neurobiological resourcing skills that promote trauma processing without re-traumatizing the client
21. Practice self-care for therapists who work with severe and complex trauma
22. Summarize mapping of dissociative systems to increase co-consciousness, internal cooperation and internal communication
23. Identify CRM skills in emotional memory reconsolidation of victimization, perpetration and failed rescuer experiences
24. Utilize Ego State interventions that facilitate internal communication, cooperation, and co-consciousness between dissociated parts of self
25. Identify the appropriate timing for facilitation of integration of dissociative states
26. Practice a full CRM resource scaffold for down-regulating emotional dysregulation
27. Practice a full CRM resource scaffold for processing traumatic memories or for emotional memory reconsolidation
28. Describe the closing of sessions with brain-based safety and activation of positive neuroplasticity
29. Utilize methods of catalyzing brain neuroplasticity to maintain the gains made in treatment session
30. Evaluate the explicit needs of the therapist relevant to doing their own trauma and attachment disruption work

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