CHARLES P. SEGER SEMINAR: Recovering from Suicide and Depression

9th Annual Charles P. Seger Seminar
April 23 - 24, 2009

The Charles P. Seger Seminar was established in 2001 and is traditionally held in May as a part of May is Mental Health Month. The purpose of the seminar is to bring people living with mental illness, family members and professionals together to encourage dialogue about depression, suicide prevention, intervention, healing and surviving the loss of a loved one to mental illness.

This year the Association has teamed up with OU-Tulsa, our host for this year's event, which will be an early kick-off to Mental Health Month.

For more information contact Karen LaPlante at (918)585-1213, or email klaplante@mhat.org.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009

6:00 - 7:30 PM
Tapping the Wisdom of the Body: Healing Trauma and Creating Resiliency

Featuring
Pat Ogden, Ph.D.
Founder/Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Boulder, CO

This presentation will focus on how the body can be a vehicle for healing from trauma and depression. Dr. Ogden will use excerpts of psychotherapy sessions to illustrate principles of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Free and open to the public. No registration required.
Reception Following


Special thanks to OU-Tulsa for hosting this special presentation. Thanks also to Kay Butchko, Connie Conrad, Penny and Paul Loyd, Jr., Liberty Press, and Susan Rainey, and Wild Fork for their contributions.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009

8:30 AM- 4:30 PM
(On-site registration and check-in begins at 7:45 AM)
A Psychology of Action: The Role of the Body in the Treatment of Trauma and Attachment

Featuring
Pat Ogden, Ph.D.
Founder/Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Boulder, CO

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Traumatic experiences can permanently alter psychological, biological and social realities. In the wake of the emerging understanding about the neurobiology of trauma and the appreciation that physical action is necessary to initiate new ways of perceiving reality and promote new behavior patterns, this workshop presents approaches that work with physical action to process traumatic experience, create new competencies and address attachment disturbances. Simple actions, such as pushing away, reaching out, grounding, containment, and orienting, correspond to psychological functions. When clients experience and practice actions specifically related to a psychological symptom or issue, psychological functioning can be positively affected. For example, experiencing the physical capacity to define one's personal space or push away can strengthen the ability to secure boundaries and lessen helplessness; practicing reaching out can fortify confidence in the possibility of asking for help and increasing social contact. In this workshop, somatic interventions that mitigate dissociation and shame, address maladaptive attachment patterns, and foster a somatic sense of self will be illustrated through excerpts of individual therapy sessions. How people's minds and bodies process and interpret traumatic experiences will be addressed, with a focus on how controlled action might help overcome traumatic repetitions and continued fight /flight/freeze/submit responses and promote healthy attachments.

Objectives

• Describe procedural learning and its relevance to the treatment of trauma and attachment disturbances.
• Discuss the role of the body in trauma treatment.
• Explain how physical action can be used to help patients feel empowered and decrease PTSD symptoms.
• Describe how physical action can be used to promote healthy attachment.
  

Seminar Fees

Cost to attend the Friday continuing education workshop is $85 for registrations received on or before 4/10/2009. After 4/10 a fee of $105 applies. Payment may be made by check, money order, purchase order (copy required), Visa or MasterCard only; cash cannot be accepted. No refunds.

Program Schedule

Continuing Education Credits

The Institute for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Education and Training has approved 6.0 hours of Continuing Education credit for social workers, case managers, alcohol and drug counselors, certified prevention specialists, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marital and family therapists attending the Seger Seminar. Hours have also been approved for licensed behavioral practicioners by the Northamerican Association of Masters in Psychology.

How to Receive Your Certificate of Attendance

Certificates of attendance will be distributed at the end of the seminar to those who attend the Friday continuing education workshop only. Participant evaluation forms must be submitted in order to receive continuing education credit and a certificate of attendance.

PAT OGDEN, Ph.D.
Pat Ogden, Ph.D. is the founder and director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, an internationally recognized school that specializes in training psychotherapists in somatic/cognitive approaches for the treatment of trauma, developmental and attachment issues. She is a co-founder of the Hakomi Institute, has served on the faculty of The Naropa University in the Somatic Psychology and Contemplative Psychology departments since 1985, and lectures internationally. Dr. Ogden is trained in a wide variety of somatic and psychotherapeutic approaches and has worked with a diversity of populations, including prison inmates, psychiatric inpatients and survivors of trauma. As a pioneer in somatic psychotherapy and the treatment of trauma and attachment, she has 35 years experience working with individuals and groups. She is the first author of the groundbreaking book, Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy, which was released in the fall of 2006 as a part of the interpersonal neurobiology series published by W.W. Norton.

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