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In this webinar, Enhancing Trauma Treatment (ETT) welcomes two renowned experts in the field - Rafaele Huntjens PhD and Agnes van Minnen PhD - to share their expertise on dissociative symptoms and dissociative identity disorder (DID). They will present together with Suzy Matthijssen PhD. and Ad de Jongh PhD.

What exactly are dissociative symptoms, and what is DID - and perhaps just as important, what is it not? The speakers will address common misunderstandings about the mechanisms of the human mind, including memory, and clarify misconceptions surrounding the treatment of patients with dissociative symptoms and/or DID.

Special attention will be given to clinical decision-making in cases of complex PTSD (CPTSD) with comorbid dissociative symptoms or DID. The webinar will highlight the latest scientific research, while also introducing two promising treatment models for DID: schema-focused therapy and a CBT-based approach known as the Maxima technique. Although no fully evidence-based treatment for DID exists at present, these models show encouraging preliminary results.

The session will be enriched with video material, and ample time will be provided for questions and discussion.

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Presenters:
Agnes van Minnen, PhD, is a former professor in the field of the treatment of anxiety disorders and fear regulation. She is one of the founders of PSYTREC, is a licensed clinical psychologist, and supervisor in the field of behavioral and cognitive therapies. She conducted research on intensive treatment, and on treatment processes that influence treatment outcome in PTSD. Besides PTSD, she is interested in the treatment of dissociative disorders.  

Rafaele Huntjens, PhD, is professor in the field of trauma-related disorders and dissociative disorders at the University of Groningen. She is also editor-in-chief for the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. The main focus of her research is on cognitive-behavioral processes in trauma-related disorders and the treatment of dissociative identity disorder.

Ad de Jongh, Ph.D., is a mental health psychologist and emeritus professor of Anxiety and Behaviour Disorders at the University of Amsterdam. He is also visiting professor of Northumbria University, honorary professor in psychology at the School of Health Sciences of Salford University in Manchester, at the Institute of Health and Society of the University of Worcester, and at the School of Psychology of Queen’s University in Belfast. He was involved in establishing the Psychotrauma Expertise Center (PSYTREC), where he is working at the research department. He is an expert in the treatment of anxiety disorders and involved in research on the efficacy of evidence-based trauma-focused treatments for a wide variety of patient groups, including children and adolescents, people with intellectual disabilities and other complex psychiatric conditions such as personality disorders and psychosis. He published more than 500 scientific articles, book chapters and books on his areas of expertise, is an approved trainer for the EMDR Europe association and former board member of the Dutch EMDR association and the EMDR Europe association.

Suzy Matthijssen PhD. is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. She is Director of the PSYTREC Academy (Research and Training) and Director of the Enhancing Trauma Treatment Institute. She is a CBT Supervisor & Trainer as well as an EMDR Europe Supervisor & EMDR Europe Trainer. Suzy obtained her PhD on innovations in trauma treatment and has extensive experience providing training in EMDR 2.0, (intensive) PTSD treatments, and anxiety disorders. She conducts research and publishes on advances in the treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders. Suzy is the vice president of the Dutch EMDR association, is on the scientific committee of EMDR Europe, and is the former co-chair of the Council of Scholars; the Future of EMDR project.