Professor Gordon Emmerson - Resource Therapy as a Trauma Informed Crisis Intervention Therapy
This workshop will provide short overview of Resource Therapy (RT) with a focus on how to assist clients who are dealing with immediate crisis. Participants will be able to gain an understanding of both the theory behind the therapy and many of the techniques used within the therapy. RT is currently being taught in several locations in Australia, Indonesia, and in several European Countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg, Italy, UK and Romania.
Therapists are often presented with a client who has experienced trauma. This is especially true locally as many of us are now being called to help with the horrific bushfire tragedies occurring Australia wide. Other clients may have experienced traumatic events either at home, during an accident, an attack, or they may have come to Australia from an overseas crisis hotspot. Workshop participants will learn step by step techniques for empowering traumatised clients. Participants will become aware of the things that should be focused on and on what not to do. It is important that traumatised personality states are able to feel safe and supported and for our clients to have access to strong states that can be called on easily to help.
Resource Therapy (RT) is a new psychological therapy encompassing a complete array of interventions for a full range of categories, including Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour, Personality Disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Eating Disorders, and Addictions. It is based on its own unique theory of personality. The personality is viewed, not as a homogenous whole, but as a set of states (Resource States) that, when healthy, act as resources for the individual. One state may pathologically conduct Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour, while a non-pathological state may earnestly report this behaviour to the therapist. The power of RT is that its intervention protocols can facilitate working directly with the states that need change, rather than the therapist continuing to interact with normal non-problematic personality states. According to RT theory, there are eight distinct pathological conditions that result in client pathology. A detailed set of RT Actions (techniques) are prescribed according to each of the eight RT diagnostic conditions. (ResourceTherapyInternational.com)
Professor Gordon Emmerson is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Psychology at Victoria University, Melbourne. He is the author of the books 'Ego State Therapy' (2003, 2007, 2010), 'Advanced Techniques in Therapeutic Counseling (2006), Healthy Parts Happy Self (2012), Resource Therapy Primer (2014), Resource Therapy – The Complete Guide (2014), Resource Therapy Trainer’s Manual (2014), and Learn Resource Therapy (2015). As a registered psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society, he developed Resource Personality Theory and Therapy and has concepts of Vaded States and Sensory Experience Memory accurately define RT’s growing international influence as an advanced trauma informed therapy.
Participants wishing to learn more about Resource Therapy may do so by attending one of the following professional training programs:
Foundation Training Certificate – 2 Days
Clinical Qualification Training – 10 Days (includes Foundation Training)
Masterclasses – These are generally 1 – 2 Day workshops for advanced techniques and areas of specialisation. Masterclasses are generally open to Clinically Qualified Resource Therapists only.
Advanced Clinical RT and Resource Therapy Trainer Qualification – 5 Days (must hold Clinical RT Qualification)
RT Training is taught in the following formats by qualified RTI accredited Resource Therapy Trainers:
Online or Face2Face training – For Foundation Certificate Level only.
2, 3, 4 or 5 Day Face2Face classroom blocks – i.e., 2 day blocks may be taught over 5 weekends.
Intensive programs – i.e., 2 X 5-day blocks held over a period of 10 – 14 days.
Advanced Clinical & RT Trainer training is almost always held as a single 5-Day intensive program.
Resource Therapy International (RTI) is the official accreditation body for RT and acts as the worldwide database for all RT therapists. RTI is an umbrella association for Resource Therapists worldwide and synergistically supports certified RT registrants who belong to other associations such as the AHA, NGAT, AESTA and the APS (for example, within Australia).
Workshop attendees interested in learning more about RT are welcome to contact The Secretary and RTI co-founder, Anna Emmerson by emailing anna@ResourceTherapy.com for more information, or by visiting the official RT website for Australia and worldwide: www.resourcetherapyinternational.com