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Phone: 027 657 2106 

E-mail: jlightstone-at-gmail.com

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PSI Institute

254 Lincoln Road

Henderson

 Auckland

New Zealand 

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INTERNATIONAL TRAINING:

EMDR & PSYCHOSOMATIC DISSOCIATION    HEALING INTRACTABLE EATING PROBLEMS    WEEKEND INTENSIVES    Online Consultation/ supervision

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Distance Learning and Online Courses from the PSI Institute

 

                             EMDR & Psychosomatic Dissociation: Distance Learning               *8 EMDRIA Credit Hours

*Application for EMDRIA Credits is currently under review

Psycho-somatic dissociation (e.g. eating, sleeping, dissociative, and somatic presentations) requires extensive somatic and ego state interweaves to ensure EMDR effectiveness and safety. In this course, you will learn:

  • A repertoire of ego strengthening and somatic resources

  • How to discern targets by "entering the symptom trance”

  • How to work with ego states that hold the symptoms

  • A protocol for interweaving ego state and somatic techniques into the EMDR standard  protocol

  • An overview of Structural Dissociation theory and the Lightstone substrate model of trauma and dissociation

  • An overview of Sensorimotor and Ego State Theory State techniques

*Pending EMDRIA credit application approval, proof of full completion of an EMDRIA Approved Basic EMDR Training is required for attendees to register. Only participants with full EMDRIA Approved Basic Training will receive an EMDRIA Credits certificate of completion for the program.

To take the course, you will need a DVD player if you order the hard copy DVDs, or a computer to download and play the video files

 To purchase the EMDR and PsychoSomatic Dissociation online course for $125, please click the "Add to Cart" button below

 All materials are copyrighted and duplication is strictly prohibited.

 

Healing Intractable Eating Problems Online Course

Please note: Courses are no longer eligible for Continuing Education credits in the United States. After completing the course you will be able to:

•  Know how to intervene into psycho-somatic dissociation patterns when working with compulsive eaters and restrictors

•  Assess level of lethality and dissociation for patients with eating disturbances

•  Teach how to follow intuitive hunger-based eating guidelines

•  Identify triggers and interpret symbolic meanings of binge-eating, purging, starving, body image distortions, and shame

   At present there are no highly effective systematic approaches for assessing or intervening with the many patients with intractable compulsive eating, restricting, or purging symptoms. Instead we are told that eating disorders are hard to impossible to treat and we should lower our expectations for outcomes. This course covers the the feminist Object Relations approach to working with eating and body image disturbances. It includes training in offering psycho-education to your patients about the effect of low-calorie diets on metabolism and emotional states, identifying and intervening into the binge/diet or purge cycles, and following intuitive hunger-based eating guidelines.   The method taught is symptom-focused, yet psychodynamic in orientation, allowing the therapist to understand and use the symptoms as  metaphors for other psychological issues, while still respecting the deep pain of eating and body image obsessions.

   Eating problems usually involve varying degrees of dissociation - most especially psycho-somatic dissociation of sensations of hunger, fullness, and proprioceptive awareness of body size. The correlation between compulsive eating patterns and dissociation has been noted by many, yet as yet there are no explanations for the causes of this correlation, or structured interventions with patients who may initially present with no traumatic history.

     Through a synthesis of anecdotal data, experiential exercises participants can immediately apply to their practice, theoretical formulations, and a review of relevant research, this course will present one possible explanation for a causal relationship between dissociation and compulsive eating, and offer step-by-step guidelines for assessment and intervention with so-called "impossible to treat" patients..

To purchase the Healing Intractable Eating Problems Online Course for USD$79.00, click the "Add to Cart" link below:

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  Individual Consultation and Supervision

Individual telephone or online video consultation sessions for therapists can be arranged privately, as time permits, by contacting me via e-mail at jlightstone-at-gmail.com (substituting the "-at-"for an @ sign) or by leaving a message on my California phone number (510) 984-1243 or my New Zealand mobile +64(0)27 657 2106. Please let me know your local time zone, along with all the times you have available to receive a telephone or video-call over the internet, as well as your level of urgency. I will then let you know if I have any of those times available for me as well.

During our session, we'll work with the therapeutic relationship as it presents itself in the consultation relationship. Your health and well being as a therapist are paramount to your ability to help your patients/clients, and so part of the work will be to help you develop resilience in your work. Consultation will also help you to adapt your individual style and techniques to meet the needs of your specific patients/clients.

Please let me know whether you would like a response by e-mail or telephone. Be sure to include your e-mail address or telephone number.

The fee for this service is US$135 for a 50 minute session, or $202.50 for a 75 minute session.

You may reserve time for Individual Supervision/Consultation time in 50 and 75 minute increments below:

 

For a 50 Minute Consultation click here:

 

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About Judy    Testimonials     Past Presentations 

Telephone or in-person Supervision/Consultation

About Judy Lightstone, PhD, MA, MS, New Zealand Registered Psychologist (See Resumé here)

Judy has been offering psychotherapy, training, and supervision for the past 25 years. She has a Ph.D. with a specialism in Trauma Psychology and two Masters degrees, Counselling and Marriage and Family Therapy. In her Auckland New Zealand and online supervision and consulting practice, she specialises in training therapists to work with abuse survivors and with people with eating problems. She is a NZ Registered Psychologist #90-03237, a California Provider of Continuing Mandatory Education #PCE 3370, a Certified EMDR Provider of Continuing Education, and a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #MFC32570. Post graduate studies included EMDR from Francine Shapiro (founder of EMDR), Feminist Relational Therapy for Eating Problems with Susie Orbach (author of Fat is a Feminist Issue and Hunger Strike) and others at the Women's Therapy Centre Institute in New York City; and Somatic therapy from Pat Ogden (founder of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy). She has just published a chapter in the book EMDR Solutions II on integrating EMDR, Somatic and Ego State Therapy approaches in the healing eating problems, and has published an article on Compulsive Eating and Dissociation in the International Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. She developed and teaches an integration of the above approaches PsychoSomatic Integration (PSITM ).

Curriculum Vitae

About Judy    Testimonials     Past Presentations 

Telephone or in-person Supervision/Consultation

 Testimonials From Past Participants
“The presentation was exceptionally clear and knowledgeable about the complex and confusing issues of dissociation. Our staff found the information stimulating and useful. Everybody is eager for more!”

“Judy Lightstone is thorough, knowledgeable and compassionate- her resourcefulness and clarity helped me add to my own ability to question clients.”

“I liked observing the interaction between therapist and client in the role plays. Judy was excellent. She remained on focus each session, and this allowed her to cover an enormous amount of material..”

“A good combination of behavioral, family and Psychodynamic treatment… A very effective and well thought out approach.”

“Judy was able to go after and acknowledge the needs within the group, which modelled what she was teaching.”

"Judy's openness in working with the issues provided good role modelling for me. She was professional, on track and clear in terms of setting an agenda.”

"This perspective is refreshing- particularly emphasizing respect for the individual and the symptom and de-emphasizing pathology”

 Past International Conference Presentations

EMDR and Psycho-somatic Dissociation

for EMDRAA (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Association of Australia), Melbourne, Australia 2011

 

 Keynote Address: Women Food and Beauty

for Auckland Women's Centre Annual General Meeting, Auckland, NZ, 2007

 

Somatic and Lifespan Integration with Dissociative Eating Disturbances
for the 23rd International ISSD Conference in Los Angeles, CA 2006

Dissociative Processes in Eating Disturbances Presentation
for the 15th Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Conference in Philadelphia PA 2005
Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders: Enduring Wisdom, New Frontiers

EMDR and Dissociation Workshop
for the Northern California EMDRIA Conference 2005

Dissociative Aspects of Eating Disturbances

for International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD) Conference, New Orleans. 2004

Compulsive Eating and Dissociation for ISSD Conference, Chicago, 2003

More Past Presentations

2001 For the East Bay Chapter of CAMFT: The Dissociative Continuum: An introductory workshop

1998-2000 For the Collegial Learning Center: Women, Food and Beauty: A Feminist Object Relations Approach

1997 For The Psychotherapy Institute Case Conferences: Compulsive Eating and Dissociation: Working With a Couple System through in-depth Psychodynamic Work with one Partner.

1996 For Conference Presentation For East Bay CAMFT: Feeding the Feeders: Compulsive Eating in the Helping Professions

1995 for EBCAMFT "We & Me" Conference. Topic: Working with Dissociative
Disorders: A Team Approach

About Judy    Testimonials     Past Presentations 

Telephone or in-person Supervision/Consultation

 

 

254 Lincoln Road, Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand.       E-mail: jlightstone-at-gmail.com       Phone +64 (0)27 657 2106

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