Traumatic Incident Reduction Workshop

Visit www.tir.org and www.lifefacilitationservices.com for more information and email us for the workshop schedule. 

            This workshop covers the nature of trauma, the consequences of traumatic incidents, and the Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) technique which is a one-on-one, highly structured, yet person-centered approach to resolving the emotional charge and pain contained in traumas and permanently eliminating their negative aftereffects in a brief amount of time.  It also contains data on how past traumas may be triggered and how unwanted feelings, emotions, sensations, attitudes, and pains arising from past trauma may be traced back to their origins and eliminated.  The workshop also teaches Unblocking, a technique that is highly useful in preparing a client for TIR and for handling issues that are not directly trauma-related.  

            The TIR Workshop presents a new paradigm for helping another person and valuable data on how to create a safe space in which healing can occur.

            The TIR Workshop qualifies for continuing education credits for psychologists and social workers.

Prerequisites:  A compelling desire to help

Time:  4 days

Objectives:

Ø  Comprehend the nature of re-stimulation and de-stimulation

Ø  Comprehend the mechanics of a conditioned response chain

Ø  Define the Traumatic Incident Network

Ø  Distinguish between primary and secondary traumatic incidents

Ø  Identify cases that are appropriate for resolution with TIR

Ø  Describe the procedural logic of Basic and Thematic TIR

Ø  State the session prerequisites for TIR

Ø  Assess client readiness for TIR

Ø  Define the roles of viewer and facilitator in TIR

Ø  Create a “safe space” for the client in which traumatic incidents can be reviewed to resolution

Ø  Be comfortably and unwaveringly “present” with the client, regardless of the content of the traumatic material

Ø  Correctly identify the proper end point of any TIR technique

Ø  Employ TIR successfully in the rapid resolution of trauma-related conditions in both formal and informal settings.

Ø  Deliver TIR and Unblocking instructions smoothly and clearly

Ø  Manage the communication process smoothly and use acknowledgments to encourage or complete communication

Ø  Address a variety of client concerns that may arise within a session so that TIR can be successfully completed

Workshop Outline:

I.       Conditioned Response Phenomena

A. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with obvious flashbacks

1.      The nature of trauma

2.      Pavlovian theory of conditioning and its application to TIR.

B.     Related conditioned response disorders with absent flashback

1.      Conditioned response chains

2.   Early Freudian theory of trauma

3.      Primary and secondary trauma

4.      The Traumatic Incident Network

5.      The mechanics of re-stimulation

II.    Theory of Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)

A.    How TIR works

B.     Basic TIR

C.     Thematic TIR

D.    Facilitation and Viewing

III. Establishing a Safe Environment

A.    Rules of Facilitation

B.     Communication Exercises (CE’s)

C.     Facilitator exercises 

IV. Unblocking – an adaptable TIR-related technique

V.    TIR Procedure

A.    Steps of the procedure

B.     TIR exercises

VI. Experiential – supervised facilitation

A.    Giving one or more TIR sessions

B.     Receiving one or more TIR sessions

Please Note:

1.      This program is co-sponsored by Applied Metapsychology International (AMI) and Life Facilitation Services (LFS).  AMI is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education (CECs) for psychologists.  AMI maintains responsibility for the program and its contents.

This program is also approved by the National Association of Social Workers (provider # 886415259) for 28 continuing education contact hours.

2.      Once you have attended this workshop, if you are not satisfied in any way, please bring it to the attention of LFS and we will do our utmost to address your concerns.  If you are still unsatisfied we will refund you the cost of the workshop minus a $75 administration fee.

Friday, December 04, 2009 at 9:00 AM (PT)

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Traumatic Incident Reduction Workshops

Life Stress Reduction Facilitation

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