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Calming The Inner Critic:
Working with Punitive Introjects, Ego States, and Dissociative Parts
with Kathy Steele, MN, CS, APRN
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Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychotherapists, MFTs, LPCs, graduate-level Counselors, any other mental health professionals/providers.
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Original Air Date: April 29th, 2023
Program Description
Everyone experiences an inner critic, based on negative messages from authority figures and from ourselves in reaction to unrealistic expectations of perfection and emotions such as fear, shame, contempt, or envy. In this program we will explore an integrative approach to understanding and working with a wide range of inner criticism, punishment, and harshness in our clients, but also in ourselves as therapists. In complex trauma this natural phenomenon can become more intense, overwhelming, and sometimes more dissociated. We will explore how these inner aspects develop, and understand their several functions of protection, avoidance, and attempts to gain or maintain validation and care from others. We will discuss how to understand and manage several different types of aggression toward others that are evoked by inner criticism. Participants will have an opportunity to explore their own inner critic with compassion as a step toward helping clients learn to deal with their own. Our ability to reflect on our own tendencies toward self-criticism and perfectionism will support our capacity to work with these experiences in our clients.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Describe at least two (2) functions of inner critics.
2. Explain the developmental origins of inner critics.
3. Apply at least four (4) ways to reduce the intensity of inner criticism.
4. Describe at least one (1) strategy to increase reflective capacities.
5. Identify at least two (2) ways for therapists to calm their own self-criticism, particularly in their role as therapist
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1 YEAR access: Your registration comes with 1 year of access to the recorded program and to any materials the presenter has made available. Once you finish the program's requirements, you can receive a certificate with CEs for home study learning. *Exception applies, see CE section below
Program Schedule
60 minutes
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Functions of the inner critic
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Perfectionism, avoidance of emotion, regulation of self-esteem
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Mentalizing and reflecting and the inner critic
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Continuum of inner critics: From introjects to ego states to dissociative parts
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Aggression and the inner critic
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The inner critic that is active in relationships
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Internalizing and externalizing aggression
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Traumatic contributions to the inner critic and aggression
30 minutes
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The inner critic in transference and countertransference
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Therapeutic tasks in working with the inner critic
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The Drama triangle and the inner critic
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Limit setting
30 minutes
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Assessment of internal and external aggression
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Fight aggression and criticism
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Aggression in reaction to attachment wounding
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Competitive aggression
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Predatory aggression
30 minutes
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Therapeutic approaches to angry, critical parts
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Working with perpetrator imitating parts
30 minutes
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Working with shame to decrease activation of the inner critic
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Working with your own inner critic
30 minutes
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Working with the inner critic
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Therapeutic approaches
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Working with you own inner critic as a therapist
About Kathy Steele, MN, CS, APRN
Kathy Steele has been in private practice since 1985, and with Metropolitan Psychotherapy Associates in Atlanta, Georgia since 1988. She was Clinical Director of Metropolitan Counseling Services, a non- profit psychotherapy and training center until 2016. She is a Past President and Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), and has also served two terms on the Board of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Kathy served on the International Task Force that developed treatment guidelines for Dissociative Disorders, and on the Joint International Task Force that has developed treatment guidelines for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. She is now a part of the Editorial Board, Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from ISSTD, an Emory University Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Cornelia B. Wilbur Award for Outstanding Clinical Contributions from ISSTD. Kathy has (co)authored numerous book chapters, peer reviewed journal articles, and three books with her colleagues.
Continuing Education (CE) Credits :
3.5 CE credits/contact hours awarded
See our FAQ section below for more information
Association of Social Work Board (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.
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Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
CCPA has reviewed and approved the content of this program for 3.5 CEC.
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FAQ
What are the requirements for obtaining CEs?
Participants must have paid the tuition fee, watched the entire recorded program, and passsed a quiz with a score of 75% or higher before they will have access to Self-Study CE credits. *For ASWB CE Credits, a mandatory evaluation will need to be completed prior to a certificate being issued.
Do I have to pay extra for CE credits?
No. The cost of CE credits is included with your course registration fee.
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If I have a complaint or grievance, who do I contact?
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Is there commercial support or a conflict of interest for this program?
Kathy Steele receives a speaking honorarium from Envision. There are no known conflicts of interests for this program. Envision does not receive any financial support for this presentation. Literature may be referred to during the presentation. Envision will not receive any book royalties and was not offered any financial incentives for the mention of those books. Please note that authors of these books will get a royalty from any sale made of their books as per their agreement with the publishing company. For more information on any potential conflict of interest or financial support, attendees may email Envision at registration@envisionservices.ca.
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