Demystifying Dissociation

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Course Description

Have you ever day-dreamed? Experienced road hypnosis? Lost track of time? Then you have joined the rest of humanity by dissociating ever so slightly! This workshop explores the spectrum of dissociation from the common experience of day-dreaming, to flashbacks or lapses of memory to the fragmentation of the personality. Sharing from her own healing journey and experience as a therapist, Pam demystifies the mysterious, with the hopes that you will recognize and respond to dissociative states in your clients in an informed, trauma focused manner. Exploration of the DSM 5 diagnosis of dissociative disorders is included.

2 hours - Meets CE Requirement for Diagnosis Training

Pam Hamilton

Pam Hamilton, LCSW LSCSW

Engaging, informative and applicable describe Pam’s trainings and approach as a therapist, She has invested her life in people, assisting them in overcoming life challenges. Her work as a pastor, and later as an executive coach led her to pursue graduate school to further her understanding of healing, trauma and wholeness. Her work in the DBT department with court ordered clients and people with severe mental illness was followed by working with adolescents and their families. Pam’s recovery from complex PTSD and her professional experience informs her presentations and therapy sessions, creating a rich learning experience for her audiences and healing opportunity for her clients.

Pam’s expertise in trauma and resiliency inform her practice and presentations. She is the lead consultant throughout Missouri to Children’s Division staff experiencing burnout and secondary stress and has written curricula on resiliency, secondary stress, and human trafficking. Pam served on the Missouri Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Task Force through 2020 and is on the Training and Education Committee for HEAL Trafficking, an international organization addressing trafficking in the healthcare profession.

Pam is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional. She has been certified by Columbia University’s Complicated Grief Program, International Association of Trauma Professionals, is immersed in Polyvagal Theory, She studies frequently through NICABM, The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine. In 2019, Pam founded Hamilton Counseling & Consulting, specializing in trauma, grief and loss and resiliency. She loves the outdoors, prefers water over land, is an avid pickle ball player and most importantly hopes she will make a difference in someone’s life through her work.

https://www.hamiltoncandc.com
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