The prerequisite for Advanced Training is the completion of Course 4 in the Institute’s Primary Training or the European equivalent.

Set up your schedule to ensure you have adequate time for all the course commitments. Be sure to incorporate time for rest, integration, and self-care practices between sessions. Set up your Zoom environment to ensure you can be completely private and uninterrupted during classes and iD workshops. Confidentiality is a key component when doing online personal work.

The number of iD sessions completed during the module may vary. Training days for Europe may be longer than North American training days, and will of course take place in more challenging time zones for those of us in North America.

The structure of personal iD sessions interspersed with discussion based on theory, remains the same.

• The Human Psyche
  1. Definition of the Psyche
  2. Function of the Psyche
  3. Psyche as an interwoven part of the psychosomatic network
  4. iD work as a method of highlighting survival structures, engaging in compassionate contact with trauma parts, and strengthening healthy parts of the I.
• Identity, Identification and Attributions, and the Trauma of Identity
  1. Development of identity
  2. Development of I, of the Self, and of the Will
• Love, Bonding, and the Trauma of Love
  1. What is love?
  2. How does one receive and give love without losing touch with the healthy self and will
  3. What is bonding? Explore different bonding patterns and how they inform identity development.
• Sexuality and the Trauma of Sexuality
  1. What is sexuality?
  2. Impact of sexual abuse of children,
  3. Consequences, prevention, and healing.
• Victims and Perpetrators and the Trauma of being Perpetrator
  1. Definitions of victim and perpetrator
  2. Exploration of victim attitudes and perpetrator attitudes
  3. Discussion of victim-perpetrator splits
  4. How do we end up as perpetrators of ourselves and others?
  5. Why lifelong “atonement” doesn’t help. The way out.

Yes, in some cases. Please email Marti Hughs at [email protected] for information on CEUs.