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Using EMDR in Complex Trauma and Dissociative Presentations Facilitated by  Dr Melanie Temple

Using EMDR in Complex Trauma and Dissociative Presentations

Facilitated by 

Dr Melanie Temple, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Complex Trauma & Dissociation Services, The Retreat, York


DR MELANIE (MEL) TEMPLE

Consultant Psychiatrist MBChB MRCPsych

Dr Temple is a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Europe Accredited consultant and supervisor, and UK Accredited Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) practitioner. She is Royal College of Psychiatrists and GMC specialist register accredited in psychiatry of working age adults, liaison psychiatry, addictions and eating disorders. She is a member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD) and the UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS).  

She has been clinical director and leading specialist of inpatient services for patients with complex attachment and interpersonal trauma related disorders including personality disorder, complex PTSD and DID at The Kemp Unit since 2015. Previously Dr Temple has worked across secondary and tertiary community and inpatient NHS settings in adult, liaison and eating disorder psychiatry, with time also spent as a commissioned officer and consultant psychiatrist in the British military mental health services. 

Working with The Kemp Unit specialist multi-disciplinary team and its psychological therapeutic programme, Dr Temple specialises in the stabilisation and treatment of these patients in a therapeutic residential setting.

Her specialist interest area is working with patients experiencing trauma related complex mental health needs in particular complex PTSD and dissociative disorders.


Venue:

Paradise Farmhouse, Presteigne, Powys, LD82NH, www.paradisefarmhouse.co.uk

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Programme

09.00 – 09.30 Registration

09.30 - 11.00 So what’s all this about dissociation & complex trauma?

11.00 - 11.30 Break incl 10-15 mins group work

11.30 - 13.00 What approaches might be helpful to integrate in your EMDR practice in these cases?

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch (please provide case information)

14.00 - 15.00 Ego-state specific approaches 

15.00 -15.30 Break 

15.30 - 16.30 Case based discussion from those provided


  • Entry Fee of £40 to cover the cost of the speaker

  • Please bring and share lunch

  • 30 Places available, first come basis

  • Please contact Annette Wyndham to book a place: annettew67@hotmail.co.uk; mobile 07703957160