Skip to main content
Not Found
Digital Seminar

Trauma-Based Nightmare Treatment: Rapidly Reduce Frequency and Intensity with Image Rehearsal Therapy


Speaker:
Lillian Gibson, PhD
Duration:
6 Hours 30 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Sep 29, 2023
Product Code:
POS059349
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Image rehearsal therapy (IRT) is the evidence-based approach you need to rapidly reduce the frequency and intensity of your clients’ trauma-based nightmares.

Practical and straightforward IRT has empowered thousands of therapists to help their clients confront and change their nightmares with tools and coping skills to rehearse new positive dream scenarios and replace their fear and anxiety with feelings of safety and security.

And it can all be done in just a few sessions.

Now in this online training, you’ll get a step-by-step guide to bring IRT into your practice.

Led by trauma treatment expert, Dr. Lillian Gibson, you’ll get session outlines, scripting and the detailed guidance you need to start using IRT right away and feel confident in knowing exactly what to do and what to say from the very first session.

When you register you’ll discover how you can:

  • Use imagery exercises to empower clients and disempower nightmares
  • Employ techniques to reinforce positive dream scenarios and outcomes
  • Tailor IRT to meet the specific needs of your clients
  • Enhance engagement and adherence to the therapy
  • Manage nightmare anxiety and hyperarousal
  • And much more!

And since IRT can be easily integrated with your current approaches, it’s a perfect complement to the trauma treatments you already use with clients.

Image Rehearsal Therapy is a must-have clinical tool if you work with trauma.

Don’t wait to help your clients stop the nightmares and get the restful night’s sleep they deserve.

Purchase now!

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your licensing board's rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before purchase.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

 


Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 6.25 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


Canada Credit - Canadian Counsellors and Psychotherapists

The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association approved this self-study activity for 6.0 credit hours. Event Code: .


Canada Credit - Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 6.25 Clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Advanced Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Canada Credit - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 6.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Canada Credit - Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.


US National Boards - Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists – ANCC

PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses completing these self-study materials will earn 6.25 contact hours. Expires: 06/15/2026.



Handouts

Speaker

Lillian Gibson, PhD's Profile

Lillian Gibson, PhD Related seminars and products


Lillian Gibson, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience working with clients facing trauma, insomnia, nightmares, race-based traumas, minority stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic medical conditions. In addition to her clinical duties, she serves as a consultant to other licensed clinicians, and supervises psychology and medical residents on “gold star” evidenced-based psychotherapy treatments. Dr. Gibson is a highly recommended speaker, consultant, and clinician who is frequently engaged by non-profit agencies, community-based programs, and mental health agencies to inform and train their staff. Experienced in a variety of settings including inpatient mental health centers, outpatient behavioral care services, and primary care settings. Dr. Gibson’s professional footprints include places such as Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Quality Education for Minorities Network. Dr. Gibson has also conducted international research in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lillian Gibson maintains a private practice and receives compensation as a consultant and virtual speaker. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Lillian Gibson has no relevant non-financial relationships.

 


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com.


Questions?

Visit our FAQ page at https://www.pesicanada.com/faq or contact us at https://www.pesicanada.com/contact-us


Objectives

  1. Establish the correlation between post traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, and nightmares.
  2. Utilize clinical interviews and self-report measures to assess for sleep quality and the frequency, intensity and triggers associated with trauma-related nightmares.
  3. Utilize CBT strategies, including using sleep restriction and sleep consolidation, to improve sleep quality in clients.
  4. Demonstrate how to use IRT techniques to guide clients in creating calming images and using imagery exercises to re-script nightmares.
  5. Illustrate how dream rehearsal techniques can be used to practice and instill positive dream scenarios and outcomes in clients.
  6. Reduce hyperarousal and anxiety in clients with trauma-based nightmares with mindfulness and relaxation practices.
  7. Implement solutions to help increase client compliance and manage co-occurring issues in clients to increase treatment efficacy.

Outline

Trauma, Nightmares, Insomnia, and Distressed Sleep

  • The relationship between trauma, sleep, and nightmares
  • Types of trauma-related nightmares
  • Common challenges associated with sleep disturbance
  • Harmful habits often seen among individuals desiring restful sleep

Assessment and Treatment Planning

  • DSM-5™ diagnoses associated with nightmares
  • Using clinical interviews and self-report measures
  • Skills for assessing trauma-related nightmares
  • Sleep diaries, trauma history, and PTSD checklist
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Pros and cons of medication management to treat nightmares

A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Image Rehearsal Therapy for Reduced Nightmare Frequency and Intensity

  • Session structure outlines and scripts
  • Step 1: CBT strategies for better sleep
    • Using sleep restriction to decrease clients time in bed laying awake
    • Sleep consolidation for less fragmented sleep
  • Step 2: IRT to rescript nightmares and reduce emotional intensity
    • How to guide clients in creating a calming image
    • Imagery exercises that empower clients to re-script nightmares
    • Dream rehearsal techniques to practice positive dream scenarios and outcomes
    • Guide clients in gradual exposure to traumatic memories during IRT
  • Step 3: Target hyperarousal and manage anxiety with mindfulness and relaxation practices
    • Adapting IRT for cultural and clinical diversity
    • Research, treatment limitations, and risks

Problem Solving Issues Related to Treatment Implementation

  • Practical steps to increase client compliance
  • When clients can’t create clear detailed imagery
  • Co-occurring issues
  • Best practices to increase treatment efficacy

Nightmare Treatment Case Studies

  • 27-year-old woman with childhood trauma
  • 45-year-old man who has been diagnosed with PTSD related to a workplace accident
  • 28-year-old woman who was involved in a mass shooting

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Therapists
  • Art Therapists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields

Reviews

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to info@pesicanada.com.

Please wait ...

Back to Top