Live Training (Online and in-person)

Consultation Group: Working with Dissociative Disorders

This ongoing consultation group is designed for clinicians seeking greater confidence, clarity, and competence in working with clients experiencing dissociative disorders, including DID, OSDD, and other complex dissociative presentations. 
  • Teacher
    Dr. Athena Phillips
  • Date
    May 26, 2026
  • Time
    1-2PM PT
  • Format
    Online / In-person
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Target Audience
Instructor

About This Consultation Group

Grounded in a phase-oriented, trauma-informed framework, the group offers a structured yet flexible space to deepen clinical understanding while staying anchored in best-practice standards of care.

Participants will have the opportunity to present cases, explore clinical challenges, and receive thoughtful feedback on assessment, pacing, safety, and intervention strategies. Special attention is given to navigating structural dissociation, building internal cooperation, working with amnesia and switching, and maintaining therapeutic attunement in complex systems.

The group emphasizes integration of approaches such as EMDR, parts-informed therapies (e.g., IFS), and somatic and stabilization-based interventions, with careful consideration of when and how to use each modality. In addition to case consultation, sessions may include brief teaching components, discussion of common pitfalls, and support for therapist capacity and sustainability when doing this demanding work.

This consultation group is also a space for community—reducing isolation, fostering reflective practice, and supporting clinicians in developing a steady, grounded presence when working with complex trauma and dissociation.

Target Audience

 Ideal for licensed therapists and advanced trainees with foundational trauma training.

Instructor

Athena Phillips
LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
I completed my master's in social work from Portland State University, where I was the recipient of the Laurels Scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Following graduation, I worked as a medical social worker in the emergency department, medical floors and on an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit. I started my private practice in 2007, which specialized in trauma and dissociative disorders. After five years of serving this population, the need for more holistic approaches to trauma that were safe and accessible to survivors became increasingly clear. In 2012 I started Integrative Trauma Treatment Center (ITTC), an outpatient mental health clinic housed in Portland, OR. ITTC offers continuing education which offers specialized trainings with a mission to include and elevate clinical voices from all over the world. My most recent endeavor was the launch of an online Trauma Coach Certification course that is designed to be globally accessible and culturally adaptable. This project was designed following trainings I facilitated in Rwanda that were an effort to provide a multicultural platform for clinicians to learn about other cultural lenses through which they could approach their work. My contribution in Rwanda extended to the development of mHub Rwanda, which is an outpatient mental health clinic that is run by Rwandans, for Rwandans. I continue to volunteer my services as a trauma consultant within the mHub community.