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GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR TRAUMA/ABUSE  SURVIVORS

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PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION & TRAINING FOR CLINICIANS

PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR TRAUMA

Diane Adlestein, PH.d.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Persons who have histories of childhood trauma/abuse often struggle with mistrust, fear of vulnerability, and intense shame.  Experiences of social alienation are common including being misunderstood by others or feeling stigmatized by a culture that fails to comprehend the potentially profound, longterm impact of trauma.  Group psychotherapy can be highly beneficial in decreasing social isolation, providing support for processing and tolerating intense emotion, decreasing shame, and challenging trauma-based expectations about intimacy in order to allow for more positive experiences of interpersonal connection.

CONTACT DR. ADLESTEIN ABOUT CURRENT AVAILABILITY OF GROUP 

"Trauma isolates:  the group recreates...."                                                  J.Herman, 1992.

 CLINICIAN TESTIMONIALS 

"I am very pleased to recommend Diane Adlestein, Ph.D. as a consultant for treating clients with DID.  Consultation with her has enabled me to work with this very challenging and rewarding population.  I live in a small town with limited educational resources available.... Finding Diane has enabled me to feel supported and encouraged in treatment persons with DID...  She provides extremely practical guidance and education, suggests resources and techniques that are very helpful...  I highly recommend her to you as a positive resource in your work."
                                                                                                         Barbara Blevins, LCSW-C

"Diane has been tremendously helpful in my work with long term patients who suffer from complex trauma.  The depth of her understanding and knowledge combined with her empathic flexible style has been invaluable. Whether consulting on a one time basis or more regularly, Diane's skill and experience are sure to be of help.  I highly recommend her.  Diane, I want to thank you for all of the amazing help you've provided in my work with (client).  I so appreciate it!!!  Could never have gotten to this place without it."

                                                                                                                Michelle Stone, LCSW-C
                                                                                                   

Trauma treatment can be challenging for client and therapist alike.  Bearing witness to another's trauma, helping to contain clients' intense emotions, and managing concerns about clients' well-being and safety pose multiple demands for trauma therapists.  Reactions to doing trauma treatment can prove to be complicated and overwhelming and often raise questions about our efficacy as therapists.  If one works with dissociative disorder clients, such reactions in therapists can be even more pronounced.  Dealing with issues of traumatic transference and counter-transference and identifying projective identifications and re-enactments can be very helpful in negotiating trauma treatment and addressing difficulties encountered by therapists. 

Dr. Adlestein has extensive experience providing training, supervision, and consultation to clinicians within the field of trauma, including having served for 18 years as the Director of Postdoctoral Training of The Trauma Disorders Program at Sheppard Pratt Hospital. She is available to provide program trainings or consultations to individual clinicians.  Professional references are available upon request.  Appointments for individual consultation can take place in her Columbia, MD office or via telephone or Zoom.   

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