Constructed Awareness Level Two

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Define the three building blocks of the client’s conscious experience—thought, sensation, and external senses

  • Differentiate the six orientation styles of the CA typology

  • Present a thought as a word, as a sound, and as a picture

  • Distinguish two styles of memories—explicit and implicit

  • Identify two styles of explicit memories—declarative and episodic

  • Distinguish two styles of implicit memories—emotional and procedural

  • Use a scripted process called “Memory Reconstructing” to process traumatic memories

  • Apply seven elements of memory reconsolidation research that enhance the processing of traumatic memories

  • Practice seven sensation-oriented awareness techniques

  • Practice 10 mentally-oriented awareness techniques

  • Utilize seven externally-oriented awareness techniques

  • Utilize three attachment-oriented awareness techniques

  • Demonstrate two ways to use objects in the external environment to assist in regulating the client during processing

  • Identify four attachment longings that may be fueling present symptoms

  • Use a scripted process called the “Attachment Bridge” to discover memories that may be fueling traumatic symptoms

  • Deduce two ways mentally-oriented clients may respond during processing

  • Predict two ways sensation-oriented clients may respond during processing

  • Predict two ways externally-oriented clients may respond during processing

  • Explain the "Self-Processing Journal" to clients