Presentation Description:

Abby Derr-Moore will be providing an interactive educational experience regarding the identification and treatment of complex trauma, attachment, and dissociative disorders in the therapy process.

Objectives:

• How to identify and treat complex trauma and dissociation.
• Understanding how dissociation affects the process of healing trauma.
• Learning how to use a secure attachment system as a component to healing complex trauma.

About the Speaker:

Abby Derr-Moore is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado. Abby received her Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy from Colorado State University. With an enthusiasm for learning how nature heals itself that began in her youth, Abby has spent over a decade's worth of education and clinical experience learning how to tap into one's innate ability to heal.

After several years of working with at-risk individuals and families in community mental health, Abby started her own private practice specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and dissociative disorders. She uses EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness, and IFS throughout much of her work with complex trauma survivors to help them find balance within and to heal throughout. Passionate about being able to provide opportunities for all, Abby also provides supervision, consultation, and trainings in the areas she specializes with the hopes of destigmatizing complex mental health issues and advocating for those who have been in hard places.