Janina Fisher, licensed clinical psychologist and former instructor at Harvard Medical School, discusses trauma treatments, her webinar series for Turkish therapists, and the development of a test for trauma clients in this engaging podcast.
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TIST Development
Janina Fisher developed TIST, initially focusing on clients who couldn't tolerate EMDR or sensory motor psychotherapy.
These clients often had long histories of failed treatments and needed a gentler approach.
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Noticing Parts
TIST assumes noticing parts is less overwhelming than body sensations or memories.
It allows clients to relate to distress from a safer distance.
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Borderline Client Example
Fisher describes a borderline client with cycles of anger, self-harm, and drinking.
Using TIST, they identified different parts driving these behaviors (e.g., "cry for help" part, "fight" part).
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Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma, she is an Advisory Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation and the author of three books:
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation (2017),
Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists (2021), and
The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart (2022).
She is best known for her work on integrating mindfulness-based interventions into trauma treatment, and she is also the creator of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) therapy.
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