🧠 Course Overview

Course Title: Acute Stress Disorder and Dream Psychotherapy©
Instructor: Marilyn Dyan Manzi, LMFT
License #: CA107464 / OR T1463
Duration: 1 Hour | Continuing Education Credit: 1 hour

📝 Course Description:

This course introduces licensed mental health professionals to an integrative approach for assessing and treating Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) through the clinical use of Dream Psychotherapy©. The course emphasizes tools for identifying trauma responses, working with dream content in early-stage therapy, and measuring client/patient progress based on physiological and sleep-related indicators.

Clinicians will gain practical frameworks for addressing maladaptive symptoms, rescripting traumatic dreams, and guiding clients/patients through the recovery process using dream-centered psychotherapy techniques. Case study strategies and clinical tools will be introduced to support long-term treatment outcomes.

The instructor, Marilyn Dyan Manzi, LMFT, shares outcomes from her private practice using Dream Psychotherapy© with favorable results. This CE training offers both clinical insight and practical application.

🎯 Educational Goals:

  • Differentiate when to implement Dream Psychotherapy© for ASD

  • Utilize clinical tools to assess trauma symptoms and treatment progress

  • Apply weekly therapeutic strategies using dream content in the early weeks of therapy

📚 Course Structure & Learning Objectives

1. Introduction to Acute Stress Disorder and Dream Psychotherapy© (10 minutes)

  • Define Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)

  • Differentiate ASD, Brief Psychotic Disorder, and PTSD in clinical contexts (80% accuracy)

  • Describe the mission and purpose of Dream Psychotherapy© in trauma recovery

2. Session One: Working with the Traumatic Event & Dream/Nightmare (15 minutes)

  • Explain the role of the psychosomatic witness in Dream Psychotherapy©

  • Describe psychoeducational aftercare for long-term trauma recovery

  • Complete the Dream Psychotherapy© assessment questionnaire accurately

3. Sessions in Weeks 2–4: Rescripting Dreams and Reducing Symptoms (15 minutes)

  • Explain the clinical importance of addressing nightmares early in treatment

  • Demonstrate how to guide patients in nightmare rescripting to reduce fear and regain sleep control

4. Social Impacts of Trauma (10 minutes)

  • Define and apply the four trauma responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn)

  • Identify strategies for structure, routine, and safety in recovery

  • Guide clients/patients in developing healthy assertion and consensual boundaries

5. Measuring Client/Patient Progress (10 minutes)

  • Complete and interpret a weekly progress report tracking sleep and trauma indicators

  • Assess client/patient-reported sleep quality using standardized tools

  • Accurately document nightmare details and physiological symptoms

📥 Final Exam & Certificate

To earn CE credit, participants must complete the evaluation form + quiz with a passing score of 80% or higher. Upon successful completion, a CE certificate will be provided.

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