EMPOWERING THERAPISTS, SUPPORTING SURVIVORS

TRANSFORMING COMPLEX TRAUMA TREATMENT

TRAUMA & DISSOCIATION INFORMED INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS

How to Successfully Treat C-PTSD and Dissociative Disorders

Learn to use Internal Family Systems to support and provide healing to people with complex trauma and dissociative disorders. By integrating IFS with established research and evidence-based treatment from the trauma field, this book will give you strategies, coping skills, and more to treat these clients effectively and ethically.

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HI, I'M JOANNE.

MSW • LICSW • AUTHOR • SPEAKER

(she/her/hers)

Joanne H. Twombly, MSW, LICSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in Arlington, MA. She has over thirty years of experience working with C-PTSD and dissociative disorders, provides trainings and consultation.

She has written on various topics, including EMDR and Dissociative Disorders, EMDR and Internal Family Systems, IFS and Dissociative Disorders, and on working with perpetrator introjects.

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WHAT I OFFER

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

My services are designed to support psychotherapists and clinicians who want to deepen their skills, strengthen their confidence, and deliver care that truly meets the needs of their clients. Whether through personalized consultation, in-depth training, or thought-provoking speaking engagements, my goal is to equip professionals with practical tools and trauma-informed strategies that make a lasting difference.

CONSULTATION

Guidance to help therapists navigate challenges and apply IFS effectively when working with clients who have complex trauma and dissociation.

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TRAINING

Workshops and talks that teach trauma-informed IFS & EMDR techniques and hypnotic language to strengthen therapeutic interventions.

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PODCASTS

Engaging conversations that offer fresh perspectives on trauma, dissociation, and healing—accessible for anyone interested in learning.

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HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY TREAT
C-PTSD & DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

The information in this book can help by integrating knowledge from the trauma and dissociation field into the already excellent framework of standard IFS. This book will help you increase your ability to treat these clients safely, respectfully, ethically, and successfully.

Inside, you'll discover:

Strategies to strengthen and support managers’ ability to manage

Coping skills and affect management for all parts that will help clients get through the healing process more efficiently and protect their daily functioning

The ability to use basic hypnotic language to enhance the use and impact of the basic IFS process through simple hypnotic wording.

Helpful ways of conceptualizing this therapy

And more!

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REVIEWS & TESTIMONIALS

“Despite my many years using the IFS model and my numerous trainings, I remained stuck with several of my clients with complex trauma. Joanne Twombly’s five day retreat training helped me to be able to make IFS safe enough so that these clients could finally really use the model. With many stories from her practice and a great sense of humor, Joanne makes her ideas very accessible and easy to learn. She teaches concrete steps to increase safety for people who had too little of that growing up. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the training transformed my practice with these clients.”

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