Credentials & Training
Nicole Ann Ditz, MA CMHC
Holistic Depth Psychotherapist
Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
1995- Lesley University in Cambridge, MA
- 60 credit extended three year graduate program with 1,300 hours of field experience and two years of clinical graduate internships (graduate practicum waived due to extensive undergraduate clinical experience working in the fields of domestic violence, child expressive arts therapy and residential case management with adolescents)
- One full year of a clinical graduate internship in adult psychotherapy at a private practice holistic counseling center in Massachusetts that included numerous integrative practitioners ranging from psychotherapists to various psychospiritual and body oriented practitioners
- A second full year of clinical graduate internship program working with outpatient traumatized and troubled adolescents in both the context of individual, group and family therapy modalities
- Ongoing postgraduate supervision with a senior therapist specializing in the treatment of complex trauma and body centered psychotherapy
- Working under supervision of LPC toward new state licensure in CT under CT General Statute Chapter 383c, Sec. 20-195bb/dd
1995-present: Private practice Holistic Depth Psychotherapist
- 1995-2004: offices in MA and RI
- 2004-2019: offices in CT and RI
- 2019-Present: office in CT
Adult Individual, Couple, and Group Holistic Psychotherapy
N Ditz
~ Ram Dass"The Quieter I become, the more I can Hear."
Recent Post Graduate Education and Trainings:
PESI:
- Janina Fisher, Ph.D-CCTP levels 1 and 2: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training Courses: Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Complex Trauma and Dissociation
- Janina Fisher, Ph.D- Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma
- Peter Levine, Ph.D- How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
- Bessel van der Kolk, MD; Ruth Lanius, MD Ph.D; Wendy D'Andrea Ph.D; Alexander McFarlane MD, Peter Bailey, Ph.D- Psychological Trauma, Neuroscience, Identity and the Transformation of Self
The Connecticut Center for Human Growth and Development:
- One year training program in Body Centered Psychotherapy, Bioenergetics, Object Relations Theory and Character Analysis
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
- Kathy Steele, MN, CS & Pat Ogden, PhD- From Mindflight to Mindsight: Overcoming the Phobia of Inner Experience in Chronically Traumatized Individuals
The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine:
- Continuing Education Certificate in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy
- Certificate in Advanced Topics in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy
- Clinical webinars in Trauma & Mindfulness Psychotherapy
- Tara Brach, Ph.D- Mindfulness and the gateways to Refuge: Finding the True Self
- Norman Doidge, MD- Unlocking the Enormous Potential of Neuroplasticity
- Joan Halifax, Ph.D- Deconstructing Death: Using Mindfulness to Manage Life's Ultimate Transition
- Steve Hayes, Ph.D- Process and Practice of Mindful Change
- Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D- How Attachment Affects Trauma
- Sue Johnson, Ed.D- How Trauma affects Intimate Relationships
- Jack Kornfield, PhD-
- Cultivating Awareness in Everyday Life
- Shifting Focus through Mindfulness: How to grow Love and Compassion out of the Seeds of Suffering
- Ruth Lanius, MD, Ph.D- The Neurobiology of Trauma: What is happening in the Brain of Someone with Unresolved Trauma
- Peter Levine, Ph.D-
- Creating Safety in Practice: How the Right Practice can Speed Healing and Reduce Symptoms for even the most Traumatized Clients
- Getting to the Root of Trauma: Why it is Critical to Understand the Role of Memory in Trauma
- Healing Trauma: Somatic Experiencing Therapy
- Bruce Lipton, Ph.D- Epigenetics: What Really Controls our Genes and Why we don't have to be Victims of our DNA
- Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D- Neurobiology of Willpower
- Bill O'Hanlon LMFT- Trauma as Bad Trance: How to use Erickonian Hypnosis in the Treatment of Trauma
- Pat Ogden, Ph.D-
- Advanced Applications of Relational Mindfulness
- Building the Body's Resources: Why Focusing on the Present Moment can Help Us Heal Trauma
- How Neurobiology Changed the Way We View Trauma Treatment
- Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to the Treatment of Trauma
- Why a Body Oriented Approach is Key for Treating Traumatized Patients
- Stephen Porges, Ph.D-
- Beyond the Brain: How the Vagal System Holds the Secret to Treating Trauma
- Beyond the Brain: Using Polyvagal Theory to Help Patients 'Reset' the Nervous System after Trauma
- Babette Rothchild, LCSW- The Body Remembers: Harnessing Somatic Memory in the Treatment of Trauma
- Zindel Segal, PhD- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression
- Francine Shapiro, Ph.D- The Power of EMDR to Treat Trauma
- Daniel Siegel, MD-
- The Brain in Two Places: Inside your Head, Embedded in the World
- The Neurobiology of Mindfulness: How Being Present can Change the Brain
- The Neurobiology of Trauma Treatment
- Why Brain Integration can Accelerate your Patients Healing
- Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D- Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: PTSD and Resistant Patients
- Alan Strachan, Ph.D- Heart of Psychotherapy: Integrating Spirituality and Clinical Practice
- Bessel van der Kolk, MD-
- Expanding Our Perspective on Trauma: Improving Diagnosis, Increasing Effectiveness and Creating New Treatment Strategies
- How to Help Patients Rewire a Traumatized Brain
- What Neuroscience Teaches us about the Treatment of Trauma
- When Mindfulness Will (and won't) Work for Treating Trauma, and One Technique that can be Effective
US Journal Training, Inc: The Institute For Integral Development (continuing education certificates):
- Addressing the Role of Attachment Disorders in Couples Therapy
- Advanced Trauma Treatment
- Affect Regulation & The Repair of Self
- Internal Family System Model: A New Way to Understand and Treat Trauma
- Intervening on the Trauma Survivor: Trauma, PTSD & Dissociative Disorders
- The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well Being
- Mindfulness & Intimacy: Advanced Training in Relationship Building
- Mindfulness: Healing from Psychological Trauma
- The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
- Trauma, The Freeze Response and Its Clinical Syndromes
- Treating "Borderline" Symptoms in Victimized Adults
- Treating Complex Post Traumatic Stress
- Treating Trauma Activations
- Treatment of Complex Psychological Trauma
Zur Institute (continuing education certificates):
- Attachment Theory and Therapeutic Alliance
- Contemporary Approaches to Gestalt Therapy
- Contemporary Theories and Creative Interventions for Male Depression, Aggression & Relationship Issues
- Existential Psychotherapy: Contemporary Trends
- Postmodernism and Psychotherapy: Understanding the Essentials
- Power in Psychotherapy and Counseling