Psychologist
Alternatives in Psychological Consultation (Clinical Director and Supervisor)
Oconomowoc, WI, United States
Dr. Hohfeler received his PsyD degree in clinical psychology in 1987 from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. He has worked in private practice both in hospital and outpatient settings since 1986 in the Milwaukee, WI area, including treating children, adolescents and adults with issues of trauma and dissociation, as well as eating disorders. An inpatient program for female abuse survivors was co-constructed and managed by Dr. Hohfeler and colleagues from 1988-95 which has informed his specialization in trauma and dissociation. He has worked part-time in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections within a medium security prison setting as a clinical psychologist from 2008-2020.It was there that he worked with highly traumatized and underprivileged populations exhibiting a wide variety of symptomatic presentations housed and treated in a compressed and controlled environment. His current work includes outpatient psychotherapy, mostly with dissociative disorders, and provides supervision of a large outpatient clinic as well as clinical consultation with therapists internationally. Treatment modalities include psychodynamic therapy with adjuncts of EMDR and hypnosis. He has published papers pertinent to treatment and theory of dissociation in offender populations, as well as the specialized considerations of psychodynamic treatment of offenders within incarcerated settings, presenting numerous times on this subject. Exploring the role of dissociation in violent behaviors within offender populations has been of paramount interest in his writing. His current interest in presenting and writing focuses on the confluence of shame and dissociation as a self regulating mechanism in Dissociative Identity Disorder, providing alternative perspectives on affect tolerance and regulation.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM US Eastern Time