The evolution of caring and compassion and the healing of trauma
In Compassion Focused Therapy, compassion is regarded as rooted in a basic if A then do B stimulus response algorithm. This algorithm evolved in different ways…
Category: Keynote Presentation
The role of the body in forecasting the future
Implicit Predictions and expectations of ourselves, others and the world are reflected in the autonomic arousal, movement, and posture of the body. This keynote will examine how…
The Rhythm of Regulation – Building safety from a Polyvagal Perspective
The Polyvagal Theory offers a way to understand the human autonomic nervous system and directly engage with our habitual patterns of response. Through a polyvagal lens…
Trauma creates emotional learnings that are unlearned and depotentiated through memory reconsolidation
Traumatic experiences create memory of not only the raw sensory and emotional experience of the ordeal-event itself (episodic memory), but also memory of what was learned…
Living with meaning and making best use of our scarcest natural resource: Our attention
With presence or mindful awareness as the foundation, we can say goodbye to the elusive search for “life balance,” brimming inboxes, and the endless battle against…
Freedom in Forgiveness
A story that started as a tragedy and ended as a triumph of the human spirit in overcoming adversity. A unique perspective on trauma, resilience,…
Healing Transgenerational Trauma brings peace and harmony to the present moment
We all carry memories of trauma in our nervous system and in our DNA which seduce us into repeating unconsciously the Traumas that our ancestors went…
Oxytocin and Trauma | The Healing Power of Love
Behavioural Endocrinology is a branch of endocrinology that studies the neuroendocrine system and its effects on behaviour. Behavioural endocrinology studies the biological mechanisms that produce…
Introduction to Breath-Body-Mind
Designed to activate communication pathways between the mind and the body, raise energy levels, regulate mood, relieve stress and anxiety, enhance performance, reduce inflammation, and…
Critical Incident Stress Management – A Comprehensive Staff Support Program
Dr Mitchell, a former firefighter/paramedic, developed a comprehensive, integrated, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention program for staff support. CISM has many crisis procedures that address…
