Dawn Harris
Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist
Dr Dawn Harris is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She has worked in both the public and private sectors for over 29 years where she gained extensive experience of working with people who have experienced psychological trauma. She previously co-founded, co-owned and worked as a psychological lead in a private psychiatric hospital. Within the Criminal Justice field, she has significant experience of working within the prison setting and has designed trauma informed rehabilitative interventions for forensic settings. She has been a Parole Commissioner in Northern Ireland and has co-developed a trauma informed programme that is neurobiologically and physiologically based, for men who are involved in the Justice system.
Dawn developed and has delivered BPS (British Psychological Society) accredited training to thousands of staff within both private and public organisations with the aim of creating trauma informed and responsive cultures. She also used her expertise in trauma when working with senior leaders to create organisational cultural transformation using the principles of trauma informed practice. This includes changing policies, procedures, practice, relational interactions and communication.
Dawn currently provides a highly specialist clinical, forensic psychological service, and opened Kedras Clinics in Perth in 2022 which uses cutting-edge, evidence based neurotechnology and psychotherapy to address a variety of symptomatology in children, young people, and adults including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, PTSD/CPTSD, insomnia, concussion, TBI, peak performance in sports and business, anxiety, depression, concentration, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, brain fog and other forms of chronic pain amongst others.
Kedras Clinics is operating at the cutting edge of mental health and wellbeing treatments, centred around the latest neuroscience offering people the most effective, innovative interventions to achieve optimum brain functioning. As neurofeedback is about fine tuning the brain, it can help improve performance and concentration, sharpen daily functioning, increase clarity, and improve sleep: the bedrock of physical and mental wellbeing. Kedras Clinics bases all interactions on the relational aspect of healing, with a focus on working within a blended framework of neuroscience, somatic-cognitive connection, respect, trust, collaboration, and intuition.
Workshop Three - Dawn Harris Reorganising neurocircuitry within a relational context; a revolutionary and empirically based model for psychological and physical healing
This workshop will demonstrate how to use the increasing understanding of neuroplasticity to engage in an innovative and highly effective new way of healing from trauma. The therapeutic technique is known as neurofeedback, a neurotechnology which can regulate, change, and strengthen the brain at any developmental stage. Within this workshop, I will talk you through a way of working that is evidence based, highly effective, relational, mind-body focussed and aims to work with not just the presenting symptoms but also the root causes of trauma. We can’t heal unless we dig down to the root cause and find a way of gently releasing what it holds. Neurofeedback provides the foundation to get to this stage of healing quicker and can be used with all forms of presentation from someone experiencing a one-off traumatic event, to working with people with more complex presentations including cPTSD, addiction, rage/anger, dissociation/dissociative disorders, neurodivergence, grief, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, arthritis, anxiety, TBI, concentration, brain fog and so much more.
Neurofeedback helps guide the brain towards self-regulation with minimal effort, providing individuals with the ability and foundation to engage in therapy more easily, obstructions are reduced, dissociation decreased leading to increased embodiment, and the use of other trauma focussed therapies made easier. By using a neuro-technological approach interwoven within a trauma informed relational connection, people can experience healing that transforms their lives. I’ve personally used neurofeedback to successfully help people of all ages, problems, and concerns.
Attending this workshop will be illuminating, transformative, engaging, hope-inspiring and thought provoking. I will use case studies, videos, and other interactive means to help attendees leave the workshop inspired and hopeful for how they can help the people they work with. There will also be a chance to try out neurofeedback in a stand we have at the conference.
Learning Outcomes:
1.Understand what neurofeedback is, and what it is not.
2.Learn about the empirical basis for neurofeedback with a complex array of symptoms including cPTSD, anxiety, addictions, depression, pain, neurodivergence, concentration, TBI, brain fog and much more.
3.Understand that regulating a dysregulated brain can lead to a reduction in psychological and physical symptoms.
4.Learn how to use neurofeedback with other therapies you may use to treat a range of presenting symptomatology and complex difficulties.
5.Provide hope for change.
