2008

Trainings and consultation offered:

Workshops designed for therapists:

• Working with children and adolescents who have been abused (see The Internalization Model )
• Working with adults who have been abused
• Understanding the effects of abuse on the developing brain and developing ways of shifting these effects (see Therapy: the Brain's Second Chance .pdf file)
• Recognizing and treating dissociation (see Dissociation: Creative Coping)
• Assessment & Treatment of Complex Trauma/Dissociation in Children & Adolescents, (course offered and accredited by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation), (see www.isst-d.org)
• Working with families of children who dissociate (see Working with the child's external world )
• Using EMDR with children (see An Important Form of Therapy for Children - EMDR .pdf file)
• Treating children with sexually intrusive behaviours (see Stopping the Cycle Program)
• Using art as an assessment tool
• Addressing Attachment Problems

Training scheduled for 2008

Workshops for Therapists

Assessment and Treatment of Traumatized Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma/Dissociative Symptoms.

International Society for the Study of Dissociation & Trauma

location: Queen Alexandra Centre

Victoria, BC

March 8, April 12, May 24, June 28, 2008

What to do if the mother of a Dissociative Child has Disorganized Attachment.

European Society of  Trauma and Dissociation Conference

Amsterdam, Netherlands

April 17-19,  2008

A Second Chance / Een Tweede Kans

Working on prevention and/or change of lifelong consequences of abuse.

Amsterdam, Netherlands, EU

April 25, 2008

The Effects of Abuse and Neglect on Children and how to shift those Effects.

BC Foster Parent Association

location: Justice Institute

September,  2008

Working with Traumatized Children and Teens

Centre for Post-Trauma Therapy and Trauma education

Helsinki, Finland

November  6-8, 2008

Workshops for Teachers

How we can Support Vulnerable Children:

The effects of abuse and neglect on  a child's brain and how the school can help shift these effects.

location: Island Montessori School

Victoria, BC

April 3,2008