23rd Annual International Psychological Trauma Conference
June 6 - 9, 2012
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Conference Director: Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
A detailed brochure will be posted here soon. Registration is handled by The Meadows at 800-240-5522 or email events@themeadows.com.
June 6 & 7 -- Preconference Institutes:
- Fostering Resilience in Trauma-Impacted Youth and Families: The Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Treatment Framework
- Sensorimotor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) for Traumatized Children
- The Nature of the Therapeutic Relationship
- Mindfulness, Trauma and the Brain
- Beyond Stabilization: The Role of the Body in Processing Deep Emotion
- Neurofeedback in Clinical Practice
June 8 & 9 -- Preliminary Keynote Speakers
- Britta Holzel, PhD: Neural Correlates of Mindfulness Practice
- Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD: The Terrorized Self: Clinical and Neurobiological Perspectives
- Steven Porges, PhD: Faulty Neuroception: How Trauma Distorts Perception and Displaces Spontaneous Social Behaviors with Defensive Reations
- Vincent Felitti, MD: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Relationship to Adult Wellbeing and Disease
- James W. Pennebaker, PhD: How Our Words Guide and Reflect Our Lives
- Peter Levine, PhD: Somatic Experiencing: A Guide to Healing the Traumatized Organism
- Bessel van der Kolk, MD: Clinical Implications of Neuroscience Research for the Treatment of Traumatic Stress
- Jessica Stern: Terror and Denial
June 8 & 9 -- Preliminary Afternoon Workshops
- The van der Kolk Center: Transforming Residential Care of Complexly Traumatized Youth
- Mindfulness and Auricular Acupuncture in Trauma Treatment
- Psychopharmacology
- Mindfulness and the Brain
- Consultation Time: The Implications of Child Maltreatment for the Transformation of Medicine
- IMPACT Model Mugging
- Relational Parts Work
