TRF Trauma Conference

For the 34th year, Bessel van der Kolk hosts some of the world’s most innovative leaders from the field of trauma, attachment, neuroscience, mindfulness, body oriented work and psychedelic studies. 

The study of trauma has probably been the single most fertile area in helping to develop a deeper understanding of the emotional, cognitive, social and biological forces that shape human development. Starting with PTSD in adults and expanding into early attachment and social experiences in childhood (“Developmental Trauma”), this endeavor has elucidated how certain experiences can “set” psychological expectations, bodily experiences and biological selectivity.