Self-rejection is a survival strategy that maintains children’s attachment to abusive attachment figures by disowning themselves as “bad” or “unlovable.” This deeply painful failure of self-acceptance is adaptive in an unsafe world but results in lifelong shame and self-loathing, difficulty self-soothing, identity confusion, and complications in relationships with others. To overcome this alienation from self, …

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: A Trauma-Informed Treatment Approach Read More »

Spend two hours every month with a small community of 18 clinicians led by international author and lead trainer, Dr. Frank Anderson. Each month the group will examine four case studies in depth and will discuss clinical challenges and interventions as they relate to the treatment of trauma and dissociation. Each clinician will have the …

IFS Group Consultation Read More »

This workshop explores ways of representing and befriending our inner experience. Therapies that work all start from a basic sense of calm and safety. The calmer we are, the more we can allow ourselves to know what we know, and to feel what we feel. Trauma changes the way the brain processes information and the …

Trauma, Memory, and the Restoration of One’s Self Read More »