Bessel Van der Kolk – Trauma, Attachment & Neuroscience

The world’s leading expert in the field of traumatic stress, Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D. She is a clinical psychiatrist who studies the trauma effects on people for the past 30+ years.

Bessel Van der Kolk – Trauma, Attachment & Neuroscience

Neuroscience & Brain Development

• Neuroscience Research and the development of the brain
• How children learn how to regulate their arousal levels
• Basic ability of the brain to be self-sufficient-Control
• Trauma, abuse and neglect: The derailment of developmental processes & brain development

Traumatic Imprints

• Storing of traumatic imprints within the sub-Cortical brain regions
• Rehabilitating the somatic body-Feeling traumatized-Similar sensations and effects
• Understanding trauma symptoms (adaptations, memory alternatives, etc.) is key.
• Understanding why and how trauma imprints perpetuate maladaptivecoping behaviors

The Most Recent Clinical Research on Trauma-There are specific treatment interventions

• Neurologically-Based, body-The use of oriented therapies to treat trauma material
• EMDR
• Movement Therapies
• Neurofeedback
• Different treatment stages can be combined
• The DSM-5® diagnoses and need to incorporate data from DESNOS/Complex PTSD and Developmental Trauma Disorder field trials
  • Developmental trauma (child abuse/neglect), behavioral and neurobiological implications
  • Complex trauma has neurobiological and behavioral implications
  • Recognize and address the multitude of co-Traumatized clients are more likely to have morbidities

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Description:

This special seminar represents current research findings about how people’s brains, minds and bodies are affected by traumatic experiences and illustrate the principles of post-Traumatic therapy. Join Dr. van der Kolk, the world’s leading expert in the field of traumatic stress, to explore specific techniques that address:

• Regulations affected
• Integration of dissociated experiences
• Becoming helpless
• The re-Integration of human connections
• Memory processing
• Sensorimotor integration disturbances
• Complex trauma
• Developmental Trauma Disorder

The world’s leading expert in the field of traumatic stress, Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D. Dr. Judith A. Sullivan, M.D. is a psychiatrist who has been studying the effects and resolution of trauma on humans for over 30 years. His research covers neuroimaging, trauma development, memory processing, EMDR and theatre groups for PTSD. He is a professor of psychiatry in Boston University School of Medicine. He also serves the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Complex Trauma Network director. He is the former president of International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dr. van der Kolk He has taught at hospitals and universities around the globe. He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles, coauthor of Psychological Trauma, and many other publications.-Traumatic Stress Editor
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PSD) can be effectively treated-Traumatic problems must be addressed by addressing the effects of trauma on the body’s perception of being helpless and in danger. You must address defensive responses that ensured survival as well as physical sensations that counter feelings of helplessness and disconnection.