Attachment Wounding and Developmental Trauma

Still Face Experiment - Ed Tronick - Harvard University

After attending the 2012 USABP conference, one workshop was a standout for me: “Attachment and Somatic Development” taught by Anne Isaacs, LCSW. She took a couple of different theoretical ways of working with Attachment Issues and integrated the work together. I won’t be able to cover the entire lecture but…

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Anger and Trauma

Angry cat - by Guyon Morée from Beverwijk, Netherlands (WikiMedia - Creative Commons)

Recently I attended a workshop “Transforming Destructive Anger” taught by Chuck Lustfield, LPC and Rick Spletter, LCSW at the 2012 USABP Conference. Anger is a common emotion that is often misunderstood and many people struggle with expressing anger in healthy ways. Most people do not even know what healthy anger…

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Trauma and Binge Eating Disorder

At the 2012 USABP Conference in Boulder, CO, Tory Butterworth, PhD gave a presentation on Binge Eating Disorders (BED). She laid the groundwork for looking at the underpinnings of the disorder and how it can affect one in adulthood. She noted that it is important to understand that people can…

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The Body in Psychotherapy – 7th USABP National Conference

For therapists who want more training around body-centered therapy, a wonderful opportunity is being offered at the 7th USABP National Conference entitled “The Body in Psychotherapy.” There are unique topics being offered that may help deepen your education around the importance of the body in psychotherapy. It will be held…

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