Sessions
Day 1 - Foundations
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
9:00 am (GMT) on Monday, 28th October.
Attachment & Trauma
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk has spent his professional life studying how children and adults adapt to traumatic experiences. He translates emerging findings from neuroscience and attachment research to develop and study a range of effective treatments for traumatic stress and developmental trauma in children and adults. You can learn more about his work by going to www.besselvanderkolk.com.
Prof. Jeremy Holmes
10:30 am (GMT) on Monday, 28th October.
Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy
Professor Jeremy Holmes is a clinician, author, leading Attachment expert, and three-time speaker at The Weekend University. For 35 years, he was Consultant Psychiatrist/Medical Psychotherapist at University College London (UCL) and then in North Devon, UK, and Chair of the Psychotherapy Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998-2002. He is visiting Professor at the University of Exeter, and lectures nationally and internationally. In addition to 200+ peer-reviewed papers and chapters in the field of psychoanalysis and attachment theory, his books include John Bowlby and Attachment Theory, Exploring In Security, Attachment in Therapeutic Practice, and most recently: “The Brain has a Mind of Its Own”. He was the recipient of the Bowlby-Ainsworth Founders Award 2009.
Linda Thai
12:00 pm (GMT) on Monday, 28th October.
A New Vision of Attachment
Linda Thai, LMSW ERYT-200 is a trauma therapist and educator who specializes in brain and body-based modalities for addressing complex developmental trauma. Linda has worked with thousands of people from all over the world to promote mindfulness, recover from trauma, and tend to grief as a means of self care. Linda’s work centers on healing with a special focus on the experiences of adult children of refugees and immigrants. Her teaching is infused with empathy, storytelling, humor, research, practical tools, applied knowledge, and experiential wisdom. To learn more about Linda, you can go to www.linda-thai.com.
Thomas Hübl
1:30 pm (GMT) on Monday, 28th October.
The Art & Science of Attunement
Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has been facilitating large-scale events and courses that focus on the healing and integration of trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans. Over the last decade, he has facilitated dialogue with thousands of people around healing the collective traumas of racism, oppression, colonialism, genocides in the U.S., Israel, Germany, Spain, and Argentina. He is the author of the book Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds, available at www.collectivetraumabook.com. His non-profit organization, the Pocket Project, works to support the healing of collective trauma throughout the world.
Sue Marriott & Ann Kelley
3:00 pm (GMT) on Monday, 28th October.
The Foundations of Secure Relating
Sue is a licensed clinical social worker who has been in private practice for over 30 years. Her study groups and workshops demonstrate her on-going passion for linking research to real-world applications. Sue has served on several local and national boards that support mental health in communities. She is co-founder and former President of Austin IN (interpersonal neurobiology) Connection and served on the Board of GAINS, the Global Association of Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies and is a current Emeritus Board member of the nationally-based, Family Equality Council, to name a few. She provides workshops and training related interpersonal neurobiology, modern attachment, and group psychotherapy.
Ann is a licensed psychologist who specializes in couples therapy from an integrative, attachment-based relational framework. In her former clinical role, Dr. Kelley served as the director of clinical treatment for a state-wide juvenile justice facility, where she supervised comprehensive interventions centered on trauma work and rehabilitation. She served as expert witness for courts and was often the agency spokesperson for national and international media outlets as a key resource regarding treatment of early trauma as a divergence to incarceration. In addition to clinical work and podcasts, she provides workshops and training in interpersonal neurobiology, modern attachment and couples.
Anna Runkle
5:00 pm (GMT) on Monday, 28th October.
Re-Regulated: Healing Childhood PTSD
Anna Runkle leads a movement to help men and women worldwide to heal trauma symptoms and change their lives—whether or not they have access to professional help. More than 900,000 men and women worldwide subscribe to her YouTube channel, blog, courses and coaching programs, where she teaches the principles and techniques she has used to recover from her own Childhood PTSD. Her approach includes simple, self-directed exercises to calm emotional triggers and neurological dysregulation, and to begin changing the self-defeating behaviors that are common for people who have lived much of their lives dysregulated. She lives with her husband and two sons in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dr. Dan Siegel
6:30 pm (GMT) on Monday, 28th October.
Attachment, Personality, & The Search for Wholeness
Daniel J. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, autobiographical memory and narrative. Dr. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. An award-winning educator, he is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and recipient of several honorary fellowships. Dr. Siegel is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization, which offers online learning and in-person seminars that focus on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes. His psychotherapy practice includes children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. He serves as the Medical Director of the LifeSpan Learning Institute and on the Advisory Board of the Blue School in New York City, which has built its curriculum around Dr. Siegel’s Mindsight approach.
You can learn more about his work at www.drdansiegel.com and www.mindsightinstitute.com.
Day 2 - Working With..
Dr. Stan Tatkin
9:00 am (GMT) on Tuesday, 29th October.
Thriving in Relationships
Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy®. He is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. His new book, co-authored with Marion Solomon, is Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy. Dr. Tatkin’s next book, Wired for Love.
Dr. Joanne Caciatorre
10:30 am (GMT) on Tuesday, 29th October.
Integrating Grief: A Holistic Approach
Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is a bereaved mother and the founder of the MISS Foundation, an international NGO supporting families who have lost children, and the Selah Carefarm, a restorative community aiding those in traumatic grief. A Professor at Arizona State University, she leads the Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Bereavement. Her award-winning bestseller, Bearing the Unbearable, has transformed cultural perspectives on grief. Dr. Cacciatore also served on Oprah and Prince Harry’s Mental Health Advisory Board and teaches mindfulness and compassion globally. A dedicated vegan since 1972, she advocates for ethical, environmental, and social justice in food production.
Dr. Graham Music
12:00 pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 29th October.
Embodiment, Attachment, and Embracing Complexity in Therapy
Dr Graham Music, PhD is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Centre and an adult Psychotherapist in private practice. Formerly Associate Clinical Director of the Tavistock Clinic’s Child and Family Department, he works at the Portman as a forensic psychotherapist, and his clinical experience has for decades been mainly with trauma. He has developed and managed a range of services working with the aftermath of child maltreatment and neglect. He supervises and teaches nationally and internationally, and has a particular interest in linking cutting-edge developmental findings with therapeutic practice. His publications include Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Hope (2019), Nurturing Natures: (2016, 2010), Affect and Emotion (2001), The Good Life: (2014), Resparking (2022), as well as co-editing From Trauma to Harming Others (2021).
Rachel Lewis-Marlow
1:30 pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 29th October.
Understanding Eating Disorders Through Attachment Theory
Rachel (she/her) is a somatically integrative psychotherapist, dually licensed in counseling and therapeutic massage and bodywork. With over 25 years of experience, she is a Certified Advanced Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and specializes in diverse somatic therapies like Craniosacral Therapy and Energetic Osteopathy. Rachel developed the Embodying Recovery group therapy protocol, forming the basis for the EMBODIED RECOVERY for EATING DISORDERS (ERED) model, which she implemented in various treatment settings. She also created the Body Wisdom group, enhancing the mind-body connection. In her Chapel Hill practice, Rachel focuses on trauma, eating disorders, and dissociative disorders.
Dr. Howard Stevenson
3:00 pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 29th October.
Racial Literacy & Attachment
Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative, a research, program development, and training center that brings together community leaders, researchers, authority figures, families, and youth to study and promote racial literacy and health in schools and neighborhoods. From 2015 to 2021, he was co-director of Forward Promise, a national philanthropy office that funds community-based organizations that help families of color heal, grow, and thrive above the trauma of historical and present-day dehumanization.
He received the 2020 Gittler Prize, by Brandeis University, for outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic, and/or religious relations. He was listed in the 2021 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings of the top university-based scholars in the United States who did the most to shape educational practice and policy. In 2021, Dr. Stevenson was elected to membership in the National Academy of Education (NAEd). The NAEd advances high-quality education research and its use in policy and practice and consists of U.S. and international associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship related to education.
Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker
5:00 pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 29th October.
Adoption & Attachment
Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker is a licensed psychologist, international/transracial adoptee of color, and an adoptive parent. She specializes in providing mental health support focused on adoption, trauma, and racial identity work through her private practice based in Denver, Colorado. She is a frequent speaker and trainer at adoption agencies, camps, and conferences throughout the U.S., and the creator of the National Adoptee-Therapist Directory. She is also the author of “The Adoptee Self-Reflection Journal,” “The Adoptive Parent Self-Reflection Journal,” and the “Adoptees Like Me” illustrated series for elementary readers.
Dr. Alicia Lieberman
6:30 pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 29th October.
Preventing Intergenerational Trauma
Dr. Alicia Lieberman is the Irving B. Harris Endowed Chair in Infant Mental Health and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs at UCSF’s Department of Psychiatry, where she also directs the Child Trauma Research Program. A clinical consultant with the San Francisco Human Services Agency, she has a prominent role in national organizations focused on early childhood mental health. Dr. Lieberman is the director of the Early Trauma Treatment Network (ETTN), which aims to improve trauma services for children across the U.S. Her research focuses on infant mental health, attachment disorders, and mental health disparities. Trilingual and tricultural, she brings a rich, diverse perspective to her work with underserved families.
Day 3 - Creating Earned Security (Body)
Dr. Pat Ogden
9:00 am (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Healing Attachment Wounds: A Sensorimotor Approach
Pat Ogden, PhD, is a pioneer in somatic psychology and the creator of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She founded the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute and co-founded the Hakomi Institute. With over 45 years of experience, Dr. Ogden has been a faculty member at Naropa University and is a renowned clinician and international lecturer. She authored Trauma and the Body and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment, and recently published The Pocket Guide to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Her current research focuses on complex trauma, relational dynamics, and the philosophical principles underlying Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She is also working on a book on Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and families.
Irene Lyon
10:30 am (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Attachment, The Nervous System, & The Dangers of Misattunement
Irene Lyon, MSC. and nervous system expert, teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. To date, her online programs and classes have reached over 9,500 people in over 90 countries. Irene has a Master’s Degree in Biomedical and Health Science and also has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. She has extensively studied and practices the works of Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais, Peter Levine (founder of Somatic Experiencing), and Kathy Kain (founder of Somatic Practice). Irene spends her free time eating delicious food, hiking in the mountains or walking along the Pacific Ocean in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Deirdre Fay
12:00 pm (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Healing Attachment Wounds, Becoming Whole, & Making an Impact
Deirdre Fay, MSW is a thought leader with over 35 years of experience exploring the intersection of wisdom traditions and contemporary psychotherapy as a “Modern Day Bodhisattva (Compassion) Training.” In deliberately choosing to cultivate compassion healing is not an accident but the sure result of consistent and persistent practice as we develop an UnShakeable Heart, Solid, Steady, and Secure in the face of all life circumstances. She’s the author of Becoming Safely Embodied (2021), Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation (2017) as well as co-author of Attachment Disturbances in Adults (2016). You can check more of her work at dfay.com.
Jan Winhall, M.S.W. F.O.T.
1:30 pm (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Attachment, Embodiment, and Focusing
Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT is an author, teacher, and psychotherapist in Toronto, Canada. She is author of “Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model”, by Jan Winhall, Routledge, 2021. Jan is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Social Work, University of Toronto and Co-Director of Borden Street Clinic, a psychotherapy and teaching centre. She is a Coordinator with The International Focusing Institute and Director of Focusing on Borden, a psychotherapy and training centre. Jan presents internationally on trauma and addiction.
Dr. Maureen Gallagher
3:00 pm (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Healing Attachment Wounds with Inner Relationship Focusing
Maureen Gallagher Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist (NY, NJ), Somatic Experiencing Faculty Member, and Inner Relationship Focusing Trainer. Her work and teaching are dedicated to the embodiment of psychotherapy. She does this by integrating an approach informed by somatic awareness and somatic intervention along with adult attachment work and a relational focus. She brings a broad range of experience and training to this endeavor, including Certifications as a Relational Psychoanalyst and Supervisor, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist and Supervisor, Inner Relationship Focusing Trainer, Integral Somatic Psychology training, SE Touch skills training, and Certification as a Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapist. Her clinical work integrates relational psychoanalysis and experiential and process-oriented models of attachment theory with somatic psychotherapies.
Tracy Jarvis
5:00 pm (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Integrating Sensorimotor Psychotherapy & Deep Brain ReOrienting
Tracy Jarvis, MSc, UKCP is a registered psychotherapist and has more than 20 years experience in the field of psychology and mental health. Tracy has an integrative background with a specialism in neuroscience and studies how Sensorimotor Psychotherapy intersects with other trauma modalities as well as the interface between science and trauma treatment. More widely, Tracy is a Senior Consultant to the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London. She is the former Managing Director of PESI UK (previously Founder and Director of Psychotherapy Excellence), a not-for-profit organisation and the largest clinical content provider in the UK and Europe. In addition, Tracy has a specialist private practice in PTSD and complex trauma. She teaches, advises, and consults on trauma for various organisations worldwide, emphasising the importance of a bio-directional treatment approach to treating trauma.
Dr. Tamara Russell
6:30 pm (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Neuroscience, Embodiment, & Changing Attachment Patterns
Dr. Tamara Russell is a clinical psychologist, neuroscientist, and Director of the Mindfulness Centre of Excellence in London. She integrates mindfulness techniques with clinical, neuroscience, and martial arts training to enhance mental and physical well-being. Dr. Russell specializes in mindfulness training for the health sector, including workshops for mental health professionals. Her innovative Body in Mind Training (BMT) approach combines body and mind practices to manage modern stressors effectively. Explore more about her ground-breaking book combines mindfulness, martial arts and neuroscience in an accessible meditative practice for a journey to a happier, healthier, more integrated self: Mindfulness in Motion.
Dr. Stephen Porges
8:00 pm (GMT) on Wednesday, 30th October.
Polyvagal Theory & Attachment
Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University and founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. A past president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, Dr. Porges is renowned for his Polyvagal Theory, which connects the autonomic nervous system’s evolution to social behavior and mental health. He authored The Polyvagal Theory and created the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ (SSP) to enhance social engagement and self-regulation.
Day 4 - Creating Earned Security (Mind)
Dr. Sue Johnson
9:00 am (GMT) on Thursday, 31st October.
Attachment & Emotionally Focused Therapy
Dr. Sue Johnson was a leading innovator in the fields of couple therapy and adult attachment. She was the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples and Family Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 30 years of peer-reviewed clinical research. Sue has received numerous awards acknowledging her development of EFT, including the APA’s “Family Psychologist of the Year” in 2016 and the Order of Canada in 2017. Her best-selling 2008 book Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love has taught countless couples how to enhance and repair their love relationships. It remains one of the best-selling relationship help books on the market today. It has since been adapted into a workshop format. Sue’s 2014 book, Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science in Romantic Relationships, outlines the latest understanding of why and how we love, based on scientific evidence and cutting-edge research. You can learn more about Dr Johnson’s pioneering work by visiting: drsuejohnson.com and EFT training at iceeft.com.
Dr. Laurence Heller
10:30 am (GMT) on Thursday, 31st October.
Attachment and the Core Dilemma with NARM
Dr. Laurence Heller is the founder of the NeuroAffective Relational Model© (NARM), a psychobiological approach for treating developmental trauma. With a Ph.D. in psychology, he practiced for over 30 years. His bestselling book, Healing Developmental Trauma, is available in over 15 languages, and his latest work, co-authored with Brad Kammer, is The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma. Dr. Heller also co-authored Crash Course on shock trauma and has led NARM seminars in the U.S. and Europe for 30 years. He is currently involved in a project with Christina Bethell, Ph.D., to introduce trauma-informed practices to pediatricians and general practitioners in the U.S.
Dr. Laurel Parnell
12:00 pm (GMT) on Thursday, 31st October.
Attachment-based EMDR
Dr. Parnell is a leading expert on the therapeutic tool, eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing which is more widely known as EMDR. While Dr. Parnell has trained thousands of clinicians in EMDR both nationally and internationally, Dr. Parnell has also taught transpersonal psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and was core faculty at John F. Kennedy University in the Graduate School for the Study of Human Consciousness. Currently, Dr. Parnell teaches EMDR through Alliant International University, Omega Institute, Esalen Institute, ID Institut in Kassel Germany, and the The New York Open Center. You can learn about Dr Parnell’s work and forthcoming trainings by visiting: www.drlaurelparnell.com.
Dr. David Elliott
1:30 pm (GMT) on Thursday, 31st October.
Integrative Attachment Therapy
Dr. Elliott earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University in 1989, with clinical training at Tufts University Counseling Center, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, and McLean Hospital, where he also completed a post-doctoral fellowship. Licensed in Massachusetts since 1990 and Rhode Island since 1993, he has a deep commitment to understanding the full spectrum of human experience. Dr. Elliott’s work spans from addressing psychosis and personality conflicts to fostering personal growth and intimacy, with a focus on promoting well-being and transcending personal limitations.
Dr. Eboni Webb
3:00 pm (GMT) on Thursday, 31st October.
Racial Trauma, Adoption, & Attachment
Eboni Webb, PsyD, HSP, earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. She began her career as Assistant Clinical Director and Program Director at Mental Health Systems, PC, a leading provider of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in the U.S. Dr. Webb is a renowned international DBT trainer and advisor to the DBTNCAA, working with organizations like PESI and Jack Hirose and Associates. In 2010, she founded Kairos in Middle Tennessee, now The Village of Kairos, offering specialized DBT programs and restorative services for various clients, including those involved in transracial adoptions. Dr. Webb’s initiative, WebbJAM, extends psychoeducation and somatic restoration services globally.
Gayle Williamson
5:00 pm (GMT) on Thursday, 31st October.
IFS, the Self, Embodiment, & Attachment
Gayle Williamson (MIACP) is a Dublin-based Internal Family Systems (IFS) psychotherapist, specializing in trauma. Initially trained in humanistic integrative therapy, she now exclusively practices IFS, which she finds transformative for both clients and herself. Gayle is dedicated to promoting IFS through online courses, workshops, and supervision groups, and co-hosts the Purely IFS podcast to support therapists transitioning to IFS. With a background in journalism, she has contributed extensively to mental health discussions, including a recent peer-reviewed article in Inside Out. Learn more at Ferney Therapy.
Dr. Janina Fisher
6:30 pm (GMT) on Thursday, 31st October.
Healing Traumatic Attachment Patterns
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma, she is an Advisory Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation and the author of three books, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation (2017), Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists (2021), and The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart (2022). She is best known for her work on integrating mindfulness-based interventions into trauma treatment, and she is also the creator of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) therapy.
Day 5 - Creating Earned Security (Spirit)
Dr. Steven Hayes
9:00 am (GMT) on Friday, 1st November.
Psychological Flexibility: The Missing Link in Attachment
Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. The author of forty-three books and more than six hundred scientific articles, he has served as president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science and is one of the most cited psychologists in the world. Dr. Hayes initiated the development of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and of Relational Frame Theory (RFT), the approach to cognition on which ACT is based. Most recently, he has been focused on developing Process Based Therapy along with Prof Stefan Hofmann.
Dr. Margaret Paul
10:30 am (GMT) on Friday, 1st November.
Healing Attachment Wounds with Inner Bonding
Dr. Margaret Paul is a psychologist and author of best-sellers like Inner Bonding and Healing Your Aloneness. Her books, translated into eleven languages, have reached a global audience. With a PhD in psychology, she’s an expert in relationships, a public speaker, and an educator. Since 1967, she has taught, consulted, and appeared on platforms like the Oprah show. Dr. Paul works with individuals and couples worldwide, using spiritual guidance in her sessions. Her current focus includes developing content for her website and distributing the SelfQuest® program. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, pottery, birdwatching, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Prof. Paul Gilbert
12:00 pm (GMT) on Friday, 1st November.
Attachment and Compassion in Psychotherapy
Professor Paul Gilbert, FBPsS, PhD, OBE is a British clinical psychologist, the founder of compassion focused therapy (CFT), compassionate mind training (CMT) and author of books such as The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges, Overcoming Depression. He has researched evolutionary approaches to psychopathology for over 40 years with a special focus on the roles of mood, shame and self-criticism in various mental health difficulties for which Compassion Focused Therapy was developed. Professor Gilbert has written/edited 21 books and over 200 papers. In 2006 he established the Compassionate Mind Foundation as an international charity with the mission statement: “To promote wellbeing through the scientific understanding and application of compassion”.
Heather Mason
1:30 pm (GMT) on Friday, 1st November.
Enhancing Attachment Security: Integrating Yoga and Neurosequential Processing
Heather is the founder of both The Minded Institute, an internationally renowned yoga therapy school, and the Yoga in Health Care Alliance, focused on bringing yoga into the UK’s NHS. She holds master’s degrees in Buddhist Studies, in Psychotherapy, Medical Physiology, and has extensive training in Neuroscience. Heather has been teaching yoga since 2001 and has specialized in the use of yoga therapy for mental health populations since 2007. She designed and taught an elective on yoga at the Boston University School of Medicine and created and taught the bioscience course the MUIH launched its MA in yoga therapy. Actively focused on the integration of yoga into healthcare, in 2018 Heather helped create an All-Party Parliamentary Group, “Yoga in Society”. Heather has also co-authored “Yoga and Mental Health” and “Yoga on Prescription”. In 2023 Heather and co-director Elaine Collins developed the first yoga therapy psychotherapy course in the world. This course is accredited by the NCIP.
Dr. Bonnie Badenoch
3:00 pm (GMT) on Friday, 1st November.
Attachment & Healing Shadow Parts
Dr. Richard Schwartz
5:00 pm (GMT) on Friday, 1st November.
IFS & Attachment: Becoming Your Own Therapist
Richard Schwartz, PhD., began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic. Grounded in systems thinking, Dr. Schwartz developed Internal Family Systems (IFS) in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves. He focused on the relationships among these parts and noticed that there were systemic patterns to the way they were organized across clients. He also found that when the clients’ parts felt safe and were allowed to relax, the clients would experience spontaneously the qualities of confidence, openness, and compassion that Dr. Schwartz came to call the Self. He found that when in that state of Self, clients would know how to heal their parts. A featured speaker for national professional organizations, Dr. Schwartz has published many books and over fifty articles about IFS. Learn more at: www.ifs-institute.com.
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