Expressive Therapy, Trauma and Neuroscience

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Trauma and Neuroscience Conference 2011
featuring Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
July 7-8, 2011 ~ Marran Theater, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, July 7 at 7:00pm
“The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Trauma Resolution” Sonnabend Lecture featuring Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
**Free and open to the public; please RSVP to echambe5@lesley.edu
Dr. Daniel Siegel is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine, where he is Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. He is an award-winning educator and internationally recognized expert on mindfulness and therapy. His clinical activities include work as a child, adolescent, adult and family psychiatrist. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed, bestselling The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being and the co-editor of The Healing Power of Emotion and Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain. His website is www.DrDanSiegel.com.

Friday, July 8 from 9:00am-4:00pm
“Trauma & Neuroscience: Applications & Practice”
Conference featuring Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
**6 LMHC CEUs available
Cost: $125 (Lesley students/alumni/adjunct faculty: $95)
The recognition that traumatic events affect much of the world’s population requires clinicians to seek innovative approaches in their work with individuals, groups, schools and communities. This conference will bring together a distinguished group of practitioners in the areas of psychology, mindfulness, the arts, and neuroscience in a conversation with Dr. Daniel Siegel. Workshops will focus on interdisciplinary approaches to trauma in the areas of therapy, human rights and education. These workshops include:
 · Meditation and Healing, with Dr. Susan Pollack and Dr. Nancy Waring
· Using Play as an Exposure Therapy for Traumatized Children, with Dr. David Read Johnson and Dr. Mitchell Kossak
 · Community Interventions in Haiti, with
Dr. Vanessa Prosper and Dr. Susan Gere
 · Viewing Trauma & Resilience Through Cultural
and Social Lenses: An Example from Cambodia, with Dr. Sylvia Cowan and Myra Saad
 · Neuropsychological Interventions with Children and Adolescents, with Dr. Sydney Trantham
· Body-based Whole Person Approaches to Working with Trauma, with Dr. Vivien Marcow Speiser and Dr. Ilene Serlin

To Register
Please contact Beth Chambers at echambe5@lesley.edu or 617.349.8833.
For more information, please visit www.lesley.edu/ce/ls/traumaconference2011.html

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