4-Day: 33rd Annual International Trauma Conference: Psychological Trauma: Neuroscience, Embodiment, and the Restoration of the Self - Webcast

4-Day: 33rd Annual International Trauma Conference: Psychological Trauma: Neuroscience, Embodiment, and the Restoration of the Self

When:
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - Saturday, May 21, 2022

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MULTIPLE SPEAKERS

MICHAEL ALPERT, MD

Michael D. Alpert, MD, Staff Psychiatrist, BayCove Mental Health Center, Boston Harvard Medical School; MDMA Therapy team member, the Trauma Research Foundation.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Michael Alpert maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Quincy Asian Resources Initiative, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, and Cambridge Health Alliance. He receives a consulting fee from Lykos Therapeutics and Odyssey PBC. Dr. Alpert receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Michael Alpert is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society.

FRANCIS GUERRIERO, MA, LICSW

Francis Guerriero, MA, LICSW,
Private practice, Cambridge, MA; MDMA Therapy team member, The Trauma Research Foundation.



Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Francis Guerriero maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with the Trauma Research Foundation. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Francis Guerriero has a professional relationship as a therapist and sub-investigator under Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

SUSAN WALKER, MD

Susan Walker MD, Instructor in psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Cambridge Health Alliance. MDMA Therapy Team Member, The Trauma Research Foundation.



Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Susan Walker is a clinical sub-investigator and therapist with MAPS/MPBC and The Trauma Research Foundation. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Susan Walker is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and American Psychiatric Association.

ELIZABETH CALL, PSYD

Elizabeth Call, PsyD, offers psychotherapy services to those dealing with life transitions, loss, anxiety, dysthymia, and post-traumatic stress. A psychologist for over 20 years, she utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, in her practice as well as Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Throughout her extensive career, Elizabeth Call, PsyD, has served in multiple capacities in mental health facilities in Massachusetts and Arizona. She is also a former instructor in Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry.



Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Elizabeth Call maintains a private practice, is the co-founder of Burma Border Projects, and has employment relationships with EMDR International Association and EMDR Institute. She is a sub-investigator for FDA phase III trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy sponsored by MAPS/MPBC and The Trauma Research Foundation. Dr. Call receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Elizabeth Call is a member of the EMDR International Association and the Massachusetts Psychological Association.

RACHEL YEHUDA, PHD

Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, is the Director of the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research. She is also Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, which includes the PTSD clinical research program and the Neurochemistry and Neuroendocrinology laboratory the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Yehuda is a recognized leader in the field of traumatic stress studies.

She has authored more than 450 published papers, chapters, and books in the field of traumatic stress and the neurobiology of PTSD. Her current interests include the study of risk and resilience factors, psychological and biological predictors of treatment response in PTSD, genetic and epigenetic studies of PTSD and the intergenerational transmission of trauma an PTSD. She has an active federally-funded clinical and research program that welcomes local and international students and clinicians.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Rachel Yehuda has an employment relationship with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Department of Veterans Affairs. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Rachel Yehuda is a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the International Society for Neuroscience, and the Anxiety Disorder Association of America. She serves on the scientific advisory board for the National Anxiety Foundation. Dr. Yehuda is an ad hoc grant reviewer for the VA Merit Review Committee, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

ANGELIKA Y. SADAR, MA, BCN, BCB-HRV

Angelika Y. Sadar, MA, BCN, BCB-HRV, is a licensed psychologist who is board certified in neurofeedback and heart rate variability and is a BCIA-approved mentor in neurofeedback. Presently, her clinical focus is on patients with complex/comorbid presentations and consulting with other psychologists, medical practitioners and other clinicians regarding EEG, neurofeedback and practice development. She is the executive director of the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society and a board member at large of The Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.



Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Angelika Sadar is the owner of Sadar Psychological and Sports Center. She has employment relationships with the Trauma Research Foundation and the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Angelika Sadar is a member of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and the International Society for Neuronal Regulation.

JEFF JONES

Jeff Jones, COO and Founder of Afro Flow Yoga®, a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, musical director, composer and co-creator with his wife and founder, Leslie Salmon Jones. His mastery of African-inspired rhythms, and his use of the Djembe (from Ghana), congas, bongos, Sudanese Acholi lyre, Indian bells, tambourine creates a healing musical journey. He has performed for the inaugurations of President Barack Obama and Governor Deval Patrick.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jeffrey Jones is the founder and musical director of Afro Flow Yoga®. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jeffrey Jones has no relevant non-financial relationships.

WENDY D'ANDREA, PHD

Wendy’s research focuses on the psychobiological alterations associated with exposure to complex trauma. This work has focused on changes in factors such as affect recognition and regulation, attention and cognition, relationship, and identity, with an eye towards using lab-based and physiological methodologies for assessment.

Her work also attempts to unpack the contributions of marginalization to ways in which individuals adapt to adversity. This research unfolds both the lab as well as in the field, in psychosocial intervention settings. Dr. D’Andrea received her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan and completed her postdoctoral training at The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute. She is an associate professor of psychology and director of clinical training at The New School in New York, NY. When not working, she loves to dance and cook (sometimes at the same time).



Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Wendy D'Andrea has an employment relationship with The New School in New York, NY. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships.
Non-financial: Dr. Wendy D'Andrea is the program co-chair of Ad-hoc Committee on Grant Funding for Psycho physiologists Society for Psychological Research. She is a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and American Psychological Association.

SARAH BERANBAUM, MA

Sarah Beranbaum, MA, is a clinical psychologist PhD candidate at the New School for Social Research, interning at Bellevue Hospital, with an anticipatory graduation date of summer, 2024. Her research focuses on the biopsychosocial impact of trauma-informed, group interventions. Sarah enjoys partnering with community, mental health organizations to design respectful and collaborative research protocols in varying international contexts. Alongside research and clinical practice, she is trained to work as a trauma-informed yoga teacher and mindfulness counselor.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sarah Beranbaum has employment relationships with The New School for Social Research, Trauma-Informed Yoga, and "Waves for Change" Surf Therapy. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sarah Beranbaum has no relevant non-financial relationships.

OLIVIA RESTO

Olivia Resto’s research interests include the variety of ways in which trauma can impact on one’s mind and body. Looking specifically at how effects of trauma manifest themselves in the body and voice. As well, she is working to further understand the role that dissociation pays in managing the effects of trauma while working towards her masters degree.



Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Olivia Resto is a research assistant with the Voice and Trauma research and connection group. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Olivia Resto has no relevant non-financial relationships.

SCOTT MCKERNAN, MA

Scott McKernan, MA, a fourth-year clinical psychology doctoral student working in Dr. Wendy D’Andrea’s lab at The New School. His research program focuses on biological adaptations to trauma and sexual and gender minority (SGM) mental health. Currently, he is investigating how discrimination confers risk for PTSD by mapping what is known about acute and chronic trauma onto discrimination experiences. It is his hope that by understanding how discrimination is similar to acute and chronic trauma, the field can better formulate trauma treatments for minoritized individuals. He also works with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies as a night attendant for their phase III clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD and is interested in expanding this modality to treat SGM individuals.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Scott McKernan has employment relationships with Mt. Sinai Inpatient Unit, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, The New School Counseling Center and Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Scott McKernan has no relevant non-financial relationships.

BESSEL A. VAN DER KOLK, MD

BESSEL A. VAN DER KOLK, MD Bessel A. Van der Kolk, M.D., is a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of post-traumatic stress. His work integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment.

Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation, cognitive development, memory, and the psychobiology of trauma. He has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles on such diverse topics as neuroimaging, self-injury, memory, neurofeedback, Developmental Trauma, yoga, theater and EMDR.

He is founder of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts and president of the Trauma Research Foundation, which promotes clinical, scientific and educational projects.

His 2014 #1 New York Times best seller, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma, transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring – specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, somatically based therapies, EMDR, psychodrama, play, yoga, and other therapies.

Dr. van der Kolk is the past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School. He regularly teaches at conferences, universities, and hospitals around the world.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is a professor at Boston University School of Medicine, the Director of the Trauma Center, and the National Complex Trauma Network. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. van der Kolk receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk has no relevant non-financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Continuing Education Credits Awarded for Completion of All Days, Full Attendance
[+] [-] 25th Annual International Trauma Conference: Psychological Trauma Neuroscience, Attachment, and Therapeutic Interventions



Breakdown for Continuing Education Credits by Event
[+] [-] Play-Based Healing with Children and Adolescents
[+] [-] Embodiment, Theater and Using Shakespeare to Organize Traumatized Minds and Bodies
[+] [-] Neurofeedback for Developmental Trauma: Principles and Applications in Real Life Settings
[+] [-] From Empathic Distress to Compassion: Building Resilience in the Face of Trauma
[+] [-] The Use of Mind-Altering Substances- MDMA, Psilocybin, and Marijuana for Treating PTSD and Other Mental Distress
[+] [-] How Neuroscience Can Inform Clinical Practice
[+] [-] Full Day: A Return to Embodied Learning: Explore SMART Foundations and Beyond
[+] [-] Block 1: Basic Neurobiology
[+] [-] Block 2: Trauma and Society
[+] [-] Block 3: Frontiers of Therapeutic Interventions
[+] [-] Block 4: Social Justice
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