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May 5, 2021 0 comments

Why we need to look at trauma treatment differently in today’s reality

These days there is increasing talk about the effects of trauma, now defined more broadly than when PTSD was seen as a response to a particular difficult and harrowing event. Clinicians are beginning to face a quasi-variant of PTSD: Post-COVID stress disorder has become another emerging consequence of the global pandemic. People the world over [...]

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March 9, 2020 0 comments

Treating the Seeds and the Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviours

We are so pleased that Lisa Ferentz is returning to present for us. Her presentation on Trauma, Attachment, Affect Dysregulation and Shame: Treating the seeds and the cycle of self-destructive behaviours helps to ensure that you as a helping professional are able to best support your clients. In this first of 4 videos, trauma […]

September 17, 2019 0 comments

Gabor and Daniel Maté on Adult Children-Parent Relations

Once again, Gabor Maté proves prescient in his clinical focus and writing. Leading Edge Seminars is honoured to present his newest workshop Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children. Gabor and his son Daniel will be co-presenting an evening talk (Oct. 18) and a weekend workshop (Oct. 19-20) in Toronto. Attachment […]

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March 13, 2019 0 comments

Internal Family Systems: Phase-oriented vs NON Phase-oriented… why should trauma therapists care?

On the question of phase-oriented vs non phase-oriented treatment, Internal Family Systems (IFS) expert Frank Anderson is clear. Phase-oriented trauma modalities envision treatment as a linear progression: 1. Safety and Stabilization, 2. Processing Traumatic Memories and finally (hopefully) Reconsolidation and Repair. Non phase-oriented modalities like IFS strive to work with all parts of the traumatic [...]

March 8, 2019 0 comments

WHY EMDR?

Participants from last year’s EMDR training and our Bessel van der Kolk workshops report that Dr. van der Kolk claims that EMDR is so effective for trauma patients that not having it in your toolkit is akin to malpractice. Dr. van der Kolk is known for his emphatic manner of speaking and while it is […]

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September 18, 2018 0 comments

Recruiting your own nervous system in therapy

Okay! This is what you’ve been waiting for! You know why the Polyvagal Therapy is important from video 1, you understand how it can be applied to help resolve traumatic triggers in video 2 and in this last video of our Deb Dana series, she describes the process by which your OWN nervous system is […]

September 18, 2018 0 comments

The Three Organizing Principles of the Polyvagal Theory

In the second of three videos, Deb Dana gives a flash overview of the Polyvagal Theory and how current therapy experience can remap your clients’ nervous system by helping them resolve those micromoments of dysregulation when they are triggered. Click here or watch below for more. Learn to reliably and effectively work with the power […]

September 18, 2018 0 comments

What is the Polyvagal System and why should therapists care?

The Polyvagal system is a part of the autonomic nervous system and as upcoming Fall 2018 speaker Deb Dana explains in the first of three videos, “the autonomic nervous system is actually a system of relationships. It’s shaped by experience and so we can reshape it by your experience of the therapy relationship.” Click here […]