Areas of study and concentration
The counselling field has evolved considerably over the past thirty years, particularly around the treatment of trauma. I have been blessed with brilliant mentors and teachers whose combined bodies of knowledge changed the way I saw myself and others. More importantly, the experiential learning increased my capacity to stay present within myself while tuning in to and empathizing with another human being. Another word for this is co-regulation, which is essential to work with emotions (whether too many, or too few). Merete Brantbjerg's work on hypo-arousal has been a game changer for me personally and for my clients. I have in-depth knowledge of the following approaches to treatment.
The counselling field has evolved considerably over the past thirty years, particularly around the treatment of trauma. I have been blessed with brilliant mentors and teachers whose combined bodies of knowledge changed the way I saw myself and others. More importantly, the experiential learning increased my capacity to stay present within myself while tuning in to and empathizing with another human being. Another word for this is co-regulation, which is essential to work with emotions (whether too many, or too few). Merete Brantbjerg's work on hypo-arousal has been a game changer for me personally and for my clients. I have in-depth knowledge of the following approaches to treatment.
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): Advanced Level
- Assessment and Treatment of Dissociative Disorders
- Janina Fisher, Ph.D: Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma, The Work of Stabilization in Trauma Treatment, Addictions and Trauma Recovery
- Relational Trauma Therapy, Resource Oriented Skill Training (Merete Brantbjerg): working with the hypoarousal in anger, presence skills, relational skills, the route from trauma to safety in the here and now, authority issues and trauma
- Bodynamics Shock Trauma Therapy and PTSD training, working with peak experiences
- Licenced by Bodynamic Aps to teach the workshop "Caring for Yourself while Caring for Others"
- Somatic psychotherapy as developed by Norwegian psychologist Gerda Boyeson, depth psychology, transference/countertransference.
