After loss, Critical Incidents, Natural disasters our Nervous System is in overdrive leaving little room for logic reason and calm

Last week the events in Bondi, NSW have left a community in grief, fear and shock.

Pam Brown from the TRN Trauma Recovery Network teaches us a quick accessible useful tool to help regulate and bring stress down.

This is not EMDR so can be used by lay people in a safe and effective way.

To watch a demonstration of CID pls go to https://www.traumarecovery.network/home

To sign up to the Trn for further resources and to Volunteer https://www.traumarecovery.network/home

App: Destress App

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/moovement/id6445959147

On today’s episode we yarn together with Anna Clarke. Anna helps us to better understand Neurodiversity affirming practice and shares her story with us. Anna and her company https://www.divergentfutures.com/ have some incredible resources and trainings on offer - check em out!

Anna Clarke (they/them)

Anna is a Psychologist and Play Therapist with a passion for supporting children and young people. With a background in Out of Home Care, they are passionate about the transformative powers of play in building healthier relationships and supporting emotion regulation. Anna holds a Master in Child Play Therapy and collaborates with parents, carers, schools, and stakeholders to provide collaborative care. They are passionate about early intervention, approaching behaviours through a trauma-informed and Neurodiversity-Affirming lens.

Anna actively advocates for Neurodiversity-Affirming approaches to therapy. Anna is also experienced working with survivors of sexual assault and family violence. They are currently part of the Witness Intermediary Pilot Scheme within the Tasmanian Department of Justice, where they conduct communication assessments during police interviews and court proceedings.

Anna is an EMDRAA Accredited Consultant and has undertaken advanced training in EMDR Therapy. Anna is an active member of the Australian EMDR Therapy community, contributing through collaborative research, facilitating a Neurodiversity-Affirming EMDR Peer Group, and providing support for therapists wishing to integrate Neurodiversity-Affirming practise into EMDR Therapy.

As Co-Director of Divergent Futures, they offer education, training, and consulting in Neurodiversity-Affirming practice. Anna is an experienced public speaker, addressing topics such as violent behaviours, trauma-informed care, managing power imbalances in therapy, and strengths-based treatment for eating disorders.

Outside of their professional pursuits, Anna enjoys hiking in the Tasmanian bush, reading, boxing, and art.

Workshop link

https://www.divergentfutures.com/training

EMDR peer group link

https://www.divergentfutures.com/consultation/emdr

Resources link

https://www.divergentfutures.com/resources

Dr Jamie Marich - A Yarn about Dissociation

Dr. Jamie Marich is the author of over fifteen books and manuals in the field of trauma, recovery, and expressive arts. With her work increasingly appealing to wider audiences than just her clinical colleagues, Jamie seeks to create material that facilitates transformation. Jamie is the keynote speaker at the 2024 EMDRAA conference, today we connect over the topic of dissociation.

https://jamiemarich.com

https://www.instituteforcreativemindfulness.com

Upcoming Training in Australia with Jamie

https://www.naturebasedtherapies.com.au

Training with Tracy

Advanced Parts - Resource Therapy Foundation

2/3 July

Advanced Training Clinical Resource Therapy

Bali and or Online Oct 2024

https://www.tracylynch.com.au/training

The Innate Healing wisdom of the body in EMDR Therapy

In this episode Sarah shares her wisdom with us about EMDR as an integrative transdiagnostic therapy.

We talk about the AIP model being a body based model, Symptoms as a reflection of memory being triggered and once adaptive and much more!

For EMDR Training and events with Sarah Schubert see https://www.drsarahschubert.com/training

For EMDR consultation with Sarah see: ⁠https://www.drsarahschubert.com/consultation⁠

Dr Sarah Schubert with Dr Jenny Dwyer are also hosting Ann-Beckley Forest and Annie Monaco from Playful EMDR in Perth and Melbourne: https://www.drsarahschubert.com/playful-emdr

For more information relating to Polyvagal Theory and the application to clinical practice: https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/ and https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/home

For information on Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: https://sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org/

To learn about Lisa Dion’s Synergetic Play Therapy: https://synergeticplaytherapy.com/

Vivify Specific is a Resource Therapy (Advanced Parts) Action that helps us to ensure we are working with the best part of the client for the job at hand.

In this episode Tracy talks us through how she uses this Action to help build a Bespoke Vivid Resource Team whilst taking a client history, combining phase 1 and 2 of standard EMDR Protocol. Tracy talks about the importance of waking up sensory - felt resources as a way to support phase 4 processing.

If you would like more Information on Tracy Parts Informed Online Consultation groups or Resource Therapy Training pls email Jen on [email protected] or jump onto Tracy's website tracylynch.com.au

Madeleine Jablonski (she/her) is a Clinical Supervisor, Senior Clinician and EMDR Consultant at Mindful Living.

 She has experience supporting people with a range of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, grief, loss, transition difficulties, identity issues, trauma (including complex childhood trauma). In todays episode we connect around Group EMDR, what is different? What is Similar? In this exciting new approach to EMDR.

You can reach Madeleine via [email protected] and learn more about EMDR Group Therapy here https://mindfulliving.com.au/emdr-group-program/

You can reach Tracy via her website tracylynch.com.au

Join with me as I yarn with Caroline Burrows Accredited EMDR Trainer, Consultant, All round wonderful human.

To reach Caroline and access her Training, Workshops and Consultation

Www.carolineburrows.com.au

To reach Tracy. Www.tracylynch.com.au

Resource Therapy Foundation Training RT Informed EMDR Intensives

Feb 2024

https://www.tracylynch.com.au/training

Sherry Lee Smith. In todays episode Sherry helps us to better understand the nature of Eating disorders and attachment needs. 

Sherry-Lee Smith

BA (Psych) Hons MAPS MAAP EMDRAA ISST CEDC

Principal Psychologist/Director/Accredited EMDR Consultant and Practitioner/Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician 

Phoenix Holistic Health Centre

[email protected] 

www.sherryleesmith.com

www.facebook.com/sherryleesmithpsychologist 

www.phoenixholistichealth.net 

Dr Sarah Dominguez is an EMDR Trainer, Consultant and Researcher.  She serves on the EMDRAA board, is a member of the EMDRAA Accreditation and Standards Committee, a committee member of the Australian Psychological Society EMDR Interest and is involved with EMDR Internationally.

Today we yarn about Sarah's experience as a trainer and the way EMDR is evolving around the world and changing from being seen as a therapy primarily for PTSD, to a broad therapy approach that can be used alone or alongside other approaches.

You can find out about Sarah's EMDR Basic Training and Advanced trainings via her website https://www.thewattlecentre.com/about-wattle-centre 

Resource Therapy is a Trauma Informed empowering pychotherapy based on the understanding that the personality

Jump in and have a listen to Tracy and Philipa as they begin to

You can find our more about Philipa Thornton via www.ResourceTherapy.com.au

You can follow Philipa on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/philipathornton/

You can learn more about Resource Therapy International via  https://resourcetherapyinternational.com

For more info on Tracy's Resource Therapy Foundation two day training visit tracylynch.com.au