In this introduction to dissociation, Gordon talks us through:

• What is dissociation
• How do we know if we’re dissociating
• Starting to relate to what we have pushed away
• ‘Separating to connect’ & finding ways to respond to the patterns of reaction, rather than just reacting
• Low arousal dissociation and high arousal dissociation
• Why dissociation is there for a reason
• Creating a sense of safety before connecting to what was previously too much to feel (creating a mis-match)
• When and how dissociation dismantles
• A scale of dissociation and how it can manifest in daily life
• The difference between re-membering whilst present and becoming lost in the experience
• Normalising dissociation and how we can start thinking about it in our mental health systems.

ABOUT GORDON BARCLAY

Gordon Barclay was an NHS consultant psychiatrist in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland until 2019, now works privately in Glasgow and is an active CRM® Trainer and Supervisor, and has a special interest in the treatment of psychological trauma and dissociation.

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Melanie is an experienced Soul & Shadow Worker, Womb Medicine Woman, podcast host, writer and trainer.

For over 20 years, she has supported individuals and healing professionals to restore connection with the body, repair attachment and separation wounds, and embody primordial wisdom rooted in the womb, heart and soul.

Melanie's approach blends somatic womb healing, shadow integration, shamanic healing and soul-level repatterning - offering a deep and lasting pathway back to the true self.

She hosts The Sacred Womb Podcast, leads The Unification Of The Divine Masculine & Feminine Training and is currently writing her first book: The Sacred Womb - a handbook for coming home to our true nature, along with Poems For Peri-Menopause.