Livestream link:
https://lecture.ucsf.edu/ets/Play/a2e90f3e5e9c46e196b5ea3b6b62fe831d
Individual trauma is defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as “an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.”
In a "Mini TED talk" format with discussion, a distinguished group of researchers and clinicians will discuss current understandings of the neuroscience of memory and trauma, secondary and vicarious stress affecting health care providers, and current approaches and innovations in the treatment of emotional and psychological trauma including psychedelic- and MDMA-assisted therapies, and the new "non-exposure" Flash Technique®. The role of trauma in health, with international perspectives, will also be addressed.
This program will be of interest to medical, nursing, mental health and spiritual care providers.
Panel: Treating Trauma: Current Approaches and Innovations
Lewis Engel, PhD, EMDR certified therapist and approved consultant, San Francisco
Janis Phelps, PhD, professor and founder and director, center for psychedelic therapies and research, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Dianne Shumay, PhD, health sciences assistant professor, department of psychiatry and director, psycho-oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF
Phil Wolfson, MD, director, Ketamine Research Foundation, San Rafael, CA; co-editor, The Ketamine Papers (2016)
Panel: International Perspectives on Trauma and Trauma-informed Health Care
Wajdi Akef Fakhoury, MA, MFTA, Psychotherapist, San Francisco, CA, conducting research with refugee populations in Jordan, Syria and Turkey
Ilene Serlin, PhD, BC-DMT, co-editor, Integrated Care for the Traumatized: A Whole-Person Approach (2019); training trauma therapists in China, Israel, Jordan and Turkey.
Edward Machtinger, MD, professor of medicine and director, women's HIV program and center to advance trauma-informed health care (CTHC), UCSF
Moderator:
David Bullard, PhD, consultant, spiritual care services and symptom management service, division of palliative medicine and clinical professor - volunteer, departments of medicine and psychiatry, UCSF
The program will start at 6:45pm with a short introduction and experience of seated yoga presented by Nora Burnett CIYT. Nora has taught Iyengar Yoga for 30 years, including classes of all levels, topical workshops, retreats, and Teacher Education, primarily at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco.
Program Sponsor:
Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Co-Sponsors:
Psycho-Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF
Spiritual Care Services, UCSF Health
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Ketamine Research Foundation, San Rafael, CA
Net proceeds from this event will be donated to The International Rescue Committee El Salvador.
Photo by Chris Ensey on Unsplash.