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The Center for Trauma and Contemplative Practice Presents

2015 Symposium On

Trauma & Contemplative Practice

Exploring the Territory

Held May 1-2, 2015

At Harvard Divinity School

Schedule at a Glance

Friday May 1	Friday Evening Session 7:00 – 9:15 PM	Welcome & Opening Remarks Presentations & Discussion
Saturday May 2	Saturday Morning Session 8:30 AM – Noon	Keynote – John Briere Presentations & Discussion
	Noon – 1:30 PM	Lunch & Informal Discussion
	Saturday Afternoon Session 1:30 – 5:00 PM	Presentations & Discussion Closing Keynote – Victoria Follette
	5:00 – 5:45 PM	Book Signing

Detailed Schedule (see version with video links – here)

Friday Evening (May 1)	Welcome & Opening Remarks	Catherine Koverola, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences at Lesley University; Cheryl Giles, Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling, Harvard Divinity School; Convener: Deborah Rozelle
	Panel: Somatic & Neuroscience Approaches to Trauma	Polyvagal Theory: Foundation for a Neurobiological Model of Trauma Treatment	Jared Kass & Sidney Trantham	Moderator: Willoughby Britton Discussant: Tony King
		Harnessing the Seeking, Satisfaction, and Embodiment Circuitries in Contemplative Approaches to Healing Trauma	Jim Hopper
		Yoga as a Treatment for Trauma	David Emerson
Saturday Morning (May 2)	Keynote	A Synthesis of Buddhist and Western Approaches to Trauma	John Briere
	Panel: Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Trauma	Cultivating Self-Compassion in Trauma Survivors	Christopher Germer	Moderator: Victoria Follette Discussant: John Briere
		How Trauma Creates Chronic Physical Pain	Ronald Siegel
		Mindfulness & Self-Compassion in Group Therapy for Combat-Related PTSD	Tony King
		Trauma Treatment via Vipassana Meditation Inside a Maximum-Security Prison	Jenny Phillips
	Catered Lunch	The Rock Café at Harvard Divinity School Informal Discussion and Networking
Saturday Afternoon (May 2)	Paper	Mahayana Buddhism and Trauma	David Lewis
	Panel: Individual Trauma Psychotherapy	EMDR & Buddhist Practice: A New Model of PTSD Treatment	Deborah Rozelle	Moderator: Jeffrey Ansloos Discussant: Susan Pollak
		A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach to the Treatment of Trauma: Embodying the Foundational Principles	Barbara Phillips
		Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS): Healing Trauma and Living Compassionately	Frank Anderson
	Closing Keynote	Conclusions and Future Directions	Victoria Follette
	Book Signing Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices		Editors & Authors

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