Pete Walker’s Complex-PTSD theory – What it is, how it works and ways to heal it
Pete Walker is an American psychotherapist who has specialised in the treatment of complex post-traumatic stress for over thirty years.
The lecture will mostly be based around his book ‘Complex PTSD – From surviving to thriving’ which outlines his theories about how CPTSD is formed, how it manifests psychologically, emotionally and interpersonally and his multi-dimensional approach to healing it.
This theory and it’s practical approach has been one of the corner stones in my own mental-emotional healing/growth for about 5 years and I want to share it’s main contents as well as some of my own experience with this work.
The purpose of the event is mainly to create space for education and discussion, not group therapy.
Some of the topics discussed will most likely be emotionally charged and potentially triggering for many people and I will do my best to make everybody feel as safe as possible. For example by stressing the importance of speaking from ones own experience and avoiding assuming other people’s experiences.
Among the topics discussed will be:
Trauma, triggers, emotional flashbacks, emotional violence, abusive/neglectful/dysfunctional parenting and family dynamics, different types of trauma responses, toxic-shame, guilt, anger, rage, grief and grieving, healing.
IN/VERSE is an evening hosted by No Borders Iceland and Refuges in Iceland with the aim of creating a space for immigrants to express their experiences.
Various contributors of significant different backgrounds will show wide artistic expressions, always embracing the idea of connecting through the emotions that we all might share despite the disparity.
The event will open with a sharing of stories filled with poetry, texts and speeches of voices not so often heard in Icelandic society. An art exhibition will be accompanying all along this cosy evening for people to freely explore it: drawings, pictures, sculptures. There will be room for dialogue between contributors of In/verse and the audience as long as respect to their contributions is present, we want to encourage people to start conversations as if they would be part of the performance or simply to show how the sharing of it has moved them. And finally but not less importantly, the evening will be closed off by mesmerising music.
18:00 Doors Open
18:15 Speeches/Stories/Dialogue
20:00 Concerts:
Jelena Ciric
Flaaryr
21:00 Dj Set:
DJ Freky and DJ Wolf from the Ambient Karma Rock DJ collective from Reykjavík Cultural Cypher
– ÍSLENSKA-
Á viðburðinum IN/VERSE mun fjöldi þátttakenda frá mismunandi bakgrunni sýna fjölbreytta list með það að leiðarljósi að tengjast tilfinningalega sameiginlegri upplifun margra þrátt fyrir ójöfnuð.
Viðburðurinn opnar með sögusögnum, ljóðum og ræðu þeirra radda sem ekki oft fá að heyrast í íslensku samfélagi.
Listviðburðurinn mun innihalda teikningar, myndir og skúlptúra. Boðið verður upp á samræður á milli þátttakenda og áhorfanda og verða áhorfendur hvattir til að deila upplifun sinni með þátttakendum. Áhorfendur eru hvattir til að sýna virðingu og nærgætni. Kvöldið endar svo á heillandi tónlist.
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Pete Walker’s Complex-PTSD theory – What it is, how it works and ways to heal it
Pete Walker is an American psychotherapist who has specialised in the treatment of complex post-traumatic stress for over thirty years.
The lecture will mostly be based around his book ‘Complex PTSD – From surviving to thriving’ which outlines his theories about how CPTSD is formed, how it manifests psychologically, emotionally and interpersonally and his multi-dimensional approach to healing it.
This theory and it’s practical approach has been one of the corner stones in my own mental-emotional healing/growth for about 5 years and I want to share it’s main contents as well as some of my own experience with this work.
The purpose of the event is mainly to create space for education and discussion, not group therapy.
Some of the topics discussed will most likely be emotionally charged and potentially triggering for many people and I will do my best to make everybody feel as safe as possible. For example by stressing the importance of speaking from ones own experience and avoiding assuming other people’s experiences.
Among the topics discussed will be:
Trauma, triggers, emotional flashbacks, emotional violence, abusive/neglectful/dysfunctional parenting and family dynamics, different types of trauma responses, toxic-shame, guilt, anger, rage, grief and grieving, healing.
@Iðnó, Vonarstræti 3
IN/VERSE is an evening hosted by No Borders Iceland and Refuges in Iceland with the aim of creating a space for immigrants to express their experiences.
Various contributors of significant different backgrounds will show wide artistic expressions, always embracing the idea of connecting through the emotions that we all might share despite the disparity.
The event will open with a sharing of stories filled with poetry, texts and speeches of voices not so often heard in Icelandic society. An art exhibition will be accompanying all along this cosy evening for people to freely explore it: drawings, pictures, sculptures. There will be room for dialogue between contributors of In/verse and the audience as long as respect to their contributions is present, we want to encourage people to start conversations as if they would be part of the performance or simply to show how the sharing of it has moved them. And finally but not less importantly, the evening will be closed off by mesmerising music.
18:00 Doors Open
18:15 Speeches/Stories/Dialogue
20:00 Concerts:
Jelena Ciric
Flaaryr
21:00 Dj Set:
DJ Freky and DJ Wolf from the Ambient Karma Rock DJ collective from Reykjavík Cultural Cypher
– ÍSLENSKA-
Á viðburðinum IN/VERSE mun fjöldi þátttakenda frá mismunandi bakgrunni sýna fjölbreytta list með það að leiðarljósi að tengjast tilfinningalega sameiginlegri upplifun margra þrátt fyrir ójöfnuð.
Viðburðurinn opnar með sögusögnum, ljóðum og ræðu þeirra radda sem ekki oft fá að heyrast í íslensku samfélagi.
Listviðburðurinn mun innihalda teikningar, myndir og skúlptúra. Boðið verður upp á samræður á milli þátttakenda og áhorfanda og verða áhorfendur hvattir til að deila upplifun sinni með þátttakendum. Áhorfendur eru hvattir til að sýna virðingu og nærgætni. Kvöldið endar svo á heillandi tónlist.
18:00 Húsið opnar
18:15 Ræður/Sögur/Samræður
20:00 Tónleikar – Jelena Ciric
Flaaryr
21:00 Dj set – Reykjavík Cultural Cypher
Feminist self-defence collective Slagtog meets weekly to organise their work. For further detail please write to slagtog@gmail.com
Feminist self-defence collective Slagtog meets weekly to organise their work. For further detail please write to slagtog@gmail.com
Feminist self-defence collective Slagtog meets weekly to organise their work. For further detail please write to slagtog@gmail.com
Feminist self-defence collective Slagtog meets weekly to organise their work. For further detail please write to slagtog@gmail.com
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