Community Calendar of Events
Survivorship lists events for your information. We do not endorse resources listed and cannot guarantee that individuals, groups, or conferences are pro-survivor. Unless you are already familiar with the organization or individual, please check it out in advance if you are interested.
Conferences, Workshops and Trainings | On-going Meetings and Training Opportunities | Intensive Trauma and DID Programs
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAININGS
Survivorship Workshop
Saturday July 31, 2010
"Writing Ourselves Whole"
Oakland, CA.
More information: www.survivorship.org/workshops.html
Survivorship Webinars
"Self-injury, Flashbacks, and Flooding as Programmed responses, and How to Deal with Them."Alison Miller, Ph.D.,
Saturday, July 24
More information: www.survivorship.org/webinars.html "How a Non-Artist Uses Art for Healing."
Flower aka Garden
Saturday, August 21
More information: www.survivorship.org/webinars.html
Conferences
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Regional Workshops:Website: http://www.asch.net/ASCHEducation/RegionalWorkshops/WorkshopsSchedule/tabid/177/Default.aspx
September 22 – September 26, Oak Brook, IL
December 9 – December 12, New Orleans, LA
October 21 – 24, San Antonio, TX
December 9 – December 12, New Orleans, LA
June 2 – June 5, 2011, Alexandria, VA
February 5 – 6, 2011 Lake Buena Vista, FL
ASCA: Adults Surviving Child Abuse
Website: http://www.asca.org.au/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=313
"
Finding Support You Need."
August 29, Orange Region
"
Coping with Childhood Abuse."
(Women Only) September 9, Mt Druitt, Sydney
"
Building Adaptive Coping Strategies."
14th August 14. Melbourne
September 25, Sydney
October 2, Perth
September 11, Adelaide
October 16, Brisbane
October 30, Canberra
Workshops for professionals:
August 13, Melbourne
September 10, Adelaide
September 24, Sydney
October 15, Brisbane
October 29, Canberra
Cape Cod Institute 2010
"Healing Broken Bonds: Traumatic Attachment and Affect Dysregulation."
Presenter: Janina Fisher
Website: www.cape.org/2010/fisher.html
August 16 – 20, Cape Cod, MA
Individuals: Treating PTSD and Complex PTSD."
Presenter: Donald Meichenbaum
Website: http://www.neei.org/workshops/conference_details.aspx?WID=2&CID=102
August 9 – 13, 2010, Cape Cod, MA
"Building a Strong Foundation: Stabilization and Resource Development in the Treatment of Chronic Trauma Survivors."
Presenter: Deborah L. Korn
Website: www.cape.org/2010/korn.html
August 23 – 27, Cape Cod, MA
Child Trauma Institute
Website: www.childtrauma.com/tr.html
Following is a list of trainings given by the Child Trauma Insitute:
"EMDR. The complete EMDRIA-approved basic training."
Starts August 19, Mechanicsburg, PA
Starts September 16, State College, PA
Deep Release Training, Counseling
Website: www.deeprelease.org.uk
Email: info@deeprelease.org.uk
Phone: 01277 226121
Following is a list of workshops given by Deep Release. All are held in Brentwood, Essex, UK
"Working with the Inner Child."
Presenter: Pauline Andrew
September 4
"Anger Workshop 1 - Theory and Practice."
Presenters: Deep Release Team
September 21
"Anger Workshop 2 – Skills."
Presenter: Pauline Andrew Website:
September 22
"Working with the Inner Child 1 – Discovery."
Presenters: Deep Release Team
September 28,
"Working with the Inner Child 2 – Skills."
Presenters: Deep Release Team
September 29
"Understanding Attachment."
Presenters: Deep Release Team
October 6
"Refreshing Your Supervision Practice."
Presenters: Pauline Andrew and Julie Timm
October 12
"Early Trauma, Abuse and Neglect."
Presenter: Pauline Andrew
October 13
"Creative Counselling 2"
October 22 - October 24
"Gestalt and Body Work for Counsellors."
Presenter: Pauline Andrew
November 1
"Toxic Relationships."
Presenter: Pauline Andrew
November 2
"Overcoming Stress and Anxiety."
Presenter: Chris Andrew.
November 3
Ministry Weekend for Clients
November 5 - November 7
"Who Can Tell Me Who I Am?"
Presenter: Clare Suffield
November 17
Ministry Weekend for Counsellors
December 3 - December 5
End Violence Against Women (EVAW)
Website: http://www.evawintl.org/conferences.aspx
International Conferences on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Stalking
2011: April 11 – 13, Chicago, IL
2012: April 23 – 25, San Diego, CA
2013: April 3 – 5, Pittsburgh, PA
2014: April 22 – 24, Seattle, WA
ESTD (European Society for Trauma and Dissociation)
E-mail: suerichardson1@compuserve.com
"Reaching for Relationship: An attachment-based approach to work with dissociation."
Website: http://www.estd.org
Presenter: Sue Richardson
October 15 – 16 October and November 12 - 13, York, UK
Harnill Centre of Christian Healing
Website: http://www.harnhillcentre.org.uk
Email: office@harnhillcentre.org.uk
"Conference for Those Supporting SRA Survivors""
September 17 – 19, Cirencester, Glos., UK
Facilitators: Mike Fisher and Ruth Cureton.
Healing Through Creativity: Survivor Art Event
Calling for submissions of amateur and professional art works including paintings, poetry, writings and crafts. We accept group collections and multiple pieces. We accept work from artists' groups, veterans' groups and overseas entries.
Website: http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org
Email: info@healingthroughcreativity.org
Phone: 304 545 6286
September 17 – 19, Bramwell, WV
October 1 – 3, Roanoke, VA
An Infinite Mind
"Healing Together: An Educational and Support Conference on DID."
Website: http://www.aninfinitemind.com/healing_together.html
E-mail: contact@aninfinitemind.com
February 5 – 6, 2011, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior
http://www.iahb.org/html/workshops.html
Phone: 800-258-8411
E-mail: staff@iahb.org
Four Day Intensive Clinical Training
Presenter: David Burns, M.D.
July 27 – 30, South San Francisco, CA
Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT)
"15th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma"
Website: http://www.IVATCenters.org
September 12 – 15, San Diego, CA
Affiliated Training Institutes: September 9, San Diego, CA
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST-D)
Website: http://www.isst-d.org
E-mail: email: tclemens@isst-d.org
Phone: Therese Clemens: 703-610-0240
Website: www.isst-d.org/annual_conference/2009/index.htm
2010 Conference
"Clinical Consequences of Complex Psychological Trauma: Assessment, Treatment, and Recovery."
Pre-conference: October 14 – 15
Conference: October 16 –18, Atlanta, GA
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
ISTSS 26th Annual Meeting
"Translation, Collaboration and Mutual Learning"
Pre-Meeting Institutes, November 3 – 4, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pre-conference, November 5 – 6, 2011, Montreal, Canada
Conference, November 7 – 9, 2011, Montreal, Canada
The John Bowlby Center
Website: http://www.thebowlbycentre.org.uk/
"Attachment Theory in Clinical Practice" weekly seminar series
Presenter: Kate White
October 6 – December 15, London, UK
Life Beyond
Website: http://www.lifebeyond.info/Dallas10.html
"Life Beyond Trauma Conference "
August 27 – 29th, Dallas, TX
Male Survivor
www.malesurvivor.org/weekends/2010/schedule.html
Phone: 801-364-5700 ex 1
E-mail: hfradkin@malesurvivor.org
Level I Weekends:
Oct 8 – 10, Peebles, Ohio
Level II Weekend:
August 13 – 15 Alta, Utah
New England Educational Institute
"New Developments in the Treatment of Victimized
Individuals: Treating PTSD and Complex PTSD."
Presenter: Donald Meichenbaum
Website: http://www.neei.org/workshops/conference_details.aspx?WID=4&CID=77
October 29 – 31, 2010, Santa Fe, NM
Next Step Counseling
Website: www.nextstepcounseling.org/upcomingevents2.htm
E-mail: nextstep.counseling@verizon.net
Phone: 617-277-7172
20th annual "Leaping upon the Mountains" A Men's Recovery Weekend
Co-led by Thom Harrigan and Mike Lew
August 13 – 15, Bangor, PA
Penny Parks Foundation Training
Parks Inner Child Therapy (PICT) Childhood Abuse Training
Website: pennyparks.eu/events.aspx
E-mail: info@atonepsychotherapy.co.uk
Nine 2-day sessions, starting in September, given in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK.
September 18 - 19
October 2 - 3
November 6 - 7
December 4 - 5
January 8 - 9, 2011
February 12 - 13, 2011
March 12 - 13, 2011
April 9 - 10, 2011
May 14 - 15, 2011
“Understanding the complexities of Sexual Abuse.”
July 10, Accrington
"Discovering and Changing Limiting Beliefs."
September 24, Halifax
“Accessing Inner Resources for Solving Past, Future or Current Challenges.”
October 9, Peterborough
River Oaks Hospital
Website: http://www.riveroakshospital.com/events_edtc.html
"Secret Lives: Quest for Authenticity."
July 9 – 10, Charlotte, NC
August 13, Birmingham, AL
September 24, Louisville, KY
November 19 – 20, Sarasota, FL
December 3, Charleston, SC
The Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma
Website: http://www.rossinst.com/conferences_workshops.html
Following is a list of workshops offered by the Ross Insitute:
Presenter: Scott Blech
Phone: 512-451-5200 x202
October 2, EMDR International Association, Minneapolis, MN "Complex PTSD"
Presenter: Elliott Benay
E-mail: benay@uvm.edu
October 8, Burlington, VT "The Trauma Model"
Presenter: Jack Hirose & Assoc.
E-mail: jackhiros@shaw.ca
November 18, Vancouver, Canada
S.M.A.R.T.’s
2010 Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference
E-mail: smartnews@aol.com
Website: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/
August 6 – 8, 2010, Windsor Locks, CT
TAG (Trauma and Abuse Group) in England
lists seminars, workshops and conferences given by its members. All are pertinent to working with
clients who have been ritually abused. Events are listed chronologically. Deep
Release offerings are listed separately. Their website is http://www.tag-uk.net/
“Accessing Inner Resources for Solving Past, Future or Current Challenges.”
October 9, Peterborough UK
Transformational Services
Website: http://www.drlouisewisechild.com/workshops.html
E-mail: louise@drlouisewisechild.com
Led by Louise Wiechild, Ph.D.
"Speaking from Silence: Retreats for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse."
For Women September 24 – 30
For Men October 8 – 14
For Women and Men Abused by the Clergy November 5 – 11
All retreats are at the Ke Ano Lani Retreat Center, Hawaii
Vital Cycles
"Retreat Central"
August 6 – 8, Fredricksburg, VA
ON-GOING MEETINGS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
ASCA (Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)
Website: http://www.ascasupport.org
Meetings
webpage: www.ascasupport.org/events.php
E-mail: info@ascasupport.org
On-going meetings in CA, FL, IL, NE, NJ, NY, NC, RI, and South Africa.
An Infinite Mind
Goldenrod, FL 32733
On-going DID support group
Facilitator: Jaime Pollack
Website: www.aninfinitemind.com
E-mail: contact@aninfinitemind.com
Children’s Advocacy Center of Volusia and Flagler Counties
Support group for survivors of sexual abuse Daytona Beach, FL.
Website: www.childrensadvocacy.org
Phone: 386-238-3830
Front Porch Showcase: Survivors are welcome at the Front Porch Showcase open mic at 7 p.m. on the 4th Friday of each month at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church located on Route 34 in Hurricane, WV. Call Steve or Dick at (304) 755-1322.
Support Group: Betty Stanley of Recovery, Inc. leads weekly meetings at Humphreys United Methodist Church (14th St. & Grosscup Ave.) in Dunbar on Thursdays at 7:30 PM. The group is for those dealing with stress, panic, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleeplessness, anger, etc.
Intensive Trauma Therapy
Morgantown, WV.
Website: www.traumatherapy.us
E-mail info@traumatherapy.us
Phone: 304-291-2912
Free Thursday morning Trauma Seminars.
ISST-D has in-person and on-line training programs for clinicians in
the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, and Israel on the diagnosis and
treatment of adults and adolescents.
Website: /www.isst-d.org
Long Island Support Group for Trauma Survivors
First Saturday of the month
Patchogue Library, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY
E-mail: roseal1@at.net
Telephone: 516-658-0548
National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
About 30 free on-line lectures on childhood trauma by noted researchers and clinicians; CEU’s available.
Website: http://learn.nctsn.org
New Landscapes
peer-led DID support group in Manhattan, NY, NY
Saturday morning, monthly
Email: contact@newlandscapes.com
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
htttp://www.siawso.org
Phone: 410-282-3400
SIA
holds 12-step meetings for incest survivors. Those designated “Nothing Too Heavy to Share” are designed
for ritual abuse survivors.
There is a new Women’s SIA “Nothing’s Too Heavy to Share” meeting for
incest, RA, GA, child pornography, child prostitution survivors.
Thursdays, 5:15 – 6:45 pm in Sebastopol, CA in Sonoma County.
Trauma Center at JRI
Website: www.traumacenter.org/training/workshops.php
Phone: 617- 232-1303
E-mail: moreinfo@traumacenter.org
Free lecture each Thursday of the month, 12 – 1 p.m., Brookline, MA
Vital Cycles
Website: http://www.vitalcycles.org
E-mail: healing@vitalcycles.org
Wednesdays, Internet Meetings 6:30-7:30 EST
Wednesdays and Sundays, Chelmsford, MA
Thursdays, Melrose, MA.
Thursdays, Milford, NH
Fridays, Philadelpia, PA.
Womencare Counseling Center
(weekly ongoing groups) Evanston, IL.
Website: www.womencarecounseling.com
E-mail: info@womencarecounseling.com
Phone: 847-475-7003
Women’s Center
46 Pleasant Street Cambridge, MA
Weekly and monthly groups for survivors of child sexual abuse, incest survivor’s
interfaith quilt project, Survivors of Incest Anonymous, eating disorder support group,
emotional healing group, more.
Website: www.cambridgewomenscenter.org
E-mail: info@cambridgewomenscenter.org
Phone: 617-354-6394
Helpline: 617-354-8807
INTENSIVE TRAUMA AND DID PROGRAMS
Del Amo Hospital
The National Treatment Center
for Trauma Stabilization and Resolution
(Administered by The Colin A Ross Institute for
Psychological Trauma www.rossinst.com )
23700 Camino del Sol, Torrance, CA 90505
Website: www.delamotreatment.com
Phone: 310-530-1151, 800-533-5266
Bridges To Recovery
P.O.Box 351809
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Residential, Transitional and Outpatient programs
Website: www.bridgestorecovery.com
Email: info@bridgestorecovery.com
Phone: 1-877-727-4343
Forest View Hospital
(Administered by the Colin A. Ross Institute for
Psychological Trauma. Website: www.rossinst.com )
1055 Medical Park Dr. SE, Grand Rapids MI 49546-3671
Website: www.forestviewhospital.com/home.html
Phone: 800-949-8439, 616-942-9610, FAX: 616-285-9144
Individual Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc
offers out-patient programs for people with PTSD, DID, DDNOS, and other disorders.
314 Scott Street, Morgantown, WV 26508
Website: www.traumatherapy.us
Email: iinfo@traumatherapy.us
Phone: 304-291-2912
Inner Values, Incorporated
Women's Institute for Incorporation Therapy out-patient program (women only)
430 Ross Avenue, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
Email: recovery@wiit.com
Phone: 800-437-5478, 321-722-9800, Fax: 1-321-768-1659
Mungadze Trauma Programs
Intensive Outpatient Program and survivor weekend retreats
Clinical Director: Dr. Jerry Mungadze
2040 Bedford Rd Suite 200
Bedford Texas, 76021
Phone: 1-888-470-8885
Website: http://www.mungadze.net/
Email: mungadze@msn.com
River Oaks Hospital
1525 River Oaks Road, West New Orleans, LA 70123
Website: www.riveroakshospital.com/home.html
Phone: 504-734-1740 or 800-366-1740, FAX 504-733-7020
Sheppard Pratt Trauma Disorders Service
(Richard Loewenstein, MD, Medical Director)
6501 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21285
Website: www.sheppardpratt.org
Email: info@sheppardpratt.org
Phone: 410-938-5000
Sheppard Pratt Trauma Disorders Day Hospital
(Director: Seanne Bailey)
Phone: 410-938-4754
Timberlawn Trauma Program
4600 Samuell Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75228
(Administered by The Colin A Ross Institute for
Psychological Trauma. Website: http://www.rossinst.com/
Website: vwww.timberlawn.com/indexnew.htm
Phone: 214-381-7181, 800-426-4944, FAX: 214-388-6453
Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital
(Masters and Johnson Trauma and Dissociative Disorders Program)
5121 Raytown Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64133
Website: www.tworivershospital.com
Phone: 816-356-5688, 800-225-8577
Women's Institute for Incorporation Therapy
in-patient program (women only)
1201 North 37th Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021
Website: http://www.wiit.com/
Phone: 954-962-1355, 800-403-4208, Fax: 954-981-5520