This lecture explores how religious and spiritual beliefs can be used in the healing of trauma.  It draws extensively on a case study of an Afghan refugee, who had experienced persecution of his family members and his own torture.

The aims of this study were to evaluate the relation between symptomatic distress and adaptive, resilient functioning and to identify the role of family functioning in predicting both negative (trauma symptoms) and positive (resilient) functioning in young adults reporting childhood physical and emotional abuse.

Neurofeedback is a useful intervention in clinicial practice, but how can we help those living in remote areas who don't have ready access to clinical services? This presentation will provide an overview of a model for remote supervision of neurofeedback that has been successfully used for the past six years to assist clients in home and school environments.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) was implemented in a treatment of a female client from Sierra Leone, who had been experiencing symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and who has been experiencing suicidal thoughts.

Group work and facilitation skills has become a valued role within DCS suported by our commitment to the State Plan priority, 'reduce recidivism by 10% by 2016'.

This paper uses a case study of a 14 year old severely traumatised refugee boy to illustrate the successful integration of EEG biofeedback with trauma counselling. This boy‘s clinical presentation was primarily one of affect dysregulation and associated behavioural problems.

“Eat when hungry, sleep when tired.”
This ancient Zen saying is a simple prescription for a satisfying life. But for many people, eating is anything but simple. It is ironic that in a land of plenty, large numbers of people suffer from unbalanced relationship to food.