The American Psychological Association (APA) has noted 5 broad categories of approaches used in therapy:

• Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies: With this type of approach, your therapist may try to understand underlying problems as well as hidden motivations and meaning that may be lurking around in your subconscious. You will likely feel in partnership with your therapist, giving you time to ask them questions and bounce of ideas throughout your discovery.

• Behavior therapy: This type of approach relies on a person’s individual learning capabilities to help them develop certain desirable patterns of behavior – examples of this include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and desensitization.

• Cognitive therapy: This approach truly focuses more on a person’s pattern of thinking rather than their behaviors; with this, your therapist may work with you to help you identify ways of thinking that are causing dysfunction in your life so that you may change them over time.

• Humanistic therapy: An emphasis is placed on a person’s ability to make rational choices and utilize their potential; with this type of therapy approach, your therapist may focus on placing the control and decision-making in your hands, as they may believe that as a client, you are in charge of your own recovery essentially. Examples of this include gestalt therapy and existential therapy.

• Holistic therapy: Many therapists who utilize this approach prefer to integrate a variety of elements from different approaches to suit that of the client. With this, you may work with your therapist to see what is most conducive to your recovery.

Although there are many different approaches that can be used in therapy, they all can be very effective if used correctly. If you haven’t already, speak with a professional from reputable treatment center to learn more about therapy approaches and which program may be most beneficial to you.

Stop the cycle of merry-go-round treatment and find the solution you’re looking for in trauma treatment. Through effective residential treatment, Khiron House helps you find the path you need toward health and wellness in recovery. For information, call us today. UK: 020 3811 2575 (24 hours). USA: (866) 801 6184 (24 hours).

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There are so many different ways to write, but free writing is completely open. Nothing is on the paper telling you what to do – you simply write. Some consider this type of writing journaling, because it’s the process of you writing down whatever comes to mind. The sentences you create may or may not flow well together, and they may or may not always make sense. Since there is so much that can go on in our mind at once, it’s hard to get everything down – that’s why you take what you can and move forward from there.

Medium suggests a number of good reasons why free writing can be beneficial, especially in the morning:

• It helps you resolve any residual issues that may have occurred the day before, so that you can take on a whole new, positive perspective for the day

• It allows you to explore your thoughts so that you can identify any underdeveloped ideas that you’ve had

• By writing about your thoughts and experiences, you may gain new insight – which can reel in more focus and clarity for your work

Free writing is an excellent option if you’re wanting to get everything out of your mind and onto paper. You can even think of it metaphorically – once it’s on paper, it’s no longer a hindrance to your mind.

Stop the cycle of merry-go-round treatment and find the solution you’re looking for in trauma treatment. Through effective residential treatment, Khiron House helps you find the path you need toward health and wellness in recovery. For information, call us today. UK: 020 3811 2575 (24 hours). USA: (866) 801 6184 (24 hours).

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If you’re looking to build upon the relationships you currently have, there are many beautiful ways to do this:

1.     Practice listening. Too often we become entrenched in our own lives – worries, financial difficulties, work-related issues and more can pile up and even when we ask our loved ones how they’re doing, we’re not truly listening. Practice listening with your eyes and ears and check in with your loved ones to express your concern.
2.     Express your gratitude for them. It’s easy to take our loved ones for granted, especially if they’ve been in our lives for so long. Although this may be true, they’ve continued to support you for a reason – this love should not go unexpressed, as it’s vital for healthy relationships to grow on gratitude.
3.     Engage with one another in meaningful ways. Texting has become a popular pastime of many around the world, but real moments of experience and conversation can take your relationships to an entirely new level. Rather than texting your friend, family member, or partner, ask to meet up with them soon.
4.     Share your dreams. “Venting” is easy to do in relationships because we desire that emotional support, but it’s important to talk about the good aspects of your life, too. Share and celebrate your successes and ask that they do the same – these moments could become quite defining in your relationship.
5.     Practice forgiveness. As humans, we’re naturally going to make mistakes. With this comes a certain level of compassion that is needed, otherwise we could let go of everyone in our lives just as soon as we’ve met them. Consider their point of view and try to work with them on issues that you feel can be resolved.

Trauma is most often the root cause of many emotional, behavioral, and mood disorders. Until you can heal your trauma, you will find great difficulty finding the healing you need to live a life of recovery, health, and wellness. At Khiron House, we provide effective residential treatment and cutting edge therapies which seek to transform mind, body, and spirit from the effects of trauma. Call us today for information. UK: 020 3811 2575 (24 hours) USA: (866) 801 6184 (24 hours).

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We don’t want to say or do the “wrong thing” when we are trying to support someone who is living with depression. The first thing we have to realize is that we cannot change how they are feeling. Despite all of our best efforts, we cannot cure their depression and suddenly cause them to feel better, be happier, or have a different outlook on life. Though depression can be situational, it is also a very real mental health diagnosis which can result from a chemical imbalance. Unfortunately, that is just out of our control. Rather than try to cheer someone with depression up, we honor their experience, meet them where they are, and ask them what they need from us. Bye showing up for someone living with depression, we stop showing them up and emphasizing the shame that they shouldn’t be feeling the way they are feeling.

• • • • We can ask our loved one what they need to feel supported, validated, and acknowledged.
      • We can bring them the comforts they desire and meet them where they are comfortable without shame or judgment.
      • We can encourage them to maintain a healthy lifestyle within their ability by eating a well rounded nutritious diet and getting at least 20 minutes of movement per day.
      • We can let them know that though we can’t understand what they are going through, we love them and support them with all of our hearts.

Learning to be is part of the process of trauma recovery. Stop the cycle of merry-go-round treatment and find the solution you’re looking for in trauma treatment. Through effective residential treatment, Khiron House helps you find the path you need toward health and wellness in recovery. For information, call us today. UK: 020 3811 2575 (24 hours). USA: (866) 801 6184 (24 hours).

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by Dr Bessel van der Kolk

This event was recorded and is available for sale on DVD or memory stick from Whole Being Films

Feedback for this event:

Khiron House is delighted to present this important two-day workshop by Dr Bessel van der Kolk

The evolutionary function of the human brain is to ensure our internal well-being and ability to connect to other human beings. Traumatic experiences, however, change the brain’s priorities: the abili ty to process information and engage with our environments is altered. Individuals become afraid to know what they know or to feel what they feel. Worse yet, they become afraid of other human beings, isolating to feel safe but at the cost of connection and comfort.

This workshop will explore how, because of their altered biological systems and rhythms, traumatized individuals can continue to be trapped by their histories long after the events are past. Current experiences and relationships are misinterpreted by the body as a replay of the past with no conscious connection to the trauma. 

With the help of videotapes, this workshop will explore ways to break the cycles of re-enactment and suffering by befriending inner experience.

We will study the action of the newer therapeutic modalities for trauma, all of which emphasize the neurobiological legacy of trauma: mindfulness, EMDR, yoga, Internal Family Systems Therapy, sensorimotor therapy, theatre work, and neurofeedback. With an understanding of how “the body keeps the score,” we can more easily help children and adults overcome a traumatic past and regain the capacity to be fully alive in the present.

BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, MD, is a clinical psychiatrist who has studied the impact and resolution of trauma on the minds and brains of children and adults since 1982. He is professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and medical director of the Trauma Center in Boston. He is author of the New York Times best seller The Body Keeps the Score. www.besselvanderkolk.com

Full catering is included in your ticket price. There will be two sessions, morning and afternoon, with a 3 course buffet lunch in between. Morning and afternoon teas and coffee will be served during the breaks.

CPD certificates will be available on the final afternoon at the tea break for all registered delegates.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DISCOUNTED TICKETS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE OR TRANSFERABLE

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An Interpersonal Neurobiological Approach Transforming Developmental Trauma into Integration and Resiliency

by Dr Dan Siegel and Khiron House

This event was recorded and is available for sale on DVD or memory stick from Whole Being Films

Feedback from the event:

“Excellent input from all presenters. Really, inspiring and motivating. All my parts loved it!”

“Saturday was good. Sunday was excellent.”

“It was excellent, thank you.”

“Experiential segments on day 2 were great.”

“Dan Siegel was superb.”

“The workshop has given me a yet deeper understanding of how trauma work in severe cases are executed.”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the 2 days. I feel excited by what I have learnt (some of which is new to me) I am looking forward to integrate (the word at the weekend!) into my practice.”

“Thank you. The workshop was packed full of useful information. It has stimulated my curiosity to develop this area of working.”

“I thought it was quite excellent and I have learnt a lot.”

“Thank you for a fantastic w/end! I thought Dr Siegel was truly mesmerising and meeting the team on Sunday was a really nice experience.”

“I thought the entire training was of an impeccable standard.”

Khiron House is delighted to present this important two-day workshop by Dr Dan Siegel and Khiron House

Eminent psychiatrist Dr Dan Siegel is a brilliant speaker and teacher, who through sincerity and authenticity, animatedly educates us on his ground-breaking discoveries regarding where mind, brain and relationships meet. This life changing two-day workshop explains how unresolved developmental trauma can impact not only our relationship with ourselves, but our relationship with those we love the most. Most importantly, his workshop helps us begin the profound journey moving toward healing, wholeness and relational intimacy.

Day one is led by Dr. Siegel providing theory, education and understanding. Day two is lead by Khiron House’s clinical team allowing opportunities for experiential application.

Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. is currently clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, which offers online learning and in-person lectures that focus on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes.

Dr Siegel is an author who has published extensively for the professional audience. He serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which contains over three dozen textbooks. Dr. Siegel’s books include Mindsight, Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, The Developing Mind, Second Edition, The Mindful Therapist, The Mindful Brain, Parenting from the Inside Out (with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.), The New York Times bestsellers The Whole-Brain Child (with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.), Brainstorm, and his latest No-Drama Discipline (with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.).

Dr Siegel’s unique ability to make complicated scientific concepts exciting has led him to be invited to address diverse local, national and international groups of mental health professionals, neuroscientists, corporate leaders, educators, parents, public administrators, healthcare providers, policy-makers, mediators, judges, and clergy. He has lectured for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google University, London’s Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and TEDx. He lives in Southern California with his family. For more information, please visit: www.DrDanSiegel.com.

This event is fully catered included in your ticket price. There will be two sessions, morning and afternoon, with a 3 course buffet lunch in between. Morning and afternoon teas and coffee will be served during the breaks.

CPD certificates will be available at 5pm on the Sunday afternoon for all registered delegates.

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Columbia Hotel, Bayswater, London. 26th, 27th January 9.00am to 5.00pm

This event was recorded and is available for sale on DVD or memory stick from Whole Being Films

“Well done Khiron house team, well organized. So inspired by Janina’s wisdom, empathetic clear delivery and 33 year experience. Would love a client focused workshop run by her.”

“Had a great day – thank you”

“Other than the venue, all excellent, really well organized, thank you for all the hard work and effort.”

“Janina was inspiration and I came away uplifted and encouraged – a brilliant workshop.”

“Congratulations – I thought the first Khiron House workshop was very successful.”

“Very enjoyable and informative workshop.”

“The hand-outs were very helpful and appropriate. All staff engaging and helpful. The workshop was excellent and very helpful. Thank you.”

“Perfect balance of information, case examples, limiting floor questions and not many time wasting role plays. As someone who came to counselling late I attend numerous CPD events, this has been the best in 3 years.”

“An excellent speaker, very informative, engaging and stimulating. Thank you so much Janina.”

“I feel the workshop was really well presented and Janina fisher an excellent speaker. Thank you and looking forward to next time.”

“Janina is a wonderful speaker.”

“I found the workshop interesting and exciting and there was a great deal of positive energy from all involved. I feel inspired! Thank you.”

“Pleasure to hear the speaker- lots of good ideas.”

“Wonderful, engaging, informative, excellent.”

“An excellent workshop, learnt so much, thanks to all.”

“2 great days – thank you.”

“The material and her energising delivery were both so fabulous it would have taken more than that to disrupt it. Janina’s insights are invaluable.”

“Janina’s workshop was one of the best CPD events I’ve attended in years and I’m continuing to reflect on and process the material she presented. Thank you also to you and your colleagues for making the workshop possible in such a friendly and efficient way.”

“I thought the workshop was excellent, Janina Fisher truly inspiring, and you all handled the water leak as speedily and efficiently as possible.”

Khiron House is delighted to present this important two-day Janina Fisher Workshop

In this two-day workshop Janina will be helping us to understand how traumatic attachment in childhood affects not only how we feel in relationships but also the ability of the nervous system to tolerate proximity to others. This workshop opens up a deeper understanding of how trauma impacts attachments to others and how to work relationally and somatically to create a greater sense of safety in our relationships.

Janina Fisher, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Instructor at the Trauma Center, an outpatient clinic and research centre founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known for her expertise as both a therapist and consultant, she is also past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, a faculty member of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Fisher has been an invited speaker at the Cape Cod Institute, Harvard Medical School Conference Series, the EMDR International Association Annual Conference, University of Wisconsin, University of Westminster in London, the Psychotraumatology Institute of Europe, and the Esalen Institute. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of research and treatment and how to introduce these newer trauma treatment paradigms in traditional therapeutic approaches. www.janinafisher.com

This event is fully catered included in your ticket price. There will be two sessions, morning and afternoon, with a 3 course buffet lunch in between. Morning and afternoon teas and coffee will be served during the breaks.

CPD certificates will be available at 5pm on the Tuesday afternoon for all registered delegates.

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A New Year Retreat-Dec 30th 2014 to Jan 2nd 2015

My sense is that the picture on the right “is worth a thousand words;” and much aligned with the eloquent description of this unique workshop… “embodied experience”, “magical” and “transformative.”

This is how the organisers describe the workshop:

“In the beauty of the Sussex countryside Vanessa Hodge and Jane Shaw come together to hold a four day embodied experience of the potent power of stillness. This will be a magical adventure, full of rich, bright, transformative potential. Join us at an elegant country house edged by woodland, with far reaching views across the Sussex Weald”.

Read more about this workshop: Journey into Stillness

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