This workshop offers the opportunity to explore the neural structures and chemistry involved in processing Adverse Life Events (ALEs for short) that lead to psychosocial trauma and neuropsychosocial disintegration. It introduces the eminence of the nervous system in this process and delves into the neurobiology of psychosocial stress and trauma that alters or causes the autonomic nervous system to function differently – resulting in chronic psychosomatic diseases, such as asthma (explored in a case study). A key goal for attendees is to gain a sound understanding of how survivors of ALEs might process their experience, the suffering they endure, and their recovery process in a scientific way. This understanding extends to the neurobiology of the Survival and Intelligence SPEARS that transmit information between nerves and to various parts of the body involved in regulating stress and keeping us alive and able as we navigate ordinary life and seek or maintain well-being.
Learning Objectives:
- Introduction to Psychosocial Trauma V Dis-Integration in the Nervous System
- Adverse Lived Experiences & Psychosocial Trauma in the Peripheral Nervous System
- The Biochemistry of Psychosocial Stress & Trauma in the Autonomic Nervous System
- Sympathetic V Parasympathetic Nerves in Processing Psychosocial Stress & Trauma
- Psychosocial Developmental Demand in Focus – Integrating Trust to Promote and Reinforce Hopefulness (the antithesis of Distrust and Hopelessness in Dis-Integration)
- Introduction to Intelligence SPEARS – Promoting Somatic, Psychological, Emotional, Adaptive, Reflective and Social Intelligence in Service of Neurospsyosocial Integration
- Native + Intelligence SPEARS in the Charge-Discharge Cycle – A Case Study on Surviving Asthma
- Dialogue, Reflections & Questions
The Workshop is Appropriate For:
Trauma researchers, therapists, and clinicians, as well as lay individuals exploring their
own traumas.
This is a “cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural synthesis of neurobiology, attachment and
trauma theory, spirituality, and epigenetics. Woven through passionate prose is an
appreciation of the centrality of storytelling, testimony, and bearing witness in the lives of
human beings in groups and communities. Here is a giant step forward for the emergent
field of psychosocial studies.”
Course Content
Presenter
Winniey E. Maduro, PhD is a research psychologist and lecturer in the neurobiology of the psychosocial. Her research focuses on Neuropsychosocial adaptations to adverse lived experiences and posttraumatic growth across generations.
