Show Notes
Amanda Garcia Torres and Lisa Chantler introduce us to the basics of Chairwork and discuss why this is such a powerful tool for clients who have experienced trauma. Garcia Torres has further developed her Chairwork practice to give voice to clients from marginalized communities, focusing on what she has identified as the five core problems of oppression.
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Lisa Chantler in conversation with Clinical Psychologist Dr Ozgur Yalcin. Oz is Director of the Anima Health Network in Perth, and current Chair of the Clinical College of the APS. Oz finds the commonalities in a range of parts work systems such as IFS, Chair Work and Structural Dissociation, and integrates them in a straightforward way that's easily applied in day to day clinical therapy.
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Dr Catherine Hynes brings Neuroscience and Neuropsychology underpinnings to her Clinical work with trauma and dissociation. Lisa and Catherine discuss the impact of trauma on memory, the controversies around repressed memories, recovered memories and false memories, and explore best practice guidelines for therapists working in this space.