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Laura Brown, Ph.D., ABPP

Guest Speaker

Laura S. Brown, Ph.D., ABPP, is a semi-retired former psychotherapist, EMDR practitioner, psychotherapy consultant, writer, and teacher in Seattle, Washington, where she has specialized in developing liberatory, decolonial, and feminist models of trauma healing.

Sessions

General Session 101: Liberatory Trauma Responsive Intersectional Self Care for Humans/Therapists

Presented by Laura Brown, Ph.D., ABPP in Intermediate, Introductory at 8:30 AM on Thursday, April 18th.

This keynote address will develop a model of a liberatory, intersectional, trauma-informed practice of care for the therapist’s self. Explore the corporatization of this construct and ways in which therapists can take it back from those who have turned it into a cliche and transform self-care into an integral component of our work as trauma…