Becoming Trauma-Sensitive: Making Mindfulness and Meditation Safe for Trauma Survivors

Becoming Trauma-Sensitive: Making Mindfulness and Meditation Safe for Trauma Survivors

facilitated by David Treleaven, PhD 

Course Details

Designed for wellness professionals, this two-day workshop--led by author and trauma specialist, David Treleaven, PhD--will equip you with the tools you need to offer mindfulness in a safe, effective, trauma-sensitive way.

October 18, 2019

9:00 - 4:00 am

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

About the Speaker

David Treleaven, PhD, is a writer, educator, and trauma professional whose work focuses on the intersection of trauma and mindfulness. He is author of the book Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing (W. W. Norton, 2018), which was acclaimed by Rick Hanson as “a rare combination of solid scholarship, clinically useful methods, and passionate advocacy for those who have suffered from trauma.” He’s lectured on trauma-sensitive mindfulness at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Omega Institute in New York. Trained in counseling psychology at the University of British Columbia, he received his doctorate in psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is currently a visiting scholar at Brown University.

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