Janina Fisher – Linda Graham and Rick Hanson – Brain Science in Clinical Practice Applying the Power of Neuroscience to Heal Trauma, Attachment, Shame and More

Janina Fisher, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and instructor at the Trauma Center, an outpatient clinic and research center founded by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. Known for her expertise as both a clinician and consultant, she is also the past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association CE 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, Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Harvard Medical School Summer and Winter Conference Series, EMDRIA Annual Conference, University of Oslo (Norway), the University of Westminster in London (UK), the Esalen Institute, and the Psychotraumatology Institute of Europe. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities.
Speaker Disclosure
Financial: Janina Fisher is in private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Nonfinancial: Janina Fisher has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.

Linda Graham, MFT, is an experienced psychotherapist in the San Francisco Bay Area, bestselling author and international speaker. She integrates modern neuroscience, mindfulness practices, and relational psychology in her worldwide trainings. She is the author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being, winner of the 2013 Books for a Better Life award and the 2014 Better Books for a Better World award. Linda draws on her own experiences of healing and awakening as well as more than two decades of integrative study, practice and teaching of transformational psychotherapies, vipassana meditation, life coaching, and facilitating groups and workshops to become a skillful guide interweaving many paths of compassionate, conscious connection. She is passionate about integrating the paradigms and practices of modern neuroscience, Western relational psychology and Eastern contemplative practice.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Linda Graham is in private practice. She is an author for New World Library and receives royalties. Ms. Graham receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Linda Graham is an author of monthly e-newsletters.

Bruce Ecker, MA, LMFT, is codirector of the Coherence Psychology Institute and coauthor of Unlocking the Emotional Brain and Depth Oriented Brief Therapy.
Sara Bridges, PhD, is codirector of the Coherence Psychology Institute, associate professor at the University of Memphis, and coeditor of the series Studies in Meaning.
Speaker Disclosure
Financial: Bruce Ecker is in private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Bruce Ecker has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
Financial: Sara Bridges is the co-director of Coherence Psychology Institute. She is an associate professor at the University of Memphis. Dr. Bridges receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Sara Bridges has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

Noel R. Larson, Ph.D., MSW, is a licensed psychologist, marriage and family therapist and independent clinical social worker. She maintains a private practice at Meta Resources, a clinic she co-founded with James Maddock in 1981. Dr. Larson also provides supervision and consultation to groups throughout the country and conducts training workshops in the U.S. and abroad on personality disorders, family therapy, resilience, sexual abuse treatment, systemic treatment of domestic violence, group therapy, trauma and attachment and the therapist differentiation. Dr. Larson provides ongoing consultation with several health care, social service and corrections organizations in Minnesota and Colorado and has had an ongoing consultation and training practice in Denmark for thirty years. Noel taught for several years at the University of Minnesota Graduate School of Social Work before becoming director of the Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Program at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She also developed and implemented the first U.S. treatment program for incarcerated female sex offenders at the Shakopee women’s prison.
Speaker Disclosure
Financial: Noel Larson receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Noel Larson has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness (October 2013), Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love , and Wisdom (in 23 languages), and Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time (in 12 languages). Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, he’s been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An authority on self-directed neuroplasticity, Dr. Hanson’s work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, FoxBusiness, Consumer Reports, U.S. News and World Report, and O Magazine. Speaker Disclosure
Financial: Rick Hanson is in private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Rick Hanson has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.