The impact of adversity and trauma on attachment and mental health

Jeremy Holmes, MD, FRCPsych, BPC Related seminars and products

Professor Jeremy Holmes, MD, FRCPsych, BPC, was for 35 years consultant psychiatrist and medical psychotherapist at University College London and then in North Devon, UK. He was chair of the Psychotherapy Faculty of the Royal College of Psychologists 1998-2002. He is visiting professor at the University of Exeter, and lectures nationally and internationally. In addition to 200+ papers and chapters in the field of psychoanalysis and attachment theory, his books, translated into 9 languages, include John Bowlby and Attachment Theory (2013, Routledge), The Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy (2005, co-editors Glen Gabbard and Judy Beck), Exploring in Security (2010, Routledge, winner the 2010 Canadian Psychological Association Goethe Award), The Therapeutic Imagination (Routledge, 2014), Attachment in Therapeutic Practice (with Arietta Slade, SAGE 2017), and The Brain has a Mind of its Own (Confer Books, 2020). He was recipient of a New York Attachment Consortium Bowlby-Ainsworth Founders Award, Music, gardening, green politics and grand-parenting are gradually eclipsing his lifetime devotion to psychoanalytic psychotherapy and attachment theory.

Anne Aiyegbusi, PhD Related seminars and products

Dr. Anne Aiyegbusi is a group analyst, forensic psychotherapist and mental health nurse.  Her nursing career in the NHS saw her gaining experience in the range of roles ‘from ward to board.’ However, her clinical practice was based in forensic mental health services, including 15 years as a consultant nurse in secure services for women. After taking early retirement she returned to the NHS on a part time basis and manages a clinical network offering training and consultancy to build workforce capacity for supporting people with the diagnosis of personality disorder.  Anne is also a director, psychotherapist and consultant nurse for Psychological Approaches, a community interest company providing training and consultancy to public sector agencies working with complex needs and offending. Anne has published and presented widely in areas relating to complex trauma and attachment issues, especially as related to forensic services, ‘personality disorder’ women’s mental health and racism. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. Anne Aiyegbusi is a practicing psychotherapist, consultant nurse, and group analyst. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. and receives royalties as a published author. She is an instructor at the Queen Mary University of London. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Dr. Anne Aiyegbusi is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Group Analysis and serves as the Chair of the Training Committee for the Governance Working Group, Diversity in Training Group, and Forensic Psychotherapy Society.

Diane Poole-Heller, PhD Related seminars and products

Trauma Solutions

Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D., At a time when psychotherapists trained primarily in the “talking cure” are increasingly recognising the need to “read” clients’ nonverbal communications, particularly those buried in early attachment issues, Diane Poole Heller has been a leader in addressing the unconscious issues that clients are often unable to express. With an approach grounded in Attachment Theory, Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing method of trauma resolution, and spiritual healing techniques, she’s travelled around the world teaching integrative mind-body methods that deepen the resonance of the therapist–client bond. 

Speaker Disclosures: 
Financial: Dr. Diane Poole Heller maintains a private practice. She is a published author and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations. Non-financial: Dr. Diane Poole Heller has no relevant non-financial relationships.