Margeaux Feldman and Nicole Brown-Faulknor
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Navigating trauma-informed embodiment practices with survivors and those supporting survivors of gender-based violence
This Webinar was presented and recorded on July 16, 2024.
In this session, speakers discuss the connection of trauma and the body, and the ways in which somatic/embodiment practices can be integrated into the everyday work of supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This session also aims to deepen understanding around the systemic and intersectional realities that impact trauma-informed embodiment work. Speakers will share both innovative and practical ways in which these approaches can be further integrated into the work of supporting survivors of GBV.
Webinar Recording
Learning Objectives
By participating in this Webinar, participants will better be able to:
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Shift from body versus mind to an understanding of the “bodymind”
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Understand trauma from a systemic and intersectional perspective
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Understand connections between trauma and the body, recognizing shame and trauma including fear, projections, learned helplessness and responses
- Consider integrating somatic and embodiment practices into the everyday work of supporting ourselves as frontline workers, leaders and survivors
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Consider tangible strategies for trauma-informed practices both online and offline, including the use of digital education tools in addressing GBV
Speakers
Margeaux Feldman (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist who uses creative writing, visual art, and social technologies to promote mental health and disability justice. Margeaux is currently in the MFA in Creative Writing at California Institute of the Arts and prior to this completed a PhD in English Literature and Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. They are the author of the book manuscript, Touch Me, I'm Sick: Hysterical Intimacies, forthcoming with Beacon Press as well as ten self-published zines. Margeaux’s essays and book reviews have been published in GUTS Magazine, The Ex-Puritan, and Rabble, amongst others. They run the popular instagram meme account @softcore_trauma. You can learn more about them via their website: www.margeauxfeldman.com
Nicole Brown-Faulknor (Navigating the Underpinnings of Trauma & Violence: An Embodiment Perspective to GBV)Nicole is both Founder & CEO of Wounds 2 Wings Trauma + Psychotherapy Services https://www.wounds2wings.com/ and TEAO Canada (Trauma and Embodiment Association of Ontario) https://www.teaocanada.com/, a Yoga Instructor, Registered Psychotherapist, Child and Youth Counsellor, Trauma Consultant, Trauma Care Expert, Author and Trauma Survivor. Nicole has received two awards for her work at the People's Choice Awards, 2019 https://byblacks.com for ‘Best Youth and Family Services’ and ‘Best Counsellor. She is also a member of both the College of Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario and the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy. Nicole has spent a few solid years, leading into 2018 and onward of research, embodied interactions in communities and corporate knowledge, after spending over 18+ years of professional experience working with historically ignored, vulnerable and oppressed communities, individuals, families and children. These communities suffer from mental health, addictions, systemic poverty and profiling. My intention is to therapeutically improve relationships with programs and services, integrating trust and support within the cracks of our mental health care system. Nicole continues to bring awareness to the underpinnings of why emotional health is our mental & physical health.
Explorer les pratiques d’incarnation tenant compte des traumatismes avec les survivantes et les personnes qui soutiennent les survivantes de la violence fondée sur le sexe
Ce Webinaire a été présenté et enregistré le 16 juillet 2024.
Ce webinaire discutera du lien entre les traumatismes et le corps, ainsi que des façons dont les pratiques somatiques/d’incarnation peuvent être intégrées dans le travail quotidien de soutien aux survivantes de la violence fondée sur le sexe (VFS). Cette séance vise aussi à approfondir la compréhension des réalités systémiques et intersectionnelles qui ont une incidence sur le travail d’incarnation tenant compte des traumatismes. Ce webinaire présentera des moyens innovants et pratiques par lesquels ces approches peuvent être davantage intégrées dans le travail de soutien aux survivantes de la VFS.
Enregistrement du Webinaire
Objectifs d'apprentissage
Ce webinaire permet aux participant.e.s de
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Passer de l’opposition entre le corps et l’esprit à une compréhension du « corps-esprit »
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Comprendre les traumatismes d’un point de vue systémique et intersectionnel
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Comprendre les liens entre les traumatismes et le corps, reconnaître la honte et les traumatismes, y compris la peur, les projections, l’impuissance acquise et les réponses
- Envisager d’intégrer les pratiques somatiques et d’incarnation dans notre travail quotidien d’autosoutien en tant que travailleuses et travailleurs de première ligne, leaders et survivantes
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Envisager des stratégies concrètes pour les pratiques tenant compte des traumatismes, en ligne et hors ligne, y compris l’utilisation d’outils d’éducation numérique pour lutter contre la VFS
Conférencières
Margeaux Feldman (iel) est artiste multidisciplinaire qui utilise la création littéraire, l’art visuel et les technologies sociales pour promouvoir la justice en matière de santé mentale et de handicap. Margeaux fait actuellement une maîtrise en beaux-arts en rédaction créative au California Institute of the Arts et, auparavant, elle a obtenu un doctorat en littérature anglaise et en études sur la diversité sexuelle à l’Université de Toronto. Margeaux est la personne auteure du manuscrit Touch Me, I’m Sick : Hysterical Intimacies, à paraître chez Beacon Press, ainsi que de dix zines autopubliés. Ses essais et ses critiques de livres ont été publiés dans GUTS Magazine, The Ex-Puritan et Rabble, entre autres. Margeaux gère le compte mème instagram populaire @softcore_trauma. Pour en savoir plus sur Margeaux, consultez son site Web : www.margeauxfeldman.com
Nicole Brown-Faulknor (Navigating the Underpinnings of Trauma & Violence : An Embodiment Perspective to GBV) [S’orienter dans les fondements des traumatismes et de la violence : une perspective d’incarnation pour aborder la VFS]. Nicole est à la fois fondatrice et cheffe de la direction de Wounds 2 Wings Trauma + Psychotherapy Services https://www.wounds2wings.com/ et de TEAO Canada (Trauma and Embodiment Association of Ontario) https://www.teaocanada.com/, ainsi qu’instructrice de yoga, psychothérapeute agréée, conseillère auprès des enfants et des jeunes, consultante en traumatologie, experte en soins des traumatismes, auteure et survivante de traumatismes. Nicole a reçu deux prix pour son travail lors des prix People’s Choice, 2019 https://byblacks.com pour ‘Meilleurs services à la jeunesse et à la famille’ et ‘Meilleure conseillère’. Elle est également membre du College of Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario et de la Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy. Nicole a passé quelques années solides, à compter de 2018, à travailler à la recherche, aux interactions incarnées dans les communautés et au savoir organisationnel, après avoir passé plus de 18 ans à travailler avec des communautés, des personnes, des familles et des enfants historiquement ignorés, vulnérables et opprimés. Ces communautés souffrent de problèmes de santé mentale, de toxicomanie, de pauvreté systémique et de profilage, et son intention est d’améliorer, sur le plan thérapeutique, les relations avec les programmes et les services, en intégrant la confiance et le soutien dans les failles de notre système de soins de santé mentale. Nicole continue de sensibiliser les gens aux raisons pour lesquelles la santé émotionnelle, c’est notre santé mentale et physique.
Navigating trauma-informed embodiment practices with survivors and those supporting survivors of gender-based violence
ASL Channel Recording
This Webinar was presented and recorded on July 16, 2024.
In this session, speakers discuss the connection of trauma and the body, and the ways in which somatic/embodiment practices can be integrated into the everyday work of supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This session also aims to deepen understanding around the systemic and intersectional realities that impact trauma-informed embodiment work. Speakers will share both innovative and practical ways in which these approaches can be further integrated into the work of supporting survivors of GBV.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this Webinar, participants will better be able to:
-
Shift from body versus mind to an understanding of the “bodymind”
-
Understand trauma from a systemic and intersectional perspective
-
Understand connections between trauma and the body, recognizing shame and trauma including fear, projections, learned helplessness and responses
- Consider integrating somatic and embodiment practices into the everyday work of supporting ourselves as frontline workers, leaders and survivors
-
Consider tangible strategies for trauma-informed practices both online and offline, including the use of digital education tools in addressing GBV
Speakers
Margeaux Feldman (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist who uses creative writing, visual art, and social technologies to promote mental health and disability justice. Margeaux is currently in the MFA in Creative Writing at California Institute of the Arts and prior to this completed a PhD in English Literature and Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. They are the author of the book manuscript, Touch Me, I'm Sick: Hysterical Intimacies, forthcoming with Beacon Press as well as ten self-published zines. Margeaux’s essays and book reviews have been published in GUTS Magazine, The Ex-Puritan, and Rabble, amongst others. They run the popular instagram meme account @softcore_trauma. You can learn more about them via their website: www.margeauxfeldman.com
Nicole Brown-Faulknor (Navigating the Underpinnings of Trauma & Violence: An Embodiment Perspective to GBV)Nicole is both Founder & CEO of Wounds 2 Wings Trauma + Psychotherapy Services https://www.wounds2wings.com/ and TEAO Canada (Trauma and Embodiment Association of Ontario) https://www.teaocanada.com/, a Yoga Instructor, Registered Psychotherapist, Child and Youth Counsellor, Trauma Consultant, Trauma Care Expert, Author and Trauma Survivor. Nicole has received two awards for her work at the People's Choice Awards, 2019 https://byblacks.com for ‘Best Youth and Family Services’ and ‘Best Counsellor. She is also a member of both the College of Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario and the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy. Nicole has spent a few solid years, leading into 2018 and onward of research, embodied interactions in communities and corporate knowledge, after spending over 18+ years of professional experience working with historically ignored, vulnerable and oppressed communities, individuals, families and children. These communities suffer from mental health, addictions, systemic poverty and profiling. My intention is to therapeutically improve relationships with programs and services, integrating trust and support within the cracks of our mental health care system. Nicole continues to bring awareness to the underpinnings of why emotional health is our mental & physical health.
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