Past Events

2005 and earlier

Gray, A.E.L. Body-Mind-Spirit: Clinical Interventions for Working with Survivors of Torture. The Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Gray, A.E.L. Resiliency Practice: Working with Survivors of Severe Trauma. Manual based on Training Program created for International Catholic Migration Commission, July-August, 2003.

Invited speaker, Lessons from the Field: A Conference on Working with New Americans. Panelist, “Treatment of Torture Survivors: Perspectives from the Field;” Workshop Presenter, “The Application of Somatic and Creative Arts Therapies,” “Experiential Approaches with Traumatized Children around the World,” “Self Care and Secondary Traumatization,” “Spirituality and Treatment.” F.I.R.S.T Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 8-9, 2005.
Related Links: www.ncttp.org, www.tassc.org

“Haiti’s Victims of Violence Project: During Crisis and its Aftermath” and “The Embodiment of Resiliency: Creative Therapy for Working with Traumatized Children.” Presentation and workshop offered as part of 7th International Society for Health and Human Rights Conference: Resiliency: Recovery: Reconciliation,” February 2-5, Vadodara, India.
Related LINKS: www.ISHHR.org

“Experiential Activities for Working with Traumatized Children.” Full day workshop, sponsored by Jefferson County Mental Health. May 14, 2004; Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado.
Related LINKS: www.nctsn.org, www.ncttp.org

“The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Adult Life.” Half day training presented to NGO’s partnering with the National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) as part of programming to provide services to Restaveks in Haiti. Sponsored by NCHR, November 25, 2003, Port au Prince, Haiti.

“The Multiple Realms of Fragmentation Experienced by Torture Survivors.” Half day pre-institute offered as part of 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, October 29- November 1, 2003, Chicago, Illinois. Related LINK: ISTSS.org

“Torture and Spirituality: Inviting the Sacred into Treatment.” Workshop presented as part of 8th European Conference on Traumatic Stress, sponsored by European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. May 22-25, 2003, Berlin, Germany. Related LINK: www.estss.org

“Working with Survivors of Severe Trauma.” One day training on the neurobiology of trauma and cross cultural intervention, offered as part of 2 day training “Healing the Hearts of Survivors,” co sponsored by Phoenix Arizona Survivors of Torture Treatment Program and Arizona State University (ASU). May 2 & 3, 2003; ASU Downtown Conference Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
Related LINKS: www.ncttp.org, www.cord.org

“Children and Trauma.” Workshop on assessment and intervention for children suffering from interpersonal trauma, offered as part of full day training Children and Trauma, sponsored by Centennial Area Health Education Center, Greeley, Colorado, March 5, 2003.
Related Links: www.nctsn.org

“Political Torture: Complex Issues and Implications for Treatment.” Half day pre-institute offered as part of 18th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, November 7-10, 2002, Baltimore, Maryland. Related LINK:ISTSS.org

“The Science of Dance: Rhythm and the Social Engagement Systems.” Half day training on the application of dance movement therapy to a current neurophysiological theory, the Poly-Vagal Theory (Dr. Stephen Porges) presented at The American Dance Therapy Association Annual Conference, October 25-27, 2002, Burlington, Vermont.
Related LINK: www.adta.org

“Dance Movement Therapy: The Use of Rhythm as an Intervention for Traumatic Stress.” Presentation and workshop given as part of annual conference: Psychological Trauma: Maturational Processes and Therapeutic Interventions, Sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry in cooperation with The Trauma Center, A program of Arbour Health System. Boston, MA, May29-June 1, 2002.
Realted LINK: www.traumacenter.org

“National Conference on Preventing and Intervening with Violence Against Children and Adults with Disabilities.” Invited participant for working conference sponsored by SUNY Upstate Medical University, with the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Justice, Department of Education, National Institutes for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, National Council on Disability and Paralyzed Veterans of America . Holiday Inn, Alexandria, VA, May 6-7, 2002.

“Treating Survivors of Politically Motivated Torture: The National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP) as Agent and Community for Treatment.” Half day Pre-institute offered as part of 17th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, December 5-9, 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana. Related LINK: ISTSS.org

“The Use of Ritual in Healing.” Presentation given as part of 17th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, December 5-9, 2001, New Orleans, Lo. Related LINK:ISTSS.org

“Trauma and the Body.” Classes taught as part of New York University post-graduate core course on “Trauma: Understanding, Healing and Prevention” and as part of Disaster Response Training Series for 9/11/01. October 18, 2001, New York University, New York, NY.

“The Embodiment of Trauma.” New York University Trauma Studies Program. A weekend training conference on innovative approaches to working with extreme trauma. March 17-18, 2001. One of four speakers invited.

“Restoring Culture when Home is Destroyed,” workshop presented at The American Dance Therapy Association annual conference, “The Geography of Belonging,” Seattle, Washington, October 27, 2000. Related LINK: www.adta.org

“Experiential Activities for Working with Traumatized Refugee Children,” one day training at Third Annual “Caring for Torture Survivors,” presented by The Center for Victims of Torture, October 20, 2000. Related LINKS: www.ncttp.org, www.cvt.org

Co-Presenter, “Assessment in Working with Traumatized Refugee Students in Schools” and “Support Groups for Traumatized Refugee Children and Youth.” Second Annual “Caring for Torture Survivors,” presented by The Center for Victims of Torture, October 22, 1999.
related LINKS: www.ncttp.org, www.cvt.org

“Healing the Relational Wounds of Torture: Dance Movement Therapy with Adult and Child Survivors of Torture.” Paper presented at Eighth Annual Symposium on Torture, New Delhi, India, September 22-25, 1999. Related LINK: www.adta.org