Trauma, relationships focus of Hutchinson Center program
A two-day professional development program, “Past Trauma and Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology,” will be offered Nov. 5–6 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
The interactive program will benefit participants from a variety of fields, including for-profit and nonprofit sectors, education, health care, criminology and social services.
Participants will explore how early-life experiences affect how we relate to people now, will gain clarity about how the brain responds to challenging situations, and will experience new insights into choices leading to authentic relationships.
The program, from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. each day, will include a continental breakfast and catered lunch. The fee is $150 per person, with need-based scholarships available.
Program presenter Peggy Smith has more than four decades of teaching experience.
Registration is online. For more information, or to request a reasonable accommodation or scholarship application, contact Diana McSorley, 338.8093; diana.mcsorley@maine.edu.