Penobscot Bay Pilot advances Hutchinson Center past trauma, current relationships program
The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced a University of Maine Hutchinson Center program, “Past Trauma and Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology,” to be held 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. May 6 and 7 at the center in Belfast. The program will benefit participants from a variety of fields including for-profit and nonprofit sectors, education, health care, criminology and social services. The program fee is $150 per person; need-based scholarships are available. The goal of the program is to explore how early-life experiences, including traumas such as adverse childhood experiences, affect how we relate to people now, and to provide insights into how the brain responds to challenging situations and choices that can lead to authentic, honest relationships, the article states. Registration is online. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation or scholarship application, contact Michelle Patten, 338.8002; michelle.patten@maine.edu.