DR BESSEL
VAN DER KOLK

Australia 2026

Two Exclusive Sessions with Dr Bessel van der Kolk:

Choose One or Join Both

Afternoon: Frontiers in Trauma

Over the past three decades, the study of trauma has opened vast new vistas into how mind and brain develop in the face of adversity. In this afternoon session, Dr Bessel van der Kolk explores the evolving science of trauma, neglect, and abandonment—and considers practical pathways for restoring calm, rebuilding connection, and reclaiming a sense of agency and purpose.

Evening: Legacy of Trauma

A stunning number of people have grown up in chaotic, unpredictable, and violent environments. In this evening session, Dr Bessel van der Kolk examines how these experiences shape the brain, body, and sense of self, and highlights the latest breakthroughs in healing and recovery—from restoring safety and trust to transforming our relationship with ourselves.

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Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.

Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score:
Mind, Brain, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score is clear, fascinating, hard to put down, and filled with powerful case histories. Van der Kolk, the eminent impresario of trauma treatment, who has spent a career bringing together diverse trauma scientists and clinicians and their ideas, while making his own pivotal contributions, describes what is arguably the most important series of breakthroughs in mental health in the last thirty years.

We’ve known that psychological trauma fragments the mind. Here we see not only how psychological trauma also breaks connections within the brain, but also between mind and body, and learn about the exciting new approaches that allow people with the severest forms of trauma to put all the parts back together again.

Norman Doidge

Author, The Brain That Changes Itself

Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives.

Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk at wisemind.com

Online Therapist Resources

Can't wait for Bessel's 2026 workshops? He's currently online at wisemind.com, along with other renowned figures such as Janina Fisher, Pat Ogden, Jenni Sweeton & Iain McGilchrist. Bessel offers his ground-breaking insights into PTSD Relief Therapy.

visit wisemind.com

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27 March 2026:	Sydney
30 March 2026:	Melbourne
1 April 2026:	Brisbane

DR BESSEL VAN DER KOLK

The Body Keeps the Score