Reflections on Fear and Love

Service Description

FREE - webinar - CPD - 1.5 h. You can book in either of the following ways: 1. Directly through this application 2. or book the event on our main website: www.complextraumainstitute.org/event-details/reflections-on-fear-and-love-free-event Please watch Part 1 - "Reflections on Fear, Anxiety and Depression" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NIpl9Vui8o&list=PL1kDfyOyOxWSXWHip520pkgqce35w_Lxg&index=1 Fear and love are the two great forces that shape our lives as human beings. They are not abstract ideas, but powerful biological systems, constantly altering our body’s metabolism, our thoughts and our behaviour. Our fear responses are necessary for our self-defence, but we can get stuck in “fear-mode”, and this shuts down the biological systems which enable us to relate to and cooperate with others – undermining our capacity to love. Recently we have seen levels of fear and hostility rise throughout the world and a decrease in tolerance, and compassion. When fear is the dominant force in our lives, we lose our ability to be sociable and we live in misery. When love is the dominant force, we feel a sense of connection to others and can experience joy and contentment. Michael Guilding, examines fear and love from the perspective of human biology, and reflects on what each of us might do to shift the balance between these forces. During the event, you can ask questions via a Q&A function, but audience cameras and microphones will remain muted throughout. About the speaker: Michael Guilding Michael Guilding worked as a therapist for 30 years including over a decade in the NHS, where he was Head of Primary Care Counselling within the York and Selby NHS trust. He has had a long-standing interest in our biological fear-system and its impact on our patterns of relating to others. Michael has written several papers for the Complex Trauma Institute’s Journal on the theory of complex trauma (which he sees as a biological fear-system disorder) and on the practical applications of this theory for psychotherapy. He runs workshops for the Complex Trauma Institute’s C-PTSD Practitioner course, on understanding and working with the therapist's fear system, and he is currently writing a "survival guide" for working with complex trauma entitled "Fear in the Therapy Room". Or you can book his workshops without enrolling in the full course here.