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Previous Professional Trainings of Thomas Hedlund:
American Indian Training Institute
Alcohol School, Albuquerque,N.M
Central Calif. Conference, Sacramento, CA.
Association of Intervention Specialists Conference Sober Living by the Sea, Newport Beach, Ca.
Betty Ford Treatment Center,Palm Desert, CA
Azure Acres Treatment Center, Sebastopol, CA
BelStead House, Inner Child Development Seminars, , Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK
Betty Ford Treatment / Intercare,
New York, NY.
Calif. Conference on Problems Related to Alcohol, Yosemite, CA.
California Peer Support Association / Corona Police Department, CA.
Full List of
Engagments (.pdf)
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SPEAKER
Thomas Hedlund has been presenting professional trainings and educational workshops for the public for the past twenty five years. As a psychotherapist and addictions educator with a lengthy affiliation with John Bradshaw and the recovery field, Tom's expertise is treating compulsive and addictive behavior as well understanding the effects of traumatic events on personality development and its impacts on adult function.
Tom's talent as a teacher includes an extraordinary grasp of technical knowledge on abuse and addiction combined with his remarkable ability to make it understandable,. practical and personally relevant, His great knowledge and skill in teaching about what creates and dissolves our resistance to change offers participants both clarity, hope and direction.
In his trainings, Tom integrates his personal experience as a recovering therapist with his broad knowledge of ground breaking new science and theories behind attachment, addictive, compulsive, and self destructive behavior. His extensive background as an individual, couples and group therapist, family systems consultant, trainer and interventionist give him a wide variety of life experience to draw from in his presentations. His commitment to his own recovery combined with his sense of humor and compassion make his trainings highly informative, personal and entertaining,
ENDORSEMENTS:
"When I have a question about the neuroscience behind shame, trauma or addiction, Tom is the first person I think about asking for an answer."......
“Tom is one of the select group of therapists who thoroughly understands the dynamics of emotional healing. I consider him to be one of the most skilled and compassionate therapists I know.”
John Bradshaw, Emmy nominated talk show host,
3 time New York Times best selling author
"Tom's ability to blend cutting-edge science and the dynamics of emotional healing in a clear and comprehensive manner have made a profound effect on our workshop participants. I recommend his training's to healers, counselors, and everyone seeking personal growth."
Michelle Toth
Director of Training
American Indian Training Institute. Inc.
Sacramento, California.
“Tom is a master therapist. He is warm, insightful, and has exceptional skill in original pain work.”
Kip Flock, JBC. Clinical Director
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COMING UP:
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California Training
DAAC Benefit Training
Demystifying Addiction &
Evolution of Intervention
Santa Rosa, CA.
1 707 544 3295
Sept 15, 2005
Evening Lecture
Public Invited
Sept. 16, 2005
Professional Training
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Bldg.
UK Experiential Professional Training
Inner Child Dev. Wkshps.
United Kingdom
044 1400 283301
Exeter, Devin, UK
October 9,10,11,12,13, 2005
Group Therapy Intensive
Exeter, Devin, UK
October 16,17,18, 2005
Australia Trainings
Addiction Conference
South Pacific Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
November 12, 13, 2005
Demystifying Addiction
Understanding the Hijacked Brain
Addictions Dark Secret
Recognizing and Healing Shame
Intimacy and Self Mastery in Recovery
Reducing reactivity and developing
emotional competence.
Professional Intervention Training
South Pacific Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
November 19, 20, 2005
Intervention Workshop
The Evolution of Intervention
UK Professional Training
Inner Child Development Workshops
United Kingdom
044 1400 283301
New Mexico Training
Alcohol School
Amer. Indian Trng. Inst.
Albuqueque, N.M.
1 916 929 0731
March 9, 2006
The Alchemy of Transformation
Understanding the Hijacked Brain
March 10, 2006
On Common Ground
Where Science Meets with Ritual & Tradition
with Don Beaucage, Ojibway Tribal affiliation
April 21, 2006
University of San Francisco Extension Program
Professional presentation on the Emerging Understandings
of the Neuroscience of Affect and Spirituality
Santa Rosa, Ca.
April 24 -29, 2006
American Indian Training Institute, Sacramento, CA
Regional Conference (5 edays)
The Impact of multigenerational trauma and
Alcoholism on Indian Family and Culture
September 12, 2006
Drug Abuse Alternatives Center: Demystifying Addiction
The Methamphetamine Epidemic
UCLA Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Santa Rosa, CA.
State of California Department of Corrections
Inmate and Leadership Training
San Quentin, California
December 12, 2006
The Meadows Alumni Evening
Creating Self Mastery in Recovery
Reducing Reactivity and Developing Emotional Competence
Fort Mason, San Francisco
Thursday, February 8, 2007 7pm
Redwood Empire Association of Marriage Family Counselors
Monthly Meeting
Addiction as Attachment Disorder
Oddfellows Hall, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Friday, March 9, 2007
Sacramento Professional Luncheon
CRC National Addiction Rehabilitation Corporation
Demystifying Addiciton: Addiction as Attachment Disorder
5777 Maddison Ave, Sacramento 85841
Friday, March 23, 2007 12pm - 3pm
American Indian Training Institue, Sacramento
Five Day Training Basic Counseling Skills for Substance Abuse Counselors
Sponsored by the University of New Mexico
Sacramento, Calif
March 26 - March 30
New Mexico Training
30th Annual American Indian Training Institute Alcohol School
Albuquerque New Mexico, April 2007
Addictions Dark Secret / Addiction as Attachment Disoder
On Common Ground Part Two: Where Science Meets with
Ritual, Ceremony and Tradition with Don Beaucauge,
Ojibiway Tribal Affiliation
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TRAINING TOPICS:
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Thomas Hedlund's recent workshops and speeches have included all of the following topics.
Alcohol's Impacts on the Family
Coping with Trauma, Personal and Professional
Healthy versus Normal Communication
Indecent Exposure: The Hijacked Brain's Quest for Wholeness
Introduction to Affect Regulation and Addiction
Overcoming Roadblocks to Intimacy and Recovery
Roadblocks to Recovery
Shame as the Core of Compulsive Behavior
The Neurobiology of Addiction
The Neurobiology of Trauma and Shame
The New Brain Science of Addiction, Trauma and Shame
Working With Shame
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DVD SERIES
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"Indecent Exposure"
A four part lecture series on DVD by Thomas Hedlund, LMFT
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