Dr. Frank Anderson is a world-renowned trauma expert, Harvard trained psychiatrist, and author, whose highly anticipated memoir, To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation launched in May 2024 (Bridge City Books). It’s a rare inside look at how a leader in the field endured his own heartbreaking yet powerful personal experience with trauma to then transform his life and heal from his tumultuous past. He will talk about different types of trauma, and steps to take for trauma healing.
Niki Petrocchi, Ph.D, Psy.D, is a licensed psychotherapist and researcher based in Rome, with a deep love for exploring the many ways in which the brain can know and heal itself through mindfulness, kindness, and compassion. During her international Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Neuroscience (Sapienza University of Rome), she was a visiting scholar at Boston University and then completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Neuroimaging Laboratory of Fondazione Santa Lucia in Rome. She is an accredited Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) therapist and trainer in Italy, Europe, the USA, and Canada, and established Compassionate Mind Italia, the Italian association for the research, training, and dissemination of CFT in Italy (www.compassionatemind.it). She is an activist for LGBTQ+ rights and has just published the book Essentials of Compassion Focused Therapy: A Practice Manual for Clinicians, co-authored with James Kirby and Beatrice Baldi, published by Taylor & Francis on July 26, 2024. She is the author of several national and international peer-reviewed publications and book chapters (https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=8bNSWREAAAAJ&hl=en).