Village Hotel Katong
Course Brief
• A strong connection exists between trauma and addiction.
• Trauma can lead to make individuals more vulnerable to addictive bevaviors.
• Numbness and loss of personality can result.
• To understand and treat addiction, a trauma-informed approach is utmost
In Adverse Childhood Experiences research, it has been found by researchers that as the number of Adverse Childhood Experiences increase, so too the risk of alcohol and other drug use in adulthood and problem gambling amongst others.
Childhood trauma results in impaired stress systems and bad effects on the immune system and emotion regulation skills.
So come enjoy this 2-day session with sumptuous hotel tea breaks as Nav and Vik lead the discussion. “
About Your Speakers
Mr. Vik is a well sought after local trainer with over 16 years experience in training and teaching Motivational Interviewing for participants from the healthcare, social service, enforcement and the academic fields. He has also been in the counselling field for 19 years, spending 3 years in the social service industry and 16 years in the addictions and healthcare field. He has an academic background in both counselling and psychology, teaching at the Singapore University of Social Sciences for over 12 years. He is an executive committee member with the Association of Professionals Specialising in Addictions Counselling, a board member for the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association and a council member for the National Council Against Drug Abuse. He is currently doing a workgroup project with the Ministry of Health looking at using Motivational Interviewing to work with individuals who have diabetes or pre-diabetes and teaching healthcare educators to better engage patients within hospitals and polyclinics.
Ms. Navroop is a trauma informed person- centric psychotherapist in private practice. She is a trained EMDR therapist, Certified Brainspotter, TRE (Trauma Release Exercise) provider and SE (Somatic Experiencing) in training practitioner. She states it as a fact that everyone can heal and therefore she helps people get in touch with their own instinctual healing. Be it depression, anxiety, low self esteem, anger outbursts, addictions or relationship issues - she believes symptoms are not just mental illnesses but trauma responses, coping mechanisms and subconscious programming. To have sustained healing, the way forward is trauma informed healing along with purpose driven coaching. Her approach to healing is holistic, with a combination of talk therapy and brain body modalities. Her clientele ranges from teenagers to adults. She is the founder and CEO of “Heal with Nav”. A passionate mental health advocate, she hosts a series of webinars normalizing mental health struggles and destigmatizing need for therapy. She is part of many ongoing mental wellness initiatives in large organizations and NGO’s in Singapore, Australia and India.