Presented by Karyn Arnauld-Bakelaar & Christine Eisses

Learn practical tips and strategies for navigating parenting challenges with your teen/young adult who has experienced early trauma.

Are you a parent struggling to understand and support your teen or young adult who has experienced trauma at an early age? Join us for a 3-part series of workshops where we will provide insights, tips, and strategies to help you navigate this challenging journey. Our expert speakers will share valuable information on parenting techniques, communication strategies, self-care practices, and more. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect with other parents facing similar challenges and build a supportive community. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and support. Register now and take the first step towards building a stronger relationship with your teen or young adult!

NB: This is a 3-day ONLINE event, taking place March 1, March 8, and March 15.

REGISTRATION

DAY ONE (with Karyn Arnauld-Bakelaar)
Day One will be an informative session designed to help caregivers understand how early trauma has impacted everything from decision-making, impulse control, and social belonging and perceived rejection from the child’s perspective. We will dive into how trauma is stored in a person’s body (which makes talk-therapy somewhat limited) and how to help your teen/young adult understand themselves, leading to healing through a decreased sense of shame. Other topics of discussion will include self-care, creating a healing environment, and understanding triangulation.

DAY TWO (with Karyn Arnauld-Bakelaar & Christine Eisses)
We will be asking participants to submit questions, challenges and/or scenarios their family is struggling with in advance, and use Day Two to discuss as many of these topics as possible. We are going to take a deep-dive, which means no situation is off-limits! This workshop is for caregivers of older teens/young adults, which means the topics of discussion will include real conversations about the struggles our kids are navigating in today’s world.

DAY THREE (with Karyn Arnauld-Bakelaar)
On Day Three, we will spend the first 45-minutes discussing remaining questions and clarifying issues, and the remaining time used to review the impact early trauma has on a developing brain, the brain’s unique ability to heal and rewire in the right environment, an overview of various somatic healing modalities, and sharing resources and support.

REGISTRATION

Meet your presenters…

Karyn Arnauld-Bakelaar
Karyn is the mother of three children ranging in age from 18 – 30 (one by birth, two by adoption). She has spent extensive time living and working in her sons’ country of birth, South Africa. She has over 16-years experience in the field of pre and post-adoptive family education, training and support, and has presented and written extensively on topics such as the ethics and human rights issues in intercountry adoption, and on power structures that maintain systems of inequality.

Karyn holds a Master of Arts degree in International Law and African Studies from Carleton University, where she her thesis on intergenerational trauma in the South African context. Her thesis was greatly informed by the work of Dr. Gabor Mate, as well as other mind-body trauma experts such as Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Ottawa in International Development and Globalization with a minor in Political Science.

After completing her Master’s degree, her focus shifted to the healing of early trauma, and so immersed herself in Dr. Mate’s year-long intensive course exploring a healing modality known as Compassionate Inquiry (CI), as well as several courses and training by child development expert, Dr. Gordon Neufeld (Neufeld Intensive One: Making Sense of Kids, The Art and Science of Transplanting Children, Bullies: Their Making and Unmaking, and Making Sense of Anxiety).

Karyn has most recently become a Certified Parenting Coach through the Peaceful Parenting Institute, and is currently completing an ACCSA certification on Addiction Counselling, and has co-founded an organization aimed at connecting families separated by adoption: The Mosaic Project.

Christine Eisses
Christine is the mother of 5 incredible children; 3 through international adoption and 2 by birth. Her parenting journey includes many years of homeschooling, experience with FASD, ADHD, global delay and the autism spectrum. Christine has spent more than 20 years educating herself on the effects of early trauma and trans racial adoption on the brain in order to help her children thrive.

Christine founded and has operated Emmanuel’s Wish Foundation for the last 20 years. Emmanuel’s wish has focused on health care, feeding programs, education and anti human trafficking. She has worked in depth with the community of Richmond in South Africa to lead a grass roots movement assisting wherever needed with enormous success rates.

Christine’s educational background includes a diploma in Early Childhood Education, Montessori teaching certificate, and life coach certification through the American association of Christian Counselors with a focus on crisis response, youth mental health, suicide prevention and complex trauma.

Christine’s personal journey has included a huge focus on health and wellness and living life to the fullest. Christine travels, reads voraciously, dances in the kitchen, exercises, enjoys cooking healthy meals, grows as much of her own food as she can and spends as much time outdoors in nature. She finds comfort and guidance in her relationship with God and her family.

Christine is very excited to support you in your life journey as a life coach and looks forward to getting to know you!