The Converging Worlds of Trauma & Relational Health
with Bessel van der Kolk & Ed Tronick
DATE
October 6, 2026
TIME
12:00 – 1:00 pm Eastern Time
FORMAT
60 minutes via Live Zoom webinar
The Converging Worlds of Trauma & Relational Health
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation between renowned experts Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Dr. Ed Tronick. This unique opportunity invites you to explore the profound connections between trauma and relational health, which refers to the quality of our relationships and their impact on our emotional and psychological well-being. We will delve into the essential dynamics of parent-child relationships.
The issue of the quality of the parent-child relationship, the microtemporal process of repairing interactive messiness, is one of the essential forces in the universe, and a source of potential happiness, as well as potential misery. Dr. Tronick’s significant contributions to our understanding of attunement and repair in parent-child relationships reveal how these early experiences can profoundly affect long-term patterns of engagement as people develop and grow up.
Still Face Paradigm
In this session, we will revisit the lessons learned from Dr. Tronick’s important research on the “Still Face Paradigm,” the organization of parent-child interactions, and their applications for clinical care.
Free to all
Space is limited; reserve your spot today.
Can’t attend live? No problem! Register now and we’ll send you the replay the next day via Zoom.
60 Minutes / Dialogue between pioneers
Gain valuable insights into relational health.
Your Free-Session Presenters
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Bessel van der Kolk MD, has spent his career studying how children and adults adapt to traumatic experiences and has translated emerging findings from neuroscience and attachment research to develop and study a range of treatments for traumatic stress in children and adults. He is the author of the New York Times #1 Best Seller The Body Keeps the Score.
Ed Tronick, PhD
Ed Tronick, PhD, is a developmental and clinical psychologist and is recognized internationally as a researcher on infants, children, and parenting. He developed the Face-to-Face Still-Face Paradigm and videotaped microanalytic studies of infant en face interactions, pioneered studies of the effects of maternal depression on infants, and conducted numerous cross-cultural studies of infant and child development.
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The Converging Worlds of Trauma and Relational Health
October 6, 2026, 12:00-1:00 PM ET, live via Zoom Webinar
Ready to Go Deeper?
This free session is the doorway into the full Relational Dynamics Collaborative program, six 75-minute lectures, each led by a different presenter from the Collaborative.
- Weekly, October 26 – November 30, 2026
- Six different expert presenters across six sessions
- CE and non-CE registration options available
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