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Trauma and dissociation in obese women undergoing bariatric surgery
🗓 Date: 24th September
⏰ Time: 7 PM CET
📍 Free Online Event
This webinar presents a general and introductory approach to clinical experience and preliminary results on trauma and dissociation in obese candidates for bariatric surgery. Grounded in clinical experience with this population, it addresses both the assessment of patients and therapeutic work with trauma and dissociation. Findings reveal important links between adverse experiences, somatoform dissociation, and sexual trauma, with direct implications for assessment and clinical intervention. The webinar invites reflection on clinical practice and future research directions and it highlights challenges and opportunities for clinical practice and future research in the field.
Presenter
Suzana Guedes is a clinical psychologist, certified psychotherapist, and accredited clinical supervisor. She maintains a private practice and works in two private hospitals in Portugal, focusing on eating disorders within the context of obesity and bariatric surgery. With extensive clinical experience, her expertise lies in complex trauma, dissociation, and somatic disorders.
She holds a PhD in Psychology and is a certified specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology, working with both adolescents and adults. Dr. Guedes adopts an integrative therapeutic approach, with particular emphasis on complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
She serves on the boards of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD) and EMDR Portugal, actively contributing to clinical innovation and professional training. She is committed to advancing symptom-focused, precision-based approaches in the treatment of psychosomatic conditions and chronic trauma-related disorders.
The webinar is intended only for professionally occupied with diagnosis, treatment, research or teaching in the field of trauma, dissociation and disorders related to chronic traumatization.