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Gabor Maté

Compassionate Inquiry: A 2-Day Training for Helping Professionals
Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté M.D. is a physician and best-selling author whose books have been published in twenty languages internationally. His interests include child development, the mind-body unity in health and illness, and the treatment of addictions. Gabor has worked in palliative care and as a family physician, and for fourteen years practiced addiction medicine in Vancouver Downtown Eastside.

As a speaker he regularly addresses professional and lay audiences throughout North America. Dr. Maté is the co-founder of Compassion for Addiction and on the advisory board of Drugs over Dinner. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including a Simon Fraser University Outstanding Alumnus Award and an honourary degree from the University of Northern British Columbia. His most recent book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, won the Hubert Evans Prize for literary nonfiction. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.

www.drgabormate.com

Event Summary

 

It was such a pleasure working with The Base and Dr Maté to bring you this 2 day Compassionate Inquiry Training. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the global livestream – we hope you were as moved and inspired by Dr. Maté’s work as we were.

IMPORTANT NOTE: regardless when purchased, these videos were only available until June 26, 2018.

Looking to learn more from Dr. Maté? Visit his website HERE!

EVENT SUMMARY

A Training For Helping Professionals

This video series is Dr. Gabor Maté’s 2 day COMPASSIONATE INQUIRY training which was delivered LIVE in Victoria, May 26 & 27, 2018.

Compassionate Inquiry is a powerful technique for assisting clients to access deep healing and transformation. This workshop was suitable for all helping professionals including social workers, therapists, and health care providers who wish to help liberate their patients/clients from the unconscious dynamics running their lives. In this experiential workshop Gabor, with volunteer participants, modeled the Compassionate Inquiry process throughout. In addition, all participants had the opportunity to practice the method with each other in small groups.

DR. MATÉ TAUGHT ABOUT:

  • Understanding trauma
  • Establishing safety
  • Attuning to the client
  • Paying attention to sensations and emotions in the present moment
  • Recognizing body states, voice patterns, body language
  • Paying attention to the actual words the client is using
  • Linking present experiences to childhood experiences
  • Uncovering hidden assumptions and beliefs that contribute to suffering
  • Encouraging responsibility
  • Expressing gratitude towards discomfort
  • Appropriate self-disclosure
  • Being playful

The weekend was woven-through with practices to assist with integration and release of the energy generated by the workshop. These included: mediation, movement, music and singing. Lead by Anne Schaefer.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
This digital ticket ALSO included Gabor Maté’s Friday night lecture “The Wounded Healer”.

Our Host

 
THE BASE | We are meant to be more than our current way of living reveals. We know that all life is connected and we want to explore how to live that truth more fully right now. Together we are leaving behind our segregated and self-protective roles and exploring the future we were born for. We are awakening into a consciousness of wholeness through spiritual practices including meditation, inquiry, prayer, music, deep listening, and movement.

Our vision is to open a physical space in downtown Victoria to host daily gatherings, classes, workshops, and retreats. In the meantime we are renting spaces to hold our events.

www.thebasehealing.com

Our Venue

 

 
The Songhees Wellness Centre of the Songhees (Lekwungen) Nation is one of Vancouver Island’s most stunning venues, offering wellness programs including primary health clinics, pre- and post-natal care and chronic disease prevention and management. The centre also organizes family wellness events including community meals, games and activities, and cultural skills sharing. Other services include a computer lab, Elders Centre, fitness studio, and event rental space. A built and maintained LEED Silver building of 55,000 sq.ft, it has a geothermal heating plant, in-floor radiant heat and a rooftop solar array.

“Our people wanted something to call their own, a gathering space, but it’s become more than that,” said Chief Ron Sam, in the office wing of the new building that overlooks a stunning seaside panorama. He said the centre encompasses wellness: physical, cultural, spiritual and financial.

PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE LIVE EVENT