Warm welcome in the online IoPT Café. This initiative is started to offer a place where we can meet each other and where we can learn something more about IoPT or IoPT-related topics. It is a place where we can share thoughts, where we can be curious and learn something more about healing from trauma and eventually learn something more about ourselves. It is also a place where you can bring your friends with you who are also interested in IoPT and in healing from trauma.

It is my deepest wish to offer a place where you can engage just as much or as little as feels right for you and where you have an opportunity to connect and get inspired.

In the next IoPT Café meeting Peter Devries will give a presentation on the topic of “IoPT & Chakra Energy Centers: Supporting the Whole Psyche”.

Peter Devries is a Family Constellation facilitator and IoPT practitioner, dedicated to supporting individuals on their journey toward emotional and relational healing. Trained in Chakra healing under the guidance of Anodea Judith, Peter integrates a range of therapeutic modalities to foster self-awareness and personal transformation. His work also encompasses Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and the practice of walking in another’s shoes (WIYS) as a form of active dynamic resonance. Additionally, Peter is trained in Body Tales, further enriching his holistic approach to emotional and embodied healing.

In this IoPT Café presentation, Peter will explore how the core “I” emerges when the seven chakra energy centers—our “wheels of life”—are open, balanced, and aligned. Using the simple metaphor of the human being as a vehicle, he will examine how trauma and life experiences can disrupt these inner wheels, creating blockages or imbalances that affect our sense of self.

Peter’s presentation offers IoPT practitioners a practical framework for understanding how trauma can impact our physical, emotional, mental, and energetic systems—and how the IoPT intention method can help restore balance and support integration.

Presentation by Vivian Broughton

‘What is ‘The Patriarchy’? Can IoPT theory help us understand this phenomenon?‘

Vivian Broughton is originally a Gestalt psychotherapist, she started her practice in 1989. After meeting Franz Ruppert, working with him, studying his theory and organising the translation of his books Vivian started in 2008 only working with Identity-oriented Psycho trauma Therapy (IoPT), the trauma work developed by Franz Ruppert. Vivian has written several books about IoPT, amongst which: “Trauma and Identity”. Vivian is an IoPT psychotrauma theorist and therapist.

In her presentation Vivian shared about a context where most of us are functioning in: Patriarchy. Vivian explored in her presentation what Patriarchy means, why we live in a Patriarchy and what IoPT can tell us about why we are living in Patriarchy. Vivian expressed the hope that she gives some information about this topic interesting enough to follow up on.

This meeting is recorded, please feel free to reach out to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

Presentation by Katrina Mikiah

‘Triggers as Teachers: Navigating and Healing Together’

Katrina Mikiah is an IoPT Practitioner based in Missoula, Montana, US. She first came into contact with IoPT back in 2014. On her continuous learning journey she studied two years ago at the Institute for Trauma Work in Norway. In her presentation Katrina will bring the topic of triggers into the IoPT field and guide a discussion about this topic. Her role is not as an expert on the topic, but as an initiator – one who brings the topic up for consideration and throws out some thoughts of her own.

Katrina about her presentation: “I’ll open a discussion on triggers in the IoPT field, exploring how they connect to our own trauma. We’ll look at how to take responsibility for our reactions, hold safe space for each other, and use these moments as opportunities for reflection and growth.” 

This meeting is recorded, please feel free to reach out to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

Presentation by Lill Heidi Patriksson

“Family Support from an IoPT perspective: How generational – and childhood trauma impacts the entire family.”

Lill Heidi Patriksson is a trained IoPT trauma therapist. People and their history has always fascinated her. Lill Heidi has also extensive experience working in schools and is a trained assistant professor with further education in psychosocial work for children and young people.  

In her presentation Lill Heidi shared with us from her knowledge and understanding how generational – and childhood trauma impacts the entire family, and she will share how support to a family can be given from an IoPT perspective.

This meeting is recorded, please feel free to reach out to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

In this online IoPT Café meeting Milagros Carmona gave a presentation on the topic of ‘Trauma, Nature and Society‘.

Milagros Carmona is an IoPT Psychotrauma Therapist, and trained in Biodynamic Massage, Integreative Psycho-Body Therapy and Somatic Experiencing. Milagros offers IoPT training and organises workshops with Franz Ruppert. Milagros met Franz 21 years ago and since then she has been in contact with him in different ways, as translator, as student and follower. After many years facilitating groups she has been training IoPT to Portuguese and Brazilian people for the last 5 years. Milagros is a body therapist, a mother of 2 and grandmother.

In her presentation Milagros will share her knowledge and understanding of IoPT, Trauma, Nature and Society. Milagros will take us with her on a journey around these topics, she will touch into the topics and make a bridge between them. Warm welcome to join this online IoPT Café meeting!

This meeting is recorded, please feel free to reach out to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

Presentation by Milagros Carmona

In this online IoPT Café meeting Geir Dale gave a presentation on the topic ‘Conflict dynamics and IoPT group facilitation: What may be hiding in the details of communication, and how can we make it healthy (again?)‘.

Geir Dale, is an IoPT Psychotrauma Therapist (member of the Norwegian Trauma Therapist Association), Gestalt Therapist and Political Scientist. Geir has specialized himself in resolving psychological trauma, conflicts and strains. He has over 22 years of experience as a psychotherapist and got since 2008 interested in the work of Franz Ruppert.

In his presentation Geir shared his understanding about conflict dynamics and IoPT group facilitation and he will dive deeper into the question ‘what may be hiding in the details of communication, and how can we make it healthy (again)?’

On his website Geir shares: “The starting point for conflict management is the belief that everyone in the company wants to thrive with their colleagues, and everyone needs psychological safety to succeed in learning and developing. Conflicts are resolved by all colleagues together learning new, more appropriate forms of interaction and communication, and developing to take full responsibility for themselves in the work community. I have 25 years of experience working with conflict management in public and private enterprises in Norway and internationally. I take my point of departure in psychologist Jan Atle Andersen’s method (see his book “Folk manners and custom at work”)”.

This meeting is recorded, please feel free to reach out to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

Presentation by Geir Dale

In this online IoPT Café meeting Nanneke Smit gave her presentation called “‘Online IoPT Café and Layers of Support. IoPT and Pre- and perinatal development woven together“.

In this presentation Nanneke shared how she came to start the online IoPT Cafe in October 2023 and she shared about Layers of Support. In her presentation she touched into IoPT and Pre- and Perinatal development and wove the two together on the topic of Support. Nanneke shared her understanding of this topic.

Nanneke got intrigued by IoPT in 2007, she started to get curious about the method and the underlaying theory. She started studying IoPT around 2013 and never stopped learning. In 2019 she started my own practice. It has become an international practice with people from all over the world. It has Nanneke’s passion to develop herself and to share her learning and understanding with others who are open for this.

Recording available, please feel free to reach out to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

Presentation by Nanneke Smit

In this online IoPT Café meeting Cherionna Menzam-Sills gave her presentation called “The Prenatal Shadow. Healing the Traumas Experienced before and at Birth“. Cherionna shared in her presentation about her new book in which she shows how babies, even before birth, are exquisitely sensitive with remarkable potential. She reveals that babies do perceive negative prenatal and birth experiences, which can easily become unconscious shadow, infiltrating the psyche and affecting personality, relationships, behaviour, and perceptions throughout life. By integrating the prenatal and perinatal shadow hidden just beyond conscious awareness, we can heal our relationships with ourselves and our loved ones as well as reconnect with our original potential. The recording is available, feel free to drop a little note to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

Cherionna has over 45 years of experience in the field of pre- and perinatal development. It is Cherionna’s passion to bring more awareness about Prenatal and Birth Experiences and thier Lifelong Influences on our Lifes. With her teachings, books and presentations, she invites and encourages us all to embody who we truly are.

Presentation by Cherionna Menzam-Sills

In this online IoPT Café meeting Nancy Greenfield gave a presentation on the topic of ‘Pre and Perinatal Consiousness and Trauma’. Nancy shared some of her understanding and findings about this topic with us. Nancy on her own website: “In the mid 1993 I began studying Pre and Perinatal Psychology with Dr. Raymond Castellino. I worked in his BEBA clinic for many years helping newborns, babies, children, mothers, and fathers release their early traumas from conception, through gestation, birth and the attachment process. It was there that I learned to feel how early consciousness expresses and modulates itself as it tries to engage with the world around. I also realized that the unresolved issues of mothers and fathers, and even grandparents, can invisibly influence how our children can grow and function. Children can get caught in these energies and carry them forward into their own lives.”

Presentation by Nancy Greenfield

In this online IoPT Café meeting Margriet Wentink gave a presentation on the topic of ‘Men and Mothers’. Margriet shared some of her understanding and findings about this topic with us. The presentation will be shining a light on possible influences a men can have felt in his relationship with his mother, and perhaps even in his adult life feels. Margriet will shine a light on this topic of mother-son-relationship in her emphatic way.The recording is available, feel free to drop a little note to info@ioptcafe.com to ask for the link to the recording.

Margriet Wentink founded in 1996 her own training centre in Tiel, the Netherlands, ‘Interakt’. Margriet is devoted to personal development, recovering from trauma, and education. In 2005, Margriet introduced Franz Ruppert and his work in the Netherlands. In the 30 years of experience, Interakt has specialised in a trauma treatment method based on Identity-oriented Psychotrauma Therapy (IoPT). Margriet translated Franz his books into the Dutch language, and she wrote a chapter in Franz his book “Fruhes Trauma”. Margriet is offering trauma informed education in her training centre and ‘Men and Mothers’ is one of the topics.

Presentation by Margriet Wentink.