Doris D'Hooghe is listed as one of the speakers for the Healing Together Conference 2026 (February 6-8, 2026 in Orlando, Florida / virtual) hosted by An Infinite Mind. She appears in the official 2026 speaker lineup, so Doris is presenting at Healing Together Conference 2026. An Infinite Mind Healing Together...

Available from December 15! "Grandma Blob" and "Grandma Blob" Handbook Grandma Blob is a psycho-educational story for children and adults alike. It translates current insights from trauma science, attachment theory and dissociation research in a warm and accessible way to the living world of readers, thus bridging the gap between emotional experience and educational...

In group therapy, you discover that you are not alone. Shared experiences provide recognition and support. Together you work on recovery, learn to cope with emotions and find new ways to move forward. Practical: Location: Kerkplein 1 , 9981 Sint-Margriete Time: on Thursdays from 19h to 20h30....

Doris D'Hooghe & Frauke Heyde Unfortunately, violence against women* is still an everyday reality (*more specifically, anyone who identifies as a woman or female, i.e., not just cis women, but also trans women, gender fluid individuals, etc.). Given that every human being needs and deserves safety, one of the...

Raising awareness about early childhood adverse experiences in a care giving relationship and their impact on a child's development. "What is believed to be essential for mental health is that the infant and young child should experience a warm, intimate, and continuous relationship with his mother in which both find...

Abstract Recent research has suggested that betrayal trauma, where a child is an object of others' violence, can lead to him or her becoming an aggressor later in life. Trauma and violence have been shown to be integrally linked. A shattered self leads to a shattered world through elements such...

At the residential care center, they had asked me to contact a resident because she was so anxious all the time. I stepped into her room. It was a sunny day in autumn and warm colors immersed her room in a peaceful glow. The elderly woman was...

Written by Layla Brack. Working in the same practice as Doris D'Hooghe, she inspires me daily, as she has come up with integrations of different theories and new perspectives on existing literature. She also introduced 'Invisible Attachment Trauma' in some of her workshops, which is a term that has not...

1980, the year I graduate with a Bachelor of psychiatric nursing and start work in the psychiatric ward of a general hospital - full of enthusiasm, passion, and the conviction that I am going to make a difference! My biggest drive is a personal motivation to help others recover from...

  All the hearts in the shop windows, the pink-red infused advertising to love and honor love, bring my thoughts to my experience with Mr. S. Mr. S. had requested euthanasia, which was also declared accessible. For the sake of caring about his emotional state, I was referred to as...

  People need each other. Our brain is "hard-wired" to connect with others. We are not isolated beings. More than that, connecting with that other is important to the extent that it contributes to our physical, psychological, neurological and social development. It is in...