Event Details
Early Light Foundation (ELF) is a global charity dedicated to the mental health of war-trauma-affected children and families in the Middle East and worldwide – contexts where safety is not guaranteed and where there is no post- to the ‘post traumatic stress disorder’.
This September, our inaugural War Trauma Conference is bringing together the world’s pioneering minds in trauma – experts from the Global North and South who study and serve war-affected children, families, and communities. ELF’s War Trauma Conference in Amman, Jordan, seeks to advance a paradigm shift in how war trauma is conceptualised, studied, and treated, and advance healing and dignity for the two billion lives profoundly impacted by armed conflict and forced displacement.
Our featured speakers include:
- Dr. Samah Jabr – psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and former director of the Palestinian Ministry of Health’s Mental Health Unit
- Dr. Bessel van der Kolk – psychiatrist, trauma researcher, and the founder and director of the Trauma Research Foundation
- Prof. Sawsan Abdulrahim – Palestinian academic and public health scholar, studying social justice, gender and migration
- Dr. Nasri Jacir – psychiatrist, internal medicine doctor, and director of Jaffa Medical Centre’s Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Integrative Clinic
- Linda Thai – somatic and integrative trauma therapist, educator, coach and consultant
- Licia Sky – somatic educator, artist, and the founder and director of the Trauma Research Foundation
- Dr. Richard Schwartz – systemic family therapist, academic, and the creator of Internal Family Systems
- James Watt, CVO – former British ambassador to Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, and geopolitical consultant at Ambassador Partnership LLP
- Dr. Alexandra Chen – trauma psychologist, humanitarian advisor, and the founder and CEO of Early Light Foundation and Healing for Gaza
