Welcome to CFTRE

The Canadian Foundation for Trauma Research & Education (CFTRE) is a registered Canadian charity created to further the understanding of the fields of neurobiology & psychophysiology, through education and research, as they pertain to the treatment of traumatic conditions. To this end, we are committed to conduct research and to train professionals in effectively treating people who suffer from symptoms of trauma and other forms of dysregulation in the autonomic nervous system.
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Upcoming Events

  • Self Regulation Therapy® Advanced Level Practitioner Training in Kelowna commencing June 1-3, 2012
    This training builds on the basic psychophysiological skills learned in the Foundation...
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  • 2012 Self Regulation Therapy® Foundation Level Trainings in Kelowna and Edmonton
    This nine-day training is taught over three trainings during which you will...
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Brain Facts

The nature of traumatic memory is to be dissociated and to be stored as sensory fragments that have no words.
Joseph Ledoux
Brain scans show that in action and imagination many of the same parts of the brain are activated. That is why visualizing can improve performance.
An environment which first soothes, validates and confirms, then stimulates, challenges and encourages appears to be the basis for an infant’s optimal development to occur.