Embracing 'Impermanence': Treating Trauma and Dissociation
Clinical Psychologist, Faye Phu presents a clinical case study of working long-term with a Catholic female client with borderline personality and dissociative features, who, through their therapeutic relationship, came to understand her suffering through the Buddhist concept of anicca (impermanence).
The client struggled for most of her life with insecurities and a persistent sense of abandonment. Her suffering felt so pervasive that she believed it to be permanent, leaving her unmotivated to work or pursue long-term relationships.
Through mindfulness and equanimity within the therapy space, the client learned to observe and embrace impermanence and find stillness amid chaos using the mantra 'this too will pass.' This work has deepened both Faye's and the client's practice on impermanence, transforming suffering into peace within themselves and the therapeutic space.
Faye Phu, an early-career clinical psychologist, works in private practice and as a School Psychologist. Specialising in supportive CBT and mindfulness-based therapies like ACT and DBT, she recently graduated from AABCAP's 2-year applied Buddhist psychotherapies course. Faye is particularly passionate about helping mid-life women with developmental trauma and dissociation. She comes from the Vietnamese Buddhist tradition of Plum Village with teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
Date / Time: Wednesday 16th October, 7:00pm-8:30pm AEDT
Location: Online via Zoom
Bookings: This event is for current and full AABCAP members only. Please email admin@aabcap.org if you have not already received an invitation via direct email.
