Keynote Speeches
Co-written with his son Daniel, The Myth of Normal examines how Western countries with advanced healthcare systems are experiencing an increase in chronic illnesses and overall poor health.
With over four years of clinical experience, Dr. Maté has recognized the flawed understanding of “normal”, which disregards the impact of trauma, stress, and pressures of modern living on our physical and mental well-being.
This presentation untangles common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between individual health problems and the overall decline of society, and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing.
As a renowned addiction expert, Dr. Maté advocates for a compassionate approac towards addiction, whether it is within ourselves or others. Dr. Maté believes that the root of addiction is not to be attributed to genetic factors, but rather, in the early childhood environment.
In his latest best-selling book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Dr. Maté draws on cutting-edge science and real-life stories to demonstrate that all addictions stem from trauma and emotional loss.
Emotional stress is a significant underlying cause for a variety of physical illnesses ranging from cancer to autoimmune conditions. The systems in the brain and body that manage emotions are intricately linked with the immune system, the nervous system, and the hormonal apparatus.
Dr. Maté’s extensive knowledge of the connection between the mind and body is documented in his book When the Body Says No, which has been published in multiple languages across 5 continents.
In Hold On to Your Kids, a co-authored collaboration with developmental psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Maté explains that the key factor for promoting healthy growth in children is their relationships with nurturing adults.
Hold On to Your Kids provides insight on the environmental factors that are essential for positive child development, and how these factors are progressively at risk in today’s society. Additionally, it offers guidance to parents and teachers on how to maintain their influential role amidst the various challenges presented by modern culture.
Dr. Maté presents a new perspective on ADD in his book Scattered Minds, providing hope for adults coping with this condition and parents s seeking to support their children.
Dr. Maté has developed a psychotherapeutic approach method in which he terms, Compassionate Inquiry, which reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world.
Dr. Maté models the process of Compassion Inquiry through an experiential, participatory workshop of guidance and training. Key takeaways in this session:
- How to cultivate presence, being with what is
- To bring attention to body signals in clients and yourself
- To enhance your perception of what is not being revealed overtly
- To enable clients to access emotional states through body awareness
- How to create and maintain a safe sacred space between client and therapist
- How to facilitate the expression of what has remained unexpressed
- How to keep a client engaged in present moment experience
- The importance of patience, respect and choice in the therapeutic process
- How to uncover early traumatic events of childhood and unconscious feeling states through compassionate inquiry
- To decode the unconscious beliefs that contribute to personal suffering in self and others
Dr. Maté and his eldest son Daniel join forces to delve into a topic that has received little attention: the relationship between parents and their adult children.
Through talks, workshops, and a forthcoming book and podcast with the same title, “Hello Again,” the Matés shed light on this often overlooked aspect of family relationships.
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