The P4 DID Conference — HOW WAS IT ?

My words for it?

The P4 DID Conference was FANTASTIC.

I met oodles of new people. We had excellent conversations. The ART was totally incredible. The energy was amazing. The connections made were fun and fulfilling. We had a good time talking together — a really really good time.

From what I’ve heard, the P4 participants were energized, encouraged, and inspired to do even more with their DID systems. The therapists learned heaps, and we’ve all grown from our weekend together.

P4 DID Conference 2020 — Kathy being silly and wondering how many “multiple selves” she could show herself being on the projector screen.

Hopefully, there was a lot of learning. There were certainly a million questions asked! Boy, oh boy, the P4 attendees were an inquisitive group. It felt like they asked me hundreds of questions. Maybe a million, lol. That was wonderful though — I was honoured to be asked.

Dr Amezcua-Patino MD from MetroNBI in Chandler Arizona gave his presentation about trauma and the brain via Zoom.

The complications of the Covid-19 pandemic were far-reaching and obvious. See us keeping our social distance? We were each assigned an individual table.

Dr Amezcua-Patino presenting via Zoom, while the Room practiced social distancing.

Laura popped in for Sunday to help share her brilliance. We were asked some hard questions, and we hope our answers were helpful.

Kathy and Laura teaching at the P4 DID Conference on Sunday.

We had the most AMAZING art displays — I can only show a few here today. The art contributions sent in by dissociative survivors and trauma therapists were truly phenomenal. The art reached our hearts in ways that are hard to explain.

Even watching the Art Videos brought tears to our eyes — they were truly powerful, and thank you for sharing your heart-art with us.

P4 art presentation — The Wall of Therapy — Artwork Presented at MetroNBI

P4 DID Art presentation — Incredible art displays at MetroNBI.

We participated in numerous activities in the Venue Room, including some writing exercises, musical moments, and other artistic creations. In addition to my piano music, and other musical contributions, we experienced an amazing drumming demonstration first hand.

So much fun, emotional, and powerful as well.

drumming at P4 DID Conference — Such fun at the drumming demonstration. Amazing handmade drums – seriously incredible.

Having fun joining in with the drumming demonstration at P4 DID Conference.

Of course, working out the complications of puzzles was on the list. How could it not be? The puzzle theme is everywhere at P4.

OH, and we found a talented, new PUZZLE QUEEN! My title has been officially handed over to someone much more qualified at puzzling. 🙂

Puzzles at P4 DID Conference — One of the puzzle activities held in the ROOM in Phoenix. Hey, Zoomers – come to the Room next time!

And of course, if I’m involved, there are gonna be some fuzzy animal critters around. We had an interesting visit with Apollo the little black pug. It was good to learn more about Emotional Support Animals.

Little Apollo was quite young, and a little noisy (and protective!) when the lunch folks arrived with our boxed lunches provided by Physicians Research Group. However, many of us truly enjoyed his presence in the Room even though he had a lot to say.

emotional support animals — Learning about Emotional Support Animals — how a puppy help your life!

emotional support dog - Apollo the puppy — Apollo — doing his very best to be an emotional support puggy. How adorable was this little guy!

We had giggles. We had fun.

We had stressful moments. We had serious moments.

There were up’s and down’s, just same as life. Was everything perfect? Of course not! But we hung in there and battled through the bumpy bits. Was it wonderful and worth it? ABSOLUTELY!

THANK YOU to everyone at MetroNBI for the hours and hours and hours of dedication and hard work.

P4 Conference Coordinators — representing MetroNBI and Discussing Dissociation

Personally, I cannot wait to have P4 DID Conference-2.

After such an amazing experience, and the full-on learning curve created in P4 DID Conference 2020, there is no doubt that P4 DID Conference 2021 will be even better.

Will we do it again? hmmmm, what do you think?

Should there be a P4 DID Conference, 2021 ?

puzzle pieces made by Kathy — P4 DID Puzzle Pieces handmade by Kathy

Comments

Caroline says

November 20, 2020 at 10:09 am

It would be nice to have one in the summer time.
I like seeing you so happy in the pictures.

Mindy says

November 20, 2020 at 12:26 pm

I likd hoding apollo in my lap and me and jadie playd with him a long time and he lovd us

🧩🧩🧩 says

November 21, 2020 at 1:16 am

Dear Kathy,
You were in your element and that was nice to see.
🧩🧩🧩

The P4 DID Conference — HOW WAS IT ?

My words for it?

The P4 DID Conference was FANTASTIC.

I met oodles of new people. We had excellent conversations. The ART was totally incredible. The energy was amazing. The connections made were fun and fulfilling. We had a good time talking together — a really really good time.

From what I’ve heard, the P4 participants were energized, encouraged, and inspired to do even more with their DID systems. The therapists learned heaps, and we’ve all grown from our weekend together.

Hopefully, there was a lot of learning. There were certainly a million questions asked! Boy, oh boy, the P4 attendees were an inquisitive group. It felt like they asked me hundreds of questions. Maybe a million, lol. That was wonderful though — I was honoured to be asked.

Dr Amezcua-Patino MD from MetroNBI in Chandler Arizona gave his presentation about trauma and the brain via Zoom.

The complications of the Covid-19 pandemic were far-reaching and obvious. See us keeping our social distance? We were each assigned an individual table.

Laura popped in for Sunday to help share her brilliance. We were asked some hard questions, and we hope our answers were helpful.

We had the most AMAZING art displays — I can only show a few here today. The art contributions sent in by dissociative survivors and trauma therapists were truly phenomenal. The art reached our hearts in ways that are hard to explain.

Even watching the Art Videos brought tears to our eyes — they were truly powerful, and thank you for sharing your heart-art with us.

We participated in numerous activities in the Venue Room, including some writing exercises, musical moments, and other artistic creations. In addition to my piano music, and other musical contributions, we experienced an amazing drumming demonstration first hand.

So much fun, emotional, and powerful as well.

Of course, working out the complications of puzzles was on the list. How could it not be? The puzzle theme is everywhere at P4.

OH, and we found a talented, new PUZZLE QUEEN! My title has been officially handed over to someone much more qualified at puzzling. 🙂

And of course, if I’m involved, there are gonna be some fuzzy animal critters around. We had an interesting visit with Apollo the little black pug. It was good to learn more about Emotional Support Animals.

Little Apollo was quite young, and a little noisy (and protective!) when the lunch folks arrived with our boxed lunches provided by Physicians Research Group. However, many of us truly enjoyed his presence in the Room even though he had a lot to say.

We had giggles. We had fun.

We had stressful moments. We had serious moments.

There were up’s and down’s, just same as life. Was everything perfect? Of course not! But we hung in there and battled through the bumpy bits. Was it wonderful and worth it? ABSOLUTELY!

THANK YOU to everyone at MetroNBI for the hours and hours and hours of dedication and hard work.

Personally, I cannot wait to have P4 DID Conference-2.

After such an amazing experience, and the full-on learning curve created in P4 DID Conference 2020, there is no doubt that P4 DID Conference 2021 will be even better.

Will we do it again? hmmmm, what do you think?

Should there be a P4 DID Conference, 2021 ?

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