Welcome... and I hope a good year ahead!

If you are new to this work...

You can join one of the Online Working Sessions days with an Attendance Place, and watch what happens. It is up to you how much you take part, and it is fine if you just watch the processes and see how the Intention Method works. If you have any questions you can contact me.

Trauma and Identity

My latest book, Trauma and Identity: Identity Oriented Psychotrauma Therapy, Theory and Practice is now available at all online book stores, and you can purchase a signed copy through me here.

In this book I have attempted to draw together in one place all of the important theoretical ideas developed by Franz Ruppert, together with my own reflections and experiences of working as an IOPT Psychotrauma practitioner.

Don't Forget to Explore my Blog

For writings on various topics to do with IOPT... available in English and many also available in German... CLICK HERE.

If you are interested in studying with me...

There are some opportunities on the IOPT-Practitioner-Events website, however you can also attend any event that I do as part of your own IOPT student journey, and there are an increasing number of online opportunities with other practitioners for the IOPT Student. Organise your own learning course!

In addition I am open to being invited to work with peer groups for a day if that seems a good idea for any peer group members. If you would like me to come and work with your peer group for a day you can contact me direct to book a date.

Becoming Your True Self is on video!

I have done a series of three videos based on this book:

Video 1 - Talking about Trauma

Video 2 - Beginnings

Video 3 - Healing Trauma?

Interview with Pedro Lechuga-Farias

For more videos with Vivian click here.

BOOKS BY VIVIAN BROUGHTON AND FRANZ RUPPERT

All books by Vivian and Franz Ruppert are available on the IOPT Practitioner Events website.

"I'm the enemy of the unlived, meaningless life"

(Bob Dylan, False Prophet)

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"All the trauma in the world comes originally from children trying to adjust to environments that are sometimes crazily impossible for them to understand and manage."

Trauma and Identity, 2021.

Khalil Gibran

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

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On the Trauma of Identity and the Trauma of Love:

"As the mother’s psyche is split, so her heart is split also."

(Vivian Broughton - 2021)

Personal statement: I am a psychotrauma practitioner (originally a Gestalt psychotherapist) with over 30 years experience. My passion is working with people where there is the possibility of real, healthy emotional contact, where truth is honoured, and reality takes precedence over illusions. For more about me click here.

"Be in love with your life. Every minute of it." Jack Kerouac.

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What is the purpose of Life?

To live a good life, and to come to know who I really am.

"There are so many people in the world who have a good amount of 'healthy I'; it's just that they also have unresolved trauma and slide so easily into their survival strategies and ruin it all for themselves." (Vivian)

Blog posts

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CORONAVIRUS

German Versions of some blogs

"My mother was a perpetrator" 12/8/19

Will and I - Tales from the edge 8/8/19

That Blasted Rock - a poem by Kate Collier 1/6/19

Considering Your Intention 13/4/18

A Perspective on Sexuality 5/4/18

What does it mean to be in our 'Healthy Self'? 08/03/16

Stages of Healing 30/11/17

Steps to Understanding Re-traumatisation 24/4/17

Trauma of Identity & the Unwanted Child 25/2/17

Trauma, Consciousness & 'the Banality of Evil'

Who am I... really? 19/9/16

The Intention Method 3/8/16

"What's in a name?" - identifications and attributions 8/5/16

What does it mean to be in our 'Healthy Self'? 8/3/16