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What to expect from my presentations:

I have been researching emotional suffering, its healing and emotional well-being for over 20 years, and in my webinars I share what I have learned.

My webinars are informed by academic research and personal experience.

They are open to anybody with an interest in psychological dynamics and how they impact behaviour. I work hard to communicate in ways that are engaging, clear and compassionate.

I’ve delivered keynote presentations at conferences hosted by The Royal College of Psychiatry, The Compassionate Mind Foundation, and Pacifica Graduate Institute.  I have also spoken at The Royal Society of Arts, a number of Jungian groups, the Bowlby Center and the Tavistock Clinic.

Webinar Testimonials

Through Daniela's lecture and webinars, a whole new aspect of clinical practice and understanding has been opened up to me. Gaining insight into evolutionary mechanisms has allowed me to bring even more compassion and depth to parental and child experiences.
Kate SnewinEMDR and Compassion Focused Therapist
Daniela's dynamic teaching & captivating story telling combines her experience as an anthropologist with her passion for psychology to expand our understanding & compassion for human nature.
Marian Dunlea, M.ScJungian analyst, somatic practitioner, & author of ‘BodyDreaming in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma - Ireland
Thanks to Dr. Sieff for her informative webinar. The content was superb. As well, I really appreciated the structure, pace & presentation materials. Having attended many virtual sessions Dr. Sieff’s stands out as being extremely professional.
Dr. Jane Cayley, Ed.D, MBAManagement Consultant & leadership coach. Canada.

Self-Hosted Webinars

I have recently started to host my own webinars.

These are delivered live by zoom, and recorded for later viewing.

To get advanced notice of my self-hosted webinars, priority booking and discounted tickets join my mailing list.

As well as hosting the webinars listed below for my own community, I can deliver them to your community.

If you are interested in exploring that possibility, then please contact me by clicking here.

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Maternal Hostility as Nature’s Shadow

Building understanding and compassion by drawing on
recent research in evolution and anthropology.

  • Last offered Nov 2022
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The Archetypal Death Parent as Toxic Shame

Bringing greater consciousness to the suffering which is created by
The Archetypal Death Parent, when it is internalised as toxic shame.

  • Last offered Feb 2023
  • Not currently scheduled
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This is the Jungian and archetypal version of 'Toxic Shame and Spirals of Suffering'.

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Image: Henrik Uldalen – Inhal

Toxic Shame and Spirals of Suffering

How evolution & psychology, psychodynamics & lived experience,
can help us to recognise the suffering fuelled by toxic shame.

  • Last offered March, 2023
  • Not currently scheduled
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This is the more evolutionary and psychological version of 'The Archetypal Death Parent as Toxic Shame'

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Upcoming Webinars Hosted by Others

Understanding the Hostile Mother & Her Shame

Insights from evolutionary science, anthropology, forensic psychology and the myth of Medea.

Presenters: Dr. Daniela Sieff and Dr Brooke Laufer

Organiser: NScience – Professional development and training for therapists.

Modern Western cultures have eulogised the ideal that mothers evolved to love and protect all their children instinctively and automatically, and that neglectful, hostile or infanticidal feelings and behaviour in mothers are unnatural and perhaps pathological.

Modern mothers naturally internalise these cultural beliefs, so they tend to experience deep shame whenever they feel hostility towards their children. Tragically and ironically, this maternal shame makes it even more likely that they will act out their hostility.

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A Selection of Past Talks by Subject

Emotional Trauma and its Healing

  • Public Lecture, Royal Society of Arts, London
  • Plenary Lecture, Pacifica Graduate Institute, California, USA
  • The Embodiment Conference, On-line

The Dynamics of Toxic Shame

  • CG Jung Public Lectures, Bristol, UK.
  •  Irish Association of Jungian Analysts

Maternal Negativity, Child Maltreatment & Early Relational Trauma

  • Keynote address, Royal College of Psychiatry, UK
  • Keynote address Compassionate Mind Foundation (upcoming)
  • Clinical Forum, The Bowlby Center, London, UK
  • Scientific Meeting, Tavistock and Portman Trust, Tavistock Clinic, London, UK.
  • CONFER CPD module: on the ‘Application of attachment theory to psychotherapy’. 

The Archetypal Death Mother / Death Parent

  • Public Lecture, C.G. Jung Club, London, UK.
  • C.G Jung Public Lectures, Bristol, UK.
  • Cambridge Jungian Circle.
  • CG Jung Public Lectures, Bristol, UK
  • Irish association of Jungian analysts

How to Understand and Heal Emotional Trauma

Public Lecture, Royal Society of Arts (RSA), London.

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