Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
For many of us the body can feel like a dangerous place. It's the cause of so much pain and hurt. Some might even say, it's where it all began. And that it's the last thing they want to connect with. For many it does not feel safe to meet the body.
But our body is also what we've all got in common. It's our System's meeting place, so to say. We all have to share the same body, even if we don't agree on many things, if we look totally different, if we are from different species.
In this session we'll explore how somatic therapies can be adapted and integrated into our therapy sessions or into our life. We will start with our own journey of discovering that we are a system and how somatic therapies have challenged us, a lot, and at the same time made our progress possible.
We follow our own journey with some examples how we adjust modalities with our clients, and offer some explorations to experience some somatic practices. We are ending the talk with the opportunity to experience some somatic practice if that feels safe enough on the day.
Hi, we are The Loucas, or some might know us as Johannah & Co from Natural Holistics and BodyWise – Many Selves, One Body.
We are a polyfragmented system, Wounded Healer, a peer support advocate and educator about living with dissociation, dissociative identities and organised extreme abuse for other survivors as well as professionals.
We are also a Somatic Trauma Therapist, Brainspotting practitioner, RMTi consultant, Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher and Reiki Master.
All the modalities we use as a Somatic Therapist have helped us on our own healing journey.
Through our own lived experiences as well as the professional continuing trainings we have adapted how we offer support and therapy for extreme trauma and dissociation. It’s a blend of what has worked for us as well as the wisdom from our teachers and supervisors.
The Plural Positivity World Conference happens every year online in May or June. Get your ticket and find out more about PPWC and our other virtual events at: powertotheplurals.com/events. Join PPWC 2026 live in Airmeet on June 12, 13, and 14th for the full conference experience:
18 sessions;
13 Live Q&As, exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
Gatherings exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
Giveaways, exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
Meet and greets, exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
7 days of replays, including the live Q&As, exclusively hosted on Airmeet.
Watch live Q&As and join the full experience now on Airmeet: powertotheplurals.com/ppwc
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this session are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Plural Association.
For many of us the body can feel like a dangerous place. It's the cause of so much pain and hurt. Some might even say, it's where it all began. And that it's the last thing they want to connect with. For many it does not feel safe to meet the body.
But our body is also what we've all got in common. It's our System's meeting place, so to say. We all have to share the same body, even if we don't agree on many things, if we look totally different, if we are from different species.
In this session we'll explore how somatic therapies can be adapted and integrated into our therapy sessions or into our life. We will start with our own journey of discovering that we are a system and how somatic therapies have challenged us, a lot, and at the same time made our progress possible.
We follow our own journey with some examples how we adjust modalities with our clients, and offer some explorations to experience some somatic practices. We are ending the talk with the opportunity to experience some somatic practice if that feels safe enough on the day.
Hi, we are The Loucas, or some might know us as Johannah & Co from Natural Holistics and BodyWise – Many Selves, One Body.
We are a polyfragmented system, Wounded Healer, a peer support advocate and educator about living with dissociation, dissociative identities and organised extreme abuse for other survivors as well as professionals.
We are also a Somatic Trauma Therapist, Brainspotting practitioner, RMTi consultant, Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher and Reiki Master.
All the modalities we use as a Somatic Therapist have helped us on our own healing journey.
Through our own lived experiences as well as the professional continuing trainings we have adapted how we offer support and therapy for extreme trauma and dissociation. It’s a blend of what has worked for us as well as the wisdom from our teachers and supervisors.
The Plural Positivity World Conference happens every year online in May or June. Get your ticket and find out more about PPWC and our other virtual events at: powertotheplurals.com/events. Join PPWC 2026 live in Airmeet on June 12, 13, and 14th for the full conference experience:
18 sessions;
13 Live Q&As, exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
Gatherings exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
Giveaways, exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
Meet and greets, exclusively hosted on Airmeet;
7 days of replays, including the live Q&As, exclusively hosted on Airmeet.
Watch live Q&As and join the full experience now on Airmeet: powertotheplurals.com/ppwc
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this session are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Plural Association.
![[CC] Plurality in a wider context by Non2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RjYkHxSts7A/mqdefault.jpg "[CC] Plurality in a wider context by Non2
The Plural Positivity World Conference happens every year online in May or June. Get your ticket and find out more about PPWC and our other virtual events at: https://powertotheplurals.com/events Plural Positivity World Conference 2023
Non2
Title of the session: Plurality in a wider context.
Please note that the session might touch on topics such as societal-scale trauma and spirituality.
Session description: Helping to situate the experience of plurality in a wider context. For those who care about a future of Humanity.
Presenter bio:
WHO :
I try to understand how the universe is structured, and my situation in it.
I explore the diversity of answers that are, or have been, proposed to those questions, at the scale of humanity.
I examine what each of them takes into account, excludes or neglects, explicitly and implicetly; and what are the consequences (in time, by the actions of those who take them as guidance).
Even if the distinction is not clearcut, there are at present two reference poles as to what is the best sort of answer.
The scientific and spiritual poles. I explore both.
On the scientific pole I studied theoretical physics. I got a MA. I did not pursue an academic carreer but follow the evolution of the field, mainly around the interpretation/justification/expansion of Quantum Mechanics.
But I also read a lot of biological and human sciences, mainly in an evolutionary, historical perspective.
On the spiritual pole I explored a wide variety of eastern philosophies.
Through philosophy/history of science, I reincorporated western philosophy and spirituality, but viewed from an eastern perspective.
In my view all disciplines and traditions have a more or less extensive domain of approximate validity/usefulness, many overestimate their domain.
I try to use the most appropriate disciplines for each particular context.
PLURALITY :
Concerning plurality, retroactively it is omnipresent, but the explicit awareness came about mainly through 3 experiences.
I was a close witness of the complete reversal of character, for about a week, of a very close friend. She died shortly after more or less regaining her usual character.
Later I had another close friend, during about 30 years. She had, at least in my opinion, a very high quality spiritual practice. But she had severe psychological problems, due to severe abuse from her mother starting in early childhood.
At one time another personality manifested itself, very abusive and opposit to the usual, and expressing views similar to those of her mother.
The usual personality was not aware of it. When I tried to make her aware of if, the alternate personality came to the front.
The third experience was reading the book The Minds of Billy Milligan. It gave me the impulse to develop, about 30 years ago, my own conceptualisation of a spectrum from explicitely multiple personalities (now renamed DID) to normal people (now renamed singlets) through intermediates (now named OSDD) such as myself.
In my view people who consider themselves as singlets just have a form of OSDD that is accepted by the society in which they live. For instance, in most western(ised) societies it is accepted that a drunk person manifests a very different personlity than sober, and that they can do certain things only when drunk, such as enjoy themselves.
HOW :
By helping to situate the experience of plurality in a wider context than psychiatry. Both for the people concerned and the societies in which they live. That both become aware that the experience of plurality is the inscription in individual bodies of phenomena pervading societies. And when there are trauma, they are the inscription of trauma of societies, some from a far past. Healing must happen at both scales.
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![[CC] Safer Support Groups: Facilitation for belonging, inclusion & empowerment by The Crisses](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sd0h-hdn7nY/mqdefault.jpg "[CC] Safer Support Groups: Facilitation for belonging, inclusion & empowerment by The Crisses
The Plural Positivity World Conference happens every year online in May or June. Get your ticket and find out more about PPWC and our other virtual events at: https://powertotheplurals.com/events Plural Positivity World Conference 2023 The Crisses
Title of the session: Safer Support Groups: Facilitation for belonging, inclusion & empowerment
Possible trigger warnings: Mention various undesirable and toxic individual and group behaviors, and the problems caused by idolizing group owners, organizers or facilitators. Also mentions poor group boundaries and issues around shaming or exiling group members that we touched on in our 2022 conference sessions.
Session description: Plurals start many groups but dont necessarily understand how to run safer groups that provide an atmosphere that helps encourage learning, healing & growth. This session will explicitly discuss what we get from support groups, pitfalls, facilitation skills, handling various undesriable behaviors, how to create a culture of saftey & empowerment, and some of the steps in creating a support group. The hope is that we can foster belongingness and help each other heal.
Resources:
* The importance of Belonging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ZP0bzX0ps
* Lets Talk about Shame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1GDXviEGBc
* https://kinhost.org/Movement/GroupFacilitationTips
* https://unitedfront.substack.com
*https://pluralityresource.org
*http://liberatedlifecoaching.com
Presenter bio: Life coach & plural activists, sharing selves-help materials mostly on building & maintaining internal community for fellow plurals, admin of the http://kinhost.org wiki site, with courses available at https://pluralityresource.org and coaching services available through http://liberatedlifecoaching.com. System curriculum vitae and link hub at https://crisses.org.
Disclaimer: Please respect our copyright under the Copyright Act of 1976, which protects all aspects of this video. Unauthorized use, particularly by organizations like the ISSTD and McLean Hospital, is strictly prohibited. To learn more about our efforts to protect our communitys content, see our [petition](https://chng.it/rSZ88Nt9).
The views expressed by presenters are their own and do not reflect the official stance of The Plural Association Stichting (TPA). We appreciate your support and understanding. Consider making a [donation](https://powertotheplurals.com/donate) to further our cause.
For more about our conference, visit our [website](https://powertotheplurals.com/ppwc)
Donation request: Enjoyed this session of the PPWC? Support us in creating more content like this by making a donation to The Plural Association Nonprofit, starting at just $5.")
![Images générées par IA et multiplicité - Kara & Atoll [ PPWC 24 FR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SjFIk40vJys/mqdefault.jpg "Images générées par IA et multiplicité - Kara & Atoll [ PPWC 24 FR]
The Plural Positivity World Conference happens every year online in May or June. Get your ticket and find out more about PPWC and our other virtual events at: https://powertotheplurals.com/events ✨ Plural Positivity World Conference 2024 ✨
Durant cette session, Kara et Atoll, deux systèmes qui utilisent régulièrement des intelligences artificielles (IA) text-to-image, développent les bases de quelques outils tels que Dall-E, Stable Diffusion ou encore Midjourney. Iels discutent ensuite de leur utilisation personnelle de ces IA: créativité mais surtout communication interne, mapping, auto-soins, aide contre laphantasie et la dysmorphophobie, etc...
⚠️ Avertissements de contenu :
Mentions de dysmorphophobie, grossophobie et TCA
📝 Transcription écrite :
https://www.partielles.com/ppwc24-images-generees-par-ia-et-multiplicite/
➡️ Présentée par :
- Kara (@partielles )
- Atoll
💛 Remerciements :
Atome
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![Vivre avec un trouble de lhumeur en étant multiple - Ambroisie [PPWC 24 FR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tcz3IXtvyiU/mqdefault.jpg "Vivre avec un trouble de lhumeur en étant multiple - Ambroisie [PPWC 24 FR]
The Plural Positivity World Conference happens every year online in May or June. Get your ticket and find out more about PPWC and our other virtual events at: https://powertotheplurals.com/events ✨ Plural Positivity World Conference 2024 ✨
Dans cette participation, les troubles de lhumeur seront abordés dans le prisme de la multiplicité (le TDI pour notre part). Au travers de notre prise de parole, on souhaite monter que la multiplicité peut se mélanger avec un trouble de lhumeur, et que les deux ne sont pas incompatible. En espérant que cela aidera dautres personnes en questionnement, ou à déculpabiliser de la vie avec ces troubles de lhumeur.
⚠️ Avertissements de contenu :
Diagnostic, trouble de l’humeur et trouble psychotique, récit de psychose et de reviviscence traumatique, bipolarité et schizo-affectivité, mention de scolarité, professionnel de la santé, traitement médicamenteux et effets secondaires, conduites à risques, crise sicidaire, mention de pensée sicidaire, phase dépressive et maniaque, auto-traumatisassions et traumatisme, crise d’angoisse, hallucination, mention de harcèlement.
📝 Transcription écrite :
https://www.partielles.com/ppwc24-vivre-avec-un-trouble-de-lhumeur-en-etant-multiple-par-ambroisie/
➡️ Présentée par :
Ambroisie
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