
Professional
Dr JO Steenkamp (DLitt et Phil) is a Clinical Psychologist in Pretoria, South Africa. He completed his master’s in Psychology in 1984 and started his full-time private practice in 1985. During his second year of private practice he stumbled on spontaneous healing, and began what was to become a meticulous experiential research study of intra-systemic healing processes.
In 1991 he obtained his doctorate in SHIP® He spent the past 33 years refining this method continuously. His book 'SHIP®: Spontaneous Healing Intrasystemic Process: The Age-Old Art of Facilitating Healing' was reprinted 19 times. His new book 'SHIP® (Spontaneous Healing Intra-systemic Process): An Integrated Theory & Psychotherapy for Trauma-spectrum Manifestations was released in September 2018.
Dr Steenkamp is the CEO of THE SHIP® Foundation (2001), a training facility for registered psychologists who want to specialize in SHIP®. He is also a registered SHIP®forAdults trainer. In addition to running his full-time private practice, he has authored & co-authored articles, conducted clinical workshops and spoken at numerous academic institutions, public and business forums, and national and international conferences. Dr Steenkamp also appeared on a radio show that addressed various topics on male psychology.
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Presentations and workshops:
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Introduction to SHIP® and SHIP® concepts: Case studies.
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A SHIP® (Spontaneous Healing Intra-systemic Process) translation of the shadow.
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The space beyond: In search of an advanced SHIP® model.
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Introducing the theory of SHIP® on psycho-biodynamic spontaneous healing potential, the manifestation of dis-ease patterns, coping style development and spontaneous healing facilitation.
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Depathologising stress reactions in clients: A SHIP® perspective.
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SHIP®– from back to front: When the wrong becomes right, the inside out, and other important considerations when travelling a stormy-calm sea.
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Sometimes I sits and worries and other times I just sits and I stresses.
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Conflict or spontaneous healing? A point of reference.
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The next step: Turning obstacles into significance.
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Boundaries: Things that go bump in the night.
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Stress intervention for senior leaders.
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SHIP® (Spontaneous Healing Intra-systemic Process): Introducing a mind–body integrated psychotherapy approach.
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A psychological journey from yesterday’s tomorrow to tomorrow’s yesterday.
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Spontaneous Healing Facilitation™: Understanding the psychology of healing and wellness.
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Understanding the psychobiology of acute trauma.
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Spontaneous healing reactions and trauma: The development of the coping style as a platform where self-regulatory intra‑ and inter‑relationships may connect.
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When you dive into your shadow you discover the light causing it.
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Spontaneous healing reactions and trauma: A SHIP® (Spontaneous Healing Intra-systemic Process) perspective on creating a Healing Space for the integration of disconnected material.
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Brilliance comes from being authentic.
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Intra-systemic psychotherapy: Newest developments and case study applications.
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Introducing an Integrated SHIP® trauma-spectrum model on the etiology, characteristics and natural disposition of trauma-spectrum manifestations (TSMs).
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The internal gateway to healing trauma-spectrum manifestations (TSMs): A SHIP® perspective on spontaneous healing reactions (SHRs).
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A SHIP® perspective on trauma and practice implications.
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Psychotherapy: The spiral of disconnection in acute and chronic trauma.
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How do we stop stopping spontaneous healing?
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Internal spontaneous detox: But can the onion peel itself?
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The treatment and healing of trauma: Linking compassion and spontaneous healing reactions.
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Body–mind wholeness: Practical implications for psychotherapy.
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Trauma and the development of coping styles: What is trauma and how do we survive it?
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How the trauma secret finds its way out anyway: A blueprint disposition, projection and systemic rebellion.
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The great unfreeze: Autonomic self-regulation and how to hold an appropriate healing space (lectures i and ii).
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A story that wants to be told and that needs to be heard.
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Autonomic regulation: The cornerstone of spontaneous healing.
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Self-profiling: Understanding the formation and co-existence of coping styles and the shadow, and the application possibilities.
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Associative activators and SHRs; Why, when and how we interfere and why, when and how we do not interfere.
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Classification and application of SHRs.