Dr. Christian Kloß
Coaching / Workshops / Talks
Understanding COPMI and yourself
Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness, COPMI, are growing up under very special circumstances.
COPMI and specialists need to understand the conditions as well as the burden and needs alike that derive from these circumstances.
I will deliver an authentic insight to these issues. You will gain a deeper understanding of COPMI therefore.
At the top of 2024, I’ll be taking part as a speaker in the 2024 Trauma Super Conference, alongside 70+ of the world’s foremost trauma experts, including Gabor Maté, Peter Levine, and so many others.
In my talk with Meagen on Day 4 (Thursday, February, 1st) I’ll be speaking on “Children of Parents with Mental Illness“ about my experience on
- How stress impacts childhood development
- Why self-identity can be a challenge for children of parents with mental illness
- How adults can support and protect COPMI
If you know or suspect that you or a loved one suffers from trauma, or if you’d just like to improve your overall resilience and wellbeing, please take advantage of this opportunity.
I would personally love to see you there, and I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t benefit from this wisdom.
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About Chris
Dr. Christian Kloß
Christian Kloß is active in the field of COPMI since 2005 and works as a speaker, coach and author since 2007.
In 2005, he founded the first self-helping group for adult COPMI in southwest Germany in Heidelberg (Rhein-Neckar region).
Christian is a founding member of “Seelenerbe e.V. – Verein für erwachsene Kinder psychisch erkrankter Eltern” in 2014 and was a member of the board until 2020.
He runs the blog Lust for Life, in which he addresses various, sometimes very personal concerns in the context of COPMI.
In the video log Everything but the Kitchen Trauma, he discusses all kinds of questions about traumatization with the US-American psychologist Dr. Ava Pommerenk.
I am providing an authentic insight into the life of a COPMI for the benefit of your personal growth.
Publications
- Kloß, Christian (2017): Als sei nichts – Leben und Trauern als erwachsenes Kind psychisch kranker Eltern. Hamburg: tredition. (in German)
- Kloß, Christian (2012): Unterstützung für Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern: Liebe, Entlastung, Trauer – ein Erfahrungsbericht, in: Ullrich Bauer et al. (Hg.): Prävention für Familien mit psychisch kranken Eltern. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, S. 13-22. (in German)
