Childhood trauma: between neurobiological development and environmental impact

Soumaya Bourgou is an associate professor of child psychiatry at the faculty of medicine of Tunis, Tunisia. She is trained in several trauma-focused psychotherapies. She served as treasurer of the Tunisian society of child and adolescent psychiatry. She is among the founding members of the EMDR Tunisia. She is actually secretary general of EMDR Tunisia and is a member of the national college of psychiatry and child psychiatry.
She founded the first specialised unit in Tunisia dedicated to assessing and providing care for person who have undergone traumatic events.
Her areas of expertise include violence against children, early childhood trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and adverse childhood events.