Mondays

4:30 pm

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2018

Develop foundational knowledge and skills in the SE biophysiological model for the resolution of trauma.
Typically consists of three 4-day live training modules, spaced 2 to 4 months apart.

• Understand the physiology of traumatic stress and its effect on the autonomic nervous system (ANS)

• Practice the fundamental SE method of tracking sensation to access responses in the ANS

• Learn the neurophysiology of each aspect of the threat response: defensive orientation, fight/flight/freeze, deactivation and completion, and exploratory orienting

• Develop skill in working with the SE model of tracking sensation to support completion of the threat-response cycle and incomplete survival responses

• Learn how to “titrate” (modulate) the SE trauma-renegotiation process to ensure healthy integration of experience

• Begin to integrate Porges' Polyvagal Theory of ANS function

• Understand the SE model of SIBAM (Sensation, Image, Behavior, Affect, Meaning) and its significance in trauma

• Explore coupling dynamics—the over- and under-association of the elements of SIBAM and elements of physiological responses to traumatically-stressing experiences

• Support clients in re-establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries

• Learn to identify, normalize, and stabilize traumatic reactions

• Acquire brief intervention skills that provide long-term solutions to acute and chronic symptoms of trauma

• Explore the integration of SE into ongoing professional practice

• Explore the appropriate use of touch in the context of SE

2017

Training on the EMDR basic protocol including treatment planning using the EMDR approach, parameters surrounding client selection and tools for development of client resources. Training was held over two weekends plus ten hours of group consultation. 

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February 2017

An online training led by Eric Gentry, PhD on the effects, prevention and treatment of Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Secondary Trauma.

February 2016

Online training with world-renowned trauma expert and author Dr. Janina Fisher on today's most effective somatic interventions for treating complex trauma. Course covered body-oriented interventions based on sensorimotor psychotherapy which directly address the underlying causes of post-traumatic stress to help client break free from past trauma and thrive in life. Additional topics include the underlying neuroscience behind the interventions. 

January 2014 - May 2014

A weekly training group offered by Tori Olds, PhD and Sydnor Sykes, PhD focused on the concepts and skills necessary in being an effective experiential therapist. Topics covered included the application of mindfulness and interpersonal neurobiology, trauma work, attunement training, working with defenses and emotion, tracking the body, attachment in couples work, etc. from the lense of AEDP, Somatic Experiencing, SCT, Tatkin’s couples work (PACT), EMDR, and psychodynamic theory (object relations).

August 2013

Don Catherall, who is a former Marine, combat veteran, therapist, professor and author, lectured on the critical role intimate partners play in a trauma survivor's recovery. Topics covered included how partners and family members can create a relational environment that actively facilitates the survivor's growth and healing while also protecting themselves from the effects of secondary traumatization.