ADVANCED PRACTICES
Working with Incident Trauma
with Lisa Mortimore, PhD
About the Training
Incident traumas leave deep and lasting impacts—years later the self, the psyche and body, are often still grappling and compensating with the impact of trauma(s) from years or decades ago. As relational somatic therapists, we also need to make space in our clinical minds to see where these traumas continue to live on and compromise the self and system. We need to tune our ears to listen for, and attune our felt sense to feel, the underlying unprocessed material in the other, and make and hold space in the clinical field for the work to emerge.
Further, it’s often true that therapists have unprocessed incident trauma(s) held in their systems—waiting for an opportunity to process and metabolize, returning held vitality to the self and system.
This Advanced Practices Training offers an opportunity for therapists to deepen their understanding and nuance their skill at working with incident traumas and work with their own incident trauma(s).
This is a highly experiential training where we will learn by demonstration and debrief and through practice application in small coached practices where therapists will work with their own incident trauma(s). From the demonstrations and practices, we will elicit gleanings from the work to deepen our conceptual understanding and sophisticate our skills. There will be some lecture but the majority of the learning will be through practice, demonstration, dialogue and debrief. We will also invite you to track your own process as you process your material, using your reflections to enhance your deeper understanding of how the process of working with incident trauma unfolds.
In order to apply, you will need to have completed at minimum 120 hours of somatic therapist training–prior learning assessments are necessary. You must also feel comfortable with active coaching in the practice sessions and ready to work with your own incident trauma each day. The one area that we are not working with in this training or practices is sexualized violence.
Fees & Dates
Stay tuned for dates
$1155 for the 4 day workshop
- Space is limited and open to those who have completed at minimum 120 hours of somatic therapist training and have it integrated into your clinical practice –prior learning assessments are necessary.
- This will be an online program
Somatic Therapy Trainings FAQ
What is somatic therapy?
Somatic therapy attends to body and both right and left hemispheres to attend to injuries of the body and mind. It has various applications, is profoundly potent in treating trauma - relational, incident, and complex.
How does this orientation differ from Somatic Experiencing (SE)?
The heart of Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy (SAP) is the reparation of attachment injuries. SAP uniquely weaves somatic psychotherapy with attachment theory and application to practice through a psychodynamic, relational lens. In this way, the SAP orientation is distinct from Somatic Experiencing (SE) and other body-based modalities.
Who are these courses intended for?
These courses are intended for psychotherapists seeking to advance and deepen their clinical practice. Participants need a graduate degree in a clinical mental health discipline.
How is this orientation grounded in evidence-based practice?
Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy draws upon diverse research in neuroscience, attachment theory and research, trauma studies, Polyvagal Theory, and Interpersonal Neurobiology. It also draws on the rich psychoanalytic lineage arcing over the past century. Our curriculums integrate these frameworks into clinical application.
What’s the difference between somatic therapy and traditional talk therapy?
Talk therapy primarily engages cognitive and left-hemisphere processes whereas somatic attachment psychotherapy, integrates both right and left hemispheric processes, working directly with the autonomic nervous system, attachment patterning and relational dynamics, affect regulation, mentalization, and embodiment for the reparation of trauma, specifically relational/attachment trauma.
Can I become a somatic therapist through your offerings?
No. Our offerings are for clinicians who have a graduate degree in a clinical mental health discipline. They provide sophisticated and nuanced theoretical, conceptual and application to practice in the areas of somatic practice, attachment repair, and relational practice. Our work is uniquely embodied and relational.