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FREE 2-Day Live Virtual Event
Trauma Summit
Embrace diversity and redefine healing with innovative applications of IFS, EMDR, CPT, DBT, EFIT and somatic therapies
June 12–13th, 9am-6pm Eastern
$969.87 Value – Completely FREE!
Can't attend live? Register anyway for 14-day free access to the training!
*CE credit is available for an additional cost. Register for more information.

You want to give your clients with trauma the very best treatment...

...therapy that honors their unique experiences, takes into account their personal and cultural history, and helps them live a rich, meaningful life.

Packed with the latest advances in trauma therapy, this FREE summit is a must-attend for professionals committed to advancing trauma care through diversity and innovation.

You’ll leave equipped with a comprehensive toolkit for addressing a wide range of trauma-related challenges, along with a revitalized passion for doing the work of healing.

Designed for psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, addiction counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other mental health professionals...

...this training will show you how to share transformational healing with your clients with deep trauma wounds.

Join Dr. Frank Anderson, Dr. Janina Fisher, our panel of distinguished experts, and thousands of your colleagues LIVE online where you'll get:

  • FREE training over two comprehensive, skills-packed days
  • The opportunity to get your questions answered by the field’s top experts
  • On-demand access to the recording for 14 days
  • A chance to purchase exclusive upgrade CE packages

Join us and be part of a transformative movement shaping the future of trauma recovery.

And at no cost, you’ve got nothing to lose!


FREE 2-Day Live Virtual Event
Trauma Summit
Embrace diversity and redefine healing with innovative applications of IFS, EMDR, CPT, DBT, EFIT and somatic therapies
June 12–13th, 9am-6pm Eastern
$969.87 Value – Completely FREE!
Can't attend live? Register anyway for 14-day free access to the training!
*CE credit is available for an additional cost. Register for more information.
Summit Schedule – Day One
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern
Patricia Vickers, PhD
9:00am - 10:15am EDT
First Nations Approaches to Healing Trauma: Ancestral Wisdom and Soul Retrieval
Featuring Patricia Vickers, PhD|Click here for information about Patricia Vickers

Colonization has had a lasting impact on the field of mental health, shaping cultural biases and perpetuating trauma that continues to affect communities today. In this session, Dr. Patricia Vickers explores the intersection of neuroscience with ancestral healing practices such as neurofeedback and ceremony. After this session, you'll walk away with tangible tools to address assessment and intergenerational trauma within First Nations communities.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Robert T. Muller, PhD
10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Forgiveness: The Double-Edged Sword of Trauma Therapy
Featuring Robert T. Muller, PhD|Click here for information about Robert T. Muller

Forgiving can feel overwhelming for clients, especially when it involves trauma from those they trusted most. In this powerful session, Dr. Robert T. Muller will guide you through forgiveness in trauma therapy, recognizing its complexities as both a healing journey and a struggle. You'll leave with practical tools to help your clients differentiate between genuine and premature forgiveness, grasp the forgiveness process, and nurture self-forgiveness when needed.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Nathalie Lovasz, PhD
1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
DBT Interventions for High-Risk Clients: Ensuring Safety and Effectiveness in Trauma Treatment
Featuring Nathalie Lovasz, PhD|Click here for information about Nathalie Lovasz

High-risk clients often bring trauma to therapy, but even seasoned clinicians may hesitate to fully delve into treatment, apprehensive about the emotional toll it may take on clients. In this session, Dr. Nathalie Lovasz will demonstrate how DBT can help clients regulate and tolerate intense emotions, ensuring trauma therapy remains within their zone of tolerance. Gain immediate tools to integrate into your practice and enhance your effectiveness in supporting these clients.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Lisa Ndejuru, PhD
2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
From Bias to Bond: Using Polyvagal Theory to Cultivate an Effective Therapeutic Alliance With Racialized Clients
Featuring Lisa Ndejuru, PhD|Click here for information about Lisa Ndejuru

Unconscious bias poses a significant challenge in therapeutic relationships, especially when working with racialized clients. In this session, Dr. Ndejuru will explore the application of polyvagal theory within racially diverse therapist-client dynamics. Through insights gleaned from Black Community Collective Care Circles, she will help equip you with strategies to empower clients of color on their journey towards personal and collective liberation. This interactive session combines theoretical insights, real-life case studies, and reflective exercises to deepen understanding and foster meaningful dialogue.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Janina Fisher, PhD
3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Minding the Body: Somatic Interventions for Enhancing EMDR Effectiveness
Featuring Janina Fisher, PhD|Click here for information about Janina Fisher

While EMDR is a powerful treatment, some clients get flooded or go numb making treatment more difficult. In this session, renowned trauma expert Janina Fisher will give you effective body-based interventions that you can easily integrate into your practice, leaving clients feeling safe and engaged in treatment.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Summit Schedule – Day Two
Thursday, June 13, 2024
9:00 AM to 6:15 PM Eastern
Candice Monson, PhD
9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD: The Latest Updates and Innovations
Featuring Candice Monson, PhD|Click here for information about Candice M Monson

Given the pervasiveness of trauma in our world, the need for short-term, effective treatments that help clients create real change in their lives is tremendous. In this engaging session, Dr. Candice Monson, co-developer of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) will show you advanced cognitive therapy interventions to get your clients unstuck from limiting beliefs blocking their recovery. You’ll also get the latest updates and innovations to tailor CPT to your specific clients and specific treatment setting, including intense dosing, psychedelic-assisted CPT, and more.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Leanne Campbell, PhD
10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Key Tasks of Trauma Recovery: The Use of Attachment Science in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) to Foster Mastery, Cohesion, and Resilience
Featuring Leanne Campbell, PhD|Click here for information about Leanne Campbell

Difficulty with painful emotions is at the heart of posttraumatic problems, and without attending to your clients’ intense feelings of fear, disgust, anger, and helplessness, you can’t heal their heartbreak. In this keynote session, Dr. Leanne Campbell will show you an emotionally-focused therapy model that offers you a simple, proven 5-step attachment-informed process to create predictable, repeatable, and lasting transformation for your clients.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Colleen E. Carney, PhD, C.Psych
1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
What You Need to Know About Sleep and Trauma: Tools for Better Outcomes and Lasting Insomnia Relief
Featuring Colleen E. Carney, PhD, C.Psych|Click here for information about Colleen Carney

From the initial development of PTSD to its treatment, sleep disturbance plays a huge role in how clients recover from trauma. And while most therapists recognize that their clients aren’t sleeping well, few understand that sleep hygiene strategies alone are insufficient and ineffective. In this session, Dr. Colleen Carney will show you simple, evidence-based tools you can use to both improve the effectiveness of your trauma treatment and help your clients get the rest they need.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Frank Anderson, MD
2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for Trauma-Informed Treatment of Addictions
Featuring Frank Anderson, MD|Click here for information about Frank Anderson

Therapists frequently encounter clients grappling with various forms of addiction, and the treatment process itself can sometimes trigger deep-seated traumatic experiences. In this session, Dr. Frank Anderson will show you strategies from IFS therapy to help clients befriend their addictive parts as they move toward healing the underlying traumatic wounds beneath their addictions.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Marianela Medrano, PhD
4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Grief and Trauma in the Bones: Mindfulness and Indigenous Ways of Healing
Featuring Marianela Medrano, PhD|Click here for information about Marianela Medrano

Clients who have experienced trauma are inevitably holding loss, and therapists must support their grief in culturally-attuned ways. In this session, Dr. Marianela Medrano will give you a framework for implementing culturally aligned interventions to support a transformational grief process.

Presented in EN with audio/captions available in FR

Sèdami Gwladys Tossa
5:15pm - 6:15pm EDT
When Past Wounds Show Up In Present Relationships: The Latest Strategies to Foster Resilience in Couples With Childhood Relational Trauma
Featuring Sèdami Gwladys Tossa|Click here for information about Sèdami Gwladys Tossa

Childhood trauma can hinder stable, fulfilling intimate relationships, often leading to past wounds resurfacing within couples. You require effective strategies to address trauma's impact and help individuals and couples rebuild enriching relationships. This session offers tools to provide compassionate support and facilitate healing for those facing relationship challenges stemming from trauma.

Presented in FR with audio/captions available in EN
BONUS

REGISTER TODAY and get immediate access to this bonus recording featuring the late Dr. Sue Johnson,
who had been scheduled to present at this important summit. A $129.99 value – yours free!
Mapping the Dance of Emotions: Creating Lasting Change with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy
Sue Johnson, EdD
Click here for information about Susan Johnson

When clients become overwhelmed with strong emotions, attachment science offers a clear understanding of what’s really going on as well as a path forward. In this recording, Dr. Sue Johnson describes how to tune in to clients’ emotions to construct corrective emotional experiences that stick and create forward progress in every session.


FREE 2-Day Live Virtual Event
Trauma Summit
Embrace diversity and redefine healing with innovative applications of IFS, EMDR, CPT, DBT, EFIT and somatic therapies
June 12–13th, 9am-6pm Eastern
$969.87 Value – Completely FREE!
Can't attend live? Register anyway for 14-day free access to the training!
*CE credit is available for an additional cost. Register for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions
We’re glad you asked! You’ll get an approach for working with trauma that is practical, evidence based and clinically proven to get positive health outcomes for your clients. You’ll learn how to adapt this techniques to working with clients from diverse backgrounds, and in a variety of clinical settings.
All sessions will be accessible in both English and French. Participants will have the option to switch between simultaneous English and French audio and subtitles. Handouts will be available in both English and French.
No catch. Due to the generosity of our speakers and the support of therapists like you, we have been able to provide professional trainings to more clinicians than ever! Our mission is to connect knowledge with need, and offering accessible training in innovative, effective treatment approaches allows us to do that.
YES! The training is LIVE and you'll be able to ask questions of all of our faculty! Though they may not get to all of them, they will try to answer the most relevant and frequent ones.
When you register today, you get unlimited free replay access for 14 days after the training. Replays will be available within the week after the workshop ends and will be in the same place where the live workshop took place in your account portal.
How do I get CE credits for attending live? Just register today above with your name and email, then click the "LIVE CE" button on the next page to purchase your credit package for just $99.99 (discounted from $969.87) — only available for those who register here and purchase before the end of the training.
Yes! Just register above and then click the "Self Study" CE button on the next page and purchase the recording package. You'll get unlimited access to the recordings and be able to earn self-study CE at any time in the future.
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FREE 2-Day Live Virtual Event
Trauma Summit
Embrace diversity and redefine healing with innovative applications of IFS, EMDR, CPT, DBT, EFIT and somatic therapies
June 12–13th, 9am-6pm Eastern
$969.87 Value – Completely FREE!
Can't attend live? Register anyway for 14-day free access to the training!
*CE credit is available for an additional cost. Register for more information.

*If you purchase Live CE, please note you would need to watch the presentations that are being presented live in order to receive live credit.

This event is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.


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