Integrative Attachment and Trauma Trainings

Integrative Trauma and Attachment Trainings

ATTCH holds many events to help professionals become trauma informed, learn trauma-specific treatment approaches, enhance their clinical skills, and promote wellness.

We hold an annual trauma and attachment conference, typically in the Spring and several smaller events throughout the year. ATTCH has been offering leading edge trauma and attachment conferences for the past 8 years. We are honoured to have brought you the knowledge of many world renowned experts in the fields of trauma and attachment. Some of our past speakers / and areas of focus include: Dr. Dan Siegel; Dr. Cathy Malchiodi; Dr. Ruth Lanius; Dr. Janina Fisher; Dr. Martin Teicher; Dr. Lisa Schwartz; Dr. Paul Frewen; Dr. Stephen Terrell; Dr. Joseph Spinazolla; Dr. Elizabeth Warner; Anne-Marie Lockmyer; Carmen Richardson; Aksana Kavalovia; Kelly Thomas; Cher Curshen; Christin Mullen and Liliana Hernandez; Lisa Scandalori. See our home page for more details about past events. The breadth and depth of knowledge is rich and many look forward to this conference as a premiere learning event.

This year will be sure not to disappoint! See below for this year's line up.

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Upcoming ITATM Training Options:

Summer Trauma Conference - July 11-15, 2022 Days 1 & 2 9:00-4:00 EST; Days 3-5 9:00-4:30 EST ITATM & CTIC Stream
Fall Trauma Conference - October 3-7, 2022 Days 1 & 2 9:00-4:00 EST; Days 3-5 9:00-4:30 EST ITATM & CTIC Stream
Part 1 (Clinical & Non Clinical) - June 8 & 9, 2022 or July 11 & 12, 2022 or September 8 & 9, 2022 All dates: 9:00-4:00 EST (both streams)
(Part 1 is also available pre-recorded via distance learning)
Part 2 Clinical - June 14 - 16, 2022 or July 13-15, 2022 or Sept 14 - 16, 2022 All dates: 9:00-4:30 EST ITATM & CTIC Stream
Part 2 Non Clinical - November 7-9, 2022, 9:00 - 4:30 EST ITATM-A & CTIP Stream
New ** Part 3 (Clinical) - Advanced Training in ITATM Protocol June 1-3, 2022 or December 5-7, 2022 9:00-4:30 PM EST *Must have completed parts 1 & 2 as well as 6 group consults to register
New ** Part 3 (Non-Clinical) - Advanced Training in ITATM-A Protocol - August 8-10, 2022 9:00-4:00 EST *Must have completed parts 1 & 2 as well as 6 group consults to register

Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (#ITATM) ® Clinical Stream - Required for Trauma and Attachment Certification Clinical Stream
- Part 1: Training will be live online. Also available in pre-recorded format.
  - Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
  - Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
- Part 2: Training will be live online.
  - Day 1: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 1 *Must have completed Part 1: Foundations of Trauma & Phase-Based Clinical Applications prior to registering.
  - Days 2 & 3: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 2 & 3 *Must have completed Part 1: Foundations of Trauma, Phase-Based Clinical Applications & Day 1 Part 2 prior to registering.
- Part 3: Training ill be live online.
  - Advanced Training in ITATM-A Protocol*
  - *Must have completed parts 1 & 2 as well as 6 group consults to register

2022 Australia Attachment & Trauma Conference
Part 1 Pre-Recorded Online (watch at your convenience).
Part 2: Live Online February 23-25, 2022 6:00am-1:30pm AEST

Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (#ITATM) ® Clinical Stream - Required for Trauma and Attachment Certification Clinical Stream
- Part 1: Completed via pre-recorded distance learning.
  - Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
  - Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
- Part 2: February 23-25, 2022 6:00 AM-1:30 PM AEST. Training will be live online.
  - Day 1: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 1 *Must have completed Part 1: Foundations of Trauma & Phase-Based Clinical Applications prior to registering.
  - Days 2 & 3: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 2 & 3 *Must have completed Part 1: Foundations of Trauma, Phase-Based Clinical Applications & Day 1 Part 2 prior to registering.

Upcoming Events

2022 Winter Trauma & Attachment Conference - Integrative Trauma & Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM)
January 17 - 21, 2022 ITATM & CTIC Stream

Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (#ITATM) ® Clinical Stream - Required for Trauma and Attachment certification Clinical Stream
- Part 1: January 17 & 18, 2022 9:00 - 4:00 EST. Training will be live online. Part 1 is also available as a pre-recorded distance learning option.
  - Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
  - Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
- Part 2: January 19 - 21, 2022 9:00 - 4:30 EST. Training will be live online.
  - Day 1: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 1 *Must have completed Part 1: Foundations of Trauma & Phase-Based Clinical Applications prior to registering.
  - Days 2 & 3: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 2 & 3 *Must have completed Part 1: Foundations of Trauma, Phase-Based Clinical Applications & Day 1 Part 2 prior to registering.

Part 3: Advanced Training & Applied Practice and Experiential of our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model Adapted (ITATM) ®

Days 1-3: Advanced Training & Applied Practice and Experiential of our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model Adapted (ITATM) ®

This training will focus on working with preverbal trauma, attachment trauma, intergenerational transmission of trauma, parts work, and other aspects of complex trauma.

Advance registration is required, limited spaces available to ensure individualized attention.

2021 Spring Conference - Embodied Awareness Practices To Promote Healing Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another leading-edge trauma and attachment conference series April 12-16,2021. Gain insight into leading edge treatments including integrative approaches to healing trauma. Join us in learning proven, effective, concrete tools to help kids, teens and adults heal from trauma. Strengthen your repertoire of tools for creating safety and rapport with children, teens and adults who have experienced trauma and learn new integrative techniques to promote embodied awareness. This year we will have a special focus on the impacts of the pandemic, embodied practices to promote wellness and heal the body, mind and brain. As wth past events, this will be an experiential conference with a blend of theory, research and science and embodied and applied practice. This conference is being held as a fundraiser for ATTCH Niagara our non profit organization that provides trauma specialized therapy for marginalized populations using our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM). All proceeds will be donated to ATTCH Niagara to support the delivery of free and low cost trauma specialized therapy. This support is greatly needed at this time as our referrals for have tripled throughout the pandemic.

This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics:
o Day 1 ~ April 12 AM

Erik Peper - Reduce Zoom Fatigue and Optimize Health: From Tech Stress to TechHealth

o Day 1 - April 12 PM

Jamie McHugh - Inhabiting Ourselves: Embodying Mindfulness and Somatic Self-Care

o Day 2 ~ April 13

Dr. Paul Frewen ~ The Use of Virtual Reality and Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Trauma

o Day 3 - April 14

Ilene Serlin, Ph.D, BC-DMT ~ Trauma-Informed Dance Movement Therapy

o Day 4 - April 15

Jake Ernst, MSW RSW ~ Finding Your Routes of Safety

o Day 5 - April 16

Cherie Spehar ~ Writing the Way Through: An Immersive Journal Therapy Experience for Working Through Trauma

*Please note that due to the pandemic the training will be offered fully online but will also include embodied practices to reduce zoom fatigue.

Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM)® Certification Training

Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (#ITATM) ® Clinical Stream - Required for Trauma and Attachment certification Clinical Stream
- Part 1: April 29 & 30, 2021 9:00 - 4:00 EST. Training will be live online.
  - Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
  - Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
- Part 2: May 18 - 20, 20219:00 - 4:30 EST. Training will be live online. Next training will be February 10-12, 2021 9:00 - 4:00 EST.. Training will be live online.
  - Day 1: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 1 *Must have completed Foundations of Trauma & Phase-Based Clinical Applications prior to registering.
  - Days 2 & 3: Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 2 & 3 *Must have completed Foundations of Trauma, Phase-Based Clinical Applications & Trauma Processing Demonstration Part 1 prior to registering.

Clinical Stream - Learn More & Register Here

Practitioner Stream - Learn More & Register Here

Past Training Events

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another summer conference series offering training in our Integrative Trauma & Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) live online on January 25 & 26, 2021 & February 10-12, 2021. This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics and allow you to take your trauma processing to a deeper level:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Practical application of trauma processing activies
Demonstration of trauma processing
A variety of integrative trauma treatment tools and skills to enhance your trauma treatment toolkit
Strategies to promote helper self care and prevent compassion fatigue

Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
Day 3: Trauma Processing Experiential Part 1
Day 4: Trauma Processing Demonstration and Applied Practice Part 2
Day 5: Trauma Processing Demonstration and Applied Practice Part 3

What People are saying about our certification and conference events:

Danielle Alexandria, Toronto, Ontario: "I’m currently completing my certified trauma integration practitioner training through ATTCH. Lori Gill, the director, is an incredibly gifted teacher. Her knowledge, intelligence, integrity, and compassion make her a rare and very bright light in the industry. I have been blown away by what I’ve learned! If you’re interested in learning the latest and most effective trauma therapies, I recommend their courses and programs without hesitation!”

Jennifer Bolt Bauline, NL - Very informative, excellent take away and a wonderful presenter.

Shannon Vanderveen, St.Anns - Really grateful for this learning opportunity, networking with others and taking time to grow as a young student! Thank you!!!

Valerien Lannan, Placentio NL - What an amazing week. I have learned so much for both myself and the children + youth i serve. i am very grateful for this experience. Thank you!

Seema Sharma, Ontario - Thank you so much for your warm and engaging presence and sharing your expansive knowledge with us. This training has been amazing, I have learned so much as a practitioner and about myself. This lens has truly shifted the way i understand those I serve and hope to support. It feels so right. Thank you so much for the opportunity to do the live demo. It was so experiential and different than I’ve ever experienced. Thank you for creating a space and presence to make me feel comfortable enough to try and engage in it. All the best.

Carol Cowan, St. Catharines, Ontario - The Trauma and Attachment Certification provided by Lori Gill is essential to any practitioner in the field today. The solid foundation and framework provided in the certification is fundamental to understanding many of our clients struggles in their lives today. The certification also provides great tools and techniques that can be used with our clients to provide the profound levels of healing that are required. The conference itself is also a wonderful opportunity to network with other professionals in the field. I look forward to the conference every year and have used the skills and knowledge gained almost daily in my social work practice.

Christine - Attended the 5 day trauma and attachment certification training and truly loved every minute. the information and psycho education was very helpful and the live demos of clinical process and experiential/role play was extremely powerful and helpful in integrating the new information and trauma processing. Thank you again Lori and the ATTCH team, Sue, and Lisa. A very healing and inspiring experience.

General comments from some of our conference evaluations:

“Looking forward to tomorrow.”

“Doing the role-play was eye-opening and fast.”

“An incredibly valuable learning experience. Each session with Lori I leave with extended resources, practice, and theoretical knowledge."

Learn more and register via the linked paper registration form or online via this link.

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Practical application of trauma processing activies
Demonstration of trauma processing
A variety of integrative trauma treatment tools and skills to enhance your trauma treatment toolkit
Strategies to promote helper self care and prevent compassion fatigue

*Online - Spring Trauma, Grief & Loss Conference

Gain insight into leading edge treatments including integrative approaches to healing trauma. Join us in learning proven, effective, concrete tools to help kids, teens and adults heal from trauma, grief & loss. Expand your trauma skills by learning new hacks that kids, teens and adults welcome in their recovery (including so called “resistant” clients). Strengthen your repertoire of tools for creating safety and rapport with children, teens and adults who have experienced trauma and learn new integrative approaches for working with grief and loss.

This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics:

Trauma Processing using the ATTCH Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM)* (In person only)
Learn tips and techniques for working with works with immigrant and refugees/ asylum seekers.
Learn evidence based one-time crisis intervention strategies that are effective in healing.
Taking you through an experiential practice of evidence-based techniques to process unresolved grief with clients.
Explore how trauma affects a child during the different developmental stages and how to invite parents to support their child’s recovery.
Deepen your knowledge and capacity to speak about neuroplasticity and the tremendous capacity for healing in terms parents and kids can hear.
Recognize impact of Kaiser’s ACEs study and significant health risks associated with unhealed trauma and effective tools to help mitigate risk and promote resilience.
Augment your therapeutic tool kit within a research based expressive arts practice.
Recognize the therapeutic power of group work in healing, opening, decreasing shame and building. resilience.
Aquire skills for supporting the trauma therapist to resource and decrease compassion fatigue.

Conference Workshop Overview:

Pre-Conference Event ~ March 29, 2020 Drum Making Workshop. Make your own hand drum and learn about traditional Indigenous practices during the process (In person only Niagara on the Lake ON)
Day 1
Stream A: Healing Trauma: Cool Hacks for Kids, Teens, their parents, and Adults Part 1 (Online only)
Stream B: Trauma Processing Demonstration and Applied Practice Part 2* (In person only Niagara on the Lake ON)
Day 2
Stream A: Healing Trauma: Cool Hacks for Kids, Teens, their parents, and Adults Part 2 (Online only)
Stream B: Trauma Processing and Applied Practice Part 3* (In person only Niagara on the Lake ON)
Days 3 & 4 ~ Strategies for Processing and Healing Grief with Anne-Marie Lockmyer 2 day training (Online only)
Day 5 ~ When Words Fail: Expressive Arts Approaches to Grief and Loss with Cher Curshen (Online only)

* Pre-requisite: Must have completed core 3 day certification trainings in order to complete these trainings.

Learn more and register via the linked paper registration form or online. *Please note that due to travel restrictions for our presenters this conference will now be offered online unless otherwise noted above.

Trauma Processing using the ATTCH Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM)* (In person only)
Learn tips and techniques for working with works with immigrant and refugees/ asylum seekers.
Learn evidence based one-time crisis intervention strategies that are effective in healing.
Taking you through an experiential practice of evidence-based techniques to process unresolved grief with clients.
Explore how trauma affects a child during the different developmental stages and how to invite parents to support their child’s recovery.
Deepen your knowledge and capacity to speak about neuroplasticity and the tremendous capacity for healing in terms parents and kids can hear.
Recognize impact of Kaiser’s ACEs study and significant health risks associated with unhealed trauma and effective tools to help mitigate risk and promote resilience.
Augment your therapeutic tool kit within a research based expressive arts practice.
Recognize the therapeutic power of group work in healing, opening, decreasing shame and building. resilience.
Aquire skills for supporting the trauma therapist to resource and decrease compassion fatigue.

Conference Workshop Overview:

Pre-Conference Event ~ March 29, 2020 Drum Making Workshop. Make your own hand drum and learn about traditional Indigenous practices during the process (In person only Niagara on the Lake ON)
Day 1
Stream A: Healing Trauma: Cool Hacks for Kids, Teens, their parents, and Adults Part 1 (Online only)
Stream B: Trauma Processing Demonstration and Applied Practice Part 2* (In person only Niagara on the Lake ON)
Day 2
Stream A: Healing Trauma: Cool Hacks for Kids, Teens, their parents, and Adults Part 2 (Online only)
Stream B: Trauma Processing and Applied Practice Part 3* (In person only Niagara on the Lake ON)
Days 3 & 4 ~ Strategies for Processing and Healing Grief with Anne-Marie Lockmyer 2 day training (Online only)
Day 5 ~ When Words Fail: Expressive Arts Approaches to Grief and Loss with Cher Curshen (Online only)

Integrative Trauma & Attachment Treatment Model

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another summer conference series offering training in our Integrative Trauma & Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) live online on July 13 - 17, 2020. This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics and allow you to take your trauma processing to a deeper level:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Practical application of trauma processing activies
Demonstration of trauma processing
A variety of integrative trauma treatment tools and skills to enhance your trauma treatment toolkit
Strategies to promote helper self care and prevent compassion fatigue

Winter Trauma & Attachment Certification Conference

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another Winter conference series offering training in our Integrative Trauma & Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) on January 20 - 24, 2020 Niagara Region. This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics and allow you to take your trauma processing to a deeper level:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Practical application of trauma processing activies
Demonstration of trauma processing
A variety of integrative trauma treatment tools and skills to enhance your trauma treatment toolkit
Strategies to promote helper self care and prevent compassion fatigue

Spring Trauma & Attachment Conference Featuring Guest Speakers

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another leading-edge trauma and attachment conference series March 30 – April 3, 2019 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. This comprehensive conference will give you practical tools to take your trauma processing to a deeper level.

o Strategies for Processing and Healing Grief with Anne-Marie Lockmyer
o Expressive Arts for Treating Grief and Loss with Cher Curshan
o Integrative parts work with Lori Gill
More topics and details to follow soon!

Fall Trauma & Attachment Certification Conference

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another summer conference series based on request on September 30 - October 4 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics and allow you to take your trauma processing to a deeper level:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Practical application of trauma processing activities
Demonstration of trauma processing
A variety of integrative trauma treatment tools and skills to enhance your trauma treatment toolkit
Strategies to promote helper self care and prevent compassion fatigue

Fall Conference Training Content: Clinical Trauma Integration Training Training Content:

Days 1 & 2: Day 1 Understanding the Foundations of Trauma and Attachment, Day 2 Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation and Day 3 Trauma Processing Experiential (description below)
with Lori Gill, Founder and Lead Trauma Therapist, Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing

The fields of attachment and trauma research and intervention are growing rapidly. It is apparent that this is an area all clinicians can benefit from training in as it crosses all sectors and populations in some manner. However, we know that it can be difficult to keep up with all of the readings and resources. As this is our area of specialization, let us share what we have learned through our literature and research reviews and what we have effectively put into practice with you in an engaging and practical manner. This comprehensive two-day training will provide insight into current trauma, attachment, and neuroscience research ensuring an understanding of critical information and best practice strategies for working with trauma. This training will also help you to enhance your clinical skills and learn how you can add trauma regulation and attachment healing strategies to your repertoire.

Day 2 will focus on putting it into practice. Through this Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) participants will learn how to make historical connections, engage in integrative trauma-specific treatment approaches, and promote resiliency and wellness. Participants will learn about phase-based treatment of complex trauma and review of best practice and evidence-based approaches will also be experienced.

Upon completion of training participants will have a strong understanding of:

Trauma-Informed Care

What it means to be trauma-informed at an organization, service system and societal level
Core principles, guiding values and common language of trauma-informed care
Understanding what is helpful vs. what is harmful
The difference between trauma-informed and trauma-specific services
Understanding top-down, bottom-up and integrative trauma treatment modalities

The Neuroscience of Trauma, Addictions, Mental Health and Violence

How stress and trauma affect the brain, body and behaviour
The role of attachment in self-regulation and the capacity for relationship
The impact of attachment injuries on child development and adult health outcomes
Attachment dynamics in health care and human services work
The connection between trauma, addictions and violence
The importance of worker self-regulation and self-care in providing attunement, therapeutic presence and co-regulation for clients and in mitigating the effects of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma

Sensory Regulation

Why trauma is a sensory experience
Recognizing the signs of emotional and physical dysregulation
Integration and how this relates to emotional and physiological regulation
The use of sensory approaches to promote regulation and integration

Boundaries, Self-Compassion, and Healthy Relationships

How trauma disrupts our boundaries and how we can learn to establish healthy boundaries
Addressing unmet needs
Shifting from false refuges to those that provide effective regulation
The importance of self-compassion for forming and maintaining healthy relationships
Differentiating intimacy from abuse

Day 3 Trauma Processing Experiential & Applied Practice

This workshop takes participants through the trauma processing practices introduced in the core training. This workshop takes participants through experiential of our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) from start to finish and includes various techniques (from brief assessment, grounding, trauma processing, somatic discharging and shifting affect for completion of session in an emotionally regulated manner). Participants will experience various experiential activities inclusive of a live demonstration and the opportunity to practice techniques learned (as both the counsellor and the client) in a partner format with guidance from the facilitator. This experiential days allows for discussion, questions, and reflections from participants at a deeper level as it is facilitated in a small group format.

Days 4 & 5 Trauma Processing Experiential & Applied Practice Continued

This workshop takes participants through the trauma processing practices introduced in the core training. This workshop takes participants through experiential of our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) from start to finish and includes various techniques (from brief assessment, grounding, trauma processing, somatic discharging and shifting affect for completion of session in an emotionally regulated manner). Participants will experience various experiential activities inclusive of a live demonstration and further opportunities to practice trauma processing (as both the counsellor and the client) in a partner format with guidance from the facilitator. This experiential days allow for discussion, questions and reflections from participants at a deeper level as it is facilitated in a small group format.

All days will be rich with research, practical examples, case studies, experiential activities, and opportunities for self-reflection.

Learn more and register here!

2019 Summer Trauma & Attachment Certification Series
July 15-19, 2019

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another summer conference series based on request on July 15-19 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics and allow you to take your trauma processing to a deeper level:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Practical application of trauma processing activies
Demonstration of trauma processing
A variety of integrative trauma treatment tools and skills to enhance your trauma treatment toolkit
An understanding of how trauma is connected with disordered eating and addictions
Strategies to promote helper self care and prevent compassion fatigue
Research regarding the impact of sexual abuse on the brain, nervous system, body and perceptions.

July 15-19
Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
Day 3: Trauma Processing Experiential
Day 4 AM: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse
Day 4 PM: Empty Hearts Not Empty Tummies: The Impact of Trauma and Attachment on Disordered Eating and Self-Concept
Day 5 AM: Grounding Trauma & Addictions
Day 5 PM: Healing the Helper: Simple Restorative Practices to Promote Wellness

Learn more and register here!

2019 Trauma & Attachment Conference March 29-April 2, 2019
Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Rachel Yehuda
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

Join us to learn about leading approaches for treating trauma and promoting post-traumatic growth. This comprehensive conference will cover a range of topics such as:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Trauma processing experiential
Breathing techniques to regulate, stimulate, rebalance the brain and body and increase insight
How to implement change and create new habits
How to activate the Vegas nerve using Kundalini Yoga
The use of music and sand tray in the treatment of trauma across the lifespan
DBT skills effective for working with traumatized populations
How to cultivate resilience and foster post-traumatic growth following trauma

Days 1 - 3 ~ March 29 - 31:

Day 1 Understanding the Foundations of Trauma and Attachment;
Day 2 Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation;
Day 3 Trauma Processing Experiential.

Days 1 - 3 ~ March 29 – 31: Advanced Stream (Ideal for those who have completed the above foundational training):

Day 1 Kundalini Yoga, Breath-work, and Sound Healing to Rebalance the Brain and Nervous System;
Day 2 Fostering Post-Traumatic Growth Following Trauma;
Day 3 DBT Skills to Promote Grounding, Shift Trauma States & Enhance Relationships.

Day 4 AM ~ April 1: Music-Based Interventions in Trauma Work;

Day 4 PM ~ April 1: Sandtray Therapy Across the Lifespan.

Day 5 ~ April 2: Intergenerational Effects of Trauma & Resilience: How Trauma & Resilience Cross Generations with Keynote Speaker Dr. Rachel Yehuda.

Learn more and register

Comprehensive Resource Model 4 Day Basic Certification Training with Lisa Schwarz January 23 - 26, 2019

The Comprehensive Resource Model for the Treatment of Complex PTSD provides the neurobiological scaffolding that allows for fear responses to be extinguished while the client is fully present in the moment. The CRM provides the opportunity for re-connection to one's true self; to the meaning of the truth of one's life; and to the ability to embody love in one's actions. Remembering and reconnecting to our internal as well as ancestral resources and joy is as important to this process as is the integration of traumatic and painful memories through the removal of the distressing emotions they have been carrying. This method of resourcing allows for a healing alchemy: the experience of re-connecting to the innate resources in the soma within the context of our pain allows for the transformation of suffering from emotional and behavioral fight-flight-freeze to the manifestation of our spiritual purpose through action while living in a human, physical body. This is what we desire, what we are looking for, consciously or unconsciously.

Learn more and register: http://www.attachmentandtraumaconference.com/comprehensive-resource-model-basic-training.html

LAMP Training The Neurobiology of Trauma following Sexual Assault
February 1, 2019

The LAMP training is an evidence-based curriculum (development was funded by the Office for Victims of Crime). This is a cross-disciplinary training geared specifically towards:

Law Enforcement
Advocates
Mental Health Workers
Prosecutors

This training focuses on the neurobiology of sexual assault & interpersonal violence. Key learning objectives include:

Brain’s response during an assault.
How the brain influences the person being assaulted.
Implications for your work with them.

Learn more and register

2018 Fall Trauma & Attachment Certification Series featuring keynote speaker: Janina Fisher, Healing Broken Bonds: Traumatic Attachment and Emotional Dysregulation

The Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing (ATTCH) is holding its 1st Fall Trauma and Attachment Training Series November 3-5 at the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club, Ontario, Canada. The conference schedule is as follows: 8:30 registration, 9:00 opening remarks and welcome and keynote speakers from 9:05 - 4:00.

Join us to learn about leading approaches for treating trauma and promoting post-traumatic growth. This comprehensive conference will cover a range of topics such as:

Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
Day 3: Healing Broken Bonds: Traumatic Attachment and Emotional Dysregulation

1, 2, and 3 day registration options available.

Learn more and register using our Conference overview & registration form https://www.attachment-and-trauma-treatment-centre-for-healing.com/uploads/4/0/5/4/4054075/2018_fall_conference_.pdf
or online at: https://www.attachment-and-trauma-treatment-centre-for-healing.com/janina-fisher---healing-broken-bonds-traumatic-attachment-and-emotional-dysregulation.html

*All workshops may be applied to trauma and attachment certification program

Summer Conference Series

ATTCH is pleased to be offering another summer conference series based on request on July 23 - 27 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. This comprehensive conference will cover the following topics and allow you to take your trauma processing to a deeper level:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
The importance of establishing boundaries, self-compassion, and healthy relationships
Experiential review of trauma specific assessments
Practical application of trauma processing activies
Demonstration of trauma processing
A variety of tools and skills to enhance your trauma treatment toolkit
Experiential introduction to various biofeedback and neurofeedback tools used to treat trauma and calm the brain, mind, and body.

Day 1: Foundations of Trauma and Attachment (core CTIP & CTIC training)
Day 2: Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation
Day 3: Comprehensive Trauma Assessment
Day 4: Trauma Processing Experiential
Day 5 AM: The Use of Mindfulness, Somatic Awareness, Resourcing, and DBT Skills Training to Promote Regulation and Wellness
Day 5 PM: An Introduction to Biofeedback and Neurofeedback for Treating Trauma

Learn more & register

2018 Trauma & Attachment Conference
March 19 - 23, 2018, Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON Canada

The Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing (ATTCH) is holding its 6th annual Trauma and Attachment Conference from March 19 - 23 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The conference schedule is as follows: 8:30 registration, 9:00 opening remarks and welcome and keynote speakers from 9:05 - 4:30.

Join us to learn about leading approaches for treating trauma and promoting post-traumatic growth. This comprehensive conference will cover a range of topics such as:

Understanding the foundations (including neurological, social, physiological, and psychological implications of trauma and attachment dysregulation)
Phase-based clinical applications to promote healing and integration of trauma and attachment dysregulation
Mind-brain based interventions for treating trauma-related disorders
Challenges and strategies for working with mTBI and PTSD
Attachment-focused somatic model for treating trauma
Expressive arts for treating trauma: A four-phase model
Comprehensive Resources Model: Healing attachment trauma through re-processing, re-wiring and re-consolidation of attachment wounds from gestation to the present

Day 1 & 2 ~ March 19 & 20, 2018 Foundational Stream (Ideal for those who have not completed the below foundational training):
Lori Gill, MA, RP, CTS Founder and Clinical Director of the Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing
Day 1 Understanding the Foundations of Trauma and Attachment
Day 2 Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation

Day 1 & 2 ~ March 19 & 20, 2018 Advanced Stream (Ideal for those who have completed the above foundational training):
Day 1 Sara Schlote, MA, RP, CCC, SEP Working With Parts: Healing the Child(ren) Within
Day 2 AM Dr. Paul Frewen, Mind-Brain Interventions for Trauma-related Disorders. Co-Author of Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness Neuroscience Treatment
Day 2 PM Sean Robb, Ph.D Candidate & Kaleigh Alkenbrack, MD (GP-Psychotherapist) The Nuances on the combination of PTSD and mild-Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI): Why this comorbid population is particularly challenging to treat.

Day 3 ~ March 21, 2018 Stephen J. Terrell, PsyD, SEP, Austin Attachment and Counseling Center, Co-Author of Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma--An Integrative Somatic Approach, Co-Creator of Somatic Resilience and Regulation: Early Trauma and Creator of Transforming the Experience-Based Brain: A Somatic Model of Developmental Trauma

Day 4 ~ March 22, 2018 Carmen Richardson MSW, RSW, RCAT, REAT, Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy, Author of Expressive Arts Therapy for Traumatized Children and Adolescents: A Four-Phase Model

Day 5 ~ March 23, 2018 Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed,Creator of Comprehensive Resource Model

Multiple registration options available.

2017 Summer Trauma and Attachment Certification Series
Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

We are thrilled to host Keynote speaker: Dr. Paul Frewen. Paul Frewen joined the departments of psychiatry and psychology at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada in 2008. He is currently chair of the Traumatic Stress Section of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). He received the President's Early Research Award from the CPA in 2010, Early Career Awards from the Traumatic Stress sections of the American and Canadian Psychological Associations in 2013 and 2014, and the Scientist-Practitioner Early Career Award from the CPA in 2014. He has authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles on the subjects of trauma, affect regulation, mindfulness, dissociation, and the self, primarily utilizing functional neuroimaging, experimental social cognition, and psychometrics approaches. He currently has a clinical psychology practice in London, Ontario where he primarily sees adults with PTSD, dissociative disorders, and/or chronic pain disorders and principally utilizes emotion-focused and mindfulness-based approaches to psychotherapy. Paul is co author of the book: Healing the Traumatized Self with Dr. Ruth Lanius and offers a wealth of knowledge. We are thrilled to have him presenting at our Summer certification series!

Conference location, within the Niagara Region, to be confirmed. Please see below for conference details and link for registration.

Day 1 & 2 ~ July 15 & 16: Day 1 Understanding the Foundations of Trauma and Attachment & Day 2 Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation – with presenter: Lori Gill

Day 3 ~ July 17: Mindfulness, Neurofeedback, and Trauma Therapy
Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Frewen, Western University Hospital, Co-Author Healing the Traumatized Self

Day 4 AM ~ July 18: Healing the Wounds of Attachment Dysregulation in Adulthood

Day 4 PM ~ July 18: *New - The Use of Self-Compassion and Emotional Nurturance to Enhance Therapy and Promote Awareness and Agency

Day 5 AM ~ July 19: *New - Working with Internet Child Exploitation: Unique Issues and Effective Treatment Interventions

Day 5 PM ~ July 19: Strategies for Healing Trauma Following Domestic Violence

Day 6 AM ~ July 20: *New - Working with Human Trafficking: Unique Issues and Effective Treatment Interventions

Day 6 PM ~ July 20: Creative Journaling to Promote Integration, Authenticity, and Healing

Thank you for your participation in our summer conference. It was a great event and I am honoured to have been a part of your learning and self-reflection over the week. A few pictures from some of the experientials are included here. Pledges around increasing awareness / providing support re: internet child exploitation; creative journal books from our creative journaling workshop; anti violence hands from our domestic violence workshop. Thank you for the difference you are making and for your commitment to healing the hurts of others you are a blessing

2017 Trauma and Attachment Conference
Healing Complex Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation in Children, Youth, and Adults

We are thrilled to host Keynote speaker: Dr. Martin Teicher Director of the Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program at McLean Hospital and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard. Dr. Teicher has authored over 200 articles. The primary mission of Martin H. Teicher’s research is to improve the life of children, adolescents and adults by exploring the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders that arise during development. A major focus of his work is on the effects of childhood traumatic stress and he pioneered studies into the effects of abuse on brain development. Another focus has been on the use of technology to aid in objective psychiatric diagnosis.

The conference will be held at the St. Catharines Golf Club. Please see below for conference details and link for registration.

Day 1 & 2 ~ April 1 & 2 Foundational Stream:
Day 1 Understanding the Foundations of Trauma and Attachment
Day 2 Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation – with presenter: Lori Gill

Day 1 & 2 ~ April 1 & 2 Advanced Stream (Ideal for those who have completed the above foundational training):
Day 1 Healing Energy: Easing the Effects of Trauma with Energy Therapy with Carol Cowan
Day 2 AM The Therapeutic Application of Adventure: Restoring a Sense of Connection and Personal Agency After Trauma with Sarah Connolly
Day 2 PM Making "bad" decisions? Hot and Cold Decision-making and its relevance to psychotherapy and understanding behaviour with presenter: Sean Robb

Day 3 ~ April 3: Childhood Abuse, Brain Development, Psychopathology and Addictions with presenter: Dr. Martin Teicher

Day 4 ~ April 4: Treating the Child Survivor with presenter: Dr. Joyanna Silberg

Day 5 ~ April 5: Expressive Arts Therapies to Promote Healing Following Trauma with presenter: Cher Curshen

Conference booklist from Caversham Booksellers: http://www.cavershambooksellers.com/cat/AttachmentandTraumaTre

2016 Trauma and Attachment Conference
Healing Complex Trauma Through Connection & Integration

Day 1 & 2 ~ April 9 &10: Understanding the Foundations of Trauma and Attachment & Day 2 Phase-Based Clinical Applications to Promote Healing and Integration of Trauma and Attachment Dysregulation – with Presenter: Lori Gill

Day 3 ~ April 11: Healing the Traumatized Self - with presenter: Dr. Ruth Lanius

Day 4 ~ April 12: Empowered Boundaries: Somatic Exercises for Healthy Anger, Assertiveness and Personal Agency Training – with Sarah Scholte

Day 5 ~ April 13: Energy Therapies and Mindfulness Practices to Calm the Dysregulated Mind and Body – with Carol Cowan (Prentice) and Cultivating Comfort with Connection and Self-Compassion to Heal Hurt Hearts – with Mindy Bilotta

Some Photo Highlights from our 2016 Conference

2015 Trauma and Attachment Conference
Awareness, Regulation, and Healing

The Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing (ATTCH) is holding its second bi-annual Trauma and Attachment Conference from March 30 - April 3 in Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.

Join lead trainers Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Warner, Psy.D. from the Trauma Centre at Justice Resource Institute www.traumacenter.org founded by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk to learn about their leading edge approaches to healing trauma. This is a 5 Day Conference event. Daily, Partial, and Full Conference Rates available. CE credits also available. See link for details.

Please visit regularly for information about upcoming trauma and attachment trainings. If you would like to be added to our mailing list please contact [email protected] with this request.

Trauma and Attachment Specialist certification Training - various ongoing dates see link for schedule and details

Some Photo Highlights from our 2015 Conference

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