Working with trauma means you're going to encounter attachment and developmental wounds.

And the tell-tale signs — difficulty trusting, fear of abandonment, trouble regulating emotions, and persistent feelings of loneliness —

— are just the beginning!

While attachment-based trauma issues may appear similar to other types of trauma, if you try to approach treatment in the same way, you're going to quickly hit a dead-end that can leave you and your client feeling frustrated and hopeless.

That's because traditional treatment approaches don't effectively take into account the damage that's done when a young child's survival is dependent on the very person who's abusing them.

To truly help clients overcome attachment and developmental trauma, you need the skills that work with the body to provide deep and lasting healing.

Now, in this all-new Master Class, you can equip yourself with the most powerful somatic interventions to help your clients overcome the catastrophic consequences of early abuse, neglect, ruptured attachment, transgenerational trauma, and more.

Join Abi Blakeslee for five never-before-seen sessions as she shows you, moment-by-moment, exactly how you can:

• Quickly identify the signs of attachment wounds
• Accurately determine what is needed to create deep mind-body healing
• Effectively use body-based interventions to release trauma from the body

…so you can walk away feeling fully prepared to use Somatic techniques to offer your clients breakthrough results, even in the very first session.

Whether you're new to Somatic therapy or a seasoned professional, you'll discover and refine powerful skills for healing attachment trauma!

Join Abi in session with real clients living with the consequences of attachment and developmental trauma. You'll learn:

• How to quickly establish safety, trust, and connection with even the most vulnerable clients
• How to interpret even the most subtle body movements, gestures, and physiology to identify your client's challenges and needs
• How to help your clients identify trauma-based behaviors that no longer serve them and help them develop new, adaptive choices
• How to help your clients release the trauma stored in their body, leading to rapid symptom reduction and improved clinical outcomes
• And more!

In each session, you'll get a front row seat to clinician-to-clinician analysis between Abi and Psychotherapy Networker's Clinical Director and fellow clinician, Anna Lock, as they discuss each session and break down the insights and techniques that lead to rapid change…

…so you can learn the exact process to quickly implement Somatic techniques into your own work.

As part of this course, you'll also get instant access to Abi Blakeslee's latest Networker's Symposium workshop recording where she teaches her embodied approach to healing developmental trauma and demonstrates even more interventions for facilitating deep healing.

You'll end this training with the education and confidence you need to integrate somatic interventions for deep and profound healing outcomes.

Unlocking Healing Through the Body: An Introduction to Somatic Therapy

In this introductory module, Abi Blakeslee shares with you the core concepts of somatic psychotherapy and reveals why body-based approaches are uniquely equipped to facilitate healing for attachment and developmental trauma. You'll also discover:

• How attachment-based wounds differ from other types of trauma wounds
• Key neurobiological aspects of the body that are impacted by attachment trauma
• An overview of the somatic psychotherapies that shape Abi's approach

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Module 1 | From Neglected to Connected: A Somatic Healing Approach for Physical and Emotional Abandonment

Meet Hannah, a young woman who was emotionally and physically neglected by her parents. Watch as Abi uses body-based interventions to identify what is keeping Hannah stuck and what needs to happen to repair her persistent sense of aloneness. In this module, you'll learn how to:

• Rapidly establish a sense of safety, trust, and connection with clients
• Use somatic-based questions to discover what to focus on in the session
• Integrate visualizations, props, and interpersonal interventions to facilitate healing

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Module 2 | Creating New Experiences: Working Together to Release Physical and Emotional Pain

In this session, Abi is joined by Adrian, a woman and mother struggling with a legacy of abuse and neglect. Watch as Abi follows the signs of the body to discover the connection between Adrian's trauma and her chronic pain. You'll learn how to:

• Recognize the long-term physiological impact of trauma on the body
• Access attachment wounds and empower clients to become their own source of support
• Leverage the therapeutic relationship to facilitate here-and-now attachment healing

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Module 3 | Transforming Anxious Attachment Through Embodied Healing

Meet Kevin, a man with an anxious attachment style that impacts his romantic relationships. Here, you'll discover how Abi uses the therapeutic relationship to create here-and-now interventions to reduce anxiety and build confidence. You'll also learn how to:

• Interpret postures and movements to determine attachment styles
• Use repeated movement patterns to help clients release stored trauma
• Create interpersonal enactments that allow clients to have new experiences with past trauma

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Module 4 | Resolving Generational Trauma: Mobilizing Clients to Release Trauma and Create New Relational Experiences

Meet Maria, a biracial woman whose childhood was shaped by the Salvadoran Civil War. Discover how Abi traces Maria's emotional overwhelm to discover what is holding her back from having the life she wants. You'll see how Abi works with the body to:

• Mobilize and complete protective actions, allowing for trauma to be processed and released
• Help clients set and maintain healthy boundaries
• Rewire 'shut down' responses to activate and empower clients

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Module 5 | Navigating Dysregulation to Release Attachment Trauma from the Body

In the next two modules, Abi shows you how individual and couple therapy can be used in tandem to create powerful moments of attachment healing. In this module, you'll meet Alicia, a wife, mother, and artist, struggling with the legacy of growing up with a mother with schizophrenia. Watch as Abi navigates periods of dysregulation to establish safety and trust. You'll also discover how to:

• Recognize and work with the body's physiology response to trauma
• Establish and maintain a relational connection while guiding clients through painful trauma memories
• Work with dysregulation to build emotional capacity

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Module 6 | Healing Attachment Wounds in the Context of Relationships

In this module, Abi continues her work with Alicia, this time in the context of a couple of sessions with Alicia's husband Travis, a hardworking father struggling to balance responsibilities with his sense of self. Watch as Abi helps Alicia and Travis break down barriers and find a connection. You'll discover how to:

• Facilitate attachment healing in the context of couples' therapy
• Utilize body-based interventions with couples to improve communication
• Manage dysregulation and repair ruptures in session

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Module 7 | Wrap up

In this final module, Abi shares key takeaways from the course. She'll discuss:

• What you need to know about using somatic therapy in your practice
• Critical adaptations when working with attachment and developmental trauma
• What it takes to heal attachment and developmental trauma
• Tips for therapists: What to look for, what to say and what to do