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The Trauma-Informed Brainspotting Practice:
The Bridge Between Training and Embodied Practice
Online Interactive Webinar
June 19-22
9:00am-5:30pm MST
course overview
This is a 3-day specialty workshop designed to support Brainspotting clinicians in moving from training to embodied integration. Grounded in trauma literacy and the Neuroexperiential Model, the workshop strengthens your ability to recognize nervous system responses, hold the Brainspotting frame with confidence, and reduce technique-driven interference. Participants will be introduced to the A.U.R.A. framework as an organizing scaffold to support clinician presence, relational safety, and nervous-system-led processing without adding a new protocol or technique.
learning objectives
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:​ 1. Define and integrate ten foundational trauma-informed literacies across knowledge, clinical skills, and professional attitudes to enhance ethical and effective Brainspotting practice. 2. Identify the eight core principles of trauma-informed care and evaluate how these principles support client safety, clinician regulation, and prevention of re-traumatization in trauma treatment.​ 3. Use the A.U.R.A Framework to support clinical confidence within the Brainspotting modality and the Neuroexperiencial Model. 4. Explain the developmental and relational origins of complex trauma, including attachment disruption and cumulative stress, and apply trauma-informed concepts to support healing, resilience, and nervous system regulation. 5. Conceptualize trauma responses using a developmental and neurobiological framework, including the formation of negative core beliefs, physiological activation patterns, emotional responses, and behavioral adaptations.​​ 7. Conduct trauma-informed assessment from initial client contact, incorporating a biopsychosocial perspective that evaluates trauma exposure, symptom presentation, functional impact, and resilience factors. 8. Develop a clinical rationale for prioritizing mind–body–based interventions, including Brainspotting, within trauma-informed treatment planning and ethically sound goal development. 9. Examine the influence of the clinician’s beliefs, assumptions, and professional attitudes on treatment outcomes, including tolerance for uncertainty, capacity for presence, and alignment with trauma-informed ethical practice.​ 10. Demonstrate trauma-informed Brainspotting microskills through experiential learning, including pacing, tracking nervous system activation, mindful use of silence, and restraint, in order to reduce practitioner interference and support client-led processing. 11. Apply principles of the dual attunement frame in experiential exercises, strengthening simultaneous relational and neurobiological attunement to support safety, regulation, and therapeutic alliance. 12. Integrate workshop learning into clinical practice through structured consultation, utilizing six optional follow-up consultation meetings to support ethical application, clinical reflection, and professional development.
who is this class for?
Classes are open to anyone who has completed Phase 1 of Brainspotting.
Agenda
DAY ONE-KNOWLEDGE 9:00-9:15 am Welcome, Introductions, and Course Overview FUNDAMENTAL LITERACY #1 Etiology of Trauma. The Biography and Biology of Trauma. 9:15 am-9:45 am Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care Principles 9:45 am-10:15 am Introduction to the A.U.R.A Framework 10:15 am -10:45 am A Systemic Perspective 10:45 am-11:15 am A Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective 11:15-11:30 am Break 11:30 am-12:30 pm The Greater Cultural Milieu of Client Experience Perspective 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch FUNDAMENTAL #2 A Working Definition of Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress 1:30 pm-1:50 pm Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma as Defined by Experts 1:50 pm-2:10 pm Post-Traumatic Stress as Defined by the DSM 2:10 pm-2:30 pm Symptoms Conceptualized as a Normal and Expected Response to Trauma 2:30 pm -3:00 pm The Sub-Types of Trauma 3:00 pm-3:15 pm Break FUNDAMENTAL #3 Knowledge of Normal and Expected Trauma Reactions and Responses. 3:15 pm-3:30 pm Biological Trauma-Related Reactions and Responses 3:30 pm-4:00 pm Cognitive Trauma-Related Reactions and Responses 4:00 pm-4:30 pm Affective Trauma-Related Reactions and Responses 4:30 pm-5:00 pm Case Conceptualization 5:00 pm-5:30 pm Question and Answer, Closing
DAY TWO-SKILLS FUNDAMENTAL #4 Knowledge of How Trauma Impacts the Body, Brain, and Nervous System 9:00 am-9:40 am Impact of Trauma on DNA, The Immune System, and Overall Health 9:40 am -10:00 am Emotions as Neurochemical Reactions in the Body 10:00 am-10:30 Parts of the Brain Engaged in Trauma-Related Activation 10:30 am-10:40 am- Impact of Trauma on A Young and Developing Brain 10:40 am-11:00 am The Threat Response and Recovery System 11:00 am-11:15 am Break FUNDAMENTAL #5 Knowledge of The Trauma Survivors’ Disorganized System. 11:15 am-11:30 am Difficulty Staying in the Here and Now 11:30 am-11:45 am Negative Self-Perception. 11:45 am-12:15 pm Substance Abuse, Food Disorders, and Self-Harm as Survival Skills. 12:15 pm-12:30 pm Implicit and Explicit Memories 12:30 pm -1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm-1:45 pm Rigid or Chaotic Stress Response 1:45 pm-2:15 pm Development and Role of Parts 2:15 pm-2:30 pm Disconnection from Self and Others 2:30 pm-2:45 pm Break 2:45 pm-3:30 pm Live Demo or Review of Video (Attunement: Tracking Neurobiological Cues) 3:30 pm-5:00 pm Practicum (Attunement: Tracking Neurobiological Cues) 5:00 pm-5:30 pm Debrief, Question and Answer
DAY THREE ASSESSMENT AND CLINICIAN ATTITUDES FUNDAMENTAL #6 Assess for Trauma 9:00 am-9:15 am: Check-in, follow-up question, and answer. 9:15 am -9:45 am Assess a Client's Exposure to and Experiences of Trauma 9:45 am-10:00 am The Myth of big "T's," little "t's," and Emotional Neglect 10:00 am-10:30 am Assess How the Client's System is Affected by Traumatic Experiences (Symptoms, Beliefs, Relationships, Limitations on Life, Resiliency Factors) 10:30-10:45 am Break FUNDAMENTAL # 7 Trauma Competent Skills and Interventions 10:45 am-11:00 am Interventions Include Physical, Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Responses. 11:00 am -11:20 am Involves the Body's Fight-or-Flight Response Recovery Systems. 11:20 am-11:40 am Involves Interoception, Neuroception, Proprioception, Kinesthesia, and Coherence. 11:40 am-12:00 pm Includes Hopefulness, Growth, Wellness, Potential, and Expansion. 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch FUNDAMENTAL #8 Therapeutic Relationship and Attunement. 1:00 pm-1:15 am The Therapist's Role in Fostering Trust and Safety 1:15 am-1:30 pm Therapist Attunement via Neuroception 1:30 pm-1:45 pm Reframing Resistance and Avoidance. Reduce shame and resistance by rethinking the "stuck, resistant, or reluctant client." FUNDAMENTAL #9 Therapist Self-Awareness, Healing, and Regulated Nervous System. 1:45 pm-2:00 pm The Role of Suffering in Human Experience 2:00 pm-2:15 pm A Strongly Differentiated Self-Concept 2:15 pm-2:30 pm The Ability to Tolerate Intense Affect and Content 2:30 pm-2:45 pm Break 2:45 pm-3:15 pm: Group Exercise Self-Awareness Tracking Therapist Internal States 3:15 pm-4:15 pm Practicum Self-Assessment and Tracking Therapist Internal States 4:15 pm-4:30 pm Debrief, Question and Answer FUNDAMENTAL #10 Positive Expectancy 4:30 pm- 4:45 pm What Healing Looks Like- Physical Healing, Connecting to Self and Others. 4:45 pm-5:00 pm Conceptualizing the Client's System as a Self-Healing and Self-Regulating System 5:00 pm-5:15 pm Question and Answer 5:15 pm-5:30 pm Housekeeping and Closing
Course Price: $100​
Includes three day live instruction and all class materials + certificate at the end.
Register before May 1.
accessibility
Please reach out to admin@remedycounseling.com to request any accommodations.
how to get your certificate
If you attend all three days of the course and complete all steps of the online program, then the certificate will be automatically issued. Course attendees must be present for the entire course and complete an evaluation. Partial credit is not allowed. Zoom attendance will be taken for each attendee.
system requirements
To access this online interactive webinar, you will need a cable, high-speed DSL, or other medium that is internet accessible and a device (typically made within the last 5-7 years) that can run the Zoom software. Please view Zoom's System Requirements for more information.
Accreditation
This course is cosponsored with Elevated Life Academy. [number] CE credits are pending approval with [ASWB ACE and/or NBCC].
Melanie T. Twite, MA LCPC
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Melanie Twite, MA, LCPC, is a Licensed Counselor in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Texas. She is a registered Supervisor, National Board-Certified Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Brainspotting Practitioner and Consultant. Melanie completed her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy at George Fox University in 2005. Her professional journey includes diverse experiences in community mental health, adjunct professor roles at George Fox and Northwest Nazarene Universities, and Conference Presente. In 2011, she established her private practice, Remedy Counseling, in Meridian, Idaho, where she specializes in treating attachment disruptions, complex trauma, developmental trauma, religious trauma, betrayal trauma, and recovery from toxic relationships.
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As a clinician, Melanie is committed to learning and providing cutting-edge brain and body-based modalities to help her clients recover and heal from the effects of traumatic stress. She shares that same dedication as a trainer, encouraging practitioners to deepen their knowledge of trauma and the effects of traumatic stress and enhance their skills and feelings of competence in treating trauma survivors.