Integrative Trauma and Attachment Trainings
ATTCH holds many professional development training events to help professionals become trauma informed, learn trauma-specific treatment approaches, enhance their clinical skills, and to promote wellness within. clinical practice.
We hold annual trauma and attachment conferences, typically in the Spring, Summer and Fall and several workshops throughout the year. ATTCH is honoured to have brought many world renowned speakers and leading edge training experiences for our participants. You can learn about past events below.
To ensure you are updated of coming trainings you can join our mailing list.
You can also learn more about our trainings at http://www.attachmentandtraumaconference.com
We hold annual trauma and attachment conferences, typically in the Spring, Summer and Fall and several workshops throughout the year. ATTCH is honoured to have brought many world renowned speakers and leading edge training experiences for our participants. You can learn about past events below.
To ensure you are updated of coming trainings you can join our mailing list.
You can also learn more about our trainings at http://www.attachmentandtraumaconference.com
Fall Trauma & Attachment Certification Conference Series
ATTCH is pleased to be offering another fall conference series based on request on September 30 - October 1 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:
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 Overview and Experiential
Day 4: Trauma Processing Experiential & Applied Practice
Day 5: Trauma Processing Experiential & Applied Practice
Proceeds from the Fall conference will be donated to ATTCH Niagara to support the delivery of free and low cost trauma, wellness, and mental health therapy for those in need.
- 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: Trauma Processing Overview and Experiential
Day 4: Trauma Processing Experiential & Applied Practice
Day 5: Trauma Processing Experiential & Applied Practice
Proceeds from the Fall conference will be donated to ATTCH Niagara to support the delivery of free and low cost trauma, wellness, and mental health therapy for those in need.
Past Trauma and Attachment Professional Development Events
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:
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
- 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
2018 Trauma & Attachment Conference
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:
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 Sarah 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
Registration is now open! Click here to register!
Paper registration form linked here.
Multiple registration options available.
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 Sarah 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
Registration is now open! Click here to register!
Paper registration form linked here.
Multiple registration options available.
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
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 reception@attch.org 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
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 reception@attch.org 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