About this Program
A new way of working with trauma
Applied Neuroscience for Trauma Healing brings this emerging understanding of the traumatized brain directly into practice.
You'll learn how to recognize where these systems have become disrupted or disconnected, develop an individualized Sensory Profile, and use the Somatic Applied Neuroscience protocols to guide how you work with what you find.
The Curriculum
The curriculum moves from understanding how trauma reorganizes sensory processing,
neural networks, memory, and affect into the clinical application of sensory assessment and
the Somatic Applied Neuroscience protocols.
Weekend One
The Traumatized Brain: Networks, Fragmentation & Memory
OCTOBER 24–25, 2026 | 10:00AM – 5:30PM ET
Learn how to recognize the ways trauma can disrupt sensory processing, threat detection, memory, affect, dissociation, and the neural networks involved in our experience of self and the world. You'll develop practical ways to map where fragmentation is occurring, distinguish different patterns of trauma response, and use that understanding to determine where and how to intervene.
Foundations: The Traumatized Brain, Body & Sensory Self
WITH DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ, DR. KATE TRUITT & DR. SCOTT LYONS
The Mapping of Fragmentation
WITH DR. SCOTT LYONS
The Salience Network, Dopaminergic Pathways & Threat Detection
WITH DR. KATE TRUITT
The Default Mode Network, Narrative Self & Shame
WITH DR. FRANK ANDERSON
Memory, Emotional Systems & Affect Circuits
WITH DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ
Neuroscience Panel
WITH DR. SCOTT LYONS, DR. TARA SWART, & DR. WENDY D'ANDREA
Weekend Two
Rebuilding the Sensory System
NOVEMBER 14–15, 2026 | 10:00AM – 5:30PM ET
Learn how trauma can disrupt vestibular and proprioceptive processing, touch, interoception, sound, vision, smell, taste, and the gut-brain axis—and how those disruptions can affect regulation, movement, orientation, connection, and the felt experience of the body. You'll learn somatic and sensory tools for working with each system, including ways to restore sensory-motor integration, recalibrate sensory processing, and help the nervous system develop new patterns of response.
The Sensory-Motor Loop: Vestibular & Proprioceptive Pathways
WITH DR. SCOTT LYONS
Touch & the Social Engagement System: The Neurobiology of Attachment
WITH DR. KATE TRUITT
Interoception, the Insula & the Bodily Self
WITH DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ
Olfaction, Gustation & the Gut-Brain Axis: Limbic Memory, Inflammation & Chronic Pain
WITH BG MANCINI
Auditory Pathways & Prosody: Sound, Voice & the Relational System
WITH DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ
Visual Processing, Hypervigilance & Perceptual Reorganization After Trauma
WITH DR. KATE TRUITT
Weekend Three
Integrative Somatics & Applied Neuroscience
NOVEMBER 21–22, 2026 | 10:00AM – 5:30PM ET
Bring what you have learned into an integrated approach to assessment and treatment. You'll learn to create an individualized Sensory Profile and apply the Somatic Applied Neuroscience protocols, using sensory input, movement, breath, autonomic regulation, somatic-affective processing, narrative work, and memory reconsolidation to guide interventions based on how trauma is organized in each person.
Breath, Movement & Autonomic Rhythms
WITH DR. SCOTT LYONS
Somatic-Affective Connection, Reappraisal & Meaning Making
WITH DR. FRANK ANDERSON
Sensory Profile & Integration
WITH DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ, DR. KATE TRUITT & DR. SCOTT LYONS
SAN Protocol for Trauma: Under/Over Sensory, Under/Over Mobilized
WITH DR. SCOTT LYONS, DR. KATE TRUITT & DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ
SANS Protocol: Pattern Recognition, Narrative Processing & Memory Reconsolidation
WITH DR. KATE TRUITT, DR. SCOTT LYONS & DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ
Integration
WITH DR. SCOTT LYONS, DR. ARIELLE SCHWARTZ & DR. KATE TRUITT
Meet the Faculty
Dr. Scott Lyons
FOUNDER OF THE EMBODY LAB
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A recognized innovator in transformative wellness, Dr. Lyons is the creator of Somatic Stress Release™, founder of Primal Reset Supplements, and architect of more than 40 advanced professional trainings spanning trauma therapy, embodied leadership, integrative health, and human performance. His work integrates neuroscience, somatics, and executive development — earning him recognition from Oprah Daily as "The Beyoncé of Trauma Therapy."
Beyond his clinical and educational leadership, Dr. Lyons serves as an executive coach and wellness consultant to founders, CEOs, and high-level leaders, bringing a rare blend of psychological depth, physiological precision, and strategic vision.
He is the bestselling author of Addicted to Drama: Healing Dependency on Crisis and Chaos in Yourself and Others and host of The Gently Used Human and Hot Seat Therapy, his YouTube series exploring transformation in real time.
Dr. Kate Truitt
NEUROSCIENCE SPECIALIST
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She is the creator of the NeuroTriad Model and Brain Partnership, integrative frameworks grounded in affective neuroscience, psychophysiology, interoception, and experience-dependent neuroplasticity. Her work examines how threat exposure reshapes circuits tied to detection, regulation, executive function, and relational safety—and how those systems can reorganize through repeated, targeted experiences that restore agency and capacity over time.
Dr. Truitt leads the award-winning clinical practice Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates, serves as CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles, and is Executive Director of The Truitt Institute and the Amy Research Foundation (501(c)(3)). She hosts the YouTube channel Empowering Brain Smart Mental Health for All and is the author of her memoir Keep Breathing, the international bestseller Healing in Your Hands, and the bestselling Brain Partnership Toolbox.
Dr. Arielle Schwartz
SPECIALIST · EMDR CONSULTANT
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As the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, she offers a mind-body approach to therapy for trauma and informational mental health and wellness updates through her writing, public speaking, social media presence, and blog. She believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart.
Learn more at www.drarielleschwartz.com and resilienceinformedtherapy.com
Dr. Frank Anderson
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Dr. Anderson has a long affiliation with Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Research Foundation and is a former lead trainer at the IFS Institute under Richard Schwartz. He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with cutting edge models of therapy.
Dr. Anderson believes that traumatic events can have a lasting effect on the health and well-being of individuals and that addressing these events will help lead people down a path of love, connection and unity. He is the director and cofounder of the Trauma Institute (traumainstitute.com) and Trauma-Informed Media (trauma-informedmedia.com), organizations that provide educational resources and promote trauma awareness.
As a result of his early childhood experiences and personal journey transformation, he is dedicated to bringing more trauma healing to the world. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband and two sons. Follow him at FrankAndersonMD.com and on Instagram at frank_andersonmd
BG Mancini
MEDICINE SPECIALIST
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She is the Founder of The Brain & Gut Institute, where she has worked with thousands of patients and trained clinicians internationally to understand how physiological states influence regulation, behavior, and healing. Her work integrates neuroscience, microbiome science, sensory physiology, and autonomic nervous system function through the Brain–Gut–Sensory Axis Framework.
She shares how sensory load, metabolic strain, inflammatory signaling, microbiome shifts, environmental exposures, and autonomic capacity interact to shape nervous system states underlying trauma responses, chronic stress physiology, and mental health challenges. She uses a MicroResets™ model to help clinicians and individuals apply small, targeted physiological shifts that support somatic embodiment and deepen connection with self, others, and the world around them.
Dr. Tara Swart
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Her latest book, The Signs became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller and features testimonials from Jay Shetty and Mel Robbins. It explores the science of intuition and synchronicity, helping readers reconnect with their inner wisdom and find deeper meaning in life.
Her book ‘The Source’, became an international bestseller translated into 38 territories and remains one of the most influential works linking neuroscience and manifestation.
Dr. Tara has trailblazed a new approach to human potential – blending science and spirituality to help people live with greater clarity, confidence, and connection. She is passionate about disseminating simple, pragmatic neuroscience based messages that change the way people work and live.
She has appeared twice on The Diary of a CEO, both episodes among the show’s most successful ever and combined have over 20 million views on Youtube.
Wendy D'Andrea
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Her lab integrates psychophysiology, experimental methods, qualitative inquiry, and community-based research to understand how trauma reorganizes both subjective experience and biological processes. Across projects, she asks how individuals adapt to environments marked by threat, and how those adaptations can be understood not only as symptoms, but as meaningful responses to context.
Her work bridges laboratory research with real-world settings, including residential treatment programs, schools, and global communities impacted by collective violence.
Tuition & Enrollment
Your enrollment includes all three intensive weekends and 18 live sessions, lifetime access to the recordings, training in
the Sensory Profile and Somatic Applied Neuroscience protocols, and your certificate of completion.
Embody Lab Member Price
Non-Member Price
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this program designed for?
somatic practitioners, yoga therapists, movement therapists, physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, bodyworkers, mindfulness
teachers, and other wellness and healthcare professionals. It is an education program, not a licensing program.



