Diane Poole Heller (Dr.)

Faculty

About

Diane Poole Heller, PhD, is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and expert in Attachment Theory and Trauma Resolution. Her signature approach—DARe (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience)—offers therapists and individuals practical skills for healing attachment and trauma wounds. As Senior Faculty for SETI, Diane studied with Dr. Peter Levine and taught Somatic Experiencing® internationally for over 25 years. She is the author of The Power of Attachment, Crash Course, and the audio book Healing Your Attachment Wounds. Her film Surviving Columbine aired on CNN, supporting community healing after the shootings.

Courses by Diane Poole Heller (Dr.)

Enhancing Safety & Healing Attachment Wounds

A two-hour on-demand expert series with Dr. Diane Poole Heller on healing attachment wounds. Somatic tools to repattern early relational blueprints and cultivate lasting safety, trust, and connection.

Expert Series - Clinical Strategies for Treating Attachment Wounds

A somatic course with Dr. Diane Poole Heller exploring attachment theory and the relational blueprints formed in early caregiving. Clinical strategies for healing attachment wounds and resolving trauma held in the nervous system.

Expert Series - Trauma in the Body: Conversations on Somatic Transformation

A 4-hour expert series with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Gabor Maté, Dr. Diane Poole Heller, and Dr. Scott Lyons on the body's path through trauma. Somatic recovery, attachment, and the ethics of emerging therapies.

Healing Relational Wounds

A four-module demonstration course on the somatic side of relationships. Watch participants navigate career, mother-daughter bonds, longing for connection, and motherhood — and witness how grounding and imagery release tension and deepen relational healing.

One Day Summit - The Relationship Summit

A 7.5-hour on-demand summit with leading somatic and attachment experts on building conscious, connected relationships. Tools for rupture and repair, healing core wounds, and creating safety in intimacy.

Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate

Transform attachment wounds and trauma through a body-centered approach — for yourself and your clients. A 60-hour online certificate with world-renowned somatic attachment faculty.

Summit: Somatic Attachment Healing

A one-day on-demand summit on somatic attachment healing. Six expert teachers share embodied tools for repairing relational rupture, healing insecure attachment patterns, and cultivating secure connection — both with self and with others. Includes a bonus recording with Dr. Sue Johnson.

Transforming Emotional Triggers: A Somatic Approach

A course on the somatic approach to emotional triggers. Body-based tools to understand trigger mechanisms, recognize conditioned patterns, and support nervous system integration.