Free Live Preview Event

How do we work with trauma when the body remembers?

A free live session with three leading voices in somatic trauma healing — ahead of the Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate.

📅 Saturday, Sept 12, 2026 🕑 11:30am–1:00pm ET 🖥 Live via Zoom

What You Will Learn More About on the Free Preview Event

The Trauma Tree model

The Trauma Tree

A live-taught model for reading symptoms (leaves), survival patterns (trunk), and root origins of trauma — the assessment tool you'll return to throughout the session.

The Four Pillars framework

The Four Pillars

The framework behind the full certificate: a foundational toolkit, discernment about which tool to use when, entry points into a client's history, and ongoing assessment.

Practicing somatic skills

Micro skills vs. meta skills

The difference between knowing a technique and knowing how to be present while using it — "the efficacy of any intervention depends on the interior state of the intervener."

Group session

Working at every level

How this approach applies to individuals, relationships, and organizations or communities — not just one-on-one clinical work.

Dr. Scott Lyons

Dr. Scott Lyons

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Dr. Scott Lyons

Dr. Scott Lyons

Founder of The Embody Lab

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Kai Cheng Thom

Kai Cheng Thom

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Kai Cheng Thom

Kai Cheng Thom

Faculty

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Nkem Ndefo

Nkem Ndefo

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Nkem Ndefo

Nkem Ndefo

MSN, Faculty

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...and more faculty from the full certificate. Reserve your seat above ↑

“This program changed my life, my perspective, my understanding of the scope and depth of somatic trauma work. I'm so incredibly grateful to have studied with some of the most skillful, kind, knowledgeable, and diverse human beings.”
— Jennifer, past ISTT participant

Is this the full certificate program?

No — this is a free, 90-minute live preview. The full Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate is a separate 60-hour program running Sept 27–Dec 18, 2026.

What if I can't attend live?

Register anyway — everyone who signs up receives the recording afterward.

Who is this for?

Therapists, coaches, social workers, and anyone who works with people navigating trauma — no prior somatic training required.

About the ISTT Certificate

This Preview Event is a first look at the Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate — a 60-hour live program running September 27–December 18, 2026, co-directed by Dr. Scott Lyons, Kai Cheng Thom, and Nkem Ndefo, alongside 20+ additional faculty. Across 23 sessions over 11 weeks, it brings together Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, and more into one integrated framework for working with trauma in the body.

It's designed for therapists, coaches, social workers, and anyone who wants body-based tools for supporting people through trauma. There's no obligation to enroll — this Preview Event stands on its own, and you'll have the option to go deeper afterward if it's a fit.

See full certificate details, curriculum, and dates →