TWO-DAY SUMMIT
The Somatic Trauma Healing Summit:
Advanced Methods in Body-Based Therapies
with Dr. Janina Fisher, Manuela Mischke-Reeds, Dr. Gabor Maté, Kai Cheng Thom, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Nkem Ndefo, Lisa Ferentz, Linda Thai, Dr. Dan Siegel, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Dr. Scott Lyons, Licia Sky, and Zach Taylor
June 28 & 29th, 2025 from about 10:40am - 6pm ET each day
This two-day summit can be attended live online and via the on-demand recordings. You will receive clear instructions on how to access the sessions upon registration.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT FOR FREE!
CAN'T ATTEND LIVE? NO PROBLEM!
Register now and get 14-days on demand replay access OR upgrade to the recording package for Lifetime Access and included self-study CE credits!*
*CE hours are only available with the optional upgrade. Register for more information.
ABOUT THIS SUMMIT
The Premier Somatics Training Event of the Year for Clinicians!
Healing trauma isn’t just psychological – it's physical.
While cognitive therapies provide valuable insights, somatic therapies offer a paradigm shift to a deeper road to recovery.
However, if you are like most clinicians, you aren’t trained in working somatically.
The good news is that your journey starts today.
We've assembled some of the most sought-after trainers in the world for one exclusive event to teach you exactly how to improve outcomes with your clients and confidently treat trauma in this new and powerful way.
The 2025 Somatic Trauma Healing Summit presents the most up-to-date techniques and methods for therapists and other clinicians to dive into the latest methods in somatic trauma work.
And the best part, The Embody Lab and PESI have teamed up to offer it LIVE and completely FREE!
PLUS, if you’d like CE credits, we’ve got you covered – after registering, you can upgrade to get up to 10 CE credits for this training event for just a nominal upgrade fee.
This offer is ONLY available prior to the start of the event, so register FREE today!
This summit’s world-leading embodiment experts include:
WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU
REGISTER FREE TODAY
✔ All-access pass to the full Somatic Trauma Healing Training Event – completely LIVE and interactive with your teachers ($1,019.98 value)
✔ All the slides, handouts, scripts, and worksheets from your teachers—yours to keep forever.
✔ FREE 14-day Unlimited Replay access to all sessions.
✔ Bonus on-demand workshop on somatic developmental trauma recorded at the 2024 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. Up to 4.5 CE credits included! ($329.99 value). Yours for free!
✔ Special event-only upgrade offer for up to 10 CE credits and Lifetime Access to the complete recording package (save 70% off the standard price).
RESERVE YOUR SEAT FOR FREE!
CAN'T ATTEND LIVE? NO PROBLEM!
Register now and get 14-days on demand replay access OR upgrade to the recording package for Lifetime Access and included self-study CE credits!*
*CE hours are only available with the optional upgrade. Register for more information.
2-DAY SUMMIT SCHEDULE
FREE, LIVE & ONLINE:
June 28 & 29th, 2025 from about 10:40am - 6pm ET each day
This two-day summit consists of 14 online sessions. You will receive clear instructions on how to access the summit upon registration.
Can't attend live? No problem!
Enter your email and get 14-days on demand replay access OR
upgrade to the recording package for lifetime access and self-study CE credits included!
*Up to 10 Live CE credits are available for a nominal upgrade fee. Register for FREE above for immediate access to CE and Recording package options. Up to 4.5 bonus self-study credits are available just for registering!
DAY 1 SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 28th, 2025 from 10:40am – 6:40pm ET
Zach Taylor, MA LPC
Dr. Scott Lyons
Zach Taylor, MA, LPC and Dr. Scott Lyons
Morning welcome with your faculty and hosts
10:40am - 11:00am ET
Join your hosts, Dr. Scott Lyons and Zach Taylor, to orient you to the Summit and prepare for the day.
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
Licia Sky
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Licia Sky
Coming to Our Senses: The Body & The Brain in Healing of Trauma
11:00am - 12:05pm ET
Join Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Licia Sky in this session to learn:
What neuroscience teaches about body sensations and trauma
New psychotherapeutic treatments that help integrate traumatic memories
Body-centered approaches drawn from theater, music, yoga, and play for building attunement, restoring agency, and dealing with trauma
Essential keys to help clients overcome a traumatic past and regain the capacity to be fully alive in the present
Dr. Dan Siegel
Dr. Dan Siegel
Cross-Generational Trauma and Personality: How Overwhelming Experiences, Genetics, and Epigenetics Shape Who We Are and Who We Can Become
12:15pm - 1:20pm ET
Join Dr. Dan Siegel in this session to learn:
Attachment vs Temperament in forming personality
Three sub-cortical networks that underly development
Three forms of “attendance” that shape our attention
Traumatic attachment in the development of personality
Nine patterns of development pathways
Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Traumatic Memory Reprocessing: Mind-Body Integrative Approach to Healing
1:30pm - 2:35pm ET
Learn how to reprocess traumatic memories in a holistic way. You'll develop the steps and skills to use a mind- and body-oriented approach to address trauma. In this experiential lecture, you'll learn a model of predictive processing and somatic reappraisal to assist clients to accessing resource states while attending to the distress of traumatic memories. Learn how to incorporate somatic psychology and elements of EMDR. You will discover skills to explore reprocessing, exposure, and desensitization so you can more effectively work with traumatic memories.
Understand Predictive Processing & Somatic Reappraisal
Describe the role of Embodiment in Trauma Treatment
Discuss Reprocessing, Exposure, & Desensitization from a Body-Based approach
Nkem Ndefo, MSN, RN
Nkem Ndefo, MSN, RN
Practicing in the Polycrisis: How Do We Meet the Moment?
3:05pm - 4:10pm ET
Join Nkem Ndefo, MSN, RN in this session to learn:
Differentiating dysregulation from adaptive responses
Resilience Toolkit guiding questions practice for stabilization
Alchemical Resilience definition and implications
Kai Cheng Thom, MSW, MSc
Kai Cheng Thom, MSW, MSc
Resilience, Revolution, & Beyond: Somatic Trauma Healing & Social Justice
4:20pm - 5:25pm CT
Many cutting-edge somatic modalities hold that the development of an embodied sense of safety is central to trauma recovery – but what does this mean for individuals and groups who live in the perpetual shadow of societal oppression and systemic violence?
Join professional somatic coach, Sexological Bodyworker, group process facilitator, group process worker, author, and human rights advocate Kai Cheng Thom for a powerful exploration of trauma healing work as a key element of transformative justice and the creation of a better world. Participants will leave will with both theoretical frameworks and practical techniques for working with clients experiencing minority stress, systemic violence, and other forms of trauma rooted in human systems of oppression.
Dr. Gabor Maté
Dr. Gabor Maté
When the Body Say “No”: Listening to the Wisdom of our Senses
5:35pm - 6:40pm ET
Join Dr. Gabor Maté in this session to learn:
The three major stressors we must know about
How the early environment “programs” us physiologically and psychologically into chronically stressful patterns of feeling and behavior
Why stress remains hidden in our culture
How to somatically tune in to the body’s subtle cues of trauma and stress
DAY 2 SCHEDULE
Sunday, June 29th, 2025 from 10:40am – 5:25pm ET
Zach Taylor, MA, LPC
Dr. Scott Lyons
Zach Taylor, MA, LPC and Dr. Scott Lyons
Morning welcome with your faculty and hosts
10:40am - 11:00am ET
Join your hosts, Scott Lyons and Zach Taylor to orient you to the Summit and prepare for the day.
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA
When the Body Say “No”: Listening to the Wisdom of our Senses
10:40am – 11:00am ET
Join Dr. Gabor Maté in this session to learn:
The role of immobilization and the risks of re-traumatization
The principles behind somatic resourcing for trauma recovery
Methods for releasing traumatic immobilization
Linda Thai, MSW
Linda Thai, MSW
Healing Disrupted Attachment Using Psychomotor Psychotherapy
12:15pm – 1:20pm ET
Dive into the transformative practice of psychomotor psychotherapy, guided by principles from Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP) Structures and Psychodrama, as highlighted by Bessel van der Kolk in The Body Keeps the Score.
This workshop blends didactic learning with video demonstration to explore how attachment wounds and our predictive relational templates can be healed through embodied attunement and communally-oriented group practices. Participants will engage with core PBSP concepts like the literal and symbolic needs of attachment, shape/countershape, and the creation of fostering deeper understanding and practical tools for clinical application.
Janina Fisher, PhD
Janina Fisher, PhD
Memory Without Words: Repairing the Legacy of Trauma
1:50pm – 2:55pm ET
Rather than struggling to get clients to talk about what happened, a somatic approach emphasizes attention to the physical and emotional responses that keep the trauma ‘alive’ in our bodies for decades. Challenging their tendency to interpret nonverbal memory as a sign of defectiveness or danger, a repair model prioritizes attention to body and feeling memories rather than to the events that caused them. By addressing the legacy still held in body and mind, we can help clients repair their feelings of inadequacy, fear, or shame, leaving them with an embodied sense of “I survived—I made it—and I’m safe now.” Join Janina Fisher, PhD to learn:
What makes traumatic memory different from memories of non-traumatic distress?
Observation as an intervention for traumatic memory
Using somatic techniques to transform the relationship to implicit memory
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT
Trauma-Sensitive Movement: Somatic Techniques to Support the Nervous System
3:05 pm – 4:10pm ET
Trauma-sensitive movement is an embodied approach that integrates somatic techniques to regulate the nervous system and enhance self-awareness. This presentation will explore how trauma-sensitive movement practices can be used in psychotherapy to restore a sense of safety, connection, and self-agency within the body. We will discuss practical movement tools and key somatic techniques and how to adapt these approaches to meet each client's individual needs. Join Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT to learn:
Types of movement used in somatic trauma therapies
How to integrate movement into trauma therapy
How to adapt trauma-sensitive movement to individual clients
All Summit Faculty
Closing Panel with Faculty and Q&A
4:20pm – 5:25pm ET
Join us for our closing panel with the summit faculty for a chance to have your questions answered!
RESERVE YOUR SEAT FOR FREE!
CAN'T ATTEND LIVE? NO PROBLEM!
Register now and get 14-days on demand replay access OR upgrade to the recording package for Lifetime Access and included self-study CE credits!*
*CE hours are only available with the optional upgrade. Register for more information.
REGISTER TODAY & GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS
TO 2 FREE BONUS WORKSHOPS!
— ALSO INCLUDES UP TO 4.5 CEUs FOR FREE —
FREE BONUS WORKSHOP #1
The Somatics of the Self: The Living, Sensing Self
Featuring Peter A. Levine, PhD & Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
Join colleagues Dr. Peter A. Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing®, and Dr. Richard C. Schwartz, developer of Internal Family Systems Therapy for this rare conversation as they examine the relationship between Somatic Experiencing® (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and the Self.
“Imbalanced systems, whether internal or external, will tend to polarize.”
- Richard C. Schwartz, Developer of Internal Family Systems
FREE BONUS WORKSHOP #2
Embodied Healing for Developmental Trauma: Harnessing Implicit Memory for Long-Lasting Repair
Featuring Abi Blakeslee, PhD
An inspiring and practical 4.5 hour workshop recorded live at the 2024 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium exploring a practical framework for working with implicit, body-based memories below the level of conscious language. In this workshop you will learn:
What somatic psychotherapy offers the field of developmental trauma
Working with implicit memory
How to work with a client’s physiological, including limitations and potential risks
How interoception and conscious awareness can be used to help clients access implicit memory
Experiential exercises for using interoception to access implicit memory
The signs and symptoms of developmental trauma
Art and movement exercises for working with developmental trauma
Defining embodied relational repair work
Somatic exercises for increasing affect regulation
Risks and limitations of the research
RESERVE YOUR SEAT FOR FREE!
CAN'T ATTEND LIVE? NO PROBLEM!
Register now and get 14-days on demand replay access OR upgrade to the recording package for Lifetime Access and included self-study CE credits!*
*CE hours are only available with the optional upgrade. Register for more information.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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YES! The training is LIVE and you'll be able to ask questions of the presenters.
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Yes! This is designed to be a crash course in introducing you to the ways therapists are incorporating somatics into their current practices and models they already use. You’ll also be given the resources to know where to go and how to dive deeper into any of these methods if you’d like to go further after this training is done.
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You’ll still have access to unlimited, on-demand replays for 14 days in your portal. Please note you would need to watch the presentations as they are presented live in order to receive live credit, which is a requirement of most licensing boards. If you cannot attend live but wish to receive CE credits, just upgrade to the recording package where you can receive self-study CE credits.
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Every registrant gets complete unlimited replay access to the recording of the event for 14 days in your online portal.
You can get unlimited access to the recording + self-study CE hours for only $59.99 when you select the Self-Study Package upgrade during registration. -
Yes! If you cannot attend live, you can simply upgrade to the recording package immediately after registering above to earn self-study CE. Register for free above for more information.
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Yes, the live CE upgrade includes 14-day recording access and the Self-Study CE upgrade includes unlimited recording access. You will be able to keep any handouts and/or manuals from the presentations.
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As our thank you for your registration, you can earn up to 4.5 Self-Study credits with our bonus workshops. Depending on your individual board, this event is eligible for up to an additional 10 live or self-study CE hours when you upgrade for just $59.99. We've worked hard to make sure as many licensed mental health professionals as possible are covered by this amazing training program.
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There will be a 30-minute lunch and 10-minute breaks between each workshop. The detailed schedule is above.
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