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Fundamentals of Somatic/Body-Based Therapy: Its Importance for Trauma and Attachment Wounds

CE Hours 1

About this live event

This Continuing Education presentation offers an exploration of Somatic Therapy Practices designed to enhance therapeutic outcomes. The session will provide an overview of somatic (body-based) therapy, covering its core principles and scientific underpinnings. Emphasis will be placed on the effectiveness of this modality in addressing trauma and attachment-related wounds, highlighting its role in facilitating healing and recovery. The presentation will primarily focus on Somatic Experiencing, a biological approach to trauma resolution that works with the body’s responses. Key benefits of integrating somatic approaches will be discussed, including improved client support, a focus on resolving underlying issues rather than merely addressing symptoms, and practical tools for promoting Autonomic Nervous System regulation and healing attachment wounds.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the principles and benefits of utilizing Somatic Therapy.
  • Analyze the critical role of somatic interventions in addressing trauma and attachment wounds.
  • Identify challenges in trauma work and suggest simple tools that can be applied immediately to support clients.
  • Discuss the role of neuroception, Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) regulation (fight/flight/freeze), and Polyvagal Theory in client experiences, highlighting the scientific basis for somatic work.
  • Demonstrate how trauma and attachment issues are not solely rooted in conscious thought, memory, or behavior, but are instead embedded in the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), implicit memory, and neural wiring.
  • Explain how somatic therapy rewires the brain, transforms implicit memory, and addresses unconscious, harmful behaviors in clients.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Agenda

12:00-12:10 pm
Introduction

12:10-1:00 pm
Presentation:
Q&A
Closing remarks and CE info

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Wanda L Brothers, MFT, SEP

    Wanda Brothers founded her private practice, Real Life Solutions, 17 years ago with a passion for helping individuals heal, grow, and reach their full potential. She is dedicated to empowering clients and restoring peace to both their minds and bodies. As a Trauma and Attachment Expert, Wanda specializes in Somatic Body-Focused Therapy, using approaches such as Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, Touch Work, and DARe/Somatic Attachment Healing. These body-focused techniques often yield rapid progress by addressing the root causes of trauma directly.

    Wanda’s expertise lies in healing trauma in both the mind and body. She frequently helps clients overcome debilitating anxiety, early childhood abuse and neglect, and somatization disorders—when emotional pain manifests physically, such as through chronic pain, headaches, IBS, and other ailments. In addition to her private practice, she supervises and trains therapists in the US and Internationally, providing valuable tools and information to address emotional and behavioral challenges for their clients. With 18 years of study in Physiology, Neuroscience, and body-focused modalities, Wanda has become a recognized expert in trauma and early developmental attachment issues.. Unlike traditional talk therapy, her approach works directly with the brain and body to change neural wiring, offering a more effective path to healing trauma, early neglect, and abuse. In addition to her therapy practice, she's also an educator and provides trainings for organizations, nonprofits, churches, and schools.

    Wanda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in the state of California, and received her master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Bethel University, San Diego in 2003. She earned her Somatic Experiencing Practioner certification in 2008 from Somatic Experiencing International.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

CE Process Info

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ceactivities.com".

If you have any continuing education related questions, please contact your event organizer.

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  • Joint Accreditation

    Joint Accreditation (JA)

    In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, CE Learning Systems is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credits.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. #0060.

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists. #PSY-0016.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0045.

Disability Accommodation

We are committed to providing ADA accommodations in compliance with the law. To ensure your needs are met, please inform us of any requirements when you register, ideally at least 30 days before the event. You can do so by emailing support@ce-go.com or calling 888-498-5578.

Technology

1. This virtual event will be hosted via Zoom Webinar, and you may be prompted to download or upgrade your Zoom app if using a mobile device. A strong WiFi connection will be required for best quality.


2. We recommend clicking your "Join Webinar" button early and checking that your speakers are on before the event begins. Please do not worry about being seen or heard! Attendee video feeds and mics are turned off by default when entering a webinar. You will be able to ask questions via the Q&A feature.


3. Please respect that no copying, recording, or distribution of live session content is allowed. CE's are provided for the "live" sessions only. CE's will not be available for the recordings.

CELS Grievance Policy

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.
Fundamentals of Somatic/Body-Based Therapy: Its Importance for Trauma and Attachment Wounds
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