Integrative Healing Beyond the Therapy Room – Free Training With Frank Anderson and Diane Poole Heller

There are moments in trauma work when insight is present, history is known, and everyone is trying hard – and yet the system still keeps pulling the brakes.

That is not a failure of effort. It is often the nervous system doing its best to protect, which means change requires more than understanding; it requires new pathways for safety, regulation, and choice.

In this training, you will explore how psychotherapy, neuroscience, and coaching can work together so your clinical decisions become clearer, and then your interventions can land with more precision.

You will leave with a grounded, integrative frame you can apply right away, especially when protective patterns keep running the show.

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Why Attend “Beyond the Therapy Room: An Integrative Approach to Healing Through Psychotherapy, Neuroscience and Coaching”

When clients can name their history and still feel hijacked by shutdown, hypervigilance, numbness, or rage, it is often because protection is organizing the system beneath awareness. This training helps you recognize those protective patterns more clearly, which means you can stop pushing for insight and start working with what is actually driving the response.

Dr. Frank Anderson and Dr. Diane Poole Heller bring a combined lens of psychotherapy, neuroscience, and attachment-informed healing, so you can track regulation, threat, and connection in real time. You will see how a blended approach makes your work more flexible, and then gives you more options when a single modality starts to stall.

This is also about sustainable change beyond the session. When you support nervous system safety and strengthen agency at the same time, clients can integrate what they know into what they can live, so progress becomes steadier and more durable.

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What You’ll Learn During “Beyond the Therapy Room: An Integrative Approach to Healing Through Psychotherapy, Neuroscience and Coaching”

Let’s start with what happens when insight is real, and yet the body does not feel safe enough to change, so the same cycles keep repeating. You’ll learn how to identify the protective logic in trauma responses, which means you can meet the system with more accuracy instead of more pressure.

In this session, you will explore how psychotherapy and parts-informed work can align with neuroscience, so regulation becomes a clinical priority rather than an afterthought. You will hear practical ways to work with defenses respectfully, and then support internal clarity without overwhelming the nervous system.

We will also look at how coaching principles can strengthen agency and forward movement, so clients build momentum between sessions and translate insight into lived change. You’ll leave with a cohesive map you can use with real cases, which means your next steps will feel simpler and more grounded.

Here’s just a little bit of what you’ll learn:

• How trauma organizes regulation, reactivity, and threat response
• Why insight alone can fail to shift entrenched protective patterns
• Neuroscience-informed principles for supporting stability and pacing
• How to engage defenses with respect rather than pushing past them
• Parts-informed clarity for tracking what is happening inside the system
• Ways to strengthen client agency without overriding nervous system limits
• Coaching-informed tools that support follow-through between sessions
• How to choose better points of entry across different trauma presentations
• A practical integrative framework you can apply immediately in clinical work

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Who This Is For

This training is for clinicians and helping professionals who want a clear way to work when protective systems stay in charge, so treatment does not rely on insight alone. If you support clients with trauma histories, the integrative frame will help you make your work more precise and steady.

It is also for professionals who want more flexibility across developmental trauma, shock trauma, attachment wounds, relational trauma, identity-based trauma, and chronic stress. When you can meet the nervous system first and then support meaningful action, change becomes more sustainable.

• Therapists, counselors, psychologists, and mental health professionals
• Social workers, case managers, and community care providers
• Coaches and helping professionals supporting trauma-impacted clients
• Clinicians working with complex or treatment-stalled cases
• Trauma-informed educators, advocates, and program leaders

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About Dr. Frank Anderson & Dr. Diane Poole Heller

Dr. Frank Anderson, MD is a trauma expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and global speaker known for integrating neuroscience with psychotherapy. He is the co-author of the IFS Skills Training Manual, the bestselling author of Transcending Trauma, and the author of the memoir To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma and Transformation.

With a long affiliation with Bessel van der Kolk and service with the Trauma Research Foundation, Dr. Anderson is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and helping clinicians work skillfully with protective systems. He is also the director and cofounder of the Trauma Institute and Trauma-Informed Media, focused on education and trauma awareness.

Diane Poole Heller, PhD is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and teaching expert in adult attachment theory and trauma resolution. Her signature approach, DARe (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience), offers practical skills and exercises that support healing from attachment and trauma wounds.

Dr. Heller is the author of The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships, and her trauma-healing work has supported survivors, helpers, and families impacted by events such as 9/11, Columbine, and other community traumas. Across trainings, books, lectures, and clinical practice, she focuses on helping people cultivate secure attachment skills that lead to more connected and fulfilling relationships.

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FAQ

When and where does the event take place?

This free online event takes place on Tuesday, March 24, at 10:00am Pacific Time (PT) (11:00am Mountain Time / 1:00pm Eastern Time). After you register, you’ll receive an email with access details to join live and any available replay information.

Who are Dr. Frank Anderson and Dr. Diane Poole Heller?

Dr. Frank Anderson is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and trauma expert known for integrating neuroscience with psychotherapy and parts-informed work. Diane Poole Heller is an internationally recognized teacher and author in adult attachment theory and trauma resolution, known for her DARe (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience) approach.

What will I learn during this event?

You’ll learn how psychotherapy, neuroscience, and coaching can be woven into an integrative framework that supports nervous system regulation, internal clarity, and sustainable forward movement. The focus is on working skillfully with protective patterns and helping clients move beyond insight into regulated change.

What if I can’t attend live?

If a replay is made available, it is typically sent to registrants by email after the live session. Registering is the best way to receive any follow-up links and viewing details.

How long is the event?

Approximately 90 minutes, including teaching and live Q&A.

Do I need any special equipment to participate?

No special equipment is required – just a reliable internet connection and a device with speakers or headphones. A quiet space can help you focus, especially if you plan to take notes.

Who is hosting the event?

This event is presented by Trauma Solutions.

Is this event suitable for beginners?

Yes. The training is designed to be clear and clinically grounded, whether you are newer to trauma-informed work or looking to refine how you integrate multiple approaches in complex cases.

Is this event religious?

No. The content is rooted in psychotherapy, neuroscience, attachment, and practical coaching principles, and it does not require any religious or spiritual framework.

Will there be an opportunity to go deeper after the event?

Yes. This masterclass is designed as an entry point into a deeper path of clinical integration, and you may hear about next-step training options during or after the session.

Will there be live Q&A?

Yes. This is a live training that includes time for Q&A, so you can bring practical questions about integration, pacing, and working with protective patterns.

Can I share this event with colleagues?

Yes. If you know therapists, coaches, or helping professionals who work with trauma survivors, feel free to share the registration link so they can sign up directly.

Is this event really free?

Yes. Registration is free.

What does “integrative approach” mean in this training?

Here, “integrative” means you are not choosing between modalities; you are learning how to combine them thoughtfully. The goal is to use psychotherapy to understand the inner landscape, neuroscience to track regulation and threat, and coaching principles to support agency and real-world change.

How does neuroscience inform the approach?

Neuroscience helps explain why trauma responses persist even when insight is present. You will focus on how the brain and body organize around protection, and how regulation-focused interventions can create the conditions for integration and behavioral change.

Will Internal Family Systems (parts work) be discussed?

Yes. Parts-informed psychotherapy is part of the lens, especially for understanding protective strategies and working with them respectfully rather than trying to override them.

How does coaching fit alongside psychotherapy?

Coaching principles can help clients translate insight into sustainable action without flooding the nervous system. In this training, coaching is framed as a way to strengthen leadership, momentum, and follow-through while staying aligned with nervous system pacing.

Is this training eligible for continuing education credits?

This page does not list continuing education (CE) credit details. If CE credits are offered, that information is typically shared in the registration confirmation or follow-up emails.

What kinds of client presentations will this help with?

This framework is especially useful when clients remain stuck despite insight – including chronic shutdown, hypervigilance, compulsive patterns, relational disconnection, and other protective strategies that organize behavior beneath awareness.

How should I prepare to get the most from the masterclass?

Bring a notebook and a few current clinical questions or case themes you want to think through. If possible, join from a quiet space so you can track the nuances of pacing, regulation, and the decision points that shape integrative work.

What if the content brings up my own trauma responses?

Go slowly and prioritize your own regulation. You can pause, take a breath, orient to the room, and choose what is supportive in the moment; if you need personalized care, reach out to a qualified mental health professional for additional support.

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