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KATHY STEELE INTRODUCTION
May 21st 2026
An Introduction to Structural Dissociation
This webinar will offer an overview of recognizing and understanding of structural dissociation. This is a basic course designed to familiarize clinicians with four ways dissociation is defined in the clinical literature, along with their different treatment implications. We will discuss a phase-oriented integrative approach to treating dissociative disorders, especially Dissociative Identity Disorder. We will discuss what is similar to and different from other psychotherapies. Participants will learn essential treatment approaches as well as basic approaches to resolving structural dissociation.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to

1. Define the four ways dissociation is described in the clinical literature, along with treatment differences.
2. Identify specific treatment principles important to effective work with structural dissociation.
3. Delineate ways to view and work with the client as a whole person, while working with various dissociative parts.

Kathy Steele 5 SERIES August 27th - December 10th 2026:

Content and objectives for each session:
Session 1: August 27th
Stabilization Strategies for Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders
What do we really mean when we say a client needs stabilization? Usually this is discussed as a necessary time-limited intervention prior to beginning a focus on traumatic memory. But in clients with complex trauma and dissociation who have missed so many emotional and relational developmental steps, stabilization is a major feature of treatment, not just a means to process trauma. Stabilization involves a series of highly complex abilities to understand and relate to oneself and others, to regulate emotions, to keep oneself safe, and to practice being present in the moment. We will explore how to help clients learn these and other skills in order to experience life more fully and adaptively.
Objectives
Participants will be able to
1. Identify clients who need to improve developmental capacities.
2. Describe approaches to working with dissociative parts that promote stabilization.
3. List at least four capacities that may need to be strengthened or developed in clients with complex trauma and dissociation
 
Session 2: September 24th
Working with Attachment and Dependency in Trauma Therapy
In this practical webinar we will explore approaches to working with challenging attachment and dependency issues in clients with complex trauma and dissociation. These clients typically have a major conflict between wanting to be connected with others while also wanting to protect themselves from rejection or hurt. Thus, they often struggle with the therapeutic relationship – its intensity and its boundaries and limitations. Some hide themselves and try to please the therapist; others may demand the therapist offer more and more support and rescue. Therapists may unwittingly participate by becoming defensive and emotionally withdrawn, or by appeasing the client and feeling an urgent need to act. Either approach can lead to therapeutic impasse and burnout in the therapist. The reasons for intense dependency yearnings and specific ways to use the therapeutic relationship to contain and resolve this painful experience without overwhelming the client or the therapist will be discussed. A collaborative model of therapeutic relationship will be shared, with implications for treatment.
Objectives
Participants will be able to
1.  Explain the differences between adaptive and maladaptive dependency and the role of the separation/attachment cry in dependency.
2.  Describe a collaborative model for the therapeutic relationship that can be effective in containing and treating relational difficulties in clients with complex trauma.
3.  List at least 5 ways to manage dependency in therapy
  

WANT TO REGISTER?
Make payment (in DKK) through PayPal; [email protected]
For information and registration, what session you want to attend. Send this and name and email to Espen Andli / Traumatrails / Traumespor (Copenhagen, Denmark) at [email protected]
These sessions are open to all international particpants.
There is an added ressource for the "Scandinavian" therapists to join the follow ups with Espen, these are scheduled each Tuesday after Kathy´s sessoin and will be in Danish-Norwegian-Swedish language.

Times:
Kathy sessions are all Thursdays at 5 – 8 pm (ECT/Danish time)
/ 11 am – 2 pm (EDT)

Espen sessions are all Tuesdays the week after K´s sessions at 5-6.30 (ECT/Danish time) 

Payments / prices 
(Payments in DKK, to PayPal [email protected])
Intro:
Pr. Session Kathy DKK 1.100 / EARLY BIRD DKK 1.000 latest April 30

Pr. session Espen / follow: DKK 400 / EARLY BIRD 300 latest April 30

5 sessions KATHY: 5 x 1.100 = DKK 5.500 / EARLY BIRD DKK 5.000 at latest June 10

5 sessions Espen / follow up: DKK 2.000 / EARLY BIRD 1.500 latest April 30

Single sessions Kathy:
1.600 DKK

Sessions will be recorded, available for 45 days for the participants.

5 series content and objectives cont.:

Session 3: October 22nd
Recognizing and Resolving Enactments in Trauma Therapy
Enactments are unconscious and inevitable replays of trauma in the therapeutic relationship to which both therapist and client contribute. They are a highly neglected yet central issue that can support resolution of relational trauma. Participants will learn how to recognize enactments, identify what kind of enactments are common in various attachment patterns, and explore their own role in enactments.  We will discuss specific approaches to help the client link the enactment to the past so it does not need to be further replayed in the present.
Objectives
Participants will be able to

1. Identify enactments related to both the client and therapist’s histories.
2. List at least four relational experiences that may indicate an enactment in treatment.
3. Utilize at least four interventions to help the client reflect on current behavior and link it to the past.
   
   

Session 4: November 19th
Working with Dissociative Parts
This webinar provides in-depth practical skills to work with dissociation parts with approaches that support the individual as a whole person. We will explore a systematic approach to identifying, understanding and working with parts in ways that support higher levels of functioning in the client. Various ways to work through the adult self or with individual parts will be discussed. Various types of parts and their functions will be discussed, such as child, adolescent, animal, dead, disabled, and hostile parts. Phobic avoidance of parts is common in dissociative disorders; we will examine how to identify and address avoidance of communication and cooperation among parts. Finally, participants will learn how to work with challenging dissociative parts, such as those involving rage, self-destructive behavior, or dependency. We will discuss modifications of approaches that work with ego states (such as IFS) to better accommodate the needs of dissociative clients.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:

1. Employ at least three interventions to work with dissociative parts in ways that preserve the integrity of the whole person.
2. Identify and help dissociative clients resolve phobic avoidance of and between parts.
3. Describe at least three ways to work with dissociative parts that are self-destructive

 
Sessio 5: December 10th
Working with Traumatic Memory in Dissociative Clients
This webinar will explore special approaches to resolving traumatic memory in clients with Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders, using a variety of approaches. Specific interventions will be explored, including hypnotic imagery and other approaches that can be utilized when appropriate, as well as several ways to titrate traumatic experiences. One of the unique challenges of approaching dissociated traumatic memories is how to support not only the person as a whole, but each dissociative part in remaining grounded and present. Participants will learn the importance of “bearing witness,” in which memory is shared in relationship as a narrative story, rather than always viewed as a therapeutic problem. We will examine how to determine which approaches might be most helpful to a particular client.
Objectives
Participants will be able to

1. Employ at least five different techniques to support resolution of traumatic memory.
2. Identify ways to work with dissociative parts in processing traumatic memory in clients with DID
3. List at least three ways to titrate traumatic memory within the tolerance of the individual.
   
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Trainings and courses in English with Espen / Traumatrails:
2027:
January (online): 3 series: Shame and dignity in trauma and trauma-related dissociation
April (online): The role of I, self, persona, agency in working with humans with trauma and trauma-related dissociation

On location:
Planned on location Totnes (during corona), Devon, England
(contact [email protected] if you want information or be on the list for activities, events, sessions in English)

Program for Devon;
A 3 day training for counsellors, psychotherapists, facilitators and wellbeing or healthcare professionals. Trauma Trails provides an introduction to tracking trauma from the perspective of evolutionary neuroscience. Using body awareness and evolutionary neuroscience to navigate and work effectively with trauma in a therapeutic setting with individuals and groups.

During this programme we will learn about and explore:
• Practical ways to work with an easily navigable map of the reptilian brain.
• Becoming a ‘track-finder’, seeing, sensing and traversing the tracks of trauma.
• How to perceive body signals and movement patterns that are a language for
deeper parts of ourselves and our experience.
• Development and dosage. A small drop of intervention, a little movement, can be
enough. Developing the ability to recognize what is enough and taking time for
integration into the body’s systems, especially the autonomic nervous system.
• Compasses that provide a helpful map for questions like “What is the next zone of
development?” and “What can this person integrate, as of this moment?”
• Cultivating awareness in the present moment to enable the client or participant
to work safely and effectively when memories show up.
• Noticing and bringing awareness to the resources and vitality that are also
present within our clients or participants.
The course content will be presented and explored with practical exercises, including
bringing awareness to the body, sensations, emotions, thoughts and reflections.
Specific content will include/touch upon:
Window of tolerance (Siegel)
Structural Dissociation
Phase oriented trauma work
Working with parts
Triune Brain (MacLean)
Triune Brain Compasses (Hart & Benzen)
Polyvagal Theory (Porges)

led by Espen Andli
Body Psychotherapist, Physiotherapist and Trainer.
Espen has been teaching professionals in the field of trauma, the body and nervous system for 8 years and has taught physiotherapists about the body and psyche for 15. He has had an active Body-based Psychotherapy practice for 15 years and co-directs a clinic in Copenhagen with 10 therapists. His professional training includes:
Body Psychotherapist (Bodynamic 2002)
Certified in Somatic Experiencing
Neuoraffective Psychotherapy,
Bodynamics Trauma Training
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
Espen has completed the Movement Medicine Professional Training (Darling-Khans) and has attended several year long trainings in mindfulness, yoga and meditation.
“Espen has a particular blend of simple, clear human warmth and professional depth that makes him an exceptional teacher who knows his stuff and how to deliver it in a way that is accessible and respectful to participants.”
Rosie Perks, Movement Medicine Teacher

Practical info:
Dartington Hall, Devon
26th - 28th of November | Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 4.30pm
Cost: £280 if booked with payment by October 1st 2020, £330 thereafter
Places are limited to 25 so early booking is highly recommended. There was a waiting list for the March-planned event.
Attendees, who require it, will receive a certificate for 18 CPD hours.
For enquires and registration contact Emily:
[email protected] | +44 (0)7876 494070