Name: CPD Training: Somatic Toolkit for Trauma Therapy
Start: 2026-03-19T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-20T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Bridge 5 Mill

CPD Training: Somatic Toolkit for Trauma Therapy

Two-day CPD training in Manchester for psychotherapists, counsellors and mental health professionals.
An embodied approach to working safely with trauma for you and your trauma clients. Improving their quality of life and your practice and wellbeing.
Develop safe, immediately-applicable, techniques, tools and practices to use throughout the trauma-therapy journey; from initial assessments & history-taking onwards.
You will learn:
* Definitions and types of Trauma
* Phases of Working With Trauma
* Embodied understanding of client and own nervous system states
* Working with flashbacks and nightmares
* Recognise, prevent and halt unintentional re-traumatisation.
* A variety of embodied and creative resources for stabilisation
* How to work safely with Fight, Flight, Friend, Freeze & Flop
* Safe Assessment/History Taking
The training is led by Vanessa Bear and Alex Jenkins, both experienced Certified Somatic Trauma Therapists.

Vanessa Bear is a UKCP-registered psychotherapist, certified Somatic Trauma Therapist, Clinical Supervisor (in training) and eco-therapist. working with children, adolescents and adults in the South Lakes. She is additionally trained in EMDR, yoga therapy, sensorimotor art/drawing, Movement for Trauma, sandtray and other embodied, nature-connected and creative approaches, which she weaves through her workshops and training to support diverse learning styles.
Vanessa regularly facilitates trainings, workshops, retreats and keynote sessions for organisations and helping professionals, in the UK and online, with a particular focus on safe trauma recovery, self-care for helpers and nature-based wellbeing.
She is co-author (with Babette Rothschild) of 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery Workbook and the forthcoming Help for the Helper Workbook, and author of the Wild and Wellbeing Card Deck, all published by W. W. Norton.