Treating Complex Trauma: Groundbreaking Tools for Real Change

Cost breakdown (CAD):

• Early bird ticket price: $695
• Eventbrite fees : $46.52
• Tax: $111.23
• Total: $852.75

What You’ll Learn

This engaging, hands-on training will guide you through:

• Finding Solid Ground (FSG): The first evidence-based program for individuals with complex dissociative disorders. You’ll explore its eight structured modules and discover how this approach fosters present-focused skills, emotional regulation, crisis management, and self-compassion.
• Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR): A promising, neuroscience-informed trauma-processing method that supports deep healing without retraumatization—especially helpful for clients with early and extensive trauma histories.
• Through roleplays, clinical vignettes, videos, and guided practice, you’ll walk away with practical skills you can begin using right away.

Key Topics Included:

• Sequencing interventions for complex trauma to maximize impact
• Grounding clients and helping them distinguish between past and present
• Assessing readiness for trauma processing and pacing effectively
• Brain-based approaches to parts work—when to use it, and when not to
• Enhancing embodiment and emotional regulation during trauma work

Learning Objectives

By the end of the training, you will be able to:

1. Describe the eight modules of the Finding Solid Ground program.
2. Apply practical, present-focused interventions to help clients develop emotional regulation and self-compassion.
3. Implement FSG with complex trauma clients using an evidence-based approach.
4. Assess and prepare clients for trauma processing using FSG and DBR tools.
5. Use neuroscience-informed strategies for grounding, pacing, and emotional regulation.
6. Identify appropriate use of parts work and when to de-emphasize it.
7. Explain how Deep Brain Reorienting can support trauma recovery in highly dissociative clients.

Who Should Attend?

This training is ideal for:

• Mental health professionals working with complex trauma, dissociation (including Dissociative Identity Disorder), developmental trauma etc.
• Clinicians seeking practical tools rooted in neuroscience.
• Therapists interested in expanding their skillset with proven, trauma-informed modalities

Presenters

Dr. Bethany Brand - Clinical psychologist, researcher, and international expert in complex trauma and dissociative disorders. Creator of the TOP DD program and lead researcher on international treatment guidelines for dissociative disorders.

Dr. Ruth Lanius - Psychiatrist and neuroscientist specializing in the neurobiology of PTSD and trauma. A globally recognized voice in trauma research and therapy, she is the Director of the PTSD Research Unit at Western University. Ruth's team at Western University carried out the first randomized control trial of DBR.

Pathways Training Initiative

Pathways Training Initiative offers trauma training in Atlantic Canada. Led by three experienced trauma clinicians, we provide neurologically informed, research-based training designed to deepen therapists’ knowledge of the complex and systemic impacts of trauma. Our goal is to strengthen trauma care across the region (and beyond) by equipping therapists with effective modalities and a deeper understanding to support meaningful healing with clients.

Location

This three-day training takes place in the serene, storybook setting of Prince Edward Island (PEI)—a place where learning meets natural beauty and warm hospitality. Known for its red-sand beaches, rolling green hills, and iconic lighthouses, PEI offers the perfect backdrop for immersive professional development and personal renewal.

Beyond the training, you can take the opportunity to indulge in world-class dining, including the island’s famed seafood, farm-to-table cuisine, and award-winning chefs. Take a walk along stunning coastal trails, browse local artisan shops, or simply enjoy the quiet charm of small seaside towns.

Whether you’re wandering through Anne of Green Gables country or soaking in the sunset over the ocean, PEI invites you to slow down, connect, and return to your work refreshed and inspired.

Discover Charlottetown

Tourism PEI

Delta Charlottetown

Registration Includes:

• 3 full days of in-depth training
• Handouts and worksheets for FSG and DBR
• Access to video examples and roleplays
• Certificate of completion with CE credit
• A strong foundation to pursue further training and certification.