Course 2 - Certified Trauma-Informed Somatic Practitioner (CTISP) - Pre-requisite required

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Trauma-Informed practitioners specialise in integrated nervous system regulation and advanced functional neuro-somatic application

In this course, practitioners develop a deeper understanding and experience of functional somatic practises and traditional eastern arts including TCM principles

The course has both theoretical, practical and self-guided elements, with each contributing to the 100hr syllabus.

Students have access to a mentor for guidance through the practical element, and also have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of relevant subject areas that interest them.

Pre-requisite – CSRF Qualification Required
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Understand trauma response patterns as a nervous system–based survival response
Develop/deepen a personal practise routine to explore experiential strategies and routines through eastern integration techniques
Learn about the neurophysiology of nervous system disruption, including polyvagal states, autonomic imprinting, and the biology of fight, flight, freeze, shutdown, and fawn.
Explore the intersection of modern neuroscience and TCM/traditional Eastern arts principles including meridians and fascial energy blockages
Introduce personalised 1 hour practise sessions into a regular routine
Expand discourse and information to build on improving a network of communication around mind boday awareness and functional somatics
Learn to follow principles of safety, consent, pacing, and ethical scope required for trauma-informed somatic work.
Learn adaptive movement and positioning principles that support the body’s innate intelligence and path to natural health and vitality

Course Content

MODULE 1 — Trauma: Going Deeper – A Somatic Definition
Explores trauma as an incomplete biological survival response held in the nervous system, reframing it as an embodied pattern rather than a psychological pathology.

Lesson 1 – Trauma Is a Survival Response
Lesson 2 – The Survival Brain
Lesson 3 – Fight, Flight and Functional Freeze
Lesson 4 – The Physiology Behind Survival
Lesson 5 – When Survival Never Ends
Lesson 6 – Reading the Nervous System
Lesson 7 – The Body’s Capacity to Self-Regulate
Lesson 8 – Creating Nervous System Coherence
Lesson 9 – The Science Behind It
Lesson 10 – Integration

MODULE 2 — Neurophysiology of Trauma & Survival States
Examines how trauma shapes autonomic survival states, building clinical literacy in polyvagal responses and real-time nervous system tracking.

MODULE 3 — The Body Remembers: Implicit Memory & Fascial Holding
Investigates how trauma is stored in implicit memory, fascia, and key anatomical regions, and how these patterns can be safely identified and released.

MODULE 4 — Safety, Consent & Ethical Trauma Facilitation
Establishes the ethical and physiological foundations of safe trauma facilitation, emphasising consent, titration, boundaries, and practitioner regulation.

MODULE 5 — Polyvagal Applications in Traumatic Release
Applies polyvagal theory in practice, teaching facilitators how to support state shifts, co-regulation, and safe nervous system descent.

MODULE 6 — Traditional approaches to internal energy and meridians – Trauma Patterns and Energy Flow Principles
Integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts with neuroscience to understand trauma patterns as disruptions in energy flow without spiritual bypassing.

MODULE 7 — Biomechanical Neurolayering and Autogenic Neuroplasticity
Focuses on trauma-adaptive movement principles that honour the body’s innate intelligence and support spontaneous, self-directed release.

MODULE 8 — Traumatic Release Without Catharsis
Clarifies the difference between true nervous system discharge and emotional overwhelm, prioritising subtle, sustainable integration over dramatic release.

MODULE 9 — Working With Complex & Developmental Trauma
Addresses the slow, layered nature of developmental trauma, teaching capacity-building approaches that restore agency, safety, and self-trust.

MODULE 10 — Integration, Case Studies & Pathway Forward
Synthesises learning through case analysis and integration strategies while preparing facilitators for advanced neurosomatic practice and leadership.

Course 2 – Certified Trauma-Informed Somatic Practitioner (CTISP) – Pre-requisite required

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

MODULE 1 — Trauma: Going Deeper – A Somatic Definition
Explores trauma as an incomplete biological survival response held in the nervous system, reframing it as an embodied pattern rather than a psychological pathology.

Lesson 1 – Trauma Is a Survival Response

Lesson 2 – The Survival Brain

Lesson 3 – Fight, Flight and Functional Freeze

Lesson 4 – The Physiology Behind Survival

Lesson 5 – When Survival Never Ends

Lesson 6 – Reading the Nervous System

Lesson 7 – The Body’s Capacity to Self-Regulate

Lesson 8 – Creating Nervous System Coherence

Lesson 9 – The Science Behind It

Lesson 10 – Integration

MODULE 2 — Neurophysiology of Trauma & Survival States
Examines how trauma shapes autonomic survival states, building clinical literacy in polyvagal responses and real-time nervous system tracking.

Lesson 1 – Neuroception in Everyday Life

Lesson 2 – Building Internal Awareness Through Biofeedback

Lesson 3 – Breath as a Window to the Nervous System

Lesson 4 – Posture and Functional Organisation

Lesson 5 – Movement as Information

MODULE 3 — The Body Remembers: Implicit Memory & Fascial Holding
Investigates how trauma is stored in implicit memory, fascia, and key anatomical regions, and how these patterns can be safely identified and released.

MODULE 4 — Safety, Consent & Ethical Trauma Facilitation
Establishes the ethical and physiological foundations of safe trauma facilitation, emphasising consent, titration, boundaries, and practitioner regulation.

MODULE 5 — Polyvagal Applications in Traumatic Release
Applies polyvagal theory in practice, teaching facilitators how to support state shifts, co-regulation, and safe nervous system descent.

MODULE 6 — Traditional approaches to internal energy and meridians – Trauma Patterns and Energy Flow Principles
Integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts with neuroscience to understand trauma patterns as disruptions in energy flow without spiritual bypassing.

MODULE 7 — Biomechanical Neurolayering and Autogenic Neuroplasticity
Focuses on trauma-adaptive movement principles that honour the body’s innate intelligence and support spontaneous, self-directed release.

MODULE 8 — Traumatic Release Without Catharsis
Clarifies the difference between true nervous system discharge and emotional overwhelm, prioritising subtle, sustainable integration over dramatic release.

MODULE 9 — Working With Complex & Developmental Trauma
Addresses the slow, layered nature of developmental trauma, teaching capacity-building approaches that restore agency, safety, and self-trust.

MODULE 10 — Integration, Case Studies & Pathway Forward
Synthesises learning through case analysis and integration strategies while preparing facilitators for advanced neurosomatic practice and leadership.

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What Will You Learn?

Course Content

MODULE 1 — Trauma: Going Deeper – A Somatic Definition Explores trauma as an incomplete biological survival response held in the nervous system, reframing it as an embodied pattern rather than a psychological pathology.

Lesson 1 – Trauma Is a Survival Response

Lesson 2 – The Survival Brain

Lesson 3 – Fight, Flight and Functional Freeze

Lesson 4 – The Physiology Behind Survival

Lesson 5 – When Survival Never Ends

Lesson 6 – Reading the Nervous System

Lesson 7 – The Body’s Capacity to Self-Regulate

Lesson 8 – Creating Nervous System Coherence

Lesson 9 – The Science Behind It

Lesson 10 – Integration

MODULE 2 — Neurophysiology of Trauma & Survival States Examines how trauma shapes autonomic survival states, building clinical literacy in polyvagal responses and real-time nervous system tracking.

Lesson 1 – Neuroception in Everyday Life

Lesson 2 – Building Internal Awareness Through Biofeedback

Lesson 3 – Breath as a Window to the Nervous System

Lesson 4 – Posture and Functional Organisation

Lesson 5 – Movement as Information

MODULE 3 — The Body Remembers: Implicit Memory & Fascial Holding Investigates how trauma is stored in implicit memory, fascia, and key anatomical regions, and how these patterns can be safely identified and released.

MODULE 4 — Safety, Consent & Ethical Trauma Facilitation Establishes the ethical and physiological foundations of safe trauma facilitation, emphasising consent, titration, boundaries, and practitioner regulation.

MODULE 5 — Polyvagal Applications in Traumatic Release Applies polyvagal theory in practice, teaching facilitators how to support state shifts, co-regulation, and safe nervous system descent.

MODULE 6 — Traditional approaches to internal energy and meridians – Trauma Patterns and Energy Flow Principles Integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts with neuroscience to understand trauma patterns as disruptions in energy flow without spiritual bypassing.

MODULE 7 — Biomechanical Neurolayering and Autogenic Neuroplasticity Focuses on trauma-adaptive movement principles that honour the body’s innate intelligence and support spontaneous, self-directed release.

MODULE 8 — Traumatic Release Without Catharsis Clarifies the difference between true nervous system discharge and emotional overwhelm, prioritising subtle, sustainable integration over dramatic release.

MODULE 9 — Working With Complex & Developmental Trauma Addresses the slow, layered nature of developmental trauma, teaching capacity-building approaches that restore agency, safety, and self-trust.

MODULE 10 — Integration, Case Studies & Pathway Forward Synthesises learning through case analysis and integration strategies while preparing facilitators for advanced neurosomatic practice and leadership.

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MODULE 1 — Trauma: Going Deeper – A Somatic Definition
Explores trauma as an incomplete biological survival response held in the nervous system, reframing it as an embodied pattern rather than a psychological pathology.

MODULE 2 — Neurophysiology of Trauma & Survival States
Examines how trauma shapes autonomic survival states, building clinical literacy in polyvagal responses and real-time nervous system tracking.

MODULE 3 — The Body Remembers: Implicit Memory & Fascial Holding
Investigates how trauma is stored in implicit memory, fascia, and key anatomical regions, and how these patterns can be safely identified and released.

MODULE 4 — Safety, Consent & Ethical Trauma Facilitation
Establishes the ethical and physiological foundations of safe trauma facilitation, emphasising consent, titration, boundaries, and practitioner regulation.

MODULE 5 — Polyvagal Applications in Traumatic Release
Applies polyvagal theory in practice, teaching facilitators how to support state shifts, co-regulation, and safe nervous system descent.

MODULE 6 — Traditional approaches to internal energy and meridians – Trauma Patterns and Energy Flow Principles
Integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts with neuroscience to understand trauma patterns as disruptions in energy flow without spiritual bypassing.

MODULE 7 — Biomechanical Neurolayering and Autogenic Neuroplasticity
Focuses on trauma-adaptive movement principles that honour the body’s innate intelligence and support spontaneous, self-directed release.

MODULE 8 — Traumatic Release Without Catharsis
Clarifies the difference between true nervous system discharge and emotional overwhelm, prioritising subtle, sustainable integration over dramatic release.

MODULE 9 — Working With Complex & Developmental Trauma
Addresses the slow, layered nature of developmental trauma, teaching capacity-building approaches that restore agency, safety, and self-trust.

MODULE 10 — Integration, Case Studies & Pathway Forward
Synthesises learning through case analysis and integration strategies while preparing facilitators for advanced neurosomatic practice and leadership.