About the Course
Expand your understanding of trauma and gain skills to take better care of yourselves and your clients!
Are you feeling things that are intense or confusing in yourself or your clients? This may be stuck trauma held by younger parts of self. We will help you learn to work with these parts, and to trace trauma back to its roots in the body to be transformed.
Your Instructors
Kris SantaMaria, LCSW
Jackie Emm, MPH, RCST®
Kris has been providing mental health services since 1994. She currently treats individuals dealing with anxiety, trauma, PTSD, dissociative disorders, somatic issues, depression, anger, and adjustment issues. Kris believes in helping her clients to deeply learn about and appreciate their whole selves. She helps them develop essential regulation skills, and recognize and use their internal resources to help themselves. She believes we are all meant to be well and with the right support we will find our healing path.
Kris provides clinical consultation for therapists looking to develop their skills in the use of EMDR therapy, Parts Work, and the treatment of Dissociative Disorders. Kris is the founder and Director of the Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment program which serves a wide variety of clients and their needs. RITT provides intensive training to newer therapists and those therapists looking to enhance their skills. She developed and offers the robust Parts, Parts, Parts Training, and co-developed the Trauma Treatment in Practice Training. Look for Advanced Parts Training and some other specialty trainings coming soon.