Training & Workshops

From May 27th to 30th, 2026, the Trauma Research Foundation and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk are hosting the 37th Annual Boston International Trauma Conference – an extraordinary gathering that brings together global leaders in trauma research, clinical practice, and healing.

The conference focuses on integrating clinical wisdom with science and research, emphasizing the importance of community, innovation, and accessibility of treatment during challenging times. As well as keynotes from leading practitioners and researchers, attendees can participate in immersive experiential sessions and connect with a vibrant community of professionals dedicated to transforming trauma care.

The conference will take place at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, located at 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA. We also invite participants to join us virtually from anywhere in the world.

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 3

June 9 (3–5pm PT)

July 14 (3–5pm PT)

August 11 (3–5pm PT)

October 13 (3–5pm PT)

November 10 (3–5pm PT)

December 8 (3–5pm PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 1

June 12 (8am – 10am PT)

July 17 (8am – 10am PT)

August 21 (8am – 10am PT)

October 2 (8am – 10am PT)

October 30 (8am – 10am PT)

December 3  (8am – 10am PT)

Group 2

June 12 (10am–12pm PT)

July 17 (10am–12pm PT)

August 21 (10am–12pm PT)

October 2 (10am–12pm PT)

October 30 (10am–12pm PT)

December 4 (11am – 1pm PT)

This in-person and online training will take place from June 29 to July 2nd.

Understanding the effects of trauma rather than focusing on the events that caused them opens up a new pathway to healing even for survivors who have had many years of therapy. Years of brain scan research has demonstrated that when events are remembered, the prefrontal cortex is inhibited and activity in the brain’s emotional memory areas are increased (Alexandra-Kredlow et al, 2022). The ongoing effects of traumatic experiences can be understood as implicit nonverbal feeling and somatic memories that are experienced as emotional and physical reactions to everyday life.

Why does trauma result in fragmentation? Because traumatic experiences are too overwhelming to be tolerated or processed, especially by a child’s still developing brains. The mental ability of dissociation provides a way to mentally distance from what is happening. The child watches from a depersonalized distance and observes what is happening to that other child. Fragmenting helps us to survive the moment and, in traumatic environments, becomes a chronic response to ongoing danger facing the individual every day.

Rather than pathologizing trauma-related symptoms and the parts that carry them, the Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment approach emphasizes a mindfulness-based acceptance of the implicit memories of parts. Processing events does not treat the implicit memories, but acceptance of the parts’ feelings and reactions can reconsolidate the unfinished implicit past. By helping clients befriend their wounded, vulnerable parts and their darkest, most destructive parts, we can help them find wholeness, self-compassion, and healing.

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 3

June 9 (3–5pm PT)

July 14 (3–5pm PT)

August 11 (3–5pm PT)

October 13 (3–5pm PT)

November 10 (3–5pm PT)

December 8 (3–5pm PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 1

June 12 (8am – 10am PT)

July 17 (8am – 10am PT)

August 21 (8am – 10am PT)

October 2 (8am – 10am PT)

October 30 (8am – 10am PT)

December 3  (8am – 10am PT)

Group 2

June 12 (10am–12pm PT)

July 17 (10am–12pm PT)

August 21 (10am–12pm PT)

October 2 (10am–12pm PT)

October 30 (10am–12pm PT)

December 4 (11am – 1pm PT)

“I Know I’m Safe — So Why Does It Still Feel Dangerous?”
Working with Implicit Traumatic Memory and the Living Legacy of Trauma

2-Evening Live Online Training with Janina Fisher, PhD
Live Sessions:
July 23 & 24, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM UK
Hosted by nscience UK

This focused clinical training explores one of the most persistent challenges in trauma work: when clients understand they are safe, but their nervous system continues to respond as if danger is still present.

Drawing on Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), Janina Fisher offers a practical framework for working with implicit traumatic memory—memory encoded not as narrative, but as sensation, emotion, and relational expectation.

Rather than relying on insight alone, this training helps clinicians recognise activation as the living legacy of trauma and respond with interventions that support regulation, integration, and internal safety.

Across two evenings, participants will learn to distinguish implicit from explicit memory, recognise how trauma is re-experienced in the present moment, and apply strategies that help clients shift from reactivity to observation.

Participants will learn how to:
🔷 Recognise implicit traumatic memory in clinical work
🔷 Understand why insight does not always resolve activation
🔷 Apply TIST-informed dual awareness and stabilisation strategies
🔷 Integrate somatic and attachment-based interventions
🔷 Support clients in developing a felt sense of safety in the present

TIST Level 1 introduces the Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) method, offering a gentle and accessible approach to addressing trauma-driven behaviors such as self-harm, addiction, and unsafe impulses. Therapists will explore neurobiologically-informed techniques to help clients build self-compassion, connection, and resilience while addressing core issues like self-alienation, traumatic attachment, and fragmented selves. By reframing self-destructive behaviors as protective responses, this level equips therapists with foundational skills to foster internal collaboration and compassion, effectively supporting clients and reducing therapist burnout.

This two-day course is designed for mental health professionals who work with trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-destructive behaviors, or dissociative symptoms.

Times: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1 hour break for lunch)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 3

June 9 (3–5pm PT)

July 14 (3–5pm PT)

August 11 (3–5pm PT)

October 13 (3–5pm PT)

November 10 (3–5pm PT)

December 8 (3–5pm PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 1

June 12 (8am – 10am PT)

July 17 (8am – 10am PT)

August 21 (8am – 10am PT)

October 2 (8am – 10am PT)

October 30 (8am – 10am PT)

December 3  (8am – 10am PT)

Group 2

June 12 (10am–12pm PT)

July 17 (10am–12pm PT)

August 21 (10am–12pm PT)

October 2 (10am–12pm PT)

October 30 (10am–12pm PT)

December 4 (11am – 1pm PT)

Join leading voices in trauma research and healing for the world’s largest trauma, mental health, and wellbeing conference. Whether you’re a psychologist, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, medical doctor, bodyworker, educator, counsellor, researcher, mental health advocate, or someone keen to expand their understanding, Transform Trauma Oxford is an annual highlight not to be missed

In TIST Level 2, we transition from the theory that was covered in TIST Level 1 into becoming more fluent and practiced at working with trauma, particularly complex trauma.

As we progress, you will develop the ability to be on the same wavelength as your client’s parts, allowing you to more deeply understand and communicate with them. Our work together will become more nuanced and you will have more skill in navigating interventions with even the most difficult or resistant clients.

By the end of Level 2, you will have a greater ability to use the TIST model not just intellectually, but more energetically so that your clients can feel it.

Live sessions with Dr. Janina Fisher:

• September 25, 2026 – 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM PT / 4:00 PM BT
• October 9, 2026 – 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM PT / 4:00 PM BT
• October 23, 2026 – 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM PT / 4:00 PM BT
• November 6, 2026 – 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM PT / 4:00 PM BT
• November 20, 2026 – 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM PT / 4:00 PM BT
• December 4, 2026 – 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM PT / 4:00 PM BT

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 1

June 12 (8am – 10am PT)

July 17 (8am – 10am PT)

August 21 (8am – 10am PT)

October 2 (8am – 10am PT)

October 30 (8am – 10am PT)

December 3  (8am – 10am PT)

Group 2

June 12 (10am–12pm PT)

July 17 (10am–12pm PT)

August 21 (10am–12pm PT)

October 2 (10am–12pm PT)

October 30 (10am–12pm PT)

December 4 (11am – 1pm PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 3

June 9 (3–5pm PT)

July 14 (3–5pm PT)

August 11 (3–5pm PT)

October 13 (3–5pm PT)

November 10 (3–5pm PT)

December 8 (3–5pm PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 1

June 12 (8am – 10am PT)

July 17 (8am – 10am PT)

August 21 (8am – 10am PT)

October 2 (8am – 10am PT)

October 30 (8am – 10am PT)

December 3  (8am – 10am PT)

Group 2

June 12 (10am–12pm PT)

July 17 (10am–12pm PT)

August 21 (10am–12pm PT)

October 2 (10am–12pm PT)

October 30 (10am–12pm PT)

December 4 (11am – 1pm PT)

TIST Level 1 introduces the Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) method, offering a gentle and accessible approach to addressing trauma-driven behaviors such as self-harm, addiction, and unsafe impulses. Therapists will explore neurobiologically-informed techniques to help clients build self-compassion, connection, and resilience while addressing core issues like self-alienation, traumatic attachment, and fragmented selves. By reframing self-destructive behaviors as protective responses, this level equips therapists with foundational skills to foster internal collaboration and compassion, effectively supporting clients and reducing therapist burnout.

This two-day course is designed for mental health professionals who work with trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-destructive behaviors, or dissociative symptoms.

Times: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1 hour break for lunch)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 3

June 9 (3–5pm PT)

July 14 (3–5pm PT)

August 11 (3–5pm PT)

October 13 (3–5pm PT)

November 10 (3–5pm PT)

December 8 (3–5pm PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 1

June 12 (8am – 10am PT)

July 17 (8am – 10am PT)

August 21 (8am – 10am PT)

October 2 (8am – 10am PT)

October 30 (8am – 10am PT)

December 3  (8am – 10am PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 2

June 12 (10am–12pm PT)

July 17 (10am–12pm PT)

August 21 (10am–12pm PT)

October 2 (10am–12pm PT)

October 30 (10am–12pm PT)

December 4 (11am – 1pm PT)

This group is open exclusively to clinicians who have completed TIST Level 1. By joining, you’ll become part of a supportive community of professionals dedicated to deepening their understanding and application of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).

Each 2-hour session will be held monthly and recorded for those unable to attend live. Recordings are confidential and shared only with group members. Participants will have the option to present cases or ask clinical questions. We typically cover 4–5 cases per session, prioritizing urgent or emergency cases.

Dates (All times in Pacific Time Zone):

Group 3

June 9 (3–5pm PT)

July 14 (3–5pm PT)

August 11 (3–5pm PT)

October 13 (3–5pm PT)

November 10 (3–5pm PT)

December 8 (3–5pm PT)

TIST Level 1 begins on April 1st, 2027.

The Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment model is a trauma-informed parts model that integrates principles and techniques drawn from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, clinical hypnosis, and cognitive restructuring methods. It offers a clear, practical, and neurobiologically grounded path to healing. By re-framing extreme behaviors and inner fragmentation as protective responses to trauma, it combats shame and self-loathing, and it changes the client’s relationship to the symptoms.

TIST is designed to work with clients who have experienced prolonged trauma, especially in early life. These clients often suffer from emotional flooding, shame, dissociation, and extreme inner conflict. Many are caught in cycles of suicidality, addiction, or self-harm.

TIST helps clients recognize their symptoms as adaptive responses to trauma held by fragmented parts—and teaches them to relate to those parts with compassion, rather than fear or shame.

Live sessions with Dr. Janina Fisher:

• April 1, 2027 – 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BT
• April 22, 2027 – 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BT
• May 13, 2027 – 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BT
• June 3, 2027 – 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BT
• June 24, 2027 – 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BT
• August 19, 2027 – 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BT

TIST Level 2 begins on October 14th, 2027.

In TIST Level 2, we transition from the theory that was covered in TIST Level 1 into becoming more fluent and practiced at working with trauma, particularly complex trauma.

As we progress, you will develop the ability to be on the same wavelength as your client’s parts, allowing you to more deeply understand and communicate with them. Our work together will become more nuanced and you will have more skill in navigating interventions with even the most difficult or resistant clients.

By the end of Level 2, you will have a greater ability to use the TIST model not just intellectually, but more energetically so that your clients can feel it.

Live sessions with Dr. Janina Fisher (9:00 – 11:00 AM PT):

• October 14, 2027
• November 4, 2027
• November 25, 2027
• December 16, 2027
• January 6, 2028