Tuesday, July 28th, 2026 6:00 PM EDT -9:00 PM EDT America Alisha Allen
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Description
Many trauma clients demonstrate high levels of insight and self-awareness yet continue to self-silence, overfunction, or disengage from their needs. These patterns are often misunderstood as resistance or lack of motivation, rather than recognized as trauma-driven protective strategies shaped by attachment injury, chronic stress, and systemic pressures.
This 3-hour clinical training offers a trauma-focused, somatic, and parts-based framework for understanding and treating self-silencing in therapy. Participants will learn how protective parts develop, how they show up in clinical work, and how to intervene in ways that build internal safety and capacity before expecting behavioral change. Through case examples, experiential demonstrations, guided reflection, and practical tools, clinicians will gain immediately applicable strategies to reduce therapeutic impasses and support sustainable client change.
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About the Presenter:
Learning Objectives:
- Identify trauma-driven protective patterns such as self-silencing, overfunctioning, and emotional shutdown as they present in clinical sessions.
- Apply somatic and parts-based interventions to support client regulation and emotional safety during therapeutic encounters.
- Demonstrate trauma-responsive treatment sequencing strategies that build client capacity before expecting behavioral or relational change.
Agenda:
0:00 – 0:25 | Clinical Foundations & Framing
Defining self-silencing as a trauma-driven protective strategy
Common clinical presentations (overfunctioning, shutdown, people-pleasing)
Why insight alone does not lead to change
Didactic teaching with clinical examples
0:25 – 0:55 | Protective Parts & Treatment Conceptualization
Parts-based understanding of self-silencing
Protective intent vs. maladaptive outcomes
Identifying protective parts in-session
Guided clinician discussion
0:55 – 1:25 | Somatic Awareness & Capacity-Building
The body’s role in maintaining protective strategies
Assessing nervous system capacity and tolerance
Somatic cues indicating safety or overwhelm
Experiential skill demonstration (for clinician learning)
1:25 – 2:05 | Clinical Interventions & In-Session Strategies
Somatic and parts-based interventions for regulation
Language shifts that reduce resistance and increase collaboration
Treatment sequencing and pacing
Case vignette walkthrough
2:05 – 2:35 | Application to Client Populations
Applying the framework across diagnoses and settings
Working with high-achieving and highly self-aware clients
Addressing therapeutic stuck points
Guided application discussion
2:35 – 3:00 | Integration, Ethics, & Takeaways
Clinical markers of progress
Ethical considerations and scope of practice
Tools clinicians can implement immediately
Q&A and closing integration
Accreditation - This Webinar Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- CE You LLC, #1573, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/27/2024 - 3/27/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. - Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0122.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0275.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an advanced level, and is beneficial for an intermediate level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Additional information
- Refunds: Registrants who are unable to attend a CeYou! Plus! seminar or live webinars may ask for, and will receive, a credit or refund (your choice). Refund requests will be processed within 3 business days. When an attendee knows in advance that they are unable to attend we ask that they inform CeYou! Plus! ahead of time by emailing [email protected] or by calling or texting 607-249-4585 this allows us to free up the spot in the training in the event that a training is at or near capacity.
- Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
- Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly.
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- Satisfactory Completion: Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion in your account or by clicking here
- Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
- There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
- System Requirements: Any device (such as a computer, tablet, or phone), Dual-Core 2 GHz or higher processor, and at least 4 GB of RAM capable of running a Zoom session, along with a stable internet connection.
- Although early registration is recommended for this class in order to ensure the best experience, attendees may register and join until the start of the program