Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation
Live 2-Part Masterclass Series
with Kory Andreas, LMSW Emma
A live, 2-part Masterclass series designed for individuals seeking a deep understanding of the nervous system’s role in trauma, attachment, and healing. Through a three-part curriculum, learners will develop both theoretical knowledge and practical skills to support nervous system regulation, embodied resilience, and integrative healing
1.5 CE Hours: APA, NYS & ASWB
CLASS 1: Tue Oct 6th, 2026
9:30am - 11:00am EDT
CLASS 2: Tue Oct 6th, 2026
9:30am - 11:00am EDT
Enjoy $50 Off Full Course January 1-10 2027
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Enjoy $50 Off Full Course January 1-10 2027 🎓
Masterclass Overview
Experiencing trauma can cause us to respond by entering into a state of survival. Even after the traumatic event or events have ended, we may find that the actions of truncated survival become integrated into the nervous system and can lead to long-term side effects on the body.
Eventually, the strategies that kept us alive can keep us from fully living.
Experiencing trauma can cause us to respond by entering into a state of survival. Even after the traumatic event or events have ended, we may find that the actions of truncated survival become integrated into the nervous system and can lead to long-term side effects on the body. Eventually, the strategies that kept us alive can keep us from fully living.
In this three part, 12-session certification course, you will learn to recognize and safely resource the tension patterns of these survival responses. This course provides strategies for managing the nervous system that can help us deal with anxiety, overthinking, emotional flooding, and being overwhelmed.
As we develop an understanding of how to regulate the nervous system through various strategies, new choices become available for the neuro-muscular system, which can allow us to cultivate self-awareness around past behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. This gives us the opportunity to bring the nervous system's functionality back online so we can fully embrace life.
THE CURRICULUM
TAKE A PEAK Inside…
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Class ONE
Somatic Tools for Nervous System Regulation
Part 1 establishes the theoretical framework for understanding trauma’s impact on the autonomic nervous system, attachment systems, and psychological well-being. Participants will explore neuroception, survival responses, and the critical role of co-regulation, with a special focus on the intersection of somatics, trauma, and social justice.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
The emphasis of Level 1 is to lay the foundational theoretical framework of the impact of trauma upon the nervous system, psyche, and attachment systems.
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This class examines how stored trauma dysregulates the autonomic nervous system, shaping survival responses, health outcomes, and psychological diagnoses.
Identify the six main trauma survival strategies.
Utilize a non-pathologizing lens in conceptualizing adaptive, proactive responses to potential stress.
Understand the relationship between traumatic stress and health outcomes and potential DSM diagnoses.
Utilize the Window of Tolerance in conceptualizing nervous system regulation.
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This class explores how autonomic nervous system states shape perception and behavior, offering insights into regulation, dissociation, and integrative healing.
Identify the three main branches of the autonomic nervous system.
Identify the three blended autonomic nervous system states.
Identify common autonomic nervous system loops.
Understand how the state of your nervous system drives your story about the world.
Combine Structural Dissociation of the Personality Theory with Parts Work and Trauma Responses.
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This class examines the neurobiological necessity of co-regulation, its role in the social engagement system, and the impact of trauma on relational safety and survival strategies.
Describe the role of the polyvagal theory in shaping attachment and regulation.
Identify cranial nerves involved in the social engagement system.
Differentiate between co-regulation and self-regulation in caregiving contexts.
Explain how early attachment experiences influence adult regulation capacities.
Recognize the importance of contextualizing behaviours as survival strategies.
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We unpack the intersection of somatics, trauma, power, and social justice.
Define neuroception
Identify the distinction between fawning, appeasement, freeze, and dorsal vagal shutdown.
Identify the dynamics of domination and subordination that are inherent in all forms of traumas.
Recognize the impacts of historical, systemic, structural, institutional trauma on the present day.
Recognize the imperative of engaging in therapy from an approach that recognizes the longitudinal, structural impact of ideologies and systems of oppression upon clients.
THE CURRICULUM
TAKE A PEAK Inside…
🎓
Class TWO
Somatic Tools for Nervous System Regulation
Part 1 establishes the theoretical framework for understanding trauma’s impact on the autonomic nervous system, attachment systems, and psychological well-being. Participants will explore neuroception, survival responses, and the critical role of co-regulation, with a special focus on the intersection of somatics, trauma, and social justice.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
The emphasis of Level 1 is to lay the foundational theoretical framework of the impact of trauma upon the nervous system, psyche, and attachment systems.
-
This class examines how stored trauma dysregulates the autonomic nervous system, shaping survival responses, health outcomes, and psychological diagnoses.
Identify the six main trauma survival strategies.
Utilize a non-pathologizing lens in conceptualizing adaptive, proactive responses to potential stress.
Understand the relationship between traumatic stress and health outcomes and potential DSM diagnoses.
Utilize the Window of Tolerance in conceptualizing nervous system regulation.
-
This class explores how autonomic nervous system states shape perception and behavior, offering insights into regulation, dissociation, and integrative healing.
Identify the three main branches of the autonomic nervous system.
Identify the three blended autonomic nervous system states.
Identify common autonomic nervous system loops.
Understand how the state of your nervous system drives your story about the world.
Combine Structural Dissociation of the Personality Theory with Parts Work and Trauma Responses.
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This class examines the neurobiological necessity of co-regulation, its role in the social engagement system, and the impact of trauma on relational safety and survival strategies.
Describe the role of the polyvagal theory in shaping attachment and regulation.
Identify cranial nerves involved in the social engagement system.
Differentiate between co-regulation and self-regulation in caregiving contexts.
Explain how early attachment experiences influence adult regulation capacities.
Recognize the importance of contextualizing behaviours as survival strategies.
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We unpack the intersection of somatics, trauma, power, and social justice.
Define neuroception
Identify the distinction between fawning, appeasement, freeze, and dorsal vagal shutdown.
Identify the dynamics of domination and subordination that are inherent in all forms of traumas.
Recognize the impacts of historical, systemic, structural, institutional trauma on the present day.
Recognize the imperative of engaging in therapy from an approach that recognizes the longitudinal, structural impact of ideologies and systems of oppression upon clients.
Each Class Includes
✔️ A recording of each class
✔️ Linda’s powerpoints for those of us who are visual learners. Includes a comprehensive resource and reference list.
✔️ Relevant and up-to-date supplemental materials that include: videos for you to practice somatic techniques, research articles, resource lists for specific areas of curiosity.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR(S)
Linda Thai, LMSW, ERYT-200
Linda Thai is a Trauma Therapist and Educator who specializes in brain and body-based modalities for addressing complex developmental trauma.
Linda has worked with thousands of people from all over the world to promote mindfulness, recover from trauma, and tend to grief as a means of self care. Linda’s work centers on healing with a special focus on the experiences of adult children of refugees and immigrants. Her teaching is infused with empathy, storytelling, humor, research, practical tools, applied knowledge, and experiential wisdom.
She has assisted internationally renowned psychiatrist and trauma expert, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, with his private small group psychotherapy workshops aimed at healing attachment trauma. She has a Master of Social Work with an emphasis on the neurobiology of attachment and trauma.
Linda has studied Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, Havening Touch, Flash Technique, and structural dissociation of the personality, and offers the Safe and Sound Protocol, yoga, and meditation within her practice. Linda works on the traditional lands of the Tanana Athabascan people (Fairbanks, Alaska) with those recovering from addiction, trauma, and mental illness. She is passionate about breaking the cycle of historical and intergenerational trauma at the individual and community levels.
Linda Thai, LMSW, ERYT-200
Linda Thai is a Trauma Therapist and Educator who specializes in brain and body-based modalities for addressing complex developmental trauma.
Linda has worked with thousands of people from all over the world to promote mindfulness, recover from trauma, and tend to grief as a means of self care. Linda’s work centers on healing with a special focus on the experiences of adult children of refugees and immigrants. Her teaching is infused with empathy, storytelling, humor, research, practical tools, applied knowledge, and experiential wisdom.
She has assisted internationally renowned psychiatrist and trauma expert, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, with his private small group psychotherapy workshops aimed at healing attachment trauma. She has a Master of Social Work with an emphasis on the neurobiology of attachment and trauma.
Linda has studied Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, Havening Touch, Flash Technique, and structural dissociation of the personality, and offers the Safe and Sound Protocol, yoga, and meditation within her practice. Linda works on the traditional lands of the Tanana Athabascan people (Fairbanks, Alaska) with those recovering from addiction, trauma, and mental illness. She is passionate about breaking the cycle of historical and intergenerational trauma at the individual and community levels.
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FAQs
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This somatic training program is designed for individuals seeking a deep understanding of the nervous system’s role in trauma, attachment, and healing. Through a three-part curriculum, participants will develop both theoretical knowledge and practical skills to support nervous system regulation, embodied resilience, and integrative healing.
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No prior training is needed.
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This somatic training program is designed for individuals seeking a deep understanding of the nervous system’s role in trauma, attachment, and healing. Through a three-part curriculum, participants will develop both theoretical knowledge and practical skills to support nervous system regulation, embodied resilience, and integrative healing.
Please refer to the course modules above for details on each learning module.
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Yes, you will have continued access to the course materials and recordings are available for 365 days after the last class.
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Yes, each Course Part offers 6 continuing education credit hours from APA & NYS.
If you enroll in all 3 Course Parts, you will receive a total of 18 CEs.CE Hours are not required. If you do not want CE hours, you can select a different price at registration.
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Refund Policy for Self-Paced Courses
All purchases are final unless otherwise stated. In limited cases, refund requests may be considered within seven (7) days of purchase, provided the course has not been substantially completed