When Trust Breaks
Somatic and Attachment Tools for Addressing Betrayal Trauma
- Speaker:
- Chinwé Williams, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 07 Minutes
- Copyright:
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May 11, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150774
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Betrayal trauma is a deeply painful experience caused by a violation of trust from someone or something you depend on, such as a partner, family member, caregiver, or institution. It undermines clients’ sense of safety, self‑worth, and the capacity to trust, and often produces PTSD‑like symptoms such as anxiety, dissociation, and emotional dysregulation. What makes betrayal trauma distinct is that it fractures an essential relational bond, making healing complex and requiring relationally attuned, somatic approaches.
In this workshop, mental health professionals will learn an integrative model to help clients calm and ground the nervous system when betrayal memories or triggers arise. Combining Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Psychology, attachment‑informed relational practices, and EMDR‑informed resources for stabilization, participants will learn in‑the‑moment somatic interventions, regulation exercises, and leave with a somatic boundary script and a simple stabilization routine for clients to use within sessions and in daily life. Whether your client is navigating the impact of relational betrayal, this workshop will help them process traumatic symptoms while building resilience and connection.
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Objectives
- Demonstrate 3–5 body-based interventions (e.g., grounding, orienting, paced breath) to down-regulate overwhelm and interrupt distress or dissociation in the moment.
- Practice 2–3 structured Polyvagal and somatic exercises that model attunement, repair language, and micro-co-regulation skills to rebuild relational safety and trust.
- Implement EMDR-informed bilateral stimulation techniques and develop a short, repeatable stabilization plan to replace reactive shutdown or hyperarousal with intentional responses.
Outline
Welcome & Orientation
Nervous System Regulation & Grounding Skills
- Short psychoeducation on Polyvagal Theory and autonomic nervous system states.
- Practice 2 grounding interventions: anchor, orienting, paced breath, waves of regulation.
- Reflection: noticing shifts in body state.
Relational Safety & Co‑Regulation Practices
- Review how betrayal trauma is experienced as a deep violation of trust
- Psycho-ed on interpersonal neurobiology and how co‑regulation supports rebuilding trust.
- Demonstrate 2–3 structured somatic/attachment exercises: attunement, repair language, micro‑co‑regulation.
EMDR‑Informed Resourcing & Agency
- Guided resource installation with bilateral stimulation.
- Demo a short stabilization routine clients can repeat daily.
- Demo a powerful somatic boundary exercise with script for agency and choice.
Integration & Closing
- Reflection on key takeaways and personal applications.
- Reminders on ethics around clinician self-care
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
- Share resource list for continued practice.
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Psychotherapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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