Upcoming Events

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Sep
16

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission
Sep
23

System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak “NerdTown” book study group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the relational trauma book Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships After Childhood Trauma. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: Ethics & Law in Trauma & Dissociation
Sep
26

Clinical Training: Ethics & Law in Trauma & Dissociation

6 CE’s available CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This course explores the ethical complexities of working with individuals who have experienced complex trauma and dissociation. Participants will examine the interplay of power, informed consent, boundaries, and structural oppression within trauma therapy. Grounded in relational and liberation-focused ethics, the course equips social workers to navigate dilemmas such as coercion, reenactment, and cultural betrayal, fostering safer, more attuned therapeutic relationships.

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System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Sep
30

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: Suicidality with Trauma & Dissociation
Oct
3

Clinical Training: Suicidality with Trauma & Dissociation

6 CE’s available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This course addresses the intersection of trauma, dissociation, suicidality, and self-harming behaviors. It critically examines the limitations of traditional suicide prevention methods (such as no-harm contracts), and instead promotes trauma-informed, relational, and ethical frameworks for working with high-risk clients. Using theories like infanticidal attachment, Joiner’s interpersonal theory of suicide, and dissociative fragmentation models, the course offers advanced strategies for clinical engagement, attunement, and safety planning. Designed for clinicians, it emphasizes cultural humility, parts work, and nervous system regulation in the therapeutic process.

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System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission
Oct
7

System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak “NerdTown” book study group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the relational trauma book Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships After Childhood Trauma. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: Ethics & Law in Trauma & Dissociation
Oct
10

Clinical Training: Ethics & Law in Trauma & Dissociation

6 CE’s available CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This course explores the ethical complexities of working with individuals who have experienced complex trauma and dissociation. Participants will examine the interplay of power, informed consent, boundaries, and structural oppression within trauma therapy. Grounded in relational and liberation-focused ethics, the course equips social workers to navigate dilemmas such as coercion, reenactment, and cultural betrayal, fostering safer, more attuned therapeutic relationships.

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System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Oct
14

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Advanced Symposium
Oct
16
to Oct 19

Advanced Symposium

This System Speak symposium is for survivors with complex trauma & dissociation who have already attended the Spring symposium. It is an in-person event with left-brain lectures and discussions with right-brain expressive activities, together focused on relational healing.

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System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission
Oct
21

System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak “NerdTown” book study group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the relational trauma book Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships After Childhood Trauma. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: High Demand / High Control Religious Trauma
Oct
24

Clinical Training: High Demand / High Control Religious Trauma

6 CE’s available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Religious Trauma Syndrome (RTS) is a complex and often misunderstood form of psychological injury stemming from high-control religious environments, spiritual abuse, and coercive faith-based systems. This advanced training provides social workers with a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing RTS through the lenses of trauma theory, dissociation, moral injury, and attachment. Participants will explore assessment models such as the BITE Model and Bonewits’ Cult Danger Scale, examine ethical considerations related to belief deconstruction and spiritual agency, and learn evidence-informed treatment strategies grounded in polyvagal theory, ego-state work, and narrative repair. Special emphasis will be placed on working with marginalized populations, recognizing spiritual coercion as a form of complex trauma, and fostering post-traumatic growth within a liberation framework.

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System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Oct
28

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission
Nov
4

System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak “NerdTown” book study group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the relational trauma book Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships After Childhood Trauma. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Nov
11

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: History of DID
Nov
14

Clinical Training: History of DID

6 CE’s available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This course provides an in-depth exploration of dissociation and trauma through historical, theoretical, clinical, and cultural lenses. Participants will learn to identify dissociative symptoms across various diagnostic frameworks, differentiate presentations of DID and plural identities, and evaluate effective, culturally responsive treatment approaches. The course incorporates both academic research and survivor narratives to foster a multidimensional, trauma-responsive approach to care.

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System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission
Nov
18

System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak “NerdTown” book study group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the relational trauma book Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships After Childhood Trauma. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: Ethics & Law in Trauma & Dissociation
Nov
21

Clinical Training: Ethics & Law in Trauma & Dissociation

6 CE’s available CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This course explores the ethical complexities of working with individuals who have experienced complex trauma and dissociation. Participants will examine the interplay of power, informed consent, boundaries, and structural oppression within trauma therapy. Grounded in relational and liberation-focused ethics, the course equips social workers to navigate dilemmas such as coercion, reenactment, and cultural betrayal, fostering safer, more attuned therapeutic relationships.

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System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Nov
25

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission
Dec
2

System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak “NerdTown” book study group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the relational trauma book Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships After Childhood Trauma. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: Suicidality with Trauma & Dissociation
Dec
5

Clinical Training: Suicidality with Trauma & Dissociation

6 CE’s available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This course addresses the intersection of trauma, dissociation, suicidality, and self-harming behaviors. It critically examines the limitations of traditional suicide prevention methods (such as no-harm contracts), and instead promotes trauma-informed, relational, and ethical frameworks for working with high-risk clients. Using theories like infanticidal attachment, Joiner’s interpersonal theory of suicide, and dissociative fragmentation models, the course offers advanced strategies for clinical engagement, attunement, and safety planning. Designed for clinicians, it emphasizes cultural humility, parts work, and nervous system regulation in the therapeutic process.

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System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Dec
9

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Clinical Training: High Demand / High Control Religious Trauma
Dec
12

Clinical Training: High Demand / High Control Religious Trauma

6 CE’s available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Religious Trauma Syndrome (RTS) is a complex and often misunderstood form of psychological injury stemming from high-control religious environments, spiritual abuse, and coercive faith-based systems. This advanced training provides social workers with a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing RTS through the lenses of trauma theory, dissociation, moral injury, and attachment. Participants will explore assessment models such as the BITE Model and Bonewits’ Cult Danger Scale, examine ethical considerations related to belief deconstruction and spiritual agency, and learn evidence-informed treatment strategies grounded in polyvagal theory, ego-state work, and narrative repair. Special emphasis will be placed on working with marginalized populations, recognizing spiritual coercion as a form of complex trauma, and fostering post-traumatic growth within a liberation framework.

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System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission (Copy)
Dec
16

System Speak Book Study (Relational Trauma): Not the Price of Admission (Copy)

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak “NerdTown” book study group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the relational trauma book Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships After Childhood Trauma. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses
Dec
23

System Speak Grief Book Study: Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

Every Other Tuesday 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 6pm London / 3am Sydney

The System Speak Recovery group meets every other Tuesday morning to (glacially slowly) read and share together through the recovery book Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Right-brain “altered book” or collage art projects are encouraged for processing between meetings. These projects can be shared in group, posted in the community group, taken to therapy as part of outside help, or kept private for you(s) personally.

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Spring Symposium
Apr
16
to Apr 19

Spring Symposium

REGISTER HERE

A weekend of discussion (left-brain) and art (right-brain) with EmmaS!

April 16-19, 2026 in Seattle

Topics: Boundaries, CoDependency, Mother Hunger, Mapping, Memory Time, and Now Time

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