This full-day training integrates applied neuroscience, somatic regulation, and compassion-based neuroplasticity to support clinicians and community members in understanding how the brain and nervous system adapt under traumatic and chronic stress. Grounded in Brain Partnership principles , the workshop examines how survival-driven neural patterns influence emotion, perception, and behavior—and how neuroscience-informed practices can help update those patterns toward safety, connection, and resilience.

Participants will learn to work collaboratively with the nervous system rather than attempting to override protective responses. The training emphasizes accessible, evidence-informed tools that support regulation, restore agency, and strengthen resilience in both personal healing and supportive roles with others. Whether attending for clinical application, personal understanding, or community-based support, participants will leave with practical, brain-based strategies to reduce overwhelm, stabilize stress responses, and foster sustainable emotional well-being.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how stress and trauma shape the nervous system—and how safety and connection begin rewiring it.
• Practice somatic micro-interventions that calm activation and support grounded, present-moment awareness.
• Build self-compassion skills that reduce shame, soften reactivity, and support healing from within.
• Utilize real-time regulation tools to shift from overwhelm to clarity and choice—building neurobiologically based personal empowerment.

Details

Dates: Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 9am-4:30pm PST
Cost: $125; $95 early bird (before 02/26/26)
Location: IN-PERSON The California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles CA 90012
Parking: Free parking is provided at The California Endowment. Tell the parking attendant that you are attending the training.
Lunch: Lunch is not provided. There are several eateries within walking distance to the training venue.
Continuing Education: 6 CE credits are available for an additional $30. For more information visit our continuing education page.

Cancellation fees may apply; be sure to review our refund policies here.

For questions about this training, please contact us at training@echotraining.org or (213) 484-6676

Dr. Kate Truitt, PhD, MA, MBA is a clinical psychologist, applied neuroscientist, and internationally recognized educator specializing in trauma, stress physiology, neuroplasticity, and post-traumatic adaptation. With over two decades of experience in clinical practice, neuroscience-informed training and research, and systems leadership, her work focuses on translating complex brain science into ethically grounded, evidence-based strategies for mental health professionals and allied fields.

Dr. Truitt is the creator of the NeuroTriad Model and Brain Partnership, integrative neuroscience frameworks that synthesize contemporary research on affective neuroscience, psychophysiology, interoception, and learning-dependent neuroplasticity. Her work examines how traumatic stress and chronic threat exposure alter neural circuits involved in threat detection, affect regulation, executive functioning, and relational safety, and how these systems can be reorganized through experience-dependent interventions that support long-term recovery and adaptive resilience.

She is the founder of the Truitt Institute, leads an award-winning clinical practice at Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates, and serves as Executive Director of both the Amy Research Foundation and CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles. Dr. Truitt is an international bestselling author of Healing in Your Hands and Keep Breathing, and the author of the Brain Partnership Toolbox for Addiction, Mental Health, & Trauma Treatment Professionals.

Dr. Truitt is a Certified Trainer of Havening Techniques. Havening Techniques is a registered trademark of Ronald Ruden, 15 East 91st Street, New York. www.havening.org