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Digital Seminar

Trauma Professional's Compassion Fatigue Certification Workshop

Somatic & Relational Practices to Deepen Self-Awareness, Countertransference, and Attunement

Speaker:
Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC
Duration:
Approx 6 hrs
Copyright:
Feb 06, 2026
Product Code:
POS150594
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar


Description

You are the most important tool in your therapy toolbox.

You offer clients what they can’t get just anywhere .. Connection, self-awareness, compassion, and so much more.

Yet, too often, therapists arrive to session burn out – or, even worse – some of us are taught to “leave ourselves” at the door and default to technique in the room.

This certification training takes a different approach – it emphasizes you.

Watch veteran Somatic Experiencing™ and NeuroAffective Relational Model® traumatologist Brad Kammer, with more than 25 years of experience in therapy and consultation, he has shared his trauma-informed, humanistic approach with thousands of therapists worldwide.

Brad will support you in cultivating sustainability in your work, self-compassion, and enjoyment by deepening connection to yourself as well as your clients. Through self-inquiry, dyadic reflection, and guided explorations, you will practice:

  • Experiencing therapy from the perspective of YOUR client through enactments
  • Increasing confidence ‘working in the unknown’ to make therapy more client-driven and humanistic
  • Using countertransference, and increasing your internal self-awareness, to deepen relational work
  • Therapeutic presence in “Being vs Doing” as it relates to intimacy and vulnerability
  • Creating space for open discovery in sessions
  • Engaging with themes like unmanaged empathy, covert or therapeutic narcissism & more

PLUS, you can earn your Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional certification completely free!

Enhanced inner awareness and compassion that makes your therapy more effective, no matter what modality you choose.

Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or early-career clinician, this immersive learning experience offers a meaningful opportunity to reconnect with the heart of your practice unlike any other.

Purchase now!

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



* Credit Note - Self-Study CE Information Coming Soon

Continuing education credit information is coming soon for this non-interactive self-study package.

CE hours may be available for select professions, as listed in the target audience. Hours will be dependent on the actual recording time. Please check with your state licensing board or organization for specific requirements. 

There may be an additional fee for CE certificates. Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details. 

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



Speaker

Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC's Profile

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Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC, is the founder, training director, and senior trainer for the Complex Trauma Training Center (CTTC). Brad is responsible for the creation of the CTTC professional development programs, including the SPACE Program: An Inner Development Program of Support and Self-Discovery for Therapists. Brad guides CTTC mentorship programs involving faculty, training assistants, and participants. He is also the executive producer of the Transforming Trauma podcast.

Brad is a senior trainer in the NARM® Therapist and NARM® Master Training programs, as well as a consultant for NARM Therapists around the world. Brad is also the co-author of The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma and the Workbook for Healing Developmental Trauma.

Brad is a licensed psychotherapist in California and has worked in the field of trauma for over 25 years, specializing in working with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). He began his career as a humanitarian aid worker in Asia, which introduced him to personal and collective trauma. For the past 25 years, he has worked as a psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner, educator, professor, and consultant in various settings, including working in community mental health and private practice. Brad is passionate about supporting individuals and communities in the transformation of trauma.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Brad Kammer is the owner of Complex Trauma Training Center and maintains a private practice. He has employment relationships with SPACE Inner Developmental Program, NARM and Complex Trauma to Health Care Professionals, Pacific Center for Awareness and Bodywork, and Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. Brad Kammer receives compensation as a consultant and royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Brad Kammer has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

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Objectives

  1. Identify the principles of compassion fatigue and strategies for resiliency.
  2. Differentiate between “being” and “doing” modes in clinical work and how cultivating presence and openness to uncertainty can deepen relational connection.
  3. Identify unconscious countertransference reactions, including unmanaged empathy and covert narcissistic defenses, and explore their clinical implications.
  4. Choose experiential dyad practices to explore how compassion fatigue, burnout, and the therapists’ inner experience shapes therapeutic presence and effectiveness.
  5. Utilize self-reflective and intersubjective inquiry practices to increase moment-to-moment clinical attunement and emotional resonance.
  6. Analyze how insight into relational enactments can lead to repair and greater therapeutic intimacy.

Outline

Set the Stage for Resiliency: Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others

  • Recognize how compassion fatigue and burnout show up for therapists
  • Explore the personal and professional impact of carrying others’ pain
  • Apply a neurophysiological perspective to explore how therapeutic experiences affect the therapist’s nervous system
  • Identify the impact of compassion fatigue by discovering the causes, symptoms, treatments
  • Practical strategies for fostering resiliency in your work and life

Being vs. Doing: Deepening into Presence, Intersubjectivity and Attunement

  • Differentiate therapist “doing” vs. “being” modes in clinical practice
  • Apply vulnerability to deepen therapeutic intimacy
  • Cultivate presence and attunement when outcomes are uncertain
  • Shift from objectification to intersubjectivity in client relationships
  • Use “open discover” as a client-centered therapeutic stance

Being Impacted by Clients: Identify Unconscious Internal Reactions

  • Normalize therapists’ internal emotional reactions
  • Recognize and work with therapist shame and guilt in the therapeutic process
  • Identify acting-in and acting-out strategies in clinical practice
  • Analyze how “good” vs. “bad” therapist narratives affect clinical presence
  • Acknowledge and address taboo inner experiences that influence therapy

Use Countertransference to Deepen Relational Work: Shifting Therapeutic Enactments

  • Identify countertransference patterns in trauma-informed practice
  • Differentiate personal (“Big C”) and diagnostic (”little c”) countertransference
  • Address unmanaged empathy to reduce over-identification and burnout
  • Recognize covert and therapeutic narcissism in clinical interactions
  • Apply countertransference awareness to shift therapeutic enactments

Translate Inner Depth to Therapeutic Presence & Effectiveness: Deepen Attunement on 3 Levels

  • Apply therapeutic attunement on personal, interpersonal, and transpersonal levels
  • Use embodied presence as a tool for co-regulation with clients
  • Implement relational attunement strategies to support rupture-repair
  • Integrate transpersonal awareness into clinical effectiveness
  • Explore obstacles in the way of a therapist asking for and receiving professional and personal support

Experiential Practices: Integrate Theory into Practice

  • Self-reflection: bring awareness to what clients evoke within therapists
  • Dyadic reflection: practice presence through structured self-reflection
  • Guided exploration: sense, track, and share inner states
  • Intersubjective exploration: reflect on the impact clients have on a therapist’s inner experience and the therapeutic relationship
  • “Conflexion” practices: integrating transpersonal awareness therapy

Meta-Themes Throughout the Day

  • Promote therapist sustainability and prevent burnout
  • Apply authenticity as a clinical tool for relational effectiveness
  • Balance therapeutic structure with openness to discover
  • Integrate somatic, relational, and transpersonal dimensions in practice
  • Risks, limitations, and ethical considerations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Art Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Physicians
  • Psychiatrists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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