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Trauma-Informed Stabilization Tools

Thu, Feb 12th, 2026
1:00pm – 4:15pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

Learning how to navigate clients’ emotional window of tolerance to support stabilization are key factors in responding to clients in acute distress. In this webinar, Dr. Fatter will review the impact of traumatic stress on the brain in tangible ways to help clinicians better conceptualize how trauma alters the body’s arousal system. Factors that support resilience will be reviewed. Dr. Fatter will discuss in detail symptoms of hyper-arousal, and hypo-arousal states of the autonomic nervous system. This will help clinicians know signs of what state clients are in and help clinicians be able to educate clients about their nervous system. Coping skills for hyper-arousal and hypo-arousal will be demonstrated to provide clinicians with practical tools to serve their clients. This webinar will also address adjunctive therapies to help support stabilization. There will be opportunities for participants to experience and practice some of these tools themselves. This presentation will be interactive and experiential. Clinicians at any stage of their career will benefit from this webinar.

Live Event
This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Daphne Fatter

Daphne Fatter

Daphne Fatter, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, clinical consultant, author, and international speaker specializing in integrative trauma-informed therapies. She is the author of Integrating Internal Family Systems Interventions into EMDR Therapy and is widely recognized for her expertise in blending parts work with evidence-based trauma modalities. Dr. Fatter is EMDR certified, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and has over twenty years of experience providing trauma treatment. As a certified ancestral healing practitioner, she also supports clients and clinicians in addressing intergenerational and historical trauma. Dr. Fatter earned her Master of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University and her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at The Trauma Center under the direct supervision of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. She previously served as the Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator at the Fort Worth VA Outpatient Clinic. Her published works span the areas of Internal Family Systems therapy, EMDR, countertransference, mindfulness, and ancestral healing.

Grounded in the understanding that traumatic stress is multilayered—relational, developmental, biological, cultural, systemic, collective, historical, and spiritual—Dr. Fatter brings a neuroscience-based, compassionate, humble, and skills-based approach to professional education. She offers engaging workshops, webinars, and trainings on a range of trauma-related topics, including PTSD, complex trauma, complicated grief, and divorce recovery.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe four ways that traumatic stress impacts the brain.
  2. 2 Identify signs that indicate that clients are either hyper-aroused or hypo-aroused during trauma treatment.
  3. 3 Define at least three trauma-informed coping skills to help support stabilization and navigate acute distress.

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Burback, L., Brult-Phillips, S., Nijdam, M. J., McFarlane, A., & Vermetten, E. (2024). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: a state-of-the-art review. Current neuropharmacology, 22(4), 557-635. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570159X21666230428091433

De Pasquale, C., El Kazzi, M., Sutherland, K., Shriane, A. E., Vincent, G. E., Cistulli, P. A., & Bin, Y. S. (2024). Sleep hygiene–What do we mean? A bibliographic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 75, 101930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101930

Grégoire, L., Gosselin, I., & Blanchette, I. (2020). The impact of trauma exposure on explicit and implicit memory. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 33(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1664477

Olff, M., Hein, I., Amstadter, A. B., Armour, C., Skogbrott Birkeland, M., Bui, E., ... & Vujanovic, A. A. (2025). The impact of trauma and how to intervene: a narrative review of psychotraumatology over the past 15 years. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1), 2458406. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2458406

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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Daphne M. Fatter, Ph.D. – She receives recording royalties for this presentation.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 10:00am US Pacific Time.

1:00-1:30 PM

Topic Overview: The Impact of Traumatic Stress on the Brain

The impact of traumatic stress on the brain: What every clinician should know.

Resillience Factors, the value of the therapeutic relationship and support system.


1:30-2:00 PM

Topic Overview: States of Autonomic Arousal

Indicators of clients being in Hyper-arousal and Hypo-arousal States.


2:00-2:30 PM

Topic Overview: Trauma-Informed Stabilization Tools

Evidenced-Based Interventions for Hyper-arousal 

Risks & Limitations


2:30-2:45 PM
Break


2:45- 3:15 PM 

Topic Overview: Trauma-Informed Stabilization Tools

Evidenced-Based Interventions for Hypo-arousal

Risks & Limitations


3:15 -3:45 PM

Topic Overview: Additional Practices for Stabilization

Evidenced-based practices for stabilization

Risks & Limitations


3:45-4:10 PM 

Adjunctive therapies to support stabilization.

Risks & Limitations


4:10-4:15 PM 

Question & Answer 

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