Where You End and I Begin: A Somatic Intensive for Boundary Restoration
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Where You End and I Begin: A Somatic Intensive for Boundary Restoration

Fri, Dec 18th, 2026
10:00am – 4:45pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

This advanced interactive training offers an in-depth somatic framework for understanding boundary rupture and restoration through the lens of the autonomic nervous system. Drawing from Somatic Experiencing and polyvagal theory, participants will examine nuanced clinical presentations where boundary collapse is common, deepen their understanding of embodied defense responses, engage in experiential boundary mapping and regulation practices, and develop more advanced clinical interventions for restoring boundary function from the inside out across complex client populations.

Live Event This is a live online event. It will be conducted via Zoom Webinar.

Live Event Instructor

Christine Baker

Christine Baker

Dr. Christine Baker is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor. She has owned her private practice, Wayfare Counseling, for over ten years, where she has specialized working with trauma recovery and people struggling with sexual compulsivity and their loved ones. She is EMDR and somatically trained, and she has also completed the Traumatic Stress Studies certificate through The Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute under Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. Dr. Baker has also served as an adjunct professor at Richmont Graduate University for many years in their Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, and she has provided support to many organizations and non-profits through training and education programs.

Target Audience

This live interactive is intended for Addictions professionals, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage & family therapists, art therapists, school psychologists, psychoanalysts, music therapists, behavior analysts, guidance counselors, and addiction counselors. It is appropriate for intermediate and above levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe the neurobiological basis of boundary function and boundary rupture using the Somatic Experiencing model and polyvagal theory.
  2. 2 Identify somatic presentations of boundary disruption across four distinct clinical populations.
  3. 3 Compare the boundary patterns associated with each of the three polyvagal states — ventral vagal, sympathetic, and dorsal vagal.
  4. 4 Apply a minimum of three embodied boundary restoration practices within a trauma-informed clinical framework.
  5. 5 Analyze the clinical sequencing of somatic boundary work including pacing, titration, contraindications, and cultural considerations.
  6. 6 Evaluate their own nervous system state and boundary patterns as a clinical tool in session.

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Faculty

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

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Joint Accreditation (JA)

6 Psychologist CE credit hours
6 Social Worker CE credit hours Clinical
Eligible until Dec 18th, 2026
In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems, LLC, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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American Psychological Association (APA)

6 CE credit hours Clinical
Eligible until Dec 18th, 2026
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
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National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

6 CE credit hours
Eligible until Dec 18th, 2026
CE Learning Systems has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Learning Systems is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 6 NBCC hour(s) awarded.
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New York Education Department Board of Social Work

6 contact hours
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CE Learning Systems, LLC, (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. Provider #0060.
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New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy (NYSEDCAT)

6 CE credit hours
Eligible until Dec 18th, 2026
CE Learning Systems (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0008
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New York Education Department Board of Mental Health Counseling

6 CE credit hours
Eligible until Dec 18th, 2026
CE Learning Systems, LLC (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.
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New York Education Department Board of Psychologists

6 CE credit hours
Eligible until Dec 18th, 2026
CE Learning Systems, LLC, (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for psychologists, # PSY-0016.
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New York Education Department Board of Marriage and Family Therapy

6 CE credit hours
Eligible until Dec 18th, 2026
CE Learning Systems, LLC (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0045.
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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 7:00am US Pacific Time.

10-11:15am

  • Welcome, housekeeping, and opening grounding practice
  • Learning objectives and deep dive into the SE/polyvagal framework — including the kinesphere as a three-dimensional neurobiological structure, not just a metaphor
  • Part One: The Neurobiology of Boundaries — rupture as universal trauma symptom, the three-zone radar system, how each polyvagal state produces a distinct boundary pattern, physical boundary versus energetic boundary versus psychological boundary

11:15-11:30am — Break

11:30-1:30pm

  • Population One: Fawn/People-Pleasing — the suppressed "no," somatic signs, incomplete fight response masquerading as agreeableness, case vignette
  • Population Two: Enmeshment/Codependency — porous kinesphere, difficulty self-referencing, absorbed affect, developmental roots, case vignette
  • Population Three: Dissociative Shutdown — the absent boundary, numbness as protection, dorsal collapse and the disappeared membrane, case vignette
  • Population Four: Survivors of Interpersonal Violence and Chronic Boundary Violation — rupture in a specific direction, the boundary rupture map, orienting deficits, hypervigilance patterning, case vignette

1:30-2pm — Lunch

2-3:30pm

  • Experiential Practice 1: Skin boundary awareness (individual) with debrief
  • Experiential Practice 2: Kinesphere/personal space bubble — pushing out, sensing resistance, finding the edge (individual) with debrief
  • Experiential Practice 3: Stepping forward dyadic exercise (breakout rooms) with full group debrief
  • Experiential Practice 4: Embodied "no" — connecting to the incomplete defensive response, finding the "no" in the body before the words, practicing a physical and then verbal boundary in dyads

3:30-4:30pm

  • Live clinical application: Walk through of how to sequence this work in session — when to introduce it, pacing, titration, what to do when it activates the client
  • Clinician self-assessment: Your own boundary patterns and NS state as a tool in session — joining versus merging, countertransference and the body
  • Contraindications, cultural considerations, and adapting for telehealth

4:30-4:45pm Closing practice and Q&A

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