About the Course
Parts Work with Complex Presentations
Supporting clients with complex trauma, dissociation, suicidality, borderline presentations, and intense emotional shifts can feel overwhelming—even for experienced clinicians. This training offers a clear, grounded approach to Parts Work that helps you stay calm, confident, and effective when sessions get challenging.
Learn how to:
Recognize and work compassionately with protective parts
Build co-consciousness and self-leadership in clients
Support attachment repair with younger, wounded parts
Reduce therapist overwhelm, frustration, and burnout
Navigate DID, avoidance, and rapid switching with steadiness and clarity
Through guided practice, demonstrations, and real-world case discussion, you’ll leave with skills you can use immediately—and a deeper sense of patience and confidence in your clinical presence.
This is not just theory. This is practical, relational, embodied work for real clinical moments. Come learn how to slow down, attune, and help every part feel seen, safe, and valued.
Your Instructors
Kris SantaMaria, LCSW
Kris has been providing mental health services since 1994. She currently treats individuals dealing with anxiety, trauma, PTSD, dissociative disorders, somatic issues, depression, anger, and adjustment issues. Kris believes in helping her clients to deeply learn about and appreciate their whole selves. She helps them develop essential regulation skills, and recognize and use their internal resources to help themselves. She believes we are all meant to be well and with the right support we will find our healing path.
Kris provides clinical consultation for therapists looking to develop their skills in the use of EMDR therapy, Parts Work, and the treatment of Dissociative Disorders. Kris is the founder and Director of the Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment program which serves a wide variety of clients and their needs. RITT provides intensive training to newer therapists and those therapists looking to enhance their skills. She developed and offers the robust Parts, Parts, Parts Training, and co-developed the Trauma Treatment in Practice Training. Look for other specialty trainings coming soon.