About the Course
Go Beyond Trauma-Informed—Start Providing Real Trauma Treatment
In just 3.5 hours, this dynamic, hands-on training will equip you to recognize and respond to trauma in real time. You’ll learn to trace present-day symptoms back to past painful experiences, identify nervous system activation patterns, and apply practical regulation techniques directly in your sessions.
We’ll cover how fight, flight, freeze, and collapse show up in the therapy room—and what to do when they do. You’ll leave with immediately usable, body-based tools for working with nervous system dysregulation and helping clients safely regulate and reconnect with themselves and the world around them.
This concise yet comprehensive course also strengthens your ability to apply trauma reprocessing models like EMDR, TFCBT, Parts Work, and Somatic modalities more effectively.
Whether you’re newer to trauma work or looking to deepen your existing skills, this training offers both clarity and clinical depth.
Your Instructors
Kris SantaMaria, LCSW
Tonya Ridings, LCSW
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 Advanced Parts Training and some other specialty trainings coming soon.
Tonya Ridings, LCSW
Tonya has been working with people who have experienced trauma or are going through life transitions for over 20 years. She is trained in a variety of cognitive, somatic psychotherapy, and hypnotherapy techniques. Tonya provides consultation, supervision, and training to other therapists. She is most interested in spiritual support and gifts as part of the healing process. Tonya provides sessions in person and using telehealth.
Tonya has extensive experience with individuals, couples, and families and enjoy working with adolescents and others on the cusp of new behavior and understanding. She specializes in trauma treatment and in helping people work through life transitions.