Trauma Training
for Therapists

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Would You Like To Integrate The Divine Feminine
And Healing The Mother Wound Into Your Practice?

“This is one of the glorious things about the mother-goddess religions, where the world is the body of the Goddess, divine in itself, and divinity isn’t something ruling over and above a fallen nature.”

– Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth [1]

As a trauma-focused therapist, do you feel some vital piece may be missing from your practice? Although more traditional treatments that address healing developmental trauma in adults have their value, would your practice benefit from the power and wisdom of the Divine Feminine?

If you are like most therapists, you have spent years training in trauma-focused modalities that you can incorporate into your therapy practice. However, most of these modalities do not directly address healing the mother wound, that is, helping clients recover from childhood experiences where they felt invalidated, dismissed, or unimportant. Although mother wounds can apply to any system of care giving we receive as children, being told to get over it, toughen up, or deny our sense of self can negatively affect us as adults.

Our capacity to heal and prevent further cycles of trauma from occurring in the next generation can be heightened by connecting with the Divine Feminine. Although accessing the powerful and healing feminine energy within us can have transformative effects on our well-being, the Divine Feminine is often ignored, hidden, or undervalued in our patriarchal society. Rather than honoring the strength of self-acceptance, creativity, and healing through connection with source, our culture often depicts these qualities as “weak” or not meaningful. Ignoring the Divine Feminine can lead to disconnection and imbalance, not just within ourselves but in society at large.

Introducing Celestial Mother and Psychology: Healing Childhood Developmental Trauma

This one-of-a-kind training for therapists blends the fundamentals of childhood developmental trauma with mother wound theory. We will closely examine what the mother wound is and discover how it manifests in our lives and attachment styles. Additionally, this childhood trauma training explores the larger systemic and cultural problems—in particular, patriarchy and oppression—related to the female experience in mothering. The Divine Feminine is incorporated as a tool to heal the mother wound and counter the systemic disconnection from spiritual love and sovereignty that so many of us experience.

Licensed counselors Sharla Mize and Jenna Longmire have developed Celestial Mother and Psychology: Healing Childhood Developmental Trauma as a training for therapists curious about the mother wound and its ongoing impact on individuals, generations, and the planet. In this daylong course, we will:

Describe childhood developmental trauma and its impact on attachment styles;
Recognize the symptoms of developmental trauma and insecure attachment;
Demonstrate an understanding of the neurobiology of the mother-child attachment;
Explore the systemic, ancestral, and cultural impact the mother wound has had on the world at large;
Utilize interventions for treating the symptoms of developmental trauma and healing attachment wounds;
Introduce the Divine Feminine archetype into your own healing process as well as that of your clients.

By offering this innovative training workshop that integrates the Divine Feminine and healing of the mother wound into more traditional trauma-focused therapy, we hope to expand your practice beyond its traditional parameters. Stripping away the patriarchal paradigm that dominates the conversations we have about trauma and tapping into the healing power of the Divine Feminine can be transformative, not only for your clients but for you as an individual.

Many therapists could also benefit directly from working on their own childhood wounds. Training for therapists that focuses on recognizing and working through past trauma allows you to heal yourself before moving on to helping clients. If you are interested, we can continue to work with you in ongoing group sessions that will meet regularly after the trauma training for counselors.

What to Expect

Our trauma-focused training is open to all licensed or pre-licensed therapists and social workers interested in expanding the conversation beyond traditional talk therapy. Our next workshop will be held on October 5, 2024, via Zoom. This will be a daylong workshop that runs from 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST (10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM PST). Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for therapists and social workers are available through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC).

About Sharla And Jenna

Sharla Mize is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in California, Tennessee, and Kentucky. She obtained her Masters in Counseling in 2007 from Trevecca Nazarene University. Ms. Mize currently owns a private practice, Sharla Mize Therapy, Inc. Her foundational training has been in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and the Neuro-Affective Relational Model. Ms. Mize’s therapeutic approach is eclectic and includes parts work with a focus on developmental trauma. Ms. Mize is a CEU provider who has trained hundreds of therapists, including bespoke training she developed for Child and Family Services in Buffalo, New York.

Jenna Longmire, MA, LPC, is a healer, writer, ordained pastoral counselor, licensed psychotherapist, singer-songwriter, and Founder/Priestess Guide of the Tree of Life Priestess Temple based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has spent her life seeking the ways of the Great Mystery and the source of human suffering. She has studied energetic, shamanic, and somatic healing modalities and explored the Divine Feminine and feminist spirituality for over 25 years. Jenna has led women’s groups, circles, and retreats and taught workshops for over 25 years.

After this training, therapists and social workers will feel better equipped to address core trauma wounds, both for their clients and themselves. In addition to having opportunities to connect with ongoing support groups and retreats to work on your own mother wounds, we hope you will be motivated and encouraged to advocate for systemic changes within your community to prevent future childhood trauma.

Having the tools to bridge trauma-focused attachment styles with a deeper understanding of the Divine Feminine can be transformative, both on a professional and personal level. You can rest assured that the information you will learn will be delivered in a relatable way that you can apply to your own life and into therapy sessions with your clients.

Expand Your Practice To Address Childhood
Trauma By Healing The Mother Wound

The primary goal of this training course is to help therapists and social workers become more knowledgeable about childhood developmental trauma as it relates to healing the mother wound and provide them with ongoing support. Additionally, by making more therapists aware of the Divine Feminine as a sacred force in the universe, our ultimate hope is to prevent further destruction of our precious Mother Earth. Contact me to find out how our healing developmental trauma in adults training can help you.

[1] https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey

Trauma Training for Therapists