Live Online Learning from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
for Complex Trauma:
Fostering Embodied Safety
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
for Complex Trauma:
Fostering Embodied Safety
for Complex Trauma:
Fostering Embodied Safety
Available for a limited time only!
Approved for 1.5 CEs
For many survivors of complex trauma, experiences of safety, connection, and coherence can feel difficult to access.
For many survivors of complex trauma, experiences of safety, connection, and coherence can feel difficult to access.
Complex trauma is often accompanied by dissociation, fragmentation, and disruptions in the felt sense of safety. Clients may experience different parts of themselves holding distinct emotions, beliefs, memories, impulses, and survival responses.
This live online session explores how Sensorimotor Psychotherapy supports clinicians in working with these embodied experiences by cultivating somatic safety and mapping dissociative parts.
Learn how to identify and track the physical correlates of parts, recognize characteristic patterns of arousal, and support communication between parts through posture, movement, and mindful awareness.
Through a combination of theoretical understanding and experiential learning, presenters Marko Punkanen and Lisa Stokkeland will explore how clinicians can foster greater safety, connection, and cooperation within the body.
This live online session explores how Sensorimotor Psychotherapy supports clinicians in working with these embodied experiences by cultivating somatic safety and mapping dissociative parts.
Learn how to identify and track the physical correlates of parts, recognize characteristic patterns of arousal, and support communication between parts through posture, movement, and mindful awareness.
Through a combination of theoretical understanding and experiential learning, presenters Marko Punkanen and Lisa Stokkeland will explore how clinicians can foster greater safety, connection, and cooperation within the body.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
for Complex Trauma:
Fostering Embodied Safety
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
for Complex Trauma:
Fostering Embodied Safety
for Complex Trauma:
Fostering Embodied Safety
led by Marko Punkanen, PhD & Lisa Stokkeland, Psych., SP Trainers
Live Online Learning
1.5 hours | Live & 90-Day Replay & Material Access
1.5 hours | Live & 90-Day Replay & Material Access
Available for a limited time | Approved for 1.5 CEs
WHO IS THIS FOR?
WHO IS THIS FOR?
This live learning session is designed for therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other helping professionals interested in embodied approaches to working with complex trauma and dissociation.
Whether you are new to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy or seeking to deepen your understanding of complex trauma treatment, this session offers practical insights that can be integrated into clinical work.
Whether you are new to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy or seeking to deepen your understanding of complex trauma treatment, this session offers practical insights that can be integrated into clinical work.
This Live Online Learning is intended for mental health practitioners who are interested in deepening their work through an embodied, relational approach.
Available for a limited time | Approved for 1.5 CEs
About the Trainers
About the Trainers
Marko Punkanen, PhD
Marko Punkanen is a certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist® and SPI trainer with more than 20 years of experience in the treatment of severe traumatization, including complex and attachment trauma. A music therapist, dance/movement therapist, trauma psychotherapist, researcher, and educator, he specializes in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and other embodied approaches that address the impact of trauma on the body, including somatoform dissociation and nervous system dysregulation.
Lisa Stokkeland, Psych.
Lisa Stokkeland is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and specialist in clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology from Norway. She has extensive experience working with adults affected by complex trauma and dissociative disorders and brings expertise from forensic psychology, addiction treatment, psychotherapy supervision, and professional ethics to her work with trauma survivors.
What You’ll Learn
What You’ll Learn
After this live, online 1.5-hour session, you’ll be able to:
- Describe two or more ways in which structural dissociation presents through somatic indicators such as posture, movement, or autonomic arousal.
- Demonstrate two or more clinical strategies for fostering somatic safety and titration in clients with complex trauma.
- Describe at least two ways in which trauma-related dissociation may affect vestibular system functioning.
Available for a limited time | Approved for 1.5 CEs
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Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
Why Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a body-centered, talking therapy that integrates somatic awareness with emotional and cognitive processing. By including present-moment experience, clinicians can support clients in developing greater awareness, regulation, and connection.
What is included in registration?
What is included in registration?
Registration includes access to the live learning session on August 20th and 90-day access to the recording and downloadable course materials.
What time is the live session?
What time is the live session?
The session is on August 20, 2026, from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Central Time. Find your timezone here >
How long is the on-demand session?
How long is the on-demand session?
The session is 1.5 hours and is offered live online. Participants will also receive 90-day access to the recording.
Will this be recorded?
Yes. The session will be recorded and made available through SPI Learning Online (SPILO) for 90 days following the event.
What if I cannot attend live?
If you are unable to attend live, you will still receive access to the recording and course materials for 90 days.
Will completing this course certify me in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
No. This course does not lead to certification in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Certification requires completion of SPI's professional training program.
What is the Refund Policy?
What is the Refund Policy?
Registrations may be canceled with a full refund when written notice is submitted to outreach@sensorimotor.org at least 14 days prior to the event date.
Are Continuing Education credits offered?
Are Continuing Education credits offered?
1.5 CE is provided for this event through our partners at Lifespan Learning Institute and must be completed 14 days after the conclusion of the webinar.
Complete the CE Attendance Verification Form (if you attended live) OR the Post-Test (if you were absent) - must be submitted.
The Lifespan Learning Institute and SPI are cosponsors of the Continuing Education programs offered.
Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by CAMFT to offer Continuing Education Credit for SPI programs. Your eligibility for CE Credit is based upon the attendance sign-in/out sheet. You must also complete the online evaluation form(s) within one week after a module has completed.
CAMFT: Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, & LEPs. Lifespan Learning Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. (provider # 050085)
Course meets the qualifications for continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
It is your responsibility to verify with your licensing board / organization that they will accept the types of CE credit we offer. Out of state LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs should verify with their licensing board if they will accept BBS CE. Click here for more CE information >
Complete the CE Attendance Verification Form (if you attended live) OR the Post-Test (if you were absent) - must be submitted.
The Lifespan Learning Institute and SPI are cosponsors of the Continuing Education programs offered.
Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by CAMFT to offer Continuing Education Credit for SPI programs. Your eligibility for CE Credit is based upon the attendance sign-in/out sheet. You must also complete the online evaluation form(s) within one week after a module has completed.
CAMFT: Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, & LEPs. Lifespan Learning Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. (provider # 050085)
Course meets the qualifications for continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
It is your responsibility to verify with your licensing board / organization that they will accept the types of CE credit we offer. Out of state LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs should verify with their licensing board if they will accept BBS CE. Click here for more CE information >
What Becomes Possible
with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
What Becomes Possible
with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
When we include the body in our clinical work, new pathways open.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy offers a framework for understanding how complex trauma is organized in the body and how embodied awareness can support greater communication and cooperation among dissociative parts. By working with posture, movement, sensation, and nervous system responses, clinicians can support the development of greater safety, connection, and internal cooperation.
