The shape of Trauma

27/03/2026

29/03/2026
Opening hours: (Fri to Sun)
Friday 3pm-9pm
Saturday 10am-8pm
Sunday 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
8 pm
In-person in Lisbon

Description

Trauma doesn't just live in narrative memory—it manifests in the body, in patterns of emotional regulation, and in how we relate to ourselves and others.

This training program offers a deep and experiential approach to trauma, integrating contributions from neuroscience, epigenetics, pre- and perinatal psychology, and somatic psychotherapy, based on clinical and body-based practices that promote safety, presence, and integration.

Throughout the course, you will be invited to understand how trauma is organized in the nervous system, how it is transmitted transgenerationally, and how it can remain silently and persistently in the body—even when there is no associated conscious memory.

The training combines solid theoretical content with experiential somatic practices, offering concrete tools to support more regulated, conscious, and profoundly human therapeutic processes. The proposals in the book The Way of Trauma serve as a basis for practical and clinical exploration, promoting a dialogue between knowledge, body, and experience.

This is also a safe space for sharing and reflection, where personal and professional integration happens in a respectful, relational, and contained manner.

Objectives

• Understand the impact of trauma on the body, mind and relationships.
• Explore the contributions of neuroscience, epigenetics and pre- and perinatal psychology to the understanding of trauma.
• Apply body practices that facilitate emotional regulation and reconnection with the body.
• Integrate somatic experiences with clinical approaches in the therapeutic context.
• Develop a deeper clinical perspective on silent and persistent forms of trauma.

What you will learn:

• Key concepts about somatic trauma and body memory.
• Strategies for working with transgenerational and epigenetic trauma.
• Somatic techniques to promote grounding, inner security and emotional regulation.
• Practical application of the proposals in the book “The Way of Trauma”.
• Safe space for sharing, integration and collective reflection.

This course is ideal for professionals who wish to deepen their understanding of trauma from a somatic, experiential, and relational perspective—integrating body, mind, and connection in the therapeutic process.

Investment:

95,00  (training completed) (Full class)

Target audience:

General public

Training provided by:

Mentara Training Contacts

+351 217 935 326

Frequently asked questions

With the exception of attending the specialization course in Biointegrative Somatic Psychotherapy or the Double Specialization in Somatosensory Integrative Psychotherapy, the remaining courses do not require an interview.

Most courses have different formats (in-person, online and hybrid) and students can select the format, as long as it is available.

Mentara is a training center certified by DGERT and duly accredited by EAP (an international organization), and all students will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the course.

Yes, in most courses it is possible to suspend attendance, and to do so you must request the Mentara course regulations.

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