Integrating Experiential Psychotherapies

Dates / Times:

2/20/2027 - 2/21/2027 

10am-4pm Central Time on both Saturday and Sunday

Full tuition price: $250

Please note that no CE credits are offered for this course.

This 10-hour live interactive training provides psychologists with advanced clinical competencies in experiential and somatic psychotherapies by translating robust empirical findings from affective neuroscience, attachment research, and interpersonal neurobiology into applied clinical practice. The program’s empirical foundation rests firmly on well-documented mechanisms of therapeutic change—specifically, literature demonstrating the high correlation between deep emotional processing (e.g., measured via the Client Experiencing Scale) and positive treatment outcomes, as well as research validating the necessity of autonomic nervous system regulation for affective integration and trauma processing.

Target Audience: Licensed Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs), Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs), and health service professionals in mental health.

Instructional Level: Intermediate to Advanced (Prerequisite: Master’s or Doctoral degree in a mental health field and active clinical licensure/practice).

Learning Objectives:

• Apply core principles of mindfulness and moment-by-moment tracking to facilitate affective regulation in clinical sessions.

• Explain the role of neural integration in emotional and relational wellbeing utilizing Interpersonal Neurobiology and Polyvagal Theory.

• Identify the historical foundations, key theoretical figures, and core mechanisms of change in experiential psychotherapies.

• Implement experiential interventions designed to increase psychological flexibility and neural integration.

• Explain the developmental trajectory of anxiety, shame, and defensive exclusion as adaptive manifestations of insecure attachment.

• Differentiate between top-down and bottom-up clinical strategies for identifying and working through psychological defenses.

• Apply the "Triangle of Conflict" model to assess whether a client is exhibiting defense, anxiety, or core affective experience.

Instructor Bio & Credentials: Dr. Tori Olds is a licensed psychologist with over two decades of specialized focus in depth therapy, trauma resolution, memory reconsolidation, and experiential techniques.

For this program on integrating experiential psychotherapies, Dr. Olds draws upon her extensive background in affective neuroscience and trauma-informed clinical care. Over her 13 years of training mental health professionals internationally, she has specialized in teaching practitioners how to safely navigate the deep emotional processing required in trauma therapy. Her expertise bridges empirical neurobiology with strict clinical ethics, ensuring therapists can facilitate profound, bottom-up change while maintaining rigorous clinical boundaries, mitigating iatrogenic risk, and safeguarding highly vulnerable client populations.

Financial & Commercial Disclosures: Dr. Tori Olds is the Founder and Owner of Depth Institute LLC and receives financial compensation as both an instructor and business owner. This program receives no third-party commercial support or corporate sponsorship, and Dr. Olds has no other relevant financial, commercial, or non-financial conflicts of interest to disclose regarding this program.

Refund & Cancellation Policy

The Depth Institute is committed to providing high-quality, evidence-based training. If a participant is dissatisfied with a continuing education program or experiences an unavoidable scheduling conflict, we offer the following options:

• Asynchronous (On-Demand) Courses: Due to the immediate delivery of digital materials, refunds are not issued once a participant has logged into the course portal or streamed content. If a course is purchased in error and the learning platform has not been accessed, a full refund (minus a 5% administrative fee) may be requested within 14 days of purchase.

• Live / Synchronous Virtual Events: Cancellations made by the participant in writing at least fourteen (14) days prior to the event start date will receive a full refund (minus a 5% administrative fee). Cancellations made less than fourteen (14) days prior are not eligible for a monetary refund, but the participant may apply their registration fee as a credit toward a future Depth Institute program. This credit must be redeemed within one (1) calendar year.

• No-Shows: Participants who fail to attend a live event without prior written notice ("no-shows") are not eligible for a refund or course credit.

• Institutional Cancellations: In the rare event that The Depth Institute must cancel or postpone a scheduled program due to instructor illness, technical outages, or unforeseen circumstances, all registered participants will be notified immediately in writing and issued a 100% full refund to their original method of payment.

To Request a Refund: Email support@thedepthinstitute.com with your full name, professional license number, and course title. Approved refunds are processed within 5 to 7 business days.

For questions: Call 512-461-4828 or email support@depthinstitute.com

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