The Training Program

​In four, 3-day, in-person workshops over six months, you will learn the core principles that underlie the SAFE-T™ approach to healing trauma and developing attachment repair, whilst also learning how to use a large range of Expressive Therapy modalities. On successful completion of the 6-month training program, each graduate will become a registered SAFE-T™ Practitioner.

What is SAFE-T™?

SAFE-T™ is a multi-modal approach to healing trauma and to enhancing profound Attachment system repair. It is based on the principle that attachment security or insecurity has physiological, as well as psychological, symptoms. As these symptoms are mostly unconscious, using words or insight does not give us adequate access. We need to work at a level below language, essentially with a different part of the brain.

That part is the right brain where the limbic system holds visceral, emotional and implicit memory. It is there that our earliest sense of ourselves, and our relationship to others, is formed. Without accessing this, we are working with only a linguistic representation, frequently distorted, of those formative experiences that provide our relationship blueprint and unconsciously guide us through our relationship to ourselves and others.

SAFE-T™ uses a combination of the felt sense, interoception, imagination, touch and a range of other expressive modalities to access this vital part of the brain and bridge new neural pathways to an explicit expression of Self and often a new narrative to live by.

Attachment Psychology is the foundation of SAFE-T™. We use somatic skills, creative modalities and important principles to support our client’s growing sense of safety, trust and self-knowledge; ability to take risks, manage disappointments and rejections; and development of a deeply-held internal sense that a protecting, wise and attuned part lives inside of them, guiding them and keeping them safe while enhancing the capacity for joy.

Throughout SAFE-T™ is a constant theme of compassion and kindness and, within that, love. It is our capacity to provide a loving presence sourced from our own secure attachment while in session with clients, that creates the fertile soil for transformation, both for our clients and for ourselves.

Note: SAFE-T™ is a synthesis of my trainings, study and experiences. Key influences are Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience; Circle of Security; Somatic Experiencing™; NeuroAffective Touch; Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples; Expressive Therapies and Sand Therapy.​

Who Is This Training For?

• Counselling & Welfare Professionals who are passionate about therapeutically & creatively guiding their clients and themselves toward greater security internally and in their personal relationships. Graduates who have completed all of the requirements will be awarded certification in this ACA accredited training.
• This is post-graduate training and only offered to professionals with prior qualifications in Counselling, Psychotherapy, Social Work or Psychology. It is not for students or those looking for a pathway to becoming a qualified counsellor.
• This training course is accredited for OPD points by the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).