The Resilient Brain Programs

Awareness is an important step in the process of change and yet because awareness requires acknowledgment, it can also prove challenging. The legacy of mindfulness practice encompasses a wide array of versatile, valuable tools that can help all of us, clinician and client alike, cultivate awareness of emotions, thoughts, sensations, triggers, patterns, and more. When thoughtfully guided and supplemented with effective autonomic nervous system regulation interventions such as the Havening Techniques, simple, easy to use mindfulness practices can greatly enhance our ability to make conscious choices and create change. Rebecca Turner, LMFT, Certified Mindfulness Informed Clinician and Certified Havening Techniques Practitioner , and Truitt Institute Trainer invites you along on an experiential workshop to learn the fundamentals of mindfulness practices that cultivate presence, awareness, groundedness, and set the stage for change. Excellent for long-time practitioners and those new to mindfulness; no prior mindfulness training required. Course Length: 3 Hours Dr. Kate Truitt is a co-Developer of the Havening Techniques and Founder of the Truitt Institute. Havening Techniques and Self-Havening are Registered Trademarks of Dr. Ronald Ruden.

Parenting for success requires loving presence, patience, and support. This is especially true during the more difficult moments. When things become tough emotional balance, self-compassion and kindness often feel unattainable. Struggling with not feeling like a “good” parent impacts not only your sense of self but also your ability to show up in the ways you want to in your parenting role. This workshop is about you. The goal is that you find a space for validation and self-care, and will feel empowered to care for your own mind and body, building your resilience as a parent as you navigate the highs, lows, and everything in between. At the Truitt Institute, we are passionate about empowering caregivers of all kinds to be mindful, loving, and effective in their incredibly important role. Dr. Truitt's team has worked directly with parents for more than 12 years helping to create positive and effective change within their homes and children. In this workshop, join Rebecca Turner, LMFT, Truitt Institute Trainer and Certified Child-Parent Psychotherapist, to learn and experience easy, practical tools based on neuroscience to help you create and regain a state of balance, calm, and connection. Course Length: 3 Hours Dr. Kate Truitt is a co-Developer of the Havening Techniques and Founder of the Truitt Institute. Havening Techniques and Self-Havening are Registered Trademarks of Dr. Ronald Ruden. 

At some point in our lives, each of us will find ourselves sitting with a person in crisis. Whether from receiving sudden heartbreaking news, a looming deadline, or even suicidal considerations, a brain in crisis requires a unique set of insight and skills to navigate with effectively. In this workshop, you will learn the neuroscience of a brain in crisis so you can be in support of others most effectively. You will gain tools and skills to help someone soothe their brain through a crisis state as well as build lasting changes in their brain to empower them moving forward. Filled with essential information for therapists, teachers, coaches, medical professionals and more, join Dr. Kate Truitt, clinical psychologist and applied neuroscientist, in this engaging and practical workshop filled with neuroscience-based tools for some of the toughest and yet most powerful opportunities in the journey of being human. Course Length: 3.5 Hours Dr. Kate Truitt is a co-Developer of the Havening Techniques. Havening Techniques and Self-Havening are Registered Trademarks of Dr. Ronald Ruden.

An emergency does not always end after the crisis itself has passed. Both for the sufferers and the helpers, the impact of stressful experiences on the mind and body often lingers for days, weeks, or months, silently impacting quality of life, motivation, energy, and mental health. But our brains innately have the capacity to help themselves navigate and recover from these stressful experiences if only we know how to activate it. Join Dr. Steve Hamilton in this hands-on, practical workshop that will equip you, your team, and those you serve with simple, effective Self-Havening tools to help the brain and nervous system tap into its self-healing capacities and rapidly regulate during and after stressful events while reducing the negative impacts that can come from experiences of chronic stress. Course Length: 3 Hours Dr. Kate Truitt is a co-Developer of the Havening Techniques and Founder of the Truitt Institute. Havening Techniques and Self-Havening are Registered Trademarks of Dr. Ronald Ruden.

Imagine a world where self-healing is within your grasp, where you're equipped to regulate your emotions, minimize stress, and build enduring resilience. Picture a life where common stressors—those obstacles that disrupt projects and strain relationships—become mere bumps on the road, rather than roadblocks. This transformative vision is possible through the convergence of trauma-informed care, neuroscience-based strategies, and resilience-focused approaches, encapsulated in Dr. Kate Truitt's revolutionary NeuroTriad Model. Join Dr. Kate Truitt, a globally-recognized clinical psychologist and applied neuroscientist, for an exclusive  Virtual Workshop. Harness the synergistic powers of neuroscience, the Self-Havening Touch, and neuroplasticity to reshape your emotional landscape and cognitive frameworks. Learn how to navigate life's challenges with a growth mindset, fostering a balanced emotional and mental state. Take control of your well-being and become the architect of your own resilience. Unlock the transformative potential of self-healing today with Dr. Kate Truitt's Healing In Your Hands techniques. Course Length: 4 Hours Dr. Kate Truitt is a co-Developer of the Havening Techniques. Havening Techniques and Self-Havening are Registered Trademarks of Dr. Ronald Ruden.

Optimize Your Approach to Working with Highly Sensitive People: Unlock the Neurodevelopmental Secrets and Empowerment Tools for HSPs in Our Interactive Workshop Navigating the unique opportunities and challenges presented by Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) and their specialized nervous systems is an enriching experience for any mindful clinician. HSPs have an innate ability to deeply feel physiological and emotional stimuli, offering them a vivid internal world. While this sensitivity enriches their lives, it also makes them susceptible to stress, sensory overload, and relational misattunement. Are you a mental health or wellness professional looking to specialize in working with HSPs? Join us in our dynamic and interactive workshop designed to delve into the neurodevelopmental underpinnings of the Highly Sensitive nervous system. Gain invaluable insights into empowering your HSP clients to navigate the world with confidence and harness the innate gifts wired into their unique neurology. What You'll Learn: The Neurodevelopmental Foundations of HSP: Gain a solid understanding of the biology and development of the highly sensitive nervous system. Empowering HSPs: Equip yourself with targeted strategies and tools to help HSPs mitigate stress, avoid sensory overload, and form meaningful relationships. Overcoming Negative Self-Beliefs: Discover gentle yet effective techniques to unearth and address the pervasive negative self-perceptions often held by HSPs. Traumatic Stress and Heightened Sensitivity: Learn how to identify and explore the complex interplay between trauma and heightened sensitivity in HSPs. Cultivating a Rich Inner World: Work alongside your HSP clients to deepen their inherent abilities, enabling them to experience life with unparalleled vividness, beauty, and depth. Don't miss this opportunity to become an expert in supporting Highly Sensitive People. Reserve your spot in our interactive workshop today and transform the way you work with this unique population. Course Length: 6.5 Hours Dr. Kate Truitt is a co-Developer of the Havening Techniques and Founder of the Truitt Institute. Havening Techniques and Self-Havening are Registered Trademarks of Dr. Ronald Ruden.

Anxiety is one of the most common reasons for seeking therapeutic treatment, and yet, it can remain a stubbornly persistent factor in a client’s life despite skilled and mindful treatment. Why? Because anxiety is vital to our survival! Neurobiological processes deep in the brain are constantly working to keep our clients safe and alive. These processes, while benevolently intended, often cause havoc as they fuel catastrophizing fears, ruminating worries, obsessive fears, and a general state of fear of the world. While reasoning with anxiety can be helpful, all too often we may find old habits and fears slipping right back into place, leaving clinician and client alike frustrated and confused. Join us in this exciting and innovative workshop to learn about the fundamental neurobiology of the anxious brain and how to work with anxiety, transforming it back into the ally and protector it is designed to be! Course Length: 6.5 Hours Dr. Kate Truitt is a co-Developer of the Havening Techniques and Founder of the Truitt Institute. Havening Techniques and Self-Havening are Registered Trademarks of Dr. Ronald Ruden.

The NeuroTriad Model A Two-Day Clinical Training in the Applied Neurobiology of Stress, Trauma, Self-Organization, and Resilience October 9–10, 2026, 8:30am - 6:00pm | 16 Continuing Education Credits This NeuroTriad Model training is a two-day continuing education experience for psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, and behavioral health clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of how stress and trauma shape the brain, body, nervous system, and lived experience of self. This applied clinical training moves beyond theory alone. Participants will learn how contemporary neuroscience can be translated into practical, neuroplasticity-based tools and structured protocols that support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, adaptive state strengthening, and resilience-building in real-world clinical practice. Designed for clinicians working with trauma, chronic stress, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, relational wounds, and survival-based patterns of responding, this training offers a clinically grounded framework for understanding why clients can remain stuck in repetitive patterns—and what it takes to help the nervous system build new pathways toward safety, flexibility, agency, and integration. Questions? Contact the Truitt Institute at +1-626-524-5525 or info@truittinstitute.com Location: Olathe Health Education Center (OHEC) We are honored to be hosted at the Olathe Health Education Center (OHEC), located on the Olathe Medical Center campus in Olathe, Kansas. OHEC was created through a strategic partnership between Johnson County Community College and Olathe Health and serves as a dedicated education space for JCCC’s health programs. The center offers a professional, healthcare-centered learning environment for this two-day clinical training.  Address: Olathe Health Education Center 21201 W. 152nd Street Olathe, Kansas What Clinicians Will Learn Across two immersive days, participants will explore the applied neurobiology of stress, trauma, self-organization, and resilience through the lens of the NeuroTriad Model. The training examines how threat detection, interoception, autonomic regulation, somatosensory processing, emotion, working memory, memory encoding, self-state organization, and meaning-making interact in the aftermath of stress and trauma. Clinicians will learn how to apply neuroscience-informed concepts to case conceptualization, treatment planning, and direct clinical intervention. Through didactic teaching, clinical demonstration, guided experiential practice, dyadic exercises, case formulation, and applied discussion, participants will gain tools they can integrate into their existing therapeutic approach. All attendees will receive a copy of the NeuroTriad Model Principles & Practice: Integrating Neuroplasticity and Brain Partnership into Clinical Care Training Manual. Written by Dr. Kate Truitt, this resource is only available to attendees of the 2-Day NeuroTriad training program. An Applied Neuroscience Training for Trauma-Informed Clinical Practice Many clinicians understand that trauma impacts the brain and nervous system. The deeper clinical question is: How do we work with those changes in session? The NeuroTriad Model helps clinicians bridge the gap between neuroscience and practice by offering a structured framework for understanding and addressing the ways stress and trauma influence: threat detection and survival-based responding emotional and autonomic regulation interoceptive awareness and body-based cues working memory and cognitive flexibility trauma encoding and memory retrieval self-state organization and meaning-making adaptive resilience and post-traumatic growth Rather than replacing existing therapeutic models, this training is designed to integrate with and strengthen the work clinicians are already doing. Day 1: Understanding Survival, Stress, and Trauma Through the Nervous System Day 1 focuses on the neurobiology of survival and adaptation. Participants will explore how stress and trauma shape attention, salience, affect regulation, body-based responses, and nervous system organization. Clinicians will be introduced to real-time state-tracking tools, psychosensory regulation strategies, attentional redirection practices, trauma encoding concepts, trauma filters, and cue-based processes for reducing distress under conditions of safety. By the end of Day 1, participants will have a clearer understanding of how survival-based patterns form—and how to begin working with them through structured, regulation-focused interventions. Day 2: Applying Neuroplasticity-Based Tools and Protocols in Clinical Practice Day 2 moves into clinical application. Participants will learn structured approaches for history-taking, case formulation, and identifying survival-linked patterns across thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and autonomic responses. The training then advances into neuroplasticity-based protocols designed to help clients reduce distress, update rigid survival responses, strengthen adaptive states, and rehearse new patterns of safety, connection, agency, and resilience. Participants will learn applied strategies for supporting autobiographical integration, adaptive-state strengthening, narrative updating, and future-oriented mental rehearsal—helping clients move from survival-based repetition toward greater coherence, flexibility, and empowered responding. Who This Training Is For This continuing education training is designed for: psychologists psychotherapists clinical social workers counselors marriage and family therapists trauma-informed clinicians behavioral health professionals clinicians working with stress, trauma, anxiety, grief, dysregulation, and resilience This program is especially relevant for clinicians who want a deeper, more practical understanding of how neuroscience can inform trauma treatment, emotional regulation work, somatic interventions, resilience-building, and case conceptualization. Questions? Contact the Truitt Institute at +1-626-524-5525 or info@truittinstitute.com