The Biology of Attachment & Neurodevelopment
A 6-week certificate training
Holistically repair adult attachment wounds and
rewire developmental gaps for authentic connection
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“I do a lot of attachment work with my clients as a psychologist. And what I was excited about was the way that Dr. Aimie presents material. She presents it in a way that ties things together.
And it's not just theory, it's mind, it's body, it's heart, very gentle, and titrated really well, but also goes really deep.
I could spend many, many times going over the Attachment Module and get more and more and more out of it, because there was just so much in there. "
– Christina Wiseman
“...they cared so much about this work. And you could tell that it's impacted each one of us in such a beautiful way.
For myself, I will be working with pregnant moms and new moms. And I've had my own insecure attachment. And because of my high activation, I've also not been able to support my child as much. And I've noticed that even in my own practice, that has greatly sell me and now I have more capacity for him. And now I'm able to do that for my son, as well as for people who I'm starting to work with to build that body safety and to help move them out of that stuck kind of space by the body support and the tummy time and all those tools. I feel like the impact it has is such a connection from the inside and spreads out, and the more resourcing I'm able to do. I know that how I show up is that much healthier and more secure and impacts that person in that way. So thank you"
– Shalin Lele
"This wonderful space Dr. Aimie, really I do not know of any other place where we can be virtual with so many people and feel safe... really safety. I know that this is what we've been learning but be able to feel it, it's life changing for me. And you've done this for us. I do not know of any space that does this.“
–Sadia Saadat
This Training is Holistic
An integration of several fields and modalities
The 6 Steps
You'll be taught the repair - one attachment pain per week - through the essential steps to gain the knowledge, tools and strategies to repair attachment pains and rewire neurodevelopmental gaps at any age.
Here Is The Step-By-Step Curriculum
This training helps you deeply understand the biology of attachment, early wounds and recognize what keeps one stuck in childhood survival patterns. Begin rebuilding safe, healthy and authentic connection with oneself and others
WEEK 1: Attachment Is Regulation
WEEK 4: Autonomic Nervous System Development and PolyVagal Theory
WEEK 2: The Complete List of Needs Of Early Childhood For Healthy Neurodevelopment and Attachment
WEEK 5: The Biology Causes for Sensitivity, Reactivity, and Insecurity
WEEK 3: Brain Development and the Programming of Neural Circuits
WEEK 6: NeuroDevelopment-Informed Attachment Models and How to Repair
What's All Included in this Training
Below is the weekly schedule of live sessions. Please note that time are listed as Pacific Standard Time zone.
Live Somatic & Parts Work Session with Faculty Kimberly Erickson
Mondays
- May 5th at 9:30 am PST
- May 12th at 9:30 am PST
- May 19th at 9:30 am PST
- May 26th at 9:30 am PST
- June 2nd at 9:30 am PST
- June 9th at 9:30 am PST
These sessions are approximately 60 minutes where you will be guided by through advanced somatic and parts exercises specific to repair each attachment pain.
Somatic & Parts Work Drop Ins
Every Tuesday and Thursday
- May 6th at 12:00 pm PST
- May 8th at 4:30 pm PST
- May 13th at 12:00 pm PST
- May 15th at 4:30 pm PST
- May 20th at 12:00 pm PST
- May 22nd at 4:30 pm PST
- May 27th at 12:00 pm PST
- May 29th at 4:30 pm PST
- June 3rd at 12:00pm PST
- June 5th at 4:30 pm PST
- June 10th at 12:00pm PST
- June 12th at 4:30 pm PST
These sessions are approximately 45 minutes where you will be guided by mentors through somatic exercises and parts work.
Implementation Meetings
Wednesdays
- *May 7th at 8:00 am PST (Course Orientation. No PM session)
- May 14th at 8:00 am PST and 4:30 pm PST
- May 28th at 8:00 am PST and 4:30 pm PST
- June 11th at 8:00 am PST and 4:30 pm PST
These sessions are approximately 45 minutes where you will discuss and learn ways to implement the course concepts into your professional work. You will need to attend at least one of these sessions to complete the course requirements excluding the orientation session/walk-through.
Collaborative Learning Lab
Every Wednesday
- May 7th at 9:30 am PST and 3:30 pm PST
- May 14th at 9:30 am PST and 3:30 pm PST
- May 21st at 9:30 am PST and 3:30 pm PST
- May 28th at 9:30 am PST and 3:30 pm PST
- June 4th at 9:30 am PST and 3:30 pm PST
- June 11th at 9:30 am PST and 3:30 pm PST
These sessions are approximately 30 minutes where you’ll get focused time to share what you’ve learned from the week’s content and engage in group discussion.
Live Q&A's
Wednesdays
- May 21st at 8:00 am PST and 4:30 pm PST
- June 4th at 8:00 am PST and 4:30 pm PST
These sessions are approximately 60 minutes wherein you will get the opportunity to ask questions about the module. These are hosted by a panel of The Biology of Trauma® Mastery Level Professionals.
Group Coaching Q&A Sessions
Wednesday, June 4
- 9:30 am PST - health coaching Q&A session
- 3:30 pm PST - somatic and parts coaching Q&A session
These sessions are approximately 60 minutes wherein you will get the chance to ask focused questions on the three pieces integrated in this training.
Integration Sessions
Fridays
- May 9th at 12 pm PST
- May 16th at 12 pm PST
- May 23rd at 12 pm PST
- May 30th at 12 pm PST
- June 6th at 12 pm PST
- June 13th at 12 pm PST
These sessions are approximately 60 minutes long, during which Dr. Aimie and/or other Biology of Trauma® faculty will teach and discuss the application of course materials.
Final Oral Exam
- Wednesday, June 18th
- 8:00 am or 4:30 pm PST
This session is approximately 60 minutes where you practice explaining the course concepts to a patient/client. You will need to attend one of the two session times to complete the course requirements.
An interview with Dr. George Thompson, exploring the transformative power of listening through the lens of Polyvagal Theory. Dr. Aimie and Dr. Thompson unpack how listening, safety, and co-regulation are foundational to healing attachment and supporting neurodevelopment. Together, they explore how the nervous system constantly scans for cues of safety, how trauma disrupts this process, and how we can create environments that rebuild trust, foster connection, and support secure relationships.
A groundbreaking look at the complex sensory world of attachment and neurodevelopment. Dr. Aimie and Kim Barthel explore how early sensory experiences shape emotional safety, survival responses, and our capacity for connection. This is a deep dive into the ways sensory processing influences attachment patterns, relational dynamics, and nervous system regulation—revealing how felt safety begins at the sensory level and how healing unfolds through awareness and co-regulation.
A conversation with Dr. Frank Anderson, offering a heartfelt exploration into how trauma blocks our capacity to give and receive love. In this powerful session, Dr. Aimie and Dr. Anderson examine how early attachment wounds and survival strategies shape our relationships—and how healing begins with self-compassion and awareness. Together, they explore how trauma distorts self-perception, fuels disconnection, and keeps us stuck in protective patterns, while offering practical insights from Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work to help love flow freely again.
Laura Bautista, somatic experiencing practitioner and health coach dives into the often-overlooked pattern of Global High-Intensity Activation. In this session, you will learn how early stress—beginning even in the womb—can create a baseline of heightened arousal that affects emotional regulation, relationships, and resilience. This pattern shapes our experience of safety, contributes to burnout and hypersensitivity, and completing activation cycles can support nervous system healing and greater ease in everyday life.
Dr. Arielle Schwartz, teaches on the hidden roots of self-sabotage through the lens of nervous system regulation and attachment. Unpack how early experiences, inner conflicts, and protective patterns shape self-defeating behaviors— are too often outside of our conscious awareness. Learn how somatic memory, parts work, and compassionate nervous system practices can help shift these patterns, supporting resilience, self-acceptance, and meaningful change.
Dr. Chris Boman offers a unique structural lens on neurodevelopment and the nervous system. Learn how birth stress, early misalignments, and proprioceptive deficits can shape the nervous system—and how these patterns can persist into adulthood, influencing regulation, behavior, and attachment. Learn how reconnecting the body’s structural and sensory systems can open new pathways for healing, presence, and resilience.
A conversation with Audra Snyder, sharing her deeply personal and powerful journey of parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder. In this heartfelt session, Learn the principles of therapeutic parenting—from containment and consistency to emotional neutrality, repair, and creating a felt sense of safety. Audra shares honestly what it meant to be a parent without expecting love in return, how to read a child’s nervous system cues, and how small, intentional actions helped her son move from protection to connection.
Over 2 hours and $700 worth of content
As a special bonus, you’ll get two live Somatic & Parts Drop-In sessions every week — a powerful opportunity to integrate what you’re learning in real time.
This isn’t just another Zoom call. These live sessions are where the learning becomes real.
When you're working through attachment patterns, you don’t just need information—you need space to feel, to practice, and to experience safety in your body again. That’s why we’ve added these twice-weekly live Drop-In sessions.
These sessions are your opportunity to:
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Get real-time support while doing the deep work
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Practice somatic and parts tools in a safe, guided setting
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Feel seen, heard, and connected—even when you’re still figuring things out
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Shift out of your head and into your body, where real change happens
Held every Tuesday at 12 PM PST and Thursday at 4:30 PM PST
Each 45-minute session is led by a faculty. No prep needed—just come as you are.
If you’ve been on the fence, this bonus could be the support structure that finally helps you move forward with confidence. We added it because we know: healing doesn’t happen alone. And now, you don’t have to.
Who Is This Training NOT For?
This training is not a good fit for those that:
- Only interested in professional but not personal growth
- do not enjoy online learning
- dislike working in a group environment
- do not have 3 hours weekly to invest in yourself and your practice
- will need but not willing to pay for one-one support
- Are wanting to receive therapy or medical care
Your Biology of Trauma® Instructor,
Dr. Aimie Apigian
Dr. Aimie is a double Board-Certified medical physician who specializes in trauma, attachment, addictions and addressing trauma on a cellular level. She earned her medical degree at Loma Linda University and has a Masters in Biochemistry as well as a Masters in Public Health. She trained for three years as a general surgeon before changing her career path.
In addition to her medical studies, Dr. Aimie has studied with and participated in Dr. Allan Schore’s Attachment Regulation Theory Study Group. She is a highly-trained somatic experiencing practitioner, trained in NeuroAffective Touch™, Internal Family Systems (Parts Work) and the Instinctual Trauma Response Model™. She continues to attend advanced trainings in Somatic Experiencing™ with Dr. Peter Levine and acts as an editor for Somatic Experiencing International.
She is not one to sit back and talk about problems. She is a solution-focused action taker- always looking for ways to improve our current method and accelerate the healing journey back to our best health and our best selves.
Frequently Asked Questions:
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Disclaimer: This is not a course that gives you a license as a provider nor is it a health or trauma recovery coach credentialing program. At the completion of each module, you will receive a Certificate of Completion indicating you have achieved competency on that specific topic of Biology of Trauma®. At the completion of all 6 modules of the Certificate Course, you will receive a certification as a Biology of Trauma® Professional from Trauma Healing Accelerated. This is a certification that you will be adding to your professional work capacities.
You are still held to the restrictions, responsibilities and privileges of your primary license and board.
Medical Disclosure: The information and programs presented on or through this website are made available to equip you with knowledge and tools. All the materials in this course are intended for educational purposes. This information nor any programs that are offered are (nor are a substitute for) medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For any physical or mental health issues, I recommend you work with a qualified health provider who will also support your desire to address the effects of trauma.
