The Biology of Healing and Somatic Interventions:
Remapping Neural and Metabolic Pathways
A 6-week Advanced Professional
Biology of Trauma® certificate training
WHAT IS THE
The Biology of Healing Training
for Advanced Professionals?
A practical, 6-week interactive training to gain confidence and competence in identifying and addressing both physical and emotional factors that hinder healing in your clients.
Dr. Aimie’s assessment forms and protocols are specific to addressing blockages and immobilization. You will also receive practical guidance for using assessments and protocols with your clients.
Case studies. Dr. Aimie will walk through a case study in prerecorded training videos. Another case study you will personally work through in community.
Training on Biochemical Imbalances - learn more about interpreting the three most common biochemical imbalances including copper excess, pyroluria, and methylation imbalances.
Somatic Training Sessions - these sessions focus on teaching practical somatic techniques for nervous system regulation and trauma recovery. You'll gain hands-on experience in applying somatic methods to support client healing and integration.
Biology Training Sessions -these sessions dive into the biological aspects of trauma, using case studies, assessment forms, and protocols to address biochemical imbalances, brain inflammation, and detoxification, equipping you with tools for clinical application.
It's time to take what you've learned to the world.
Receive cutting-edge INTEGRATIVE training.
What is included in the Advanced Professional Training?
This is where we take the information from the Professional level and give you what you need to directly implement these concepts into your practice through handouts, protocols, guides, and assessment forms.
What you get:
- New content specific to Advanced Professionals that shows you how to recognize blockages and disruptors in your clients/patients.
- A model of where to begin in addressing patterns of immobilization and underlying contributors to healing challenges with your patients/clients.
- Dr. Aimie’s actual assessment forms and protocol templates – Dr. Aimie will be giving you the assessment forms and protocol templates she uses to identify, to address and to assess physical and emotional toxins. Not only will she be giving you these forms, but helping you know the relevance of the questions on the assessment forms, how to interpret them, and how to create comprehensive treatment plan from these assessment forms.
- The step-by-step process to organize and assess information about a client
- The process and support to put together a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses biology work, as well as somatic work and parts work, to specifically work through blockages and disruptors to support a client/patient towards aliveness and expansion.
- Step-by-step case studies – Dr. Aimie will walk you through a real case study showing you all of their assessment forms, how to identify the best starting place, and how to pull it all together to create a strategic and a comprehensive treatment plan.
- Live Somatic Training – focused sessions teaching you practical somatic techniques to integrate into your work, helping you support clients in overcoming trauma-related immobilization and building capacity for healing.
- Discussion and Community Support on Mighty Networks – Gain access to a valuable collaborative space where you can engage in discussions with other professionals, share insights, ask questions, and learn from one another. This peer-to-peer interaction has been highlighted by participants as a key part of their learning experience.
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Ongoing access to course materials and session recordings.
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Cheatsheets, handouts, guides, and more!
Who Is This Journey For?
This is for Advanced Professionals who:
- Have already started their own journey of addressing their own trauma patterns and are ready to deepen their understanding of how to facilitate the healing process in others.
- Seek to gain the tools and knowledge to implement a comprehensive framework for supporting clients/patients by addressing patterns of immobilization, enhancing nervous system regulation, rewiring negative neuroplasticity, and facilitating overall healing and well-being through the Biology of Trauma® approach.
- Are passionate about bringing the Biology of Trauma® Framework to the world and helping get their clients unstuck by bridging the worlds of biology and trauma work.
- Please see specific eligibility requirements below.
The following is required:
These are the requirements to be eligible for the Advanced Professional Training for the Biology of Healing module:
- You have taken the Foundational Module (The 21 Day Journey and All Parts of Me).
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You have taken The Biology of Healing Module on the Professional Training track.
- Enrollment in th Professionals Network (PN) is a REQUIREMENT.
- Please note that membership to the PN is required in order to meet the requirements of completion successfully.
- This is an additional cost. Learn more about the Professionals Network HERE including information on cost and how to become a member.
- One of the main objectives of the advanced professional program is to network with and learn from other advanced professionals who are trained in the Biology of Trauma® (BoT) approach. We facilitate this objective through our Professionals Network (hosted in the Mighty Networks platform) where we house an exclusive, dedicated community of BoT advanced professionals where collaborative discussions can take place. This is where we have the opportunity to deepen our exploration of the program’s content and where your assignments are posted as part of the requirements for completion.
- Advanced Preparatory Course - if you haven't already, it is strongly recommended for you to complete prior to week 1, especially if you have not taken the following professional level modules (Freeze, Stress and Letting Go). This preparatory course will be accessible on the online course platform as soon as you complete registration for the Advanced Biology of Healing Module.
What Advanced Professionals Are Saying About The Biology of Trauma®...
Hear What Other Advanced Professionals Are Saying
“I'm really gaining as a practitioner...
…this module really, really helped me out so much, and I, thank you for that. I really do”
– Kathy Truslow
"It's really helped me kind of focus, be more accepting and be more present myself. I liked just everything that was there, and it was really, really beneficial.“
– Marc Ivanchak
“What the healing module did for me was to bring into focus how important it is to look at where the person is in the nervous system, and like the sequencing of healing...
...It's lasting. And that's where the post traumatic growth, can happen. So that's what really sticks out to you.“
–Lorelei Grecian
“I got from the healing module, was that incredible AHA moment of "Oh my goodness!"...
... I was shocked that I didn't have this awareness that life is in the moment right now. How the healing module just really brought clarity. So I think the that's that's what the healing module did for me.
– Janette Dunn
Topics We Will Cover:
Learn how to incorporate an understanding of neurotransmitters, neuroinflammation, and biochemical imbalances into your case conceptualization and treatment plans. Learn how to personalize the repair tools and strategies for each of your patients/clients.
The most commonly missed biology factors and exposures that affect the toxic burden:
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Patterns of Immobilization
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Nervous System Dysregulation
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Vagus nerve dysregulation
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In-utero factors
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Epigenetic factors
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Nutrient factor
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Insufficient Resources and energy
Other factors that impact toxic burden:
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Chronic health issues
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Autoimmunity
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Neuroinflammation
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Neurotransmitter imbalances
Learn from Mastery and Advanced Professionals
Sometimes we can feel alone in our work and our passion. Not everyone understands your desire to help others work through their trauma, address underlying healing barriers, and promote recovery from chronic symptoms. On the Advanced Professionals track, you will rub shoulders with some of the most cutting-edge professionals around the globe.
There are so many advanced professionals, from a wide variety of fields, who are eager to learn, share, and grow.
Find your people and learn from others who are working through the same questions in their practice as you.
Marissa Brennan
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Biology of Trauma® Professional-
Mastery Level
Cat Dillon
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Biology of Trauma® Professional-
Mastery Level
Becky Dawson
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Biology of Trauma® Professional-
Mastery Level
Michelle Brown
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Biology of Trauma® Professional-
Mastery Level
Manisha Billimoria
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Biology of Trauma® Professional-
Mastery Level
Kimberly Erickson
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Biology of Trauma® Professional-
Mastery Level
Kathy Truslow
Training Level:
Biology of Trauma® Professional-
Mastery Level
This is the 6-week Advanced Professional training:
BONUS: Advanced Preparatory Course
- Beginning to Recognize Trauma Patterns In Your Client
- Beginning to Evaluate Biochemical Imbalances
- Beginning to Evaluate Neurotransmitter Imbalances
- Beginning to Evaluate Brain Inflammation
WEEK 1:
Looking Through the Lens of Trauma | Recognizing & Assessing Patterns of Immobilization While Working with the Biology of Trauma® Framework
WEEK 2:
Identifying Underlying Contributors in a Biology of Trauma® | Addressing Pre-existing Conditions to Build Regulation (Including Biochemical Imbalances)
WEEK 3:
Identifying Underlying Contributors in a Biology of Trauma® | Brain Inflammation & Neurotransmitter Imbalances Impacting Neuroplasticity
WEEK 4:
Identifying Underlying Contributors in a Biology of Trauma® | Assessing Blocks to Aliveness & Expansion: Importance of Optimal Thyroid Function
WEEK 5:
Integrating the Biology of Trauma® into a Full Case Assessment | Putting Together a Roadmap for the Trauma Healing Journey Towards Aliveness
WEEK 6:
Integrating the Biology of Trauma® Within your Scope of Practice | Personalizing Repair Tools & Strategies to Work With Clients to Expand their Trauma Healing Journey into Aliveness
Weekly Time Commitment
You should expect to set aside approximately 6 hours per week for this module:
- Video Recordings | approximately 2 hours per week average.
- Weekly Implementation Meetings, Somatic and Biology Deepening Skills Sessions | 45 minutes per week.
- Deepening Exercises | estimating approximately 3 hrs per week | This includes working through the deepening exercises, posting your assignment in the Professionals Network, and responding to peers' posts. This may vary depending on your previous experience and training.
*Allow approximately 36 hours for the entire module or more, depending on how much time it takes you to complete the deepening exercises, assignment and posting in the Professionals Network.
The weekly enrichment content is additional and can vary widely from approximately 15 mins to over an hour. It is strongly recommended for you to review this content to deepen and add to your understanding of the course materials, however it is not required.
Plus the BONUS: Advanced Preparatory Training Course | approximately 3-4 hours or more | This includes watching the training videos and reading through the written course content and handouts. It is strongly recommended to complete prior to the start of the module. If you have already taken a module in the Advanced Professional Program, you would have already completed this Advanced Preparatory Training and would not need to complete this again.
The Value & Cost of This Journey
6-Week Comprehensive Journey
An integrated practical training of the application of trauma, toxic burden, polyvagal theory, neurobiology & much more...
$1000 value
Training Curriculum
Each topic is valued at $250. (includes training videos and comprehensive case studies)
$250 x 6 = $1500 value
Deepening Training Sessions
Live sessions which include Implementation Meetings, Somatic and Biology Deepening Skills Sessions to help you integrate the course material and develop the confidence and competence to implement The Biology of Trauma® Framework into your practice.
$600 value
Ready-To-Use Handouts
Access to all of Dr. Aimie's templates, assessment forms, questionnaires and protocols, as well as flow sheets, guides and other resources.
3 X $50 = $150 value
Collaborate and Learn
Engage & learn together with Mastery Level Professionals who are mentoring the program and other course members online within the Professionals Network (hosted in Mighty Networks).
$550 value
Somatic & Parts work Recordings
To facilitate integrating the biology piece with the somatic piece and the parts work piece
$500 value
On-going Access
Your access to this course continues after this module is over!
Invaluable
Bonuses
7+ hours of expert interviews and lectures on stress and anxiety related topics
$900 value
Schedule of LIVE Sessions
Attendance is required at the Final Presentation Meeting. Although live attendance is recommended for all other live sessions, it is optional and the recordings will be available to review at your convenience.
Biology Deepening Sessions
- November 7 at 2:30 PM PDT
- December 5 at 9:30 AM PDT
These sessions are approximately 45 minutes long and are designed to deepen your understanding of advanced biological concepts and detox protocols. Led by faculty members, you’ll explore complex processes such as nervous system regulation, neuroplasticity, and healing barriers, gaining insights and practical tools to enhance your ability to implement these strategies in your clinical practice.
Somatic Deepening Sessions
- November 14 at 7:30 AM PDT
- December 12 at 2:30 PM PDT
These sessions are approximately 45 minutes long where you'll engage in advanced somatic practices. Led by faculty members, you'll explore deeper layers of somatics, refining your techniques and expanding your understanding.
Implementation Meetings
- November 21 at 2:30 PM PDT
- December 19 at 9:30 AM PDT
- December 19 at 2:30 PM PDT
Final Presentation Meeting
December 19 at 10:00 AM & 3:00 PM PST
Attendance at one of the final presentation meetings is required for course completion.
These sessions are are approximately 60 minutes long.
In this meeting, you will present your final project which is an analysis and treatment plan for your case study client.
EARLY ACTION BONUS!
Bridging Functional Medicine with Trauma Therapy
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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.
Meet The Faculty Members
We're excited to introduce the newest additions to our Advanced Professional training team—experts who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in somatics, parts work, and biology. These faculty members are here to guide you through specialized trainings designed to deepen your skills and enhance your practice. Each faculty member has been carefully selected for their expertise and commitment to advancing the field. They’re passionate about helping you navigate complex challenges, refine your techniques, and achieve transformative results in your work.
Join us in welcoming these exceptional professionals who are eager to share their insights, support your growth, and empower you to elevate your practice to new heights.
Dr. Lindsay Adrian, ND, FABNO
Dr. Adrian holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from the University of Calgary and completed her post-graduate training in naturopathic medicine at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine (Now CCNM Boucher campus). She subsequently completed a one-year general residency, followed by a fellowship in naturopathic oncology. Dr. Adrian has a private practice in Port Moody, BC, with a focus insupporting people through their cancer and complex chronic disease journey.
Dr. Adrian is an active member of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC, the BC Naturopathic Doctors Association, and the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors. She holds certification in pharmaceutical prescribing, as well as acupuncture, and advanced intravenous therapies. Education remains one of Dr. Adrian’s passions and as such she travels all over the world in the pursuit of learning and sharing knowledge.
In her free time Dr. Lindsay enjoys reading, playing soccer, and going on adventures with her husband and children.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What exactly am I purchasing here?
Q: What time will the meetings with Dr. Aimie be held?
Q: What is the difference between the Professional level and the Advanced Professional level?
Q: Who Is eligible to take the Advanced Professional level of the Healing module?
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.
