RISE UP FROM TRAUMA:

Breaking the
Silence on
Trauma

October 25 - 26

Welcome to our 2nd Annual Trauma & Mental Health Conference. This year, we are focusing our collective efforts to educate our guests about the aftereffects of trauma in the mind and body, the correlation between trauma and mental health and emphasize how alternative approaches play a crucial role in the healing and recovery process.

By becoming more trauma-informed, we believe that individuals and communities can better support each other on the path to recovery. Join us in our mission to create a more informed, compassionate, and resilient society. This year we are offering:

2

days

3

keynotes

27

workshops

13

speakers

​Our speakers come from various disciplines, trainings, certifications, and peer support  to contribute to the support of those with mental health challenges and to further educate providers of those services through various modalities. Our facilitators not only have advanced education in trauma, neuroscience, brain science, and neurobiology, but also life experiences.

This conference is open to all mental health and addictions practitioners, educators, peer support staff, family and community members who want to gain knowledge and understanding about trauma and its aftereffects on the mind and body and how to foster recovery. (CEs available)

You can enroll now for $249 without CE or for $349 with CE (Early Bird fee until October 1st)
The tickets are non-refundable.

Who will be there

Join us at this year’s conference for an unparalleled opportunity to learn from leading experts in trauma recovery. Our lineup includes distinguished mental health professionals, certified trauma coaches, seasoned practitioners, and inspiring trauma survivors. They will share cutting-edge insights, innovative techniques, and personal experiences to offer hope, encouragement, and empowerment to every attendee. Explore the full agenda below (all times in EST) to discover more about our transformative sessions.

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Wendy Apple

Wendy Apple is a Certified NeuroGraphica® Instructor and founder of WendingPath, where she helps clients reconnect with their intuition and break free from limiting patterns.

Sessions:
NeuroGraphica Drawing Meditation
(x2)

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Dr. Judith Belton

Dr. Judith Belton is a distinguished mental health expert, Certified Trauma Specialist, and advocate for trauma-informed care, specializing in empowering women of color through culturally competent care and transformative coaching.

Sessions:
Empowering Your Inner Narrative: Unleashing Emotional Freedom
(Keynote)
Doodling Through Grief

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Vincent Castellanos

Vincent Castellanos, a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach and Substance Use Disorder Counselor based in Los Angeles, uses his extensive experience and compassion to support adults dealing with complex trauma and addiction. As the creator of "Responsibility Revolution – The Podcast" and author of the upcoming book "Responsibility Principle," Vincent promotes recovery through personal responsibility. Sober since 1994 and a former Hollywood actor, he blends personal insight with professional expertise to foster trust and healing in his clients.

Session:
The Responsibility Principle
(keynote)

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Alyssa Decker

Alyssa Decker, founder of Peaceful Resolve Coaching, specializes in empowering women in high-conflict relationships to express their needs and assert boundaries, drawing on her expertise in CBT, NLP, and personal experience.

Sessions:
Bridging the Gap: Building Connection to Resolve Relationship Conflicts

Heart-to-Heart: Practicing Connection and Conflict Resolution

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Gina Fox

Gina Fox is a Certified Trauma-Informed Neuro Transformative Practitioner and Christian Mental Health Coach, specializing in helping clients understand and heal from the psychological and physiological effects of trauma through neuroscience-based modalities.

Sessions:
Turning Pain into Purpose: Harnessing Strength from Struggles
(Keynote)
Transforming the Mind with Restructuring through a Biblical Lens
Releasing Trauma on the Cellular Level

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Jeremiah Fulmer

Jeremiah Fulmer is a Certified Trauma Care Practitioner and Adolescent Trauma Support Specialist who, through his private practice Growing Unstuck LLC, helps adolescents and others find acceptance, healing, and growth by combining his education with personal experience as a trauma survivor.

Sessions:
Self-Care A Trauma-Informed Approach To Meeting Our Needs While Caring For Others.

Individual Self-care Plan Creation Workshop

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Gabrielle Hull

Gabrielle Hull is a Certified Trauma Support Specialist, founder of Sheathed, Inc., and a survivor of profound childhood abuse and addiction, dedicated to helping others overcome trauma and build resilience through innovative mental health initiatives.

Sessions:
Artistic Modalities

Waltzing through Trauma
Self Defense
Turning Pain into Purpose: Harnessing Strength from Struggles
(Keynote)

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Casey Kang Head

Casey Kang Head is a 3x survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a stroke survivor. She is a Trauma-Informed cancer coach who uses somatic movement and breathwork to help survivors heal, reclaim their lives, and live healthier, fear-free lives.

Session:
Somatics

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Robert Kehoe

Robert Kehoe is an experienced life coach with specialized training in trauma-informed care, dedicated to empowering individuals to heal past wounds and foster personal growth. They offer a unique blend of self-care practices and therapeutic techniques, creating a safe space for clients to explore trauma, develop resilience, and build self-compassion.

Sessions:
Mindfulness Meditation
(x2)

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Jennifer Kindera

Jennifer Kindera is a Trauma-Informed Certified Coach, IFSI Practitioner, and Certified Healing Shame Practitioner who helps clients navigate internalized shame and trauma from attachment wounding to unlock their fullest potential. She provides an honest, inclusive, and compassionate space for healing, focusing on educating and unraveling trauma and shame to foster personal growth.

Sessions:
Emotions, Feelings & Mood, Oh My!
Toxic Shame to Healthy Shame
Healthy Shame Resourcing of Self

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Amy Pagett

Amy Pagett is a Certified Trauma Informed Coach and Breathwork Facilitator with over 23 years of experience as an elementary school teacher. She uses her education in Psychology and Somatic Embodiment to help her clients befriend their nervous systems and bodies, creating new healthy patterns. She owns Aim True Coaching, where she combines her education, personal experience and compassionate inquiry to support clients in their post-traumatic growth. Amy provides a safe space for clients to explore as they cultivate resilience, build capacity, self-resource, and develop somatic awareness. She gently guides people to discover their authenticity, as they Aim- True, One Breath at a Time.

Sessions:
Breathwork
Regulated Parent

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Aja Rutledge

Aja Rutledge, a trauma-trained Self-Alignment coach, empowers individuals to align their lives and bodies and manage their wellness through education and personal experience. Her inspiring journey from illness to recovery, combined with her ability to simplify complex topics, motivates and engages audiences to take charge of their lives and overcome challenges.

Sessions:
Healing Trauma As a Full Body Experience
It’s Not You! It’s Your Family History

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Alinda Quinn

Alinda Quinn, owner of Sacred Space Trauma Recovery, offers coaching and education for trauma survivors and professionals, specializing in child sexual abuse and developmental attachment trauma. With a B.A. in Psychology, an M.A. in English, and over 30 years of experience, she blends attachment work, reparenting, and somatic strategies in her practice.

Sessions:
Trauma Informed Classroom
Regulated Teacher
Attachment & the Struggling Student

You can enroll now for $249 without CE or for $349 with CE (Early Bird fee until October 1st).
The tickets are non-refundable.