Continuing Education & Clinical Trainings
Evidence-based trainings on trauma, attachment, and addiction — built for clinicians who want tools they can use immediately, not just theory.
About the Trainings
These trainings are developed and led by Kathryn Dann, LISW, a Clinical Director with extensive experience in residential addiction treatment, dual diagnosis, and trauma-informed care.
Each one integrates attachment theory, nervous system science, and EMDR-informed concepts with real clinical application.
The goal is simple: help clinicians understand behavior more clearly, and leave with tools they can use in session right away.
Course 01Understanding Behavior Through an Attachment & Neurobiological Lens
Explores how early attachment and nervous system patterns shape behavior across the lifespan — and how those patterns show up in addiction, mental health, and relational dynamics.
Key Areas: Attachment styles in clinical practice · Neurobiology of regulation and dysregulation · Behavior as adaptive survival strategy · Application to treatment planning
Best Fit For: Social workers, counselors, and therapists working with trauma, substance use, and co-occurring disorders
Course 02Practical Tools Clinicians Can Use Immediately in Session
A hands-on training focused on interventions clinicians can start using right away — in-the-moment regulation, grounding, and building client awareness during session.
Key Areas: Nervous system regulation tools · Grounding and stabilization strategies · Increasing client insight in real time · Bridging insight to action
Outcome: Clinicians leave with concrete tools they can implement the very next day.
Course 01- Flagship CourseWhy We Connect: The Story of Attachment Theory
Course 03Discover how our earliest relationships shape emotional development, relationships, and mental health across the lifespan. This engaging foundational course explores the history and evolution of attachment theory—from Bowlby and Ainsworth to modern neuroscience—while introducing core concepts such as secure attachment, internal working models, rupture and repair, and earned security. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how attachment influences behavior and why healing happens through safe, connected relationships.
Trailhead On Demand
An engaging, attachment-based training exploring how attachment, neurobiology, and the nervous system shape behavior, relationships, and healing. Designed for mental health professionals seeking practical, evidence-informed clinical application.
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Dann, LISW
Kathryn Dann is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Clinical Director with extensive experience in residential addiction treatment and dual diagnosis care.
She's trained in EMDR and works from an attachment-based, neuroscience-informed lens — with a strong focus on the "why" behind behavior. Her teaching style is clear, practical, and grounded: she translates theory into tools clinicians can confidently use in session, drawing on real-world experience with clients navigating substance use, mental health challenges, and complex trauma.
WHO THESE TRAININGS ARE FOR
Behavioral health agencies · Private practice groups · Hospitals and community organizations
REQUEST A TRAINING
If you're interested in bringing a training to your team, or attending an upcoming CE workshop, I'd be glad to connect.
Inquiries can include: training topic of interest, organization or group size, preferred format (in-person or virtual), and timeline.
TRAINING FORMATS
Flexible options to meet your team's needs:
in-person trainings, live virtual workshops, half-day and full-day intensives, and custom trainings built around your population or setting.