Open to any experience level, this group consultation is for mental health professionals who have complex cases around trauma and dissociation and want extra support or guidance. With combined experience in C-PTSD, Personality Disorders, DID, body-based therapies, trauma reprocessing modalities, and systemic work Lauren and Abby are honored to hold a safe space for healers of trauma survivors to learn from each other while building a close-knit community. Unique issues that commonly arise out of working with complex trauma will be introduced as a theme for each session. Holding space for trauma survivors can be a rewarding, yet isolating experience and so this group is also designed to incorporate peer support and provide a referral network for clinicians wanting to connect on cases with unique issues. 

This group will be held virtually every other Monday at 10:00 AM MST starting September 12th through November 21st. Given that complex cases can bring up our own vulnerabilities as clinicians, this will be a closed group to foster emotional safety for authentic connection. Open to enrollment until Friday, September 9th. Interest exceeding the 10-person capacity can be waitlisted for our Spring 2023 group.

About the facilitators:

Dr. Lauren Simpson is the owner of Grounded Resilience, LLC. She found a passion for working with complex trauma early in her practice, inspired by the resilience of people. She is a Certified Complex Trauma Professional, which involved training in integrating Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems. Additionally, she received extensive training in Trauma Systems Therapy while providing in-home family therapy to families with a history of interpersonal trauma and collaborating directly with social services, schools, medical and mental health treatment providers, and other community partners. She was trained as a Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist (TIYT) which emphasizes strategies to use polyvagal theory to support emotion regulation for trauma survivors using yoga postures, breathing, and meditation.

Abby Derr-Moore is the owner of Renewed Balance Therapy. Abby is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Abby's private practice serves Northern Colorado and the Denver Metro area specializing in Complex Trauma, Dissociative Disorders, and Attachment. Abby has a particular focus working with international adoptees, Personality Disorders, forensic populations, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and couples & families struggling to connect. She uses EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, and mindfulness throughout much of her work with complex trauma survivors to help them find balance within and to heal throughout. Passionate about being able to provide opportunities for all, Abby also provides supervision, consultation, and trainings in the areas she specializes with the hopes of destigmatizing complex mental health issues and advocating for those who have been in hard places.