26 Jul Healing Implicit Trauma: Harnessing Unconscious Processes and Neuroplasticity
Trauma isn’t always remembered — but it is often relived. This engaging and practical 3-hour on-demand workshop is designed for mental health professionals seeking effective ways to work with trauma that lies beneath conscious awareness.
Led by internationally recognised therapist and author Dr Dan Short, the workshop explores how to harness the power of the unconscious mind and the brain’s capacity for neuroplastic change to foster healing. Through the use of hypnotic techniques, guided imagery, and symbolic communication, you’ll discover how to bypass cognitive resistance and facilitate deep, lasting transformation — without requiring clients to consciously revisit or verbalise their traumatic experiences.
Key topics:
- Understanding implicit trauma and its neurobiological underpinnings
- Activating neuroplasticity to support therapeutic change
- Using metaphor, imagery, and indirect suggestion to engage unconscious problem-solving
- Enhancing co-regulation and therapeutic alliance through attuned presence
- Practical strategies for integrating these approaches into your existing framework
By the end of the workshop, you’ll walk away with a set of immediately applicable tools and fresh clinical insight into how to support clients in achieving relief, resilience, and post-traumatic growth — even when trauma is out of reach of conscious memory.
Daniel Short, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist internationally recognized for his work in short-term therapy , Ericksonian hypnosis, and anger and domestic violence. He devotes most of his time to a private practice in Scottsdale, AZ, while also writing and teaching to professional audiences around the globe.
Dr. Short is a member of the Graduate Faculty at Argosy University and is affiliated with a clinic where he supervises graduate interns. His training is diverse, having graduated with a Master’s in counselling from the University of North Texas, a doctoral degree in counselling psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; followed by an internship at an APA accredited program in Houston, TX. Dr. Short is the lead author of Hope and Resiliency (2005), which has been translated into Spanish, French, German and Italian. His book, Transformational Relationships (2010), is a vital resource for therapists who want state-of-the-art information on what works in psychotherapy. As a counselor in a domestic violence intervention program, Dr. Short established new innovative methods of treatment and was recognized as have created a model program and eventually elected to the Texas Council on Family Violence. Later, Dr. Short worked with students at the University of Massachusetts with substance abuse issues and at the University of North Texas with angry and violent individuals. Dr. Short has worked in the public schools as a school psychologist for students with behavioural and emotional problems. He now teaches at institutes around the world.
Dr. Short’s many years of interest, research and analysis of the work of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., complemented by his tenure as associate director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation and five years as editor of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter make him a serious scholar on the subject of Erickson’s work. Dr. Short has served as faculty for conferences hosting therapists from around the world and has published numerous professional papers.
This online workshop will give you instant access to 3 sessions of video content, accessible via streaming on our website. You can view the course content in your own time, there is no time limit on access.
The duration of this workshop is 3 learning hours.
A certificate of completion will be generated upon finishing the course and a short multiple-choice quiz. Please consult your professional organisation/association to confirm whether you are able to claim any CPD points/hours for this online workshop.
