Defining and Addressing Core Dynamics of Relational Trauma Therapy in Clinical Practice
Learn to recognize, map, and treat relational trauma, where any healing must account for substantial vulnerability and the potential for re-wounding in the therapy context itself.
An advanced clinical training for therapists ready to move beyond fragmented approaches and develop a cohesive, integrative meta-model for working with Relational Trauma.
- Do you believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship for clients with relational trauma, but find yourself frustrated when “just showing up” feels too vague for the complexity of what trauma therapy really asks of us?
- Do you ever wish you could expand the range of approaches available to you at your fingertips in a way that feels deeply resonant and fluent?
- Do you wish you could reconcile between the pull towards more process or attachment based approaches, and the structure offered by more formulaic modalities - without feeling the need to commit to one, but rather to be able to harness the wisdom of both?
- Even with training in EMDR, IFS, or somatic modalities, do you notice that something doesn’t quite click when the pain is deeply relational, or that the methods don’t always translate into meeting the layered complexity your clients bring?
- Do you believe in the wisdom of your own intuition and lived experiences, but wish you could articulate it, put it into words, and refine it, so that the clinical role you play is authentic, organic, and deeply connected?
- Have you ever felt torn between following interventions with precision and trusting your intuitive sense, wondering if you’re imposing something you don’t fully believe in?
- Do you sometimes feel disillusioned by the gap between what experts teach and what your gut tells you in the therapy room, wishing there was clearer language and better maps to guide the process?
These questions are at the heart of the clinical experience we face when working relationally with relational trauma. This training was built to give you the clarity and structure to navigate them with attunement, depth, and clinical clarity.
WHAT IS RELATIONAL TRAUMA?
Relational trauma is unique and this training differentiates it from event-based trauma.
 "Relational Trauma" refers to trauma that occurs in our closest relationships. It is not limited to specific memories or events. Its experience can be more comprehensive, and its story more subtle, nuanced, and confusing.
Deprivation Trauma comes with a Lack of Language
​Trauma Responses Present without Context​
​Therapy Can Have an​ Unintentional Gaslighting Effect​
With Relational Trauma, Therapy is Uniquely Vulnerable
Trauma Focused Therapy​ can be Paradoxically Misattuned
There is Potential for Retraumatization
The Critical Context of the Therapy Relationship
For survivors of relational trauma, the relationship with the therapist is the critical context within which therapy can happen, and is often recognized as the single most important factor in determining the effectiveness of the therapy. While focused interventions are necessary and can be transformative, the quality of the relationship, as well as a broader understanding on the part of the therapist as to how to assess and attune to the client's needs, readiness, hesitations, fears, and misconceptions regarding the treatment itself will make a critical difference in the efficacy of any intervention utilized and in the client's experience overall.
When trauma lives in relationships, healing must, too.
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN
A Framework that Blends Conceptual Clarity, Attuned Presence, Scientific Wisdom, and Individualized Application
- Learn a meta-model for conceptualization - one that holds multiple theoretical orientations and allows you to apply multiple lenses to layered dynamics so that you don’t resort to diagnostic simplifications or theoretical rigidity.
- Develop a sophisticated clinical lens rooted in attachment theory, Self-psychology, interpersonal neurobiology, trauma science, - organized in a way that’s actually usable in the therapy room.
- Integrate what you already know - not discarding your prior training or intuition, but creating context and bridges, so that you can integrate a broader knowledge base into your own life-long acquired wisdomÂ
- Increase your capacity to attune to invisible critical dynamics, track rupture and repair processes, and navigate the relational and therapeutic field with more clarity and nuance.
- Build quiet confidence in your ability to think clinically while staying connected - to hold complexity without freezing, to intervene without overpowering, and to offer structure without losing the client’s subjectivity.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
A Synthesis of Trauma Science, the Development of Selfhood, and Deep Relational Attunement
MODULE 1
How We Become Who We Are
Explore the foundational constructs of personhood and development. You’ll learn to work with the client’s implicit core narratives, using the lens of relational trauma to understand how early relational environments shape survival adaptations, coping styles, and inner fragmentation.
MODULE 2
Trauma Theory and the Survival System
This module introduces key elements of trauma theory, grounded in a recognition of, and deep respect for, the genius of the survival system. It will enable you to make sense of survival mechanisms that show up in your clients' lives or in your office, and to mindfully track, without pathologizing - and to help them reconnect with agency and internal safety.
MODULE 3
Attachment, Self Psychology, and Developmental Wounding
Build a refined understanding of what the fabric of the human psyche and soul are made of and what unmet needs look like in the therapy room. Learn to name and work with “invisible trauma”, by understanding what the self was reaching for and didn’t receive. This module will also teach you how to understand and relate to sticky client interactions in a way that truly honors and heals, rather than simply puts up boundaries around.Â
MODULE 4
Deconstructing Modalities: Toward Integration
This module takes a close look at commonly used trauma modalities (IFS, EMDR, SE, CBT, DBT) and unpacks what each offers - and where they fall short - when working with relational trauma. Rather than promote or reject any single approach, we emphasize flexible application through a meta-lens of attunement and client resonance.
MODULEÂ 5
Complex Trauma: When Managing the Therapeutic Relationship IS the Therapy
Recognizing that the therapy itself can invoke terror, discomfort, or shame, for clients with complex trauma, and that their use of survival strategies to manage their feelings can evoke anxiety, resentment, or depletion in the therapist, this module lays the groundwork for creating a sustainable and secure experience for both therapist and client, so that the client can risk this vulnerable experience, with a therapist who is solidly equipped to stick it out through the ruptures in a reparative way.
MODULEÂ 6
The Attunement and Resonance Model
The heart of this track, this module reorganizes all prior learning into a usable, attunement - centered framework that places client resonance at the core. You’ll examine how interventions can backfire when therapist attunement is bypassed, how trauma survivors often experience therapeutic efforts as corrective or silencing, and how to remain in respectful, responsive relationship even in moments of clinical uncertainty.
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What This Curriculum Makes Possible
By the end of the training, you’ll be able to:
- Recognize trauma patterns that are subtle, developmentally complex, and often invisible
- Know what you’re seeing in a way that feels meaningful, resonant, and relevant to both you and your client
- Translate what you’re sensing in the room into language that helps the client feel seen, rather than silenced or flattened
- Choose interventions based on a nuanced understanding of timing and readiness
- Refine your clinical intuition - supported by theory, and attuned to how it will land for the client
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Live, relational learning,
rooted in nuance and designed for depth.
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Course Length
26 Sessions
Dates
October 26, 2025 - June 30 2026
*Jewish calendar compatible
Class Time
Monday
8-10pm IST
1-3pm EST
Class Format
Live Zoom
Annual Bundle Price
9,000 ILS /
~ $2,700 USD
Class recordings available through July 2026
Option to join an Integration Group:
Only open to participants or graduates of a CRR training
Additional 3,000 ILS when purchased with your track (normally 6,000 shekel)
2 hours weekly, pending acceptance and placement in a group
Certification
Certification is offered at various levels, with full certification awarded to those who complete both tracks, along with two years of active participation in the Integration Group.
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ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Rikki.
I have devoted over a decade to studying what makes people thrive in relationships of influence and how those in said positions can create such relationships. Taking the concept of “trauma-informed” to the next level, the CRR was founded to be a “safety-informed” training institution, focusing on closing gaps in the field for professionals working with complex relational dynamics.
Who This Is For
This training is designed for therapists who:
- Have already trained in one or more trauma-informed modalities (IFS, EMDR, SE, etc.) and experience gaps between the training and relevant implementationÂ
- Are looking to integrate prior learning into a more cohesive clinical framework
- Resist simplified answers and crave clarity in the complexity and a map for holding the layers of therapeutic material in real time
- Want to sharpen their ability to recognize invisible trauma: emotional wounding, misattunement, and internalized confusion that don’t show up in obvious ways
- Are committed to working relationally - with humility, integrity, and respect for the client’s experience and agency
- Value both clinical precision and human connection, and want to grow in the space where those two intersect
Who This May Not Be For
This training may not be the right fit at this time if:
- You’re new to clinical practice and haven’t yet had foundational trauma training
- You’re looking for a step-by-step method or structured protocol to follow
- You prefer highly directive models over an emphasis conceptual clarity
- You work best with clearly defined tools and concrete techniques, and don’t feel drawn to exploring the ambiguous and fluctuating nature of relational dynamics
This training is conceptually layered and rooted in respect for the complexity of the work. If you’re looking for something different right now, we trust you’ll find the right path for where you are - and we hope our work may support you in the future.