[Self-Study] Calming the Traumatized Brain: Brain-Based Techniques for Trauma and Anxiety

Recorded On: 03/30/2026

Description:

Many people are carrying the effects of trauma shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing social injustice, and today’s complex sociopolitical climate. As healers, educators, and helping professionals, we often carry these experiences alongside those we serve. This session invites participants at all stages of their professional journey to explore how trauma is encoded in the brain and body, and how it influences emotional well-being and resilience.

Through a supportive and accessible learning environment, participants will discover how art therapy can serve as a bridge to psychosensory practices, including self-havening and tapping. These techniques will be presented in ways that are meaningful for both those building foundational knowledge and those seeking to deepen and expand their existing practice. Participants will learn how to identify and gently depotentiate stored traumatic responses, strengthen emotional regulation, and cultivate sustainable resilience for themselves and their clients.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  • 1) Identify four factors that increase vulnerability to traumatic stress responses.
  • 2) Explain the clinical rationale and intended outcomes of “CPR for the amygdala” as a trauma-regulation intervention. 
  • 3) Demonstrate the sequence of the trauma tapping technique to support trauma regulation.

Additional Information:

  • This session is worth 2 CECs
  • This session is ATCB eligible.

Marybeth Orton

MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, ICST, LPAT-S


Marybeth Orton, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, ICST, LPAT-S, is a licensed art therapist with over 30 years of experience devoted to helping individuals heal from trauma. Her work is grounded in the belief that the body and brain hold the story of our experiences—and that healing is possible when those stories are met with safety and compassion. She integrates art therapy with brain-based and psychosensory approaches and is certified in EMDR therapy, Havening Techniques, PEAT, Sandtray therapy, and working towards certification in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). She also incorporates Trauma Tapping Technique (TTT) and animal-assisted therapy to support gentle, embodied healing.

Marybeth is passionate about helping people move from survival to resilience, reconnecting with their inner strength and innate capacity for healing and wholeness.

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