Instinctual Trauma Response® (ITR) 

Accelerated Traumatology Course (ATC) 101

$197   

Only $19.97 Summer Special until August 31

Includes: Digital copies of the ITR Workbook and the Psychoeducation Cards

This is for: Mental Health Providers, First Responders, Peer Support Providers, Chaplains, Educators, Human Resource Staff, Child Advocacy Workers, Foster/Adoptive Parents or Caregivers. 

The ATC 101 will enhance Peer Support Programs.

This course is the introduction and prerequisite to all other ITR courses.

Add on the ITR LIve Experiential Intensive 102 for hands on learning!

The skills learned in the ATC 101 will equip a person to be trauma-effective and parts-informed. This course benefits those working with traumatized people in any field. This is essential for mental health practitioners and all support roles.

• Gives a complete understanding of trauma 
• Explains the neuroscience behind trauma 
• Describes trauma and triggers
• Reviews True Self and how Parts are created 
• Offers various useful grounding skills 
• Introduces the proprietary processes of ITR: Graphic Narrative® and Externalized Dialogue®

Move on to the ATC 102/103 Master Class Bundle and learn how to implement the ITR protocol for all kinds of trauma.

5 CEs with National Board of Certified Counselors and WV Board of Social Workers

This ATC 101 course gave me more knowledge about first responders, more clearly defined knowledge about neurobiology and trauma, more confidence about delivering interventions. There were so many applicable, practical interventions included in this course, there is nothing more I wanted from it! I love the course and rate it 100%. If there is one course to do re trauma, please do this one."   Karen Hvidding Social worker, Art Therapist

"A+ job! Reasonably priced. Essential for anyone in medical and non-medical roles Essential for ALL first responders Essential for Kayden's Law (Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act). Lee Magryta Leadership and Healthcare Advisor  

"Helps me to reflect on my own traumas in life with tools that support the work that I do in high stress environments." Rebecca Hawley PhD, Child Development-Special Ed Law Advocate

ITR® Live Experiential Intensive 102

Experience the Method. Transform Your Understanding. Master the Process.

One-Day Live Zoom Intensive | 5.5 CEUs Available

$297 

Friday, September 11, 2026

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

Register. for both 102 and 103 Experiential Intensives for 3 payments $199

This immersive training is designed for those who want to do more than learn about ITR®—they want to experience it firsthand. 

In this trainer-led Zoom intensive, you'll work through the ITR® Guidebook while applying the process to your own  experiences. As you move through each step, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how the method works and why it is so effective for reducing traumatic stress symptoms.

✔ Experience the ITR® method personally for a simple trauma

✔ Learn the Graphic Narrative and Externalized Dialogue processes

✔ Build confidence facilitating the ITR® approach

✔ Understand the neuroscience behind the method

✔ Discover how ITR® helps people process traumatic experiences

✔ Earn 5.5 CEUs (NBCC and WV BSW)

Included

• Digital ITR® Guidebook
• Graphic Narrative Cards
• PsychoEducation Cards 

Reading about trauma recovery is one thing.

Experiencing the process yourself is something entirely different.

Many participants report gaining a level of understanding, confidence, and insight that simply cannot be achieved through lecture alone.

As one participant shared:

"I observed a reduction in the intensity of a traumatic event from 5 to 1 using the Graphic Narrative and Externalized Dialogue techniques."

Another wrote:

"The experiential format made complex trauma concepts much easier to understand and integrate into practice. I am leaving the course with deeper knowledge, greater confidence, and practical tools that will benefit both my clinical work and my teaching."

Experience the method. Build your skills. Change lives—including your own.

Accelerated Traumatology Course (ATC) 102/103

Videos Only

$1497 Only $497 Summer Special until August 31

Includes: Lifetime Access to the videos

ATC 101 is required for this course.

This is for: Mental health professionals and paraprofessionals who want the ITR protocol but not participate in the Consultation Calls. 

• Access to ATC 102 and 103 videos for life
• Digital copies of ITR Workbook and PyschoEducation Cards
• Lots of resources 
• Free access to the HelpForTrauma.app (web app) for 6 months 

We recommend the Live Group or Private Consultation Calls but they can be added later ala carte for certification. Click Here

This course will teach you how to do the ITR tasks: Graphic Narrative and Externalized Dialogue.

12 CEs with NBCC and WV Board of Social Work

I appreciated the video course because I could pause as often as needed and go back to anything I wasn't sure I understood well.

I really enjoyed the way it was put together. I felt it was creative, active, engaging and incredibly informative. Well done.

Melisa Baker, AT, ITR-CTS

There is no better method out there. This is the only one I will ever use. It’s the only one that has such powerful, lasting results and so quickly. It’s amazing and Dr Tinnin and Dr. Gantt are brilliant. Brain science has proven what they have been saying for years. I hope the rest of the field learns this. Our world will be a different place

Alexandria Zettler, PhD, ITR-CT, ATR-BC

ITR® Live Experiential Intensive 103

Go Beyond the Basics of ITR. Master Complex Trauma Narratives Through Experience

$297

One-Day Live Zoom Intensive | 5.5 CE Hours

Friday, September 25, 2026
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

This advanced experiential training is designed for those who want to deepen their understanding of the ITR® protocol by working through a complex trauma narrative of their own.

Based on the concepts taught in ATC 103, participants will learn how to organize, process, and work through layered trauma experiences using the Graphic Narrative process. By experiencing this firsthand, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how to guide others through complex trauma work while strengthening your own confidence and competence.

Participants who have already completed ATC 103 will gain the greatest benefit from this training, though it is not required. You can use the workfor your consultation call presentation.

Included

• ATC 102/103 Handouts  

Why This Training Is Different

The most effective way to learn ITR is to experience it yourself.

Rather than simply studying concepts, you will actively apply the process to your own work while receiving guidance from an experienced ITR® trainer. This experiential approach helps participants understand not only what to do, but why the process works.

Many participants describe this as one of the most valuable learning experiences in their professional development.

What Participants Are Saying

"This was an incredibly insightful and valuable course. The experiential format made complex trauma concepts much easier to understand and integrate into practice. I am leaving the course with deeper knowledge, greater confidence, and practical tools that will benefit both my clinical work and my teaching. I am very grateful for such an incredibly valuable experience and the knowledge."

"This is a great way to learn how to guide someone through the ITR process by doing your own, and it shows how it can be done at a quicker pace."

"Powerful course full of valuable tools to work with traumatic experience. Thank you for sharing this important knowledge!"

"This course was informative and well-structured. Every tool was very well explained, and it helped me understand each step of the process better. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us!"

Reserve Your Seat Today

Take your understanding of ITR® to the next level by experiencing how the method can be used to organize and process complex trauma narratives.

Learn it. Experience it. Master it.

Intake by Timeline Experiential

Create a Meaningful Treatment Plan Before the Intake Ends

With Dr. Zandy Zettler

$197

📅 July 24, 2026

🕐 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Time

💻 Live on Zoom

🎓 2.5 CE Hours (NBCC and WV BSW)

Stop Taking Notes. Start Understanding the Story.

Many clinicians spend hours gathering information, writing notes, and trying to determine where to begin treatment.

What if you could organize a client's history, identify key traumatic events, recognize treatment priorities, and develop a clear roadmap for care—all during the intake process?

In this practical training, Dr. Zandy Zettler will teach you how to use the Timeline process to conduct efficient  intakes that lead naturally to treatment planning.

Learn by Doing

Participants will create their own personal timeline while learning the exact process used with clients.

By experiencing the method firsthand, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how timelines help reveal patterns, identify treatment targets, and accelerate clinical decision-making.

In This Training You Will Learn How To:

✔ Conduct a more efficient and meaningful intake

✔ Identify significant life events and trauma themes

✔ Organize complex client histories quickly

✔ Develop treatment priorities from the timeline

✔ Create a treatment plan that is ready to implement

✔ Improve client engagement from the very first session

✔ Use timelines to uncover information often missed in traditional intakes

 Materials needed: Copy paper, tape (painter's tape), long ruler, 12 thin-tipped color markers, and handouts.

Why Timelines Work

A timeline transforms a collection of disconnected events into a coherent story.

When clients can see their story clearly, clinicians can identify patterns, strengths, traumatic experiences, and treatment priorities more effectively.

The result is greater clarity, stronger treatment planning, and a more focused path toward healing.

✔ Live instruction from Dr. Zandy Zettler

✔ Timeline worksheets and resources

✔ Practical clinical examples

✔ Personal timeline exercise

Build the timeline. See the story. Create the plan.

Advanced Safe Place Experiential

Creating an Inner Sanctuary for Healing, Strength, and Resilience

With Dr. Zandy Zettler

$197

📅 August 7, 2026

🕐 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Time

💻 Live on Zoom

🎓 2.5 CE Hours (NBCC and WV BSW)

What If You can Give Your Client a Functional Safe Place?

For many trauma survivors, a Safe Place becomes much more than a coping skill.

When developed intentionally, it can become an internal sanctuary—a place of safety, comfort, wisdom, strength, restoration, creativity, connection, and hope that clients can access throughout treatment and throughout life.

In this advanced experiential training, participants will learn creative ways to build, expand, and deepen Safe Place experiences beyond traditional approaches.

Learn by Experiencing the Process

Participants will develop their own personalized Safe Place while learning techniques that can be adapted for clients of all ages.

As your Safe Place evolves during the training, you'll experience firsthand how this powerful internal resource can become a foundation for healing, self-leadership, resilience, and personal growth.

Why Safe Place Matters

A strong Safe Place is more than a coping skill.

It becomes an internal resource clients can return to when facing stress, traumatic memories, difficult emotions, or life's challenges.

When developed effectively, Safe Place work can increase a client's sense of safety, confidence, stability, and capacity for healing.

Included

✔ Live instruction from Dr. Zandy Zettler

✔ Experiential exercises

✔ Safe Place development worksheets

✔ Advanced resource-building techniques

✔ Downloadable materials

✔ 2.5 CE Hours NBCC and WV BSW 

Walk Away With:

A personalized Safe Place, advanced techniques for working with clients, and practical tools for creating stronger foundations for trauma recovery.

Why This Training Is Different

This is not a lecture.

You will build your own timeline while learning the process.

Whether you're a counselor, social worker, psychologist, coach, peer support specialist, or other helping professional, you'll leave with practical tools you can begin using immediately.

Build Safety. Expand Resilience. Strengthen Recovery.

ITR for Group Work 103

$247

Prerequisite ATC 101, 102/103

ITR is flexible and highly adaptable to group formats. Groups can be open-ended or closed and lead by a clinician with other assistants. See social interaction increase as group members connect through shared experiences. Watch group members as their skills increase and they are able to assist each other in healing.

Learn options for group engagement and how to implement different levels of ITR clinical protocol depending on your group.

 2.0 CEs NBCC and WV BSW

"This course was like a graduate course but in only 2 hours. Great job! I highly recommend it!"

Alexandria Zettler, PhD, ATR-BC, ITR-CT

"I understand the need to establish a good foundation with the mastery of techniques in ATC courses 101, 102, and 103 however, it was great that the teaching moved beyond learning techniques to focus on giving us principles and examples of content. I am glad I took this course. I wanted to experiment with ITR groups but I was not sure about how to do it. Great learning!"

Rachel Cooper, ITR-CTS

ITR Children and Adolescents 103

$247 

 Learn to work with children and adolescents using the ITR protocol. This is a 103 course.

You will learn: 

• Assessment and Grounding Techniques

• Stages of Development

• PsychoEducation

• Working with Parents

• Options for Graphic Narrative and Externalized Dialogue

• Psychoeducation and more.

Prerequisite: Must have completed ATC 101,102 and 103 or be ITR Certified.

4.5 CEs NBCC and WVBSW

"This course is crucial for working with children and adolescents. There are concepts and great ideas that changed the way I practice."

Meredith Holmes, ATR-BC

Adult

Assessments 102

$147 

We all want to know if what we do in therapy is really doing the job. It is not enough to take a person’s word that he or she feels better after treatment. To show the actual response, we need to measure symptoms before and after treatment. The effects of therapy should outlast the individual sessions.

ITR is a measurement-based protocol and we have assessments we recommend for adults. They are simple to use and are very effective in understanding where your client is when they start with you and how they progress along the way. 

Assessments to determine stability and readiness for treatment, severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms and event specific post-traumatic symptoms:

• Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II), 
• Dissociative Regression Scale (DRS)
• Symptom Checklist 45 (SCL-45)
• Trauma Recovery Scale (TRS)
• PTSD Checklist 5 (PCL-5)
• Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS)
• Impact of Events Scale (IES)

 1.5 CEs NBCC and WV BSW

"These assessment courses are suitable for every type of therapist/coach/educator. These are stand alone courses and should be on every site you can get them on - and with CEs? Amazing"

Alexandria Zettler PhD, ATR-BC

"Assessments are so powerful. My clients love to see their progress and I can measure how the work is going. Assessments should be mandatory in the mental health field. We all need to be measurement-based! It is so encouraging for everybody."

Danni Davis, LCSW-C, ITR-CT

Child and Adolescent 

Assessments 102

$147

ITR is a measurement-based protocol and we have assessments we recommend for children and adolescents.Parents and caregiver assessments are included to getting a full picture of the client. The assessments are simple to use and are very effective in understanding where your client is when they start with you and how they progress along the way. 

Assessments to determine stability and readiness for treatment, severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms and event specific post-traumatic symptoms:

• Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES-II)
• Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC)
• Parent Report of Post-Traumatic Symptoms (PROPS)
• Child Report of Post-Traumatic Symptoms (CROPS)
• Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS)
• Child Revised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES)
• Additional Assessments: PSC-17, Scared Brief Assessment, Mood and Feelings Questionnaire

 1.5 CEs NBCC and WV BSW

"Along with a clinical interview and collateral data, the ITR recommended assessment are crucial in working with a child or adolescent. You will be able to monitor progress along the way and it allows for a lot of psychoeducation as well." 

Danni Davis, LCSW-C, ITR-CT

ITR Coaching Principles 102

$197   

Prerequisite ATC 101

Get the ATC 101 and the Coaching Course Bundle Only $197 Click Here

Learn how to help a person move on and thrive using ITR principles.

• Understand how past trauma influences a client’s current aspirations, actions, and mindset.
• Equip clients with strategies and tools to progress while honoring their emotional boundaries.
• Engage in an action-driven approach that validates the impact of trauma with compassion.
• Encourage personal accountability by empowering the True Self to make decisions and take action toward life goals.
• Collaborate with clients to pave the way for meaningful life transformations.

 1.25 CEs NBCC and WVBSW

"As a coach I found this to be very insightful and full of practical ways to help my clients that are dealing with trauma. I can also work with ITR therapists and help take clients to the next step in successfully living their life."

Mel Williamson, ITR-CTRC

Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale +

FEATS Digital Copy

$197

Dr. Gantt teaches the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale touted as the best research tool art therapy has ever had. Enjoy learning about this powerful measurement and rating scale. Some call this scale the "thermometer for the mind." Learn how to use the FEATS to rate a Person Picking an Apple From a Tree (PPAT) drawing.

FEATSresearch.com is being built to hold the FEATS digital manual and thousands PPAT images for research accessibility.

Look for an email with more information soon.

1 hour CE with NBCC. 

ITR for Military and First Responders (Includes working with Groups)

$97 

Knowing how to work with veterans and first responders is crucial. Dr. Gantt discusses the culture and differences a practitioner will find with this population.

Learn how "automatic obedience" of the ITR becomes "automatic pilot" for most first responders.

Skills for working in both groups and individuals will be covered.

1 hour with additional short video on working with groups

Understanding Trauma for Foster and Adoptive Parents

This short course is for any caretaker dealing with a traumatized child. Understand how trauma can affect your child and how to deal with some of the symptoms caused by it.

Use FREE code: OURGIFT

$47

Under 1 hour

Trauma-Effective Professional (TEP) for Educators

Learn how to recognize trauma in educational settings and how to develop a plan to address it. Find out how to "hold space" and help ground a person in simple and appropriate ways.

Use FREE code: OURGIFT

$47

Under 1 hour

Re-Certify with the ITR® Re-Certification Bundle

Regular Price $1649

Special  $497

If you were certified before May 2024 - Get re-certified as an ITR-Certified Trauma Specialist or Trauma Recovery Coach.

Get access to the ATC 102/103 Self-Paced video course at a preferred rate along a 50-minute private call to show your work. This is only for those whose certification is expired (2 years). 

(Register for the Reboot Call only option if you already have the ATC 102/103 or you feel you can succeed at the full ITR presentation of a complex trauma.)

In the private call you must prove fidelity to the model. Fill out the ITR Checklist for the call See FAQs for more information on what is required.

We want your success!

12 CEs NBCC and WV BSW

This reinforced what I already knew about ITR and added a few more very useful tools to my practice again, such as drawing out the body sensations within the GN, applying the get to know your parts interview as well as the ED when necessary to help out stuck/resistant parts, offering more ways creative ways to do the ED is helpful as well.

Melisa Baker. AT, ITR-CTS

Re-Certify with a Reboot Call plus 3 CEs!

Regular Price: $360

Special $197

If you are already using ITR regularly in your practice and feel confident in your understanding of the model, this streamlined option may be the right fit.

This option includes:

~A 50‑minute private Reboot Call with an ITR Trainer

~Coaching, resources, and tips

~Quality hard copy of your ITR certificate to display and Micro Credential Badge

~Two $199 gift cards for the ATC 101 to give to others  

~PLUS:  2 additional courses, with CE's 

• Adult Assessment 102 $79 value
• Child & Adolescent Assessment 102 $79 value

 This path is designed for practitioners whose certification has expired (2 years) but who have remained active and aligned with the work.

 3 CEs NBCC and WV BSW if the courses offered are completed.

 There is no better method out there. This is the only one I will ever use. It’s the only one that has such powerful, lasting results and so quickly. It’s amazing and Dr Tinnin and Dr. Gantt are brilliant. Brain science has proven what they have been saying for years. I hope the rest of the field learns this. Our world will be a different place.

Alexandria Zettler, PhD, ITR-CT, ATR-BC