Trauma and Somatics is a professional training organization for practitioners who work with trauma through the body. We teach nervous system tracking, somatic intervention techniques, and the clinical application of polyvagal theory and attachment neuroscience.
We offer two certificate programs. Trauma and Somatics (35 hours) provides foundational training in somatic trauma work. Attachment and Somatics (40 hours) focuses on relational patterns and developmental trauma for practitioners with prior somatic training.
Since 2020, we have trained over 500 practitioners across 28 countries. Our graduates include psychotherapists, licensed counselors, physicians, nurses, coaches, bodyworkers, breathwork practitioners, doulas, attorneys, and educators.
We build capacity, not just process pain.
Our faculty have trained extensively in the somatic trauma field, including the work of Peter Levine, Stanley Keleman, and Thomas Hanna. We draw on this background alongside contemporary neuroscience and attachment theory to teach a practical methodology that practitioners can apply immediately.
We emphasize capacity building over symptom reduction. Practitioners learn to help clients expand their ability to tolerate sensation, hold complexity, and regulate their nervous systems under stress. This approach focuses on what clients can develop rather than what needs to be fixed.
All training is live, cohort-based, and experiential. Students practice techniques with each other throughout the program and receive direct feedback from faculty. We do not offer self-paced or pre-recorded certificate programs.
Our story
Will Rezin and Aurianna Joy co-founded Trauma and Somatics in 2020 in Austin, Texas. Will became sole owner in 2023. The organization launched with a single training program and grew steadily, with cohort sizes doubling multiple times in the first two years. We have now completed 19 cohorts.
In 2024, Kate Appleton joined the faculty to co-develop and teach Attachment and Somatics. Kate is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Will’s mother. Their collaboration on the attachment training brings both professional expertise and lived experience of relational repair to the material.
We are currently developing a comprehensive practitioner certification program scheduled to launch in 2027.
Built by practitioners
Founder & Lead Facilitator
Will Rezin is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Certified Professional Coach with over a decade of experience. His training background includes the work of Peter Levine, Stanley Keleman’s formative psychology, and developmental movement. He developed the Trauma and Somatics curriculum and co-developed Attachment and Somatics with Kate Appleton. Since 2020, he has trained over 500 practitioners across 28 countries.
“I came to this work through my own healing. The body holds what the mind cannot process. Teaching practitioners to see that, to track it, to work with it skillfully. That’s how we change the field.”
Co-Facilitator, Attachment and Somatics
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