March 10, 2026
March 30, 2026, 7 – 9 pm ET | Virtual CE Event | Everyone is Welcome
Register ($52 for AATA Members, FREE for AATA Student Members, $82 for non-members).
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Join us for a virtual CE session, Calming the Traumatized Brain: Brain-Based Techniques for Trauma and Anxiety, on March 30. The session will uncover how art therapy can serve as a bridge to psychosensory practices, specifically self-havening and tapping.
Attendees will leave with practical, brain-based strategies to help clients regulate trauma responses, build resilience, and strengthen emotional well-being. This session will be led by AATA Board Member, Marybeth Orton, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, ICST, LPAT-S.
About the Session
“Many of us 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.”
– Marybeth Orton, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, ICST, LPAT-S
During this session, attendees will gain hands-on tools to gently identify and depotentiate stored traumatic responses, strengthen emotional regulation, and cultivate sustainable resilience.
Whether you are new to psychosensory approaches or looking to deepen your current practice, this session empowers you to provide clients with agency in their healing journey while supporting your own self-regulation.
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.
Session Format
- 100 minutes of learning content
- 10-20 minutes for Q&A
We hope you join us “live” on March 30 or register to watch the recording at your own pace on AATA’s Online Learning Academy.
Participants may receive 2 CE credits for attending. The session registration fee is $82, and is discounted for AATA Members ($52), and FREE for AATA Student Members.
About the Presenter, Marybeth Orton
AATA Board Member, Marybeth Orton, MTR, 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.