The Touchstone Institute

03/26/2026

Dissociation often disrupts EMDR reprocessing - even when using standard assessments like the DES. In her upcoming workshop, Dr. Nirit Gordon offers clear, evidence-informed strategies to recognize and address both clinical and subclinical dissociation. Join us to deepen your clinical understanding and improve your trauma treatment outcomes.

📖 Working with Dissociation
🗓️ May 11
🔗 Register today at https://bit.ly/dissociation-live

03/25/2026

When childhood s*xual abuse resurfaces during the perinatal period, it can leave clients feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected - sometimes without understanding why.

As clinicians, recognizing these hidden trauma triggers is key to providing more effective support. Learn how to empower survivors on their healing journey with Lacey Castilleja Fisher in her upcoming course:

📖 Echoes of Trauma: Navigating Perinatal Mental Health and Sexual Abuse
🗓️ April 23
🔗 Register today at https://bit.ly/Echoes-Live

03/24/2026

Everyone (especially therapists) needs this reminder now and again:
💜 You can help others, even when you don't have all the answers.

03/23/2026

You run an inclusive practice, but what if a client brings up their 🌶️🌶️🌶️ s*x life in session?

Whether you'd blush, cringe, play it cool, or lean in, swipe to learn what therapists need to know about kink and B**M in order to provide well-informed care.

Want to learn more? Dr. Lana Holmes' course "Kink and Clinical Practice 101" is available on-demand at https://bit.ly/kink-ondemand

03/20/2026

Meet Nirit Gordon!

Nirit is a dedicated trauma specialist and EMDR trainer. With expertise in women’s mental health and trauma-informed care, Nirit brings a compassionate, evidence-based approach to her teaching. She is committed to empowering therapists with the tools they need to support healing, even in the most complex cases.

Join Nirit on May 11 for her course, Working with Dissociation, to learn how to use the CIPOS protocol (Knipe, 2015) to foster dual awareness and manage dissociative processes during trauma treatment.

You'll learn how to:
✅ Lay a foundation of safety for clients before trauma reprocessing
✅ Recognize and manage dissociation in complex trauma cases
✅ Apply the CIPOS protocol to foster dual awareness

Now enrolling at https://bit.ly/dissociation-live

03/19/2026

Inclusive perinatal mental health education is central to the work we do at The Touchstone Institute.

We work to create a supportive environment for learning and professional growth that honors how lived experiences shape us as clinicians and the families we serve.

Learn more about the values that guide us and our holistic approach to professional development at touchstoneinstitute.org.

03/18/2026

Unresolved childhood s*xual abuse trauma often resurfaces during pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood. As therapists, being able to recognize these signs and respond with empathy and care is crucial to providing trauma-informed perinatal care.

Join Lacey Castilleja Fisher for her upcoming course to deepen your understanding and gain the essential tools to support survivors with compassion and confidence.

📖 Echoes of Trauma: Navigating Perinatal Mental Health and Sexual Abuse
🗓️ April 23
🔗 Register today at https://bit.ly/Echoes-Live

03/17/2026

Without warning, the perinatal period can unexpectedly reactivate trauma symptoms in survivors of childhood s*xual abuse.

Our latest article delves into how childhood s*xual abuse trauma often reactivates during pregnancy and postpartum, posing unique challenges for survivors. Learn how to recognize trauma symptoms in your perinatal clients and delivering compassionate, trauma-informed care to support healing during this critical time.

Childhood s*xual abuse trauma often reactivates during pregnancy and postpartum, posing unique challenges for survivors. This article guides perinatal therapists in recognizing trauma symptoms and delivering compassionate, trauma-informed care to support healing during this critical time.

03/13/2026

Your healing journey is not separate from your work; it is part of the wisdom you bring to the therapy room. 💗

Every insight, every ache, every breakthrough you’ve lived through deepens your capacity to hold space for others.

03/12/2026

Our personal histories shape more than just who we are - they influence how we show up for our clients in session. For perinatal therapists, lived experience can be a powerful source of empathy and insight - but only when used with care.

Join us on March 16 for The Perinatal Therapist & Wounded Healer to better understand how to ethically and intentionally navigate self-disclosure, countertransference, and burnout in perinatal clinical work.

What you’ll learn:
✅ A framework for ethical, clinically relevant self-disclosure
✅ Strategies for recognizing and managing countertransference
✅ Tools to reduce compassion fatigue and prevent burnout
✅ Reflective space to explore your own story as a therapist

Register by March 15 to transform your lived experience into clinical wisdom at https://bit.ly/healer-26-live

03/11/2026

Meet Lacey Castilleja Fisher!

Lacey is a seasoned therapist and consultant based in Austin, Texas. She specializes in supporting parents navigating perinatal trauma, NICU stays, pregnancy and infant loss, and fertility struggles. As co-founder of the Texas SandTray Association, she brings deep expertise in EMDR, IFS, and sandtray therapy.

Join Lacey on April 23 for her training, Echoes of Trauma: Navigating Perinatal Mental Health and Sexual Abuse.

In this course you'll:
✅ Learn how symptoms of s*xual abuse can present in the perinatal period
✅ Explore dynamics that survivors of s*xual abuse may encounter during their reproductive journey and early parenthood
✅ Discuss different modalities that are helpful with s*xual abuse survivors

No prior training is required - just your openness to learn and grow.
Register today at https://bit.ly/Echoes-Live

03/10/2026

Emily Spencer has received such fantastic feedback on her course, The Perinatal Therapist & Wounded Healer!

Clinicians have shared how this supportive training has helped them reflect and process, validated their experiences, and provided insight into when self-disclosure can be beneficial.

Enroll today to learn how your lived experiences shape your practice:

📖 The Perinatal Therapist & Wounded Healer
🗓️ March 16
🔗 https://bit.ly/healer-26-live