A new Therapeutic Spiral International (TSI) Northeast training group is opening in Malvern, PA with a workshop that brings to life the Therapeutic Spiral Model's (TSM) unique "Trauma Triangle" -- a configuration that clarifies the destructive cycle of victim, perpetrator, and abandoning authority. In distinction to Karpman's Triangle, this last role was created by TSM to explain the subtle, yet damaging, presence of someone who was absent-not there to rescue, i.e. there was no appropriate authority.

The Trauma Triangle represents a closed circuit of energy embedded in the personality structure of those who have survived cruelty or trauma, repeating itself as life-long patterns of abuse and neglect. This training provides tools that empower you to transform self-neglect to self-care and to instill healthy problem-solving into daily life.

As a participant, you will ● gain a deeper understanding of the internal personality and neurobiological structure of PTSD ● learn to integrate TSM's Prescriptive Roles & Safety Structures into your clinical practice ● and experience the power and depth of a TSM group process that is used across cultures.

This workshop offers training hours for CP in Psychodrama. It can be used as a stand-alone course or as a foundation course for Level 1 of the International Certification Program in Trauma Therapy.

Kate Hudgins , Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, TEP, is an International Trainer in Psychodrama and director of the International Certification Program in Experiential Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Kate has trained more than 800 therapists and educators in TSM in over 20 countries. She is  a published author and trained in Native American healing and energy medicine. TSM's latest book, Healing World Trauma with the Therapeutic Spiral Model - Psychodramatic Stories from the Frontlines (Hudgins & Toscani, Eds. 2013), is available on Amazon. Kate provides individual, couples, and family consultation in person, by phone, and via SKYPE.