8th International Complex Trauma Conference (Online via Zoom): The Future of Trauma-Informed Practice (Building the next generation of trauma-informed systems and professionals)

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Final call for conference submissions — deadline: 15 March 2026​

🗓 Conference date: 29 August 2026 (online)
📝 Conference Submission Form: 

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We welcome proposals that reflect innovation, integration, and collaboration in trauma recovery — including clinical, systemic, educational, community-based, and organisational perspectives.

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About the conference

Join us for the 8th International Complex Trauma Conference — an online, trauma-informed learning space designed to feel safe, grounded, and professionally supportive, with the option to attend live or catch up via recordings.

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This year’s conference is guided by a 4th- and 5th-generation lens — exploring how body-based, neurobiological, and integrative practice can support the next generation of trauma-informed systems and professional communities. Not every presentation uses this language explicitly, but the programme as a whole is curated around future-focused, practical trauma-informed development, and remains fully relevant to clinicians working across different therapeutic orientations.

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This year’s draft programme brings together speakers from the United Kingdom, Iceland, Italy, France, Israel, Ukraine and the United States (Hawaii and California), offering practical, immediately usable approaches to complex trauma, including body-first stabilisation and embodiment, nervous-system regulation and Window of Tolerance tools, shame and attachment repair, integrative psychotherapy models, trauma memory, and evidence-based PTSD interventions — all taught in a way that supports clarity, boundaries, and sustainable practice. Please note: this is a draft programme and more presenters will be joining. The programme is subject to change and additional presentations will be added.

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Booking

👉 Super-early booking is now open — £39 until 31 March only.

Then Early booking: £49 | Standard price: £69

 CTI Annual Members – Free  - join our support membership here

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🌍 Our Conference Legacy - Since 2019, the Complex Trauma Institute (CTI) and the University of York (UK) have co-hosted international multidisciplinary conferences exploring the latest perspectives in complex trauma. These events aim to strengthen real-world trauma competencies and help professionals turn knowledge into practice. 

We believe that sharing experience and reacting to the ever changing environment is crucial for mental health professionals. That is why in 2019 Complex Trauma Therapists Network in the UK & Complex Trauma Institute in collaboration with the University of York (UK) have started a tradition of organising International Multidisciplinary Events on Complex Trauma Perspectives. 

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