Join Dr Diane Poole Heller & Dr Alex Howard to
HEAL YOUR WOUNDED LINEAGE
A 5-week live journey to release ancestral pain and reclaim your power

Starts December 4th - Places are limited
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No matter how much you consciously know about your family history, you carry an unbroken lineage reaching back to the beginning of humankind. The lives of your ancestors are not just an interesting historical fact—they live on in your heart, mind, and body today.

Since the birth of psychology, we’ve asked: are our lives shaped more by nature (how we came in) or nurture (what we experience while here)? The truth is both—and both are deeply influenced by the generations that came before us. Our DNA literally carries the imprints of our ancestors, while the patterns of behavior we learned from caregivers were themselves shaped by their parents, and their parents before them.
Heal Your Wounded Lineage is a 5-part program designed to help you:
Understand how ancestral trauma and blessings show up in your life now
Learn practical tools to begin breaking cycles and creating new patterns
Experience guided exercises to help heal your past, live in the present, and unlock your potential
Through a unique blend of live teaching, demonstrations, and experiential practices, Dr. Diane Poole Heller and Dr. Alex Howard will take you on a powerful journey of insight, healing, and transformation.
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Course Outline
Module 1: Understanding the Patterns of Ancestral Trauma
Thursday 4th December 2025 @ 12pm EST / 9am PST / 5pm GMT
Family can be our greatest source of love and fulfillment—but also the root of our deepest wounds. Certain patterns of wounding repeat across generations until they are brought to light. In this session, you’ll begin to identify these inherited patterns and learn how healing is possible, even without the physical presence of your ancestors.
What you'll learn:
The bridges between past and present—and how they shape your life today
How ancestral trauma shows up in your relationships, emotions, and identity
Estrangement (from parents, children, or siblings)—what drives it, and how to heal internally
Parentification—what happens when a child must become the adult, and how it impacts us later in life
The subtle, hidden effects of childhood emotional neglect
Tools to begin healing ancestral wounds within your own heart, mind, and body
Module 2: Unpacking Deficiency: Mapping What You Didn’t Get
Thursday 11th December 2025 @ 12pm EST / 9am PST / 5pm GMT
At the heart of a wounded lineage are the unmet needs we carry forward. Core emotional needs that were overlooked, or family narratives that became “normal,” can unconsciously shape the operating system of our lives. As children, we relied completely on our caregivers. As adults, we can learn to meet these needs for ourselves—this is where deep healing begins.
What you'll learn:
The 3 core emotional needs and how they’re impacted by lineage
Family stories and inherited narratives that limit us
How attempts to compensate for inner deficiencies often perpetuate cycles of suffering
Module 3: Integrating the Gifts: Embodying the Blessings of Your Ancestors
Thursday 18th December 2025 @ 12pm EST / 9am PST / 5pm GMT
When exploring our family history, it’s easy to focus only on wounds. But every lineage also carries immense gifts—resilience, wisdom, creativity, and love. In this session, you’ll learn to embrace the blessings handed down to you, and to embody the strength of your heritage.
What you'll learn:
How to identify and celebrate the gifts in your lineage
Practices to embrace your heritage with pride and compassion
How to embody your authentic self with an open heart, free from old shame or limitations
Module 4: Reconciliation, Repair & Forgiveness
Thursday 8th January 2026 @ 12pm EST / 9am PST / 5pm GMT
We can’t change the past—but we can change how it lives within us today. Reconciliation, repair, and forgiveness are powerful healing tools, but they must be approached with care to avoid further harm. In this session, you’ll discover how to use them wisely and in alignment with your truth.
What you'll learn:
How to hold multiple perspectives while staying grounded in your own truth
The practical stages of reconciliation, repair, and forgiveness
Why forgiveness is ultimately a gift we give ourselves
How to set and protect boundaries that support healing
Module 5: Breaking the Cycle - Creating Your Future with Conscious Awareness
Thursday 15th January 2026 @ 12pm EST / 9am PST / 5pm GMT
Understanding your history is powerful—but true transformation happens when you actively choose new ways of being. In this final session, you’ll create a clear, practical plan for breaking old cycles, honoring your ancestors, and stepping into a future aligned with healing, wholeness, and possibility.
What you'll learn:
How to define the patterns you are ready to break
The hidden cost of continuing ancestral cycles
How to create and commit to a practical action plan for your healing journey
This course will equip you with:

Knowledge of how ancestral trauma shows up in your relationships, emotions, and identity

Tools and strategies to help you embody your authentic self with an open heart, free from old shame or limitations

Understanding of parentification — when the child must become the adult — and how that affects us later in life

Skills to see multiple perspectives while staying grounded in your own truth

Greater awareness of the invisible wounds left by childhood emotional neglect

Knowledge of the practical stages of reconciliation, repair, and forgiveness

Awareness of how family narratives can unconsciously shape your life and limit us

The ability to identify and define the family patterns you are ready to break

The ability to identify and define the family patterns you are ready to break

Steps to create and commit to a practical action plan for your healing journey

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So You Can...

Feel lighter and more empowered — enjoy relief from shame, guilt, anger, and sorrow

Experience feelings of hurt, anger, frustration, upset and more, without feeling the need to suppress them

Grow your capacity for improved emotional regulation — feel calmer and respond to situations with more self-awareness, clarity and control

Create better relationships not just with your family but also with others, as you learn to build trust with yourself and with others, set and hold your boundaries, and cultivate a positive attachment style. 

Break the trauma cycle and build a brighter future for yourself and your family

Have a greater sense of self-awareness 

Get access to these bonus resources:
Breaking the Cycle of Shame Workshop
Intergenerational trauma can leave behind a legacy of shame — the quiet belief that we’re not enough, or not worthy of connection. This 2.5-hour experiential workshop, led by Dr. Diane Poole Heller, shows you how to recognize shame’s patterns, gently shift them, and open space for new relational possibilities. You’ll also receive the Symptoms of Unhealthy Shame Checklist to spot where shame is still at work in your life, plus the Course Companion Guide to integrate the workshop’s practices alongside your course journey.
VALUE = $97
Heal Your Trauma Summit Sessions
Unlock 60+ transformative sessions at the Heal Your Trauma Summit with Dr. Alex Howard and an all-star lineup of experts from around the world, including Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Pedram Shojai, Dr. Richard Schwartz, David Kessler, Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Terry Real, and Minaa B. Dive deep into how trauma shapes your mind, body, and relationships—and discover practical, science-backed tools for healing, restoring, and cultivating self-compassion.
VALUE = $197
Intro to Attachment Mini-Course
Lasting trauma is often carried through our attachment patterns. In this 2-hour, 4-part video training, Dr. Diane Poole Heller introduces the four primary attachment styles—secure, avoidant, ambivalent, and disorganized—and shows how they shape the way we connect. You’ll learn how these adaptations develop, how they affect relationships across generations, and practical steps you can take to strengthen your own secure attachment.
VALUE = $97
Practitioners will also receive:
Additional Practitioners-only sessions
After each live session enjoy an additional 45-minute practitioner-only Q&A.
VALUE = $197
Nervous System Mastery
Watch a practical introduction to Therapeutic Coaching™ with Dr. Alex Howard and Anna Duschinsky, co-creators of the method. This session offers a hands-on preview of the full training, demonstrating tools and principles for nervous system regulation and healing from trauma, anxiety, sleep issues, and chronic illness through clear teaching and exercises.
VALUE = $97
Credit towards Therapeutic Coaching™ L1-2 Training
Enroll in Therapeutic Coaching Levels 1 and 2 and receive the cost of Heal Your Wounded Lineage deducted from your training fee.
VALUE = $297
Start Your Healing Journey
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$197

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Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

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$297

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Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Nervous System Mastery session

Therapeutic Coaching™ discount

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GENERAL ADMISSION
£150

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

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FOR PRACTITIONERS
£230

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Nervous System Mastery session

Therapeutic Coaching™ discount

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GENERAL ADMISSION
€170

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Add To Cart
FOR PRACTITIONERS
€255

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Nervous System Mastery session

Therapeutic Coaching™ discount

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GENERAL ADMISSION
$280

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Add To Cart
FOR PRACTITIONERS
$420

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Nervous System Mastery session

Therapeutic Coaching™ discount

Add To Cart
GENERAL ADMISSION
$305

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Add To Cart
FOR PRACTITIONERS
$455

Lifetime Access to Heal Your Wounded Lineage

Breaking the Cycle of Shame workshop

Heal Your Trauma Summit sessions

Intro To Attachment mini-course

Nervous System Mastery session

Therapeutic Coaching™ discount

Add To Cart
Meet your hosts:
Dr Diane Poole Heller
Diane Poole Heller PhD is an internationally recognized speaker, author and expert in the field of attachment theory and trauma resolution. Her signature approach—DARe (Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience)—provides therapists and individuals with relevant skills and practical exercises that facilitate healing from attachment and trauma wounds.

Diane’s training programs, books, lectures and work as a therapist have helped a countless number of people in their healing journey towards experiencing greater intimacy, wholeness and more fulfilling relationships.

As Senior Faculty for SETI, Diane studied with Dr. Peter Levine and taught Somatic Experiencing® trauma work internationally for over 25 years.

She is also the author of three books: The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships, a practical guide to restoring and reconnecting with our innate secure attachment as adults; Crash Course, on accident trauma; and the audio book, Healing Your Attachment Wounds: How to Create Deep and Lasting Relationships. Her film, Surviving Columbine, aired on CNN and supported community healing after the Columbine High School shootings.
Dr Alex Howard
Dr Alex Howard has spent the last 20 years working as a therapist and coach specializing in complex chronic illnesses, with an emphasis on working with trauma.
 
As the Founder and Chairman of The Optimum Health Clinic, Alex manages a team of 25 full-time practitioners supporting thousands of patients in 50+ countries, pioneering online treatment in the field since 2004.
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Aside from publishing academic research in the British Medical Journal Open and Psychology and Health, Alex has also authored three books: Why Me? (2003), Decode Your Fatigue (2021) and It's Not Your Fault: Why Childhood Trauma Shapes You And How To Break Free (2023).

When he’s not working with clients as the creator of the Therapeutic Coaching™ methodology, he documents his therapeutic work with real-life patients via his In Therapy with Alex Howard YouTube series.
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More recently, Alex has created some of the largest online conferences in the health and mind-body space, attended by over a million people—including the world’s biggest conference on trauma, the Trauma Super Conference.
Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals:

CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by sponsors of CE who are approved by the American Psychological Association.

LCSW, LPCC, LEP and LMFTs, and other professionals from outside of California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept credits from programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.

SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes. Nurses outside of California must confirm acceptance with their licensing boards.

The course is worth 8 CE credits.

For questions about your certificate or the content, logistics, or other support issues regarding this course, please contact Trauma Solutions Customer Support Team at support@traumasolutions.com.

For questions about whether APA CE is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly.

For general questions about APA CE, contact SCA at ce@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.