Los Angeles / Two-Part In-Person 2025
Foundation Training
NeuroAffective Touch® is a somatic approach that integrates relational and psychodynamic psychotherapy with the therapeutic use of touch and somatic practices. The NeuroAffective Touch training builds a vital bridge between our verbal and nonverbal selves to address the key elements of emotional trauma, attachment repair, and developmental deficits. Our approach transcends the limitations of talk therapy or body-centered work used separately, and opens the way for post-trauma growth.
The training welcomes all professional practitioners who wish to integrate body and mind to resolve emotional trauma and relational deficits. We invite and include psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and pre-licensed interns; certified bodyworkers, massage, and body-centered practitioners; addiction counselors; nurses, acupuncturists, allopathic, naturopathic, and holistic doctors; movement and yoga practitioners; and coaches.
In-Person Training in Los Angeles
PART I • 6 days • May 16 ― 21 • 2025
Healing the Relational Matrix offers the missing nonverbal experiences of somatic support and safety― a secure bottom-up foundation based on trust and care from which a new top-down narrative can emerge. We attune your touch presence to address the three essential self-states necessary for secure attachment and emotional well-being: I exist; I am loved; My needs are important.
PART II • 6 days • Nov 14 ―19 • 2025
Renegotiating the Capacity for Social Engagement explores how we process sensory perception. Facial expressions, contractions at the cranial base, the openness of the gaze, the listening capacity of the ears, and the prosody of the voice all convey information about a person’s emotional states. Yet, these areas, which reflect the deeper states of vagal regulation, rarely receive the gentle, transformative power of attuned touch.
Visit our Curriculum webpage for the complete training content and learning objectives.
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- Orientation to touch and embodiment
- The functional unity of the body-mind anatomy, physiology, psychology, and emotional-relational experiences.
- Touch-related psychological issues such as oppressive parenting, neglect and abuse, shame, prediction, the effects of missing developmental movements, and much more.
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- Touch skills. The language of touch, the three sensory touch systems, working with the sympathetic, parasympathetic, interoceptive, and neuroceptive aspects of the nervous system.
- Self-directed intentional touch. Because therapists increasingly work online, the training emphasizes self-directed intentional touch protocols and self-care guidance.
- Personal somatic practice. We support you in establishing a personal Somatic Contemplation® practice for embodied well-being by offering an in-depth interoceptive and proprioceptive experience of your own body that helps you teach your clients how to work with their bodies.
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- Hands-on protocols for the theory and clinical material.
- Anchoring the healing power of touch in somatic resonance.
- Demonstration sessions live with real-time commentary.
- Breakout supervised touch practice.
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- Video links to the training to review in your own time
- Color Manual ― 200 pages / online
- Lecture slides in online Flipbook format
For questions about the training
please get in touch with Laura Melton
✅ Advanced Training
We offer ongoing Practicums and Individual, Small Group, and Mentored Consultations for alumni, graduates, and current students who wish to further their expertise beyond the Foundation Training and qualify for the NeuroAffective Touch Practitioner Certification. Practicums may be attended live or recorded.
Our NATouch Forum is available to graduates and active students who want to stay connected as a learning community. The Forum supports those who wish to develop, share, and discuss the complex nature of integrating the therapeutic use of touch and psychotherapy. It includes special topics with moderators where practitioners with specific expertise can continue to share, grow, and refine their somatic skills.
Tuition Fees
All prices USD
Modules must be taken in sequence. An installment plan is available in the shopping cart.
- Parts 1+2 Package – $5000 /save $600
- Part 1+2 full tuition $5600
- Part 1 – $2550 /early registration, save $250
- Early registration ends Mar 16, 2025
- Full tuition $2800
- Part 2 – $2550 /early registration, save $250
- Early registration ends Sep 14, 2025
- Full tuition $2800
- 16 Easy Installments – $325 per installment
- Parts 1+2 package only
Training Schedule
Parts 1 + 2
Day 1
09:00—10:00 Registration
10:00—01:15 Morning training
01:15—02:45 Lunch / Personal sessions
02:45—06:00 Afternoon training
06:15—07:15 Personal sessions
07:30—08:30 Personal sessions
Days 2—5
07:30—08:30 Personal sessions
09:00—12:15 Morning training
12:15—01:45 Lunch / Personal sessions
01:45—05:30 Afternoon training
05:45—06:45 Personal sessions
07:00—8:00 Personal sessions
Day 6
07:30—08:30 Personal sessions
09:00—12:15 Morning training
12:15—01:30 Lunch / Personal sessions
01:30—04:00 Afternoon training
Registration
Registration is a two-step process:
- STUDENT APPLICATION. We may request a short conversation with you to ensure the training is a good fit. Once you are accepted into the training, we will email you a notification of your acceptance.
- TUITION PAYMENT. Once your application is approved, you will receive a link to the tuition payment. Your place in the training is not reserved until we have received your tuition payment.
Training Dates
| Part 1 Healing the Relational Matrix | May 16-21, 2025 |
| Part 2 Renegotiating the Capacity for Social Engagement | Nov 14-19, 2025 |
Faculty
Dr. Aline LaPierre
Coordinator
Victor Osaka (424) 625-5893 victor@neuroaffectivetouch.comStudent Relations
Laura Melton laura@neuroaffectivetouch.comTraining Location
Brentwood/Los Angeles
California 90049
Contact Phone: 424-625-5893
Schedule
| See Above |
Review Videos
Students receive links to the videos of the training modules. For ease of viewing, video chapters are titled according to subject: lectures, demos, practice debrief, and Q&A. The video links are active for three years from the end of your training.
What if I miss a module?
Sometimes life gets in the way, so if you cannot attend a module at the time it is given, please get in touch with our student relations person Laura at laura@neuroaffectivetouch.com
