CPtsd: Trauma and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

Core 4 ~ Restoring attentional control, emotional coherence, and cognitive flexibility

Professional training. Certification optional. CEU hours available for eligible professionals.

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  • Linda Meredith
  • CEU 6
  • Level: All
  • Study time: 36 hours
  • Contains 6 Courses

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Course overview
In the fourth core of our program, we will focus on the impact of complex trauma on the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Through a detailed exploration of the ACC, we will uncover the multiple areas affected by childhood developmental trauma. Our goal is to help clients develop new awareness and skill sets to regulate their body, brain, thoughts, emotions, and decision-making processes. To address these areas effectively, we provide a variety of approaches tailored to each specific impact. In fact, we offer eight different workbooks solely dedicated to this particular area, recognizing the deep impact of complex trauma.
  • Course time: 14 hours
  • Exams: 1
  • Portfolio: 1
  • CEU: 6
Next, we will delve into the significance of Polyvagal theory in working with complex trauma clients. Our approach requires a unique understanding of the steps involved in helping clients become aware of their internal experiences and fluctuations within their nervous systems. By facilitating this awareness, we support clients in navigating their healing journey.
While not widely known, the Periaqueductal Gray (PAG) plays a significant role in the lives of individuals who have experienced childhood developmental trauma. It is crucial for both the coach and the client to comprehend the effects of trauma on the PAG and understand the recovery path. Neglecting to address this aspect can perpetuate a life trapped in trauma responses.
Creating a fulfilling life is an active pursuit within the complex trauma recovery process. We introduce the Japanese concept of Ikigai as our first step towards this goal. Ikigai guides individuals in reconnecting with their core self and consciously building a life of joy and purpose. We will explore how to assist complex trauma clients in taking solid steps towards planning their lives and identifying the obstacles that hold them back from manifesting their dreams.
Additionally, we will examine the concept of "flow" in our next module. We will explore what it means to live life in a state of flow and how we can cultivate and maintain it, as those who experience flow are known to lead long and fulfilling lives. Combining the scientific understanding of flow with the Ikigai concept, our clients will be empowered to embrace the life they desire.
Finally, we will delve into our first case study, focusing on the experiential learning cycle. We will explore the questions that arise from following this cycle and how to practically apply it to our clients' recovery journeys. This module brings together the tools and knowledge acquired from the previous core units, providing a comprehensive framework for your case study.
The Anterior Cingulate Cortex
Polyvagal Theory & Complex Trauma
The Periaqueductal Gray
The Ikigai
Flow
Reflective Case Study 1

Completing this Core Unit will help you Competently:

  • Understand the impact of Complex Trauma on the Anterior Cingulate Cortex - the ACC
  • Effectively navigate each of the different areas in the ACC impacted by complex trauma
  • Work with clients to identify their different areas of impact
  • Provide clients with individual worksheets and workbooks relevant to their recovery journey
  • Help clients recognise their brains alarm system when it is triggered 
  • Build specific sets skills to reduce the brains alarm system being triggered
  • Discover how to begin using Polyvagal theory with Complex Trauma Clients
  • How to help Complex Trauma Clients apply practical Polyvagal applications for recovery
  • Understand what is the Periaqueductal Gray and why is it so significant in complex trauma recovery
  • Discover how to work with clients to aid complex trauma recovery with the periaqueductal gray
  • Provide coaches with an understanding of resourcing, pendulation, titration, increasing felt sense, body telling the story, defense cascade model, pain neuromatrix, self compassion/compassion
  • How to work with complex trauma clients using the Ikigai to create their intentional life.
  • How to work with Complex Trauma clients to begin planning the life they choose to live as opposed to the life complex trauma has had them on.
  • Uncover the blocks holding clients back from moving into the life they want to embrace
  • Understand the science and practical application behind flow
  • Using flow for the Ikigai and for a happy life
  • Identify what is keeping you and clients out of flow
  • Discover the Experiential Learning Model
  • Apply your Core Unit education to your first case study

What's included?

  • Professional Ikigai Workbook, Journal, Card Deck
  • 6 Core Units of work plus extra professional articles for further learning
  • 13 Homework books for you to brand and use with your clients
  • 12 Business Units to help develop your coaching business
  • 7 Units of client templates and tools
  • 9 Units of client tools
  • 8 Units of coaching tools
  • 6 Units of extra Complex Trauma infographics and information

Who Are the Courses and Certification For?

The NeuroSynqt™ by Linda program offers mental health professionals some of the most practical and effective online education available in the complex trauma field, rooted in neuroscience and trauma-informed practices. Designed specifically for those working with CPtsd clients, particularly those dealing with developmental trauma, the program provides flexible learning options through individual courses or full certification.

Course Eligibility

NeuroSynqt™ by Linda courses are open to any professionals currently working with CPtsd clients or those with a background in developmental trauma. These courses are perfect for therapists, trauma recovery coaches, counselors, social workers, and anyone looking to deepen their understanding of advanced trauma recovery practices.

Participants will gain:

  • Practical Tools for Trauma Recovery: Immediate, actionable strategies based on neuroscience and trauma-informed care that can be applied directly in client sessions.
  • A Deeper Understanding of Developmental Trauma: Insight into how trauma affects both the brain and body, and how to promote healing.

No prior certifications are required to enroll, making these courses accessible to any professional who wants to expand their expertise in trauma recovery and help clients achieve lasting, meaningful healing.

Certification Eligibility

The NeuroSynqt™ by Linda certification program is open to professionals who are already qualified and have prior experience working with CPtsd clients. This advanced certification is designed for those who are ready to integrate the full NeuroSynqt™ modality into their practice.

Certification candidates must meet the following criteria:

  • Prior Experience: Applicants must have a background in working with clients dealing with trauma, particularly CPtsd and developmental trauma. This certification builds on existing knowledge and skills, and as such, prior trauma training is required.
  • Qualified Professionals: The certification is suited for psychologists, therapists, counselors, trauma recovery coaches, and other professionals who already possess foundational knowledge in trauma care.

Since the certification focuses on advanced techniques and integration, it does not include introductory training on working with trauma clients. This ensures that participants are equipped to dive into the deeper, more complex aspects of trauma recovery, gaining expertise in the NeuroSynqt™ method for profound client transformation.

Why Choose NeuroSynqt™ by Linda?

NeuroSynqt™ by Linda is an immersive, neuroscience-based approach designed to address the gaps left by developmental trauma. It equips professionals with cutting-edge tools to help clients rebuild self-regulation, emotional resilience, and cognitive structure. With a gentle "side door" approach, NeuroSynqt™ reconnects and integrates the systems that control attention, emotions, movement, relationships, and behavior—without overwhelming clients by directly confronting their trauma.

Mental health professionals, trauma recovery coaches, therapists, and counselors can expect to gain:

  • Advanced Neuroscience-Based Tools: Discover the latest techniques in neuroplasticity and interpersonal neurobiology to help clients move beyond the lasting effects of developmental trauma.
  • Client-Centered, Subtle Approach: Master the NeuroSynqt™ method, which carefully bypasses trauma defenses, allowing clients to reconnect their inner systems and achieve long-term well-being.
  • Practical, Applicable Skills: Start applying these strategies immediately in your practice to see real-world results with your clients.

Whether you're looking to deepen your trauma recovery expertise with individual courses or pursue full certification, NeuroSynqt™ by Linda provides the skills and confidence to guide your clients toward lasting and profound healing.

12 New eBooks Released inside this Core Unit

Meet your instructor

Linda Meredith


Passionate, Innovative, and Dedicated to
Complex Trauma Recovery


An Advanced, Neuroscience-Based Approach for Mental Health Professionals

As a mental health professional, you understand how complex trauma can be, and the significant hurdles your clients face during recovery. NeuroSynqt™ by Linda is a powerful, neuroscience-based method created to help you address the lasting effects of developmental trauma (CPtsd) in a more effective way.

This approach combines the brain and body systems to promote deep healing and transformation, helping clients rebuild self-regulation through practical skills and structures for everyday life. Grounded in cutting-edge research on neuroplasticity, interpersonal neurobiology, and somatic integration, NeuroSynqt™ offers a unique "side door" strategy. Instead of directly confronting trauma, which can sometimes overwhelm clients, it gently reconnects and integrates systems that manage attention, emotions, movement, thoughts, relationships, and behavior.


NeuroSynqt™ by Linda addresses the emotional and cognitive gaps left by developmental trauma, helping clients develop the essential skills that may have been missed during crucial stages of development. This method not only improves emotional regulation and resilience but also gives your clients the tools to bring self-regulation and structure back into their lives.

Linda, a Clinical Complex Trauma Professional (Level 2) trained in Janina Fisher’s trauma programs, draws on years of experience and the latest trauma research. You can view Linda’s full qualifications [here].

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Why Mental Health Professionals Choose NeuroSynqt™:

  • Integrative Neuroscience: Deepen your understanding of trauma’s effects on the brain and body using evidence-based techniques rooted in neuroplasticity and somatic practices.
  • Advanced Skill Development: Gain tools to help clients build emotional regulation, resilience, and cognitive structure through a gradual, non-confrontational approach.
  • Client-Centered Approach: Learn how to integrate this subtle method into your practice to avoid retraumatization and support long-term healing, even in the most complex trauma cases.
  • Professional Growth: Stay ahead in trauma-informed care, expanding your expertise in working with clients affected by developmental trauma.

    • What our students are saying

    Please Note: Reviews are from genuine clients who may choose for their identities to remain private.
    Until we can speak openly about Mental Health with our family, friends and work colleagues their need for confidentiality is respected.

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    "Linda Meredith is a powerhouse when it comes to bringing research and information together to help us understand complex trauma. More importantly, she breaks things down in a way that is easily accessible with a program that is uber flexible. What that means is that I can take as little time or as much time as I need, depending on the topic and how I engage with it. The homework isn't about regurgitating information or memorizing terminology, but rather how we can embody the knowledge while healing from complex trauma ourselves. In that way, I get ah ha moments about how what I learn can support clients.
    An incredibly generous professional who has learned so many things about business the hard way, Linda prolifically creates beautiful templates, workbooks, and packettes of information to make it easier for new coaches to run their business. It's as if she deeply desires for each and every person to succeed as they go out there to support their clients in complex trauma recovery. I feel as though I have Linda 24/7 in my back pocket encouraging me, checking in with me, and supporting me to do what I need to do for my clients. 
    Linda Meredith is a gift to the world and this one-of-a-kind complex trauma certificate program is exactly what I need at this point in my life. Thanks Linda for what you do!"
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    "Linda Meredith is a powerhouse when it comes to bringing research and information together to help us understand complex trauma. More importantly, she breaks things down in a way that is easily accessible with a program that is uber flexible. What that means is that I can take as little time or as much time as I need, depending on the topic and how I engage with it. The homework isn't about regurgitating information or memorizing terminology, but rather how we can embody the knowledge while healing from complex trauma ourselves. In that way, I get ah ha moments about how what I learn can support clients.
    An incredibly generous professional who has learned so many things about business the hard way, Linda prolifically creates beautiful templates, workbooks, and packettes of information to make it easier for new coaches to run their business. It's as if she deeply desires for each and every person to succeed as they go out there to support their clients in complex trauma recovery. I feel as though I have Linda 24/7 in my back pocket encouraging me, checking in with me, and supporting me to do what I need to do for my clients. 
    Linda Meredith is a gift to the world and this one-of-a-kind complex trauma certificate program is exactly what I need at this point in my life. Thanks Linda for what you do!"
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    "I don’t know if anyone else can resonate, but I’m so hungry for more critical information to better serve my coaching clients that I simply cannot get enough of the material Linda creates! The Complex PTSD survivors around the world are so fortunate to have someone as amazing as Linda Meredith creating courses for helping professionals!

    The depth of the content and the support this course offers is PHENOMENAL! If you haven’t started taking the course and you are on the fence, I would HIGHLY recommend you take the leap and sign up!" An incredibly generous professional who has learned so many things about business the hard way, Linda prolifically creates beautiful templates, workbooks, and packettes of information to make it easier for new coaches to run their business. It's as if she deeply desires for each and every person to succeed as they go out there to support their clients in complex trauma recovery.

     I feel as though I have Linda 24/7 in my back pocket encouraging me, checking in with me, and supporting me to do what I need to do for my clients. Linda Meredith is a gift to the world and this one-of-a-kind complex trauma certificate program is exactly what I need at this point in my life.

    Thanks Linda for what you do!"

    Become a Certified Complex Trauma Coach 

    Our Complex Trauma Certified Recovery Coach (CTCRC) course combines the latest research from neuroscience and psychology, with an experiential syllabus based on lived experience of CPtsd. The CTCRC course will provide you with: 

     Knowledge 

    Gives you the skills and confidence to work with people experiencing CPtsd, without having to refer clients on to external specialists 

    Innovative 

    Teaches you an innovative “side door” approach that provides rapid results, even for individuals who’ve been in therapy for years and made little progress 

    Effective 

    Helps with your own healing from childhood developmental trauma, so you can stay well while helping clients and growing your business 

     Comprehensive 

    Gives you in-depth training in the use of a comprehensive system to provide authentic, time and cost effective recovery for adults experiencing complex trauma 

    Accredited 

    Provides you with a globally recognised qualification accredited by the International Complex Trauma Association (I.C.T.A)

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