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Innovations in Mental Health Day Conference in Milwaukee

I Am Safe: movemindfully Trauma-Responsive Mind-Body Strategies for Mental Health

Kathy Flaminio, LGSW, MSW, E-RYT 200
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We are currently experiencing a mental health crisis impacting children, youth, parents, educators, and therapists. While mind-body strategies are widely recognized as essential in trauma-responsive work, many clinicians still lack clear, practical guidance on how to teach these skills—and how to use them personally to mitigate secondary trauma and burnout. Drawing from the new guidebook I Am Safe: Trauma-Responsive Practices in Crisis Mental Health, this session offers simple, accessible, and practical strategies grounded in real-life experiences from schools, hospitals, and juvenile services.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Explore how the mind-body connection works to keep us safe and how the nervous system can become stuck in an overly protective mode resulting in anxiety and/or depression.

  • Experience trauma-responsive mind-body strategies that can ease anxiety, balance energy levels and improve focus during times of struggle.

  • Discover how Inner Resources support physical, mental, and emotional health/well- being.

  • Build a toolkit of simple practices to begin to use and share right away.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to provide clinicians with practical, accessible mind-body strategies that can be effectively integrated into their therapeutic practices to address trauma and mitigate secondary trauma and burnout.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Kathy Flaminio, LGSW, MSW, E-RYT 200
Kathy Flaminio, LGSW, MSW, E-RYT 200, is the founder and CEO of movemindfully® and the creator of its training, workshops, products, and curricula focused on trauma-responsive mind-body practices. Kathy’s work supports educators, mental health professionals, youth workers, and families in cultivating self-regulation, focus, and overall well-being through accessible mind-body practices. With a master’s degree in social work, Kathy brings decades of experience working in both general and special education within Minneapolis Public Schools and has also served as adjunct faculty at Saint Mary’s University. Her work bridges education, mental health, and embodied practices, with a deep commitment to meeting people where they are. Kathy has partnered with leading healthcare organizations—including M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, United Hospital, St. Paul Children’s Hospital, and Center for Families Outpatient/PrairieCare—to implement trauma-responsive practices in child, adolescent, and adult mental health settings. She is the co-author of Moving Mountains: An Integrative Manual to Help Youth with Intensity, Reactivity, and Anxiety and a contributing author of the Teen Resiliency Program, developed with Dr. Henry Emmons, Dr. Timothy Culbert, and colleagues Her mission is to support public mental health by creating practical, inclusive, and compassionate pathways for healing through the mind-body connection.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Newport Healthcare