COMPLEX TRAUMA THERAPY
Picture Release Therapy (PRT)
Individual CPD
Online Training
For Practitioners
When your traumatised clients get stuck, do you get stuck too?
When a traumatised client gets stuck they may
When their therapist gets stuck they may
Picture Release Therapy (PRT) is a highly effective method, specifically designed to resolve these challenging issues
PICTURE RELEASE THERAPY (PRT)
When a client's psychological wounding has been so severe, chronic or entrenched, or is so far back in the past, it can be incredibly difficult to help them get to the roots of their issues.
This can be challenging for both the client and the therapist.
For a client with unresolved complex trauma, getting 'stuck' during therapy can lead to extreme feelings of fear, shame, hopelessness and despair, resulting in overwhelm, disconnection and shut down.
It can rapidly exacerbate existing negative views of themselves and their future, often driving them to seek respite through increased levels of familiar harmful or self limiting behaviours, or cause them to give up completely.
For some therapists, the desire to help clients overcome this natural 'resistance' may cause them to push harder, risking retraumatising their client in the process.
The challenges many therapists face helping traumatised and retraumatised clients navigate their way through these blocks can greatly affect their confidence in their own abilites. For some, and particularly for new practitioners, this can be enough for them to abandon the business of therapy altogether.
This regrettable loss of hope, self esteem, financial and personal investment for clients and therapists can be avoided.
The iHOW Method® is dedicated to helping chronically traumatised individuals, and the professionals who support them, learn effective and easy to use tools to facilitate and aid their recovery and growth.
One of the most gentle yet powerful methods available is
Picture Release Therapy. (PRT)
What is Picture Release Therapy (PRT)
and how does it work?
Picture Release Therapy is a psychological therapy specifically designed to safely access information related to the most difficult to reach traumatic events in order to bring relief from suffering and effect lasting positive change.
Developed over the last decade from Picture Tapping Technique* it combines the principles of art therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique in conjunction with complex trauma informed counselling, psychotherapy and coaching techniques.
Using a variety of materials, the client creates a series of 'drawings', which they explore while using trauma sensitive psychotherapy strategies and Emotional Freedom Technique protocols.
As they move through the process, key information and connections effortlessly emerge and coalesce, enabling awareness and understanding to take place, whilst allowing emotions to be easily released and solutions to come forth.
This is not a traditional regression technique where the purpose is to uncover or recover traumatic memories, which may or may not be reliable.
Instead, PRT harnesses the naturally self protective mechanisms of the brain to ingeniously bring forth any and all relevant and associated information that the client needs to become 'unstuck'Â without having to relive the trauma.
The sophisticated way in which it does this, is by making meaningful connections between the seemingly random and abstract personal symbolism of the marks they have made on the page, the way in which they verbally describe those marks, and any thoughts, feelings or insights that arise as they do so, whilst connecting what is happening in their body at the same time.
The brain's natural ability to use hidden but meaningful symbolism, metaphors and representations which are unique to that individual, and which the therapist doesn't need to know or understand, allows for multiple layers of inner knowledge to be quickly recognised, connected and comfortably processed.
add something about it being like putting the pieces of a jigsaw together and suddenly the picture on the box that was missing emerges.
This training teaches therapists how to expertly question and guide the client through the process of safely discovering, acknowledging, expressing, challenging, releasing and replacing any hidden self limiting or harmful thoughts, feelings or beliefs which may have been imprinted, suppressed or repressed as a result of complex trauma.
A key role of the therapist using PRT is to carefully and sensitively support the client as they assimilate and process all of this as it unfolds.
Anything which the client feels or believes remains trapped within any aspect of their being, including within their body, can be naturally released as part of the physical 'tapping' process.
As the client releases any blocks associated with their trauma they can then use PRT to further explore the resolutions they have reached and the freedom of choice this brings.
By combining PRT with a variety of trauma appropriate coaching and counselling techniques, the client is not only able to uncover, or rediscover their unrealised hopes and desires, but to create a practical, tailor made plan of action to help bring them to fruition.
Fits in with any modality soyou can incorporate your own methods.
Having acquired a valuable self help tool, clients now have the means to gain clarity on their future goals, as well as a way in which to comfortably manage any issues that may arise as they work towards them.
PICTURE RELEASE THERAPY (PRT)
About The CPD Course
This is a personalised, 1 to 1, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Course in Complex Trauma Therapy, using Picture Release Therapy (PRT).
It is designed for qualified practitioners who are seeking safe, effective methods of helping chronically traumatised clients who, despite everyone's best efforts, have become 'stuck'.
The training is comprised of a series of online sessions designed around you. Offering the ultimate in flexibility and affordability, the number of sessions, and the cost of the training is tailor made to your individual needs and circumstances as a therapist.
At the iHOW Method®, our mission is to relieve the suffering of those who continue to be hurt by the old wounds of complex trauma. For those therapists who share this purpose, our aim is to make the amazing resource of PRT as accessible as possible.
To deepen your understanding of the processes, this is an experiential training, where, in addition to learning the theory of PRT, the methods can be applied to any issue of your choosing, which may be keeping you stuck, either personally or professionally.
Alternatively, if you prefer, you can opt to apply the practical skills of the training to your client case work.
PRT - A Unique Trauma Release Therapy, For When Words Are Not Enough
Who is PRT suitable for?
Due to its benign nature, Picture Release Therapy is suitable for anyone.
It is particularly suited to those who are unable, for whatever reason, to recall, access or verbalise their trauma and the associated feelings.
This may be as a result of trauma occurring at a preverbal stage of a client's life, when they didn't have the language to express what they experienced.
It may be because what has been experienced is so complicated in nature, with many varying elements covering an extended period of time, that the client simply can't put it all into words and wouldn't know where to start even if they could.
It may be that the profoundly life changing impact trauma has had on someone is, to them, indescribable.
Terror, freeze state, overwhelm.
As such, Picture Release Therapy is an invaluable therapeutic tool for protracted Post Traumatic Stress disorder and C-PTSD, where there may have been multiple global and personal events which were extremely shocking, taboo, shameful, or complex.
Whether it is because of extreme fear, lack of trust, lack of commitment, loss of hope, or repeated 'failed' attempts at sustained recovery, PRT has the ability to help clients in situations where nothing else has worked.
Complex Trauma Therapy
the conscious and the subconscious work in tandem, communicating for the benefit of the client,
it's like the different parts of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
the conscious and the subconscious work in tandem, communicating for the benefit of the client,
it's like the different parts of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
the conscious and the subconscious work in tandem, communicating for the benefit of the client,
it's like the different parts of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
the conscious and the subconscious work in tandem, communicating for the benefit of the client,
it's like the different parts of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
What makes this CPD course so unique?
About the Training
Professional Requirements
- understanding trauma
- understanding trauma release therapy
- trauma healing, recovery & growth
- Principles of EFT
- EFT Protocols
CPD Accreditation & Certification
What we'll cover
- understanding trauma
- understanding trauma release therapy
- trauma healing, recovery & growth
- Principles of EFT
- EFT Protocols
What you'll gain
What you'll get to take away
'PRT in a Box'
Once you're signed up for the course, we'll send you all the art materials you'll need for your training sessions, together with a starter pack of materials for you to give / send to your first PRT client if you choose.
Your PRT therapist's materials will include sets of felt tip pens, crayons, coloured gel pens, coloured pencils, plain pencils and biros, pencil sharpeners and erasers, plain white paper and clipboard, together with a handy container.
Plus some simple aid memoirs for you and your clients to have on hand in sessions, should you need them.
What you'll get to download
E-Books and more
Also included as part of the training is a downloadable e-handbook that you can refer back to as you develop your skills in PRT.
In addition to a wealth of information and tips about the processes involved, the handbook contains an easy to follow flow chart so that you need never be concerned about getting 'stuck' or not knowing what to do, or say next during a session.
It includes a language guide with 'clean' language style questions and prompts.
And to help both you and your clients as you progress through your journey of self discovery using PRT, you'll receive our specially designed separate e-workbooks to use as a guided framework.
After each online session you'll receive copies of the recorded video and transcript (and separate audio file if you choose) so you can download them and keep them for future reference. Plus a separate downloadable pdf of any accompanying slidesÂ
Training Options
What's Included
PRT Essentials
- 6 x online sessions 4x training + 2 therapy
- 60 to 90 mins
- email support
- follow up session
- Understanding Complex Trauma & Complex Trauma Therapy
PRT Plus
- 6 x online sessions 4x training + 2 therapy
- 60 to 90 mins
- email support
- follow up session
About the Trainer
Theresa Kelly
MNCH(Reg)HPD. DHP.CH. SFACCPH
Theresa is a Trauma Therapist & Trainer, specialising in Complex Trauma and C-PTSD.
She is the creator of The iHOW Method® - a unique therapeutic approach for those 'Inspired To Heal Old Wounds'.
She has over 14 years experience in private practice as a Professional Hypnotherapist and Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner, facilitating healing, recovery and growth from complex psychological trauma.
With over 30 years personal experience of hypnosis and hypno analysis she is now dedicating her life to educating therapists and professionals in how best to treat the long lasting debilitating affects of childhood trauma, abuse, neglect and chronic adversity.
Complex Trauma &
C-PTSD Specialist
As a Senior Fellow of Accredited Coaches, Counsellors, Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists (ACCPH) Theresa provides Supervision and Mentoring to professionals seeking to advance their skills in trauma therapy.
She provides complex trauma therapy to personal clients as well as personal therapy to qualified practitioners and to those in training.
Her professional memberships include The UK Psychological Trauma Society, The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and The
National Council For Hypnotherapy.
As an ACCPH Chartered Organisational Member, The iHOW Method® offers a range of specialist CPD Trainings in Complex Trauma and C-PTSD treatment, including one to one and bespoke training to meet practitioners and other associated professionals individual requirements.
As a highly respected specialist in complex trauma, Theresa is committed to alleviating its lasting negative effects on individuals and providing a safe supportive learning space for professionals.
PRT & The iHOW Method®
video making the link between The iHOW Method, complex trauma and why (and how) PRT was developed
Why Individual Training?
Group Training
1 to 1 Training
not able to cover everything that everybody might want or need to a deep enough level
broad spectrum approach, one size (and style) fits all
challenges of q&a's
major issue of trauma training - students with unresolved trauma being triggered during training
one to one training prohibitively expensive
Making complex trauma therapy and therapy training more accessible
how is the ihowmethod going to do that?
safeguarding needs to be in place. Just as clients should be safeguarded so should therapists.
Do you wish you had been able to go into certain aspects of the course in more depth?
Would you have liked to have pressed the pause button, to give you more time to absorb and reflect on the material in a way that better resonated with you and your particular way of learning and working as a therapist?
Why Complex Trauma Therapy Training requires a special approach
Have you ever been 'triggered' on a group training course?
Did someone or something bring to the surface a personal issue of yours, or open up an old wound?
Was the privacy, understanding or personal support you needed lacking? Or not available when you needed it most?
Did it cause you to shut down, overshare or even drop out?
Did it impact your willingness to enrol in further training courses?
When taking part in any kind of therapy training, being 'triggered' is often accepted as par for the course.
Even when supervised, peer to peer practice sessions and demonstrations, either as an observer or a volunteer, can have a detrimental effect on some students.
If you are sufficiently 'triggered' during a group training session, your natural stress responses may be so strong that you reach a state of overwhelm. Even in less severe situations, as our self protective defences take hold we move out of a learning state into a survival state.
Unfortunately, if this occurs during a training session then valuable taught material is likely to be lost. In one to one training this can easily be redressed, but in group situations, sadly the lesson will have moved on without you.
Even for experienced practitioners, being critically triggered can be an unexpected and disappointing effect of well intentioned group training.
The concept of the 'wounded healer' is widely recognised within the helping professions. In terms of trauma, it is often those who have had the most painful personal experiences in this area who are most drawn to help others who are still suffering.
It is important then that those professionals who are Inspired by their own personal traumas to help Heal Old Wounds in others are appropriately protected and fully supported in a safe, sensitive, trauma informed learning environment.
This is what the iHOW Method® provides.
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What if?
What if?
What if.....
you could learn a quick and effective way of helping your traumatised clients become 'unstuck'
starting right now?
Special Introductory Offer
For a limited time period only
Yes! A 1/3rd off!
To mark the return of our services following a sabbatical, we are offering an amazing 33.33% off each of our training courses as they are relaunched!
Option 1
PRT Essentials
£000 £000
- On confirmation of a place on the training course
- Choose your payment option
- 1 x payment of £000 (an additional saving of £00!)
- 3 x monthly payments of £000
- 6 x monthly payments of £00
Option 2
PRT Plus
£000 £000
- On confirmation of a place on the training course
- Choose your payment option
- 1 x payment of £000 (an additional saving of £00!)
- 3 x monthly payments of £000
- 6 x monthly payments of £000
Don't Miss Out On This Unique Opportunity
Spaces Are Limited!
Interested in helping traumatised clients find freedom from their pain, but unsure of which option to choose?
PRT Essentials
recap on why you should choose this
PRT Plus
recap on why you should choose this
Anything you'd like to ask?
Please feel free to email us with any queries and we'll be happy to help
Alternatively, click the button below to book a telephone or video call back.
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To take the first step on this exciting journey of facilitating freedom from the chronic pain of complex trauma, simply click on the 'Reserve a Place' button for your preferred option, and follow the instructions.
We look forward to sharing in this special journey with you!
Option 1
PRT Essentials
£000 £000
- On confirmation of a place on the training course
- Choose your payment option
- 1 x payment of £000 (an extra £00 saving!)
- 3 x monthly payments of £000
- 6 x monthly payments of £00
Option 2
PRT Plus
£000 £000
- On confirmation of a place on the training course
- Choose your payment option
- 1 x payment of £000 (an extra £00 saving!)
- 3 x monthly payments of £000
- 6 x monthly payments of £000
With our thanks and best wishes to all those Inspired To Heal Old Wounds
Copyright © The iHow Method® 2026. All Rights Reserved.
assimilated
What makes PRT unique is the truly multidomensional way in which it operates.
it can be used in conjunction with other therapies so you can adjust what you do with your cleint and when.
it is a processing tool
eft / hypno for stabilisation, prt for processing, eft & hypno for integration
multidimensional fluidity
it flows
What makes Picture Release Therapy so unique is the safe, supportive, internal communication between every aspect of person can
all the different parts and functions of the mind, body and spirit working in unison to enable freedom of expression
greater within us
It enables each of the different parts of a person, and everthing which makes the of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
the concious and the subconscious work in tandem, communicating for the benefit of the client,
it's like the different parts of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
add something about the paradox of the disjointed yet interconnected nature of c-ptsd and how prt is like pulling together ll the pieces of a jigsaw and allowing the bigger picture to emerge
write about complex trauma & C-PTSD
add a learn more link
assimilated
What makes PRT unique is the truly multidomensional way in which it operates.
it can be used in conjunction with other therapies so you can adjust what you do with your cleint and when.
it is a processing tool
eft / hypno for stabilisation, prt for processing, eft & hypno for integration
multidimensional fluidity
it flows
What makes Picture Release Therapy so unique is the safe, supportive, internal communication between every aspect of person can
all the different parts and functions of the mind, body and spirit working in unison to enable freedom of expression
greater within us
It enables each of the different parts of a person, and everthing which makes the of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
the concious and the subconscious work in tandem, communicating for the benefit of the client,
it's like the different parts of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
links and connects
gentle yet powerful
no need to relive the trauma because the mind creates representations of the significant aspects of the event in the form of marks on the page. What safely emerges are the associated feelings, and the tapping redices the intensity of the feelings making it possible for the client to process the whatever the need to.
meaningful symbolism and representations which are unique to that individual, which the therapist doesn't need to know or understand
because it has a phsyical component, it allows trauma to be released from the body as well as the mind.
it's fast
Integrates global and personal issues
free flowing
links and connects
gentle yet powerful
no need to relive the trauma because the mind creates representations of the significant aspects of the event in the form of marks on the page. What safely emerges are the associated feelings, and the tapping redices the intensity of the feelings making it possible for the client to process the whatever the need to.
meaningful symbolism and representations which are unique to that individual, which the therapist doesn't need to know or understand
because it has a phsyical component, it allows trauma to be released from the body as well as the mind.
it's fast
Integrates global and personal issues
free flowing
uniquely tailored to you and your needs
can be adapted as appropriate
safe, confidential
learn / process at your own pace
we specialise in psychoeducation
flexibility
shift in emphasis focus towards towards your particular needs
meet you where you are in your professional journey
Therapy / supervision/ mentoring
guided by an expert
experiential learning
see the practical application for yourself and / or your clients.
Trauma is multi layered and even when we think we have resolved all of our personal issues it's not uncommon for something to come out of the blue.
you can't learn when you are in f response mode
as a former student support officer-
At The iHOW Method we do not use live or filmed demonstrations of sessions with either clients or students. We strongly believe that anyone who has experienced personal trauma, and particularly those who have been subjected to complex trauma, deserve to have what is personal to them, remain personal.
The concept of the 'wounded healer' is especially
providing you with the ongoing support ou need
disclosure
abuse, hidden nature confidentiality vital
don't want to share their most personal history... this may limit them in their participation,
empathetic witness
the personal nature of trauma
emphasise the personal and personalised nature of this course.
privacy issues of group training in relation to trauma
the personal nature of trauma
the need for self protection, personal boundaries
taboo subjects
gives you control
can explore issues in more detail