Integrative Trauma & Attachment Treatment Model
Trauma doesn't live in the story. It lives in the body.
Many people come to therapy having already talked about what happened — sometimes for years. They understand their history intellectually, but something remains stuck. The pain, the reactivity, the shutdown — it hasn't shifted. That's not a failure of insight. It's a sign that the trauma is held somewhere words alone can't reach.
The Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM®) was developed by Lori Gill of ATTCH Niagara as a structured, body-informed approach to trauma processing that works differently. Rather than building toward processing through months of stabilization first, ITATM works at the edges of activation — gently engaging traumatic material while keeping you regulated and safe. Stabilization and healing happen together, not in sequence.
How it works
ITATM is a phase-based, neurosequential model — meaning it follows the order in which the brain actually processes experience, from the body upward. Sessions draw on a layered combination of tools woven together in a structured way:
Somatic awareness and release · Bilateral stimulation · Visualization and resourcing · Sensory regulation · Cognitive reframing · Breath and movement · Expressive approaches
One of the most important things to know: you do not need to talk about what happened. ITATM processes the central details of traumatic memories without requiring you to recount or relive them.
Because traumatic memories are stored in neural networks, processing one core experience often generalizes to related memories — meaning you don't need to work through every event individually. Most people complete treatment in significantly less time than traditional approaches.
What it can help with
ITATM is particularly well suited for complex and developmental trauma — the kind that accumulated over time, often in childhood, and shaped how you learned to see yourself and others. It is also effective for single-incident trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, dissociation, and patterns rooted in early attachment experiences.
It is available for adolescents and adults.
A note on my training
I completed the ITATM® training series with Lori Gill and ATTCH Niagara. This training is woven into how I approach trauma work across all of my practice — informing not just specific techniques, but the way I think about the nervous system, attachment, and what it means to heal.