A specialized training for CSAT, CPTT, CBRTT, CMATT, and APSAT mental health professionals, and for therapists trained in addiction and trauma. 

Mindfulness-based practices bring heart and depth to the structured work of recovery and healing—and when paired with task-driven models, they create a powerful path to healing. While task work offers clarity, containment, and direction, mindfulness and guided imagery invite clients to slow down, connect with their bodies, and access internal safety, emotional regulation, and deeper integration.

This dynamic, hands-on workshop blends both approaches—offering you a strong clinical foundation plus creative, practical tools you can start using right away. You’ll learn how to weave guided imagery, expressive art, and somatic mindfulness into your work with individuals, couples, and groups recovering from sex and porn addiction, love addiction, trauma bonding, and betrayal trauma. Whether you're new to these practices or looking to deepen your skills, this training will leave you inspired, equipped, and energized.

Workshop Overview

This 3-hour experiential training workshop is designed specifically for therapists and mental health professionals working with sex addiction, pornography addiction, love addiction, betrayal trauma, trauma bonding, and complex relational trauma. Ideal for CSATs, CPTTs, CBRTTs, and CMATTs clinicians, and APSATS mental health professionals. The training is grounded in the research-informed workbook The Mindful Way to Wellness: Healing Through Guided Imagery & Expressive Art, by Mari A. Lee, LMFT, CSAT-S.

What to Expect

If you’ve attended one of Mari’s trainings before, you know the experience is engaging, rich with insight, and practical exercises for your practice and clients. She weaves together the latest research, immediately usable clinical tools and activities, guided experiential work, and a spirit of warmth and authenticity. Expect thoughtful discussion on topics such as helping clients shift out of trauma responses, increase insight, support long term recovery, deepen body awareness, navigate shame and grief, rage and betrayal, and develop internal resourcing through imagery and expressive techniques.

 

About the Facilitator

Mari is a seasoned clinician and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Supervisor CSAT-S (CSAT-S), a Certified Partners Trauma Therapist and Supervisor (CPTT-S) , and a Certified Mindfulness Based Addiction and Trauma Therapist and Consulting Supervisor (MBATT-CS), she is trained in Gottman Couple’s Therapy, and EMDR. Mari is also a national speaker, a national and international consultant, and a respected author of Healing From Betrayal and The Creative Clinician, as well as co-author of Facing Heartbreak. She serves as a faculty instructor with the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) and as senior faculty with The Mindfulness Academy for Addiction and Trauma Training (TMAATT), where she also holds positions on both organizations' ethics boards. Mari’s clinical style integrates mindfulness-based approaches with evidence-informed tools and experiential exercises, supporting emotional regulation, nervous system stabilization, and long-term recovery.

The Mindful Way to Wellness: Ethically Integrating Guided Imagery & Expressive Art into Trauma & Addiction Recovery

Workshop Date & Details

Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST (NOTE: this is west coast time zone)
Location: Live via Zoom (Note: This training will not be recorded due to the experiential aspect of the workshop).
Fee: $165 per professional - a 20% discount is provided for all IITAP trained therapists and APSATS trained mental health professionals. Please use the code mindful20 at checkout.
Workbook Required:The Mindful Way to Wellness Workbook located here. Please note that this workbook is required for the workshop as we will be working from it.
Certificate: Guided Imagery Training Certificate of Completion will be awarded to each mental health professional. There are no CEUs for this workshop.
Note: There are no refunds once registered. Due to the experiential nature of the workshop, it will not be recorded.

In this training, you will:

  • Learn the neuroscience and clinical rationale behind mindfulness, guided imagery, and expressive art interventions

  • Practice guided imagery and expressive art exercises drawn directly from the workbook

  • Understand how mindfulness enhances task-based models and supports long-term recovery

  • Learn how to properly prepare both client and clinician for guided imagery experiences

  • Explore clinical scripts and imagery prompts tailored for trauma, grief, addiction, and shame

  • Use pre- and post-guided imagery assessments to gauge client readiness and support integration

  • Conduct clinical crisis assessments prior to introducing experiential techniques

  • Create post-guided imagery aftercare plans to support nervous system regulation and stabilization

  • Apply these tools to your clinical work with betrayal trauma, trauma bonding, and compulsive sexual behavior

  • Integrate these methods into individual sessions, group work, and couples recovery planning

Space is limited. This training will not be recorded due to the experiential aspect of the workshop. Register today to reserve your seat and receive your workbook discount code.