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The Julia Effect:

Introduction to Emotional Arts Training

The Julia Effect™ Introduction to Emotional Arts Training is a trauma-informed foundational course designed to equip professionals and caregivers with essential tools for understanding human behavior through the lens of emotional attachment, nervous system responses, and core wound patterns.

This course integrates neuroscience, attachment theory, somatic awareness, and a storytelling-based framework to help participants understand how early emotional experiences shape behavior, relational patterns, and regulation strategies. Learners will observe how emotional wounds influence everyday interactions and be introduced to techniques for fostering safety, connection, and compassionate response in educational, clinical, and caregiving environments.

This training is appropriate for educators, child-serving professionals, foster and adoptive parents, DFPS caseworkers, counselors, and other professionals who work directly with individuals experiencing emotional dysregulation, attachment challenges, or trauma histories.

Target Audience

This training is designed for:

• Educators and school personnel

• DFPS caseworkers and child welfare staff

• Foster parents and adoptive caregivers

• Youth-serving professionals

• Counselors and mental-health-adjacent practitioners

• Parents and caregivers seeking trauma-informed relational tools

• Human services professionals

Delivery Format

The Julia Effect™ training is offered in the following format:

• Live in-person workshop

Course duration may be adjusted to meet organization or agency needs (e.g., 2-hour, 3-hour, or half-day sessions).

Duration

The Julia Effect: Intro to Emotional Arts:

Standard Delivery: 2-Day Training (12 hours)

Condensed Delivery: 3-Hour Intro Session

Half Day Delivery: 6 Hours

Custom Agency Training: Available by request

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Define the five core emotional wound categories in the Julia Effect framework (Connection, Belonging, Worthiness, Freedom, Safety).

2. Recognize how early emotional and attachment experiences influence adult and child behavior.

3. Identify common nervous system responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) in interpersonal interactions.

4. Interpret challenging behaviors through a trauma-informed, attachment-based lens rather than through judgment.

5. Demonstrate strategies for nurturing emotional safety and connection in relational and educational settings.

6. Apply foundational Emotional Arts principles to everyday situations involving youth and adults experiencing emotional dysregulation.

Course Content/Outline:

Module 1 — Introduction to Emotional Arts & The Julia Effect Framework

• Overview of attachment and the five core emotional categories

• How emotional history shapes relational patterns

Module 2 — Nervous System Responses & Behavioral Patterns

• Identifying activation cycles

• Recognizing fight / flight / freeze / fawn

Module 3 — Somatic Storytelling as a Tool

• Using narrative to understand regulation

• Case examples and experiential exercises

Module 4 — Practical Application Strategies

• Classroom / home / caregiving scenarios

• Techniques for building safety and connection

• Responding to emotional overwhelm

Module 5 — Reflection & Application Planning

• Personal reflection

• Next steps for implementation

Continuing Education Information

Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion indicating contact hours attended. This training is designed to support continuing professional development and may be submitted for credit reporting with appropriate licensing boards and agencies.

Registration & Contact

To register or inquire about scheduling this training for your organization, please contact:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 8643819049

Website: https://www.thejuliaeffect.com

Trainer

This course is facilitated by Kristina Richie, founder of The Julia Effect and author of the Julia Effect framework. Kristina has extensive experience in trauma informed education and emotional attachment work.