The Soma Thera Release System® Practitioner Training

The Soma Thera Release System® Practitioner Training with CPD accredited hours. 

A pioneering mind–body approach created by Caralyn Bains, AFBPsS

The Soma Thera Release System® (TSTRS®) is a somatic psychology informed method designed to help individuals safely process stored tension, emotional overwhelm, and trauma-related body patterns. Developed and refined by Caralyn Bains, Psychologist (AFBPsS), TSTRS® integrates knowledge from neuroscience, embodied healing practices, autonomic regulation, and therapeutic presence into a structured yet gentle practice.

This accredited training teaches practitioners how to guide clients through a  somatic release method that supports emotional processing, nervous system recalibration, and improved psychological wellbeing. It is not intended to replace specialised therapeutic input in acute trauma or PTSD. 

What Is The Soma Thera Release System®?

TSTRS® is built on five core principles:

1. Neurotherapeutic Plasticity

Your body enters a window where rewiring is possible. TSTRS® works with this window, not against it when it feels safe.

2. Vagal Recalibration & Regulation

Softening sympathetic over-drive and helping the vagus nerve re-establish safe patterns of emotional and physiological balance.

3. Somatic Pattern Release

Gently unwinding the tension-movement-emotion loops held in the body, often since childhood or trauma exposure.

4. Therapeutic Presence

Grounded, attuned practitioner facilitation, the “container” for safe emotional unbinding.

5. Meaning-Making & Integration

When the body releases, the mind can process allowing clarity, insight, and emotional coherence.

TSTRS® is not counselling nor clinical. It is a somatic psychological technique that supports trauma recovery, emotional processing, and nervous system regulation through the body’s own healing mechanisms.

Who Is This Training For?

This accredited training is ideal for:

• Coaches
• Therapists & Counsellors
• Psychologists
• Bodyworkers
• Somatic practitioners
• Health & wellbeing professionals
• Trauma-informed educators
• Anyone with prior training wanting to add a powerful somatic tool to their practice

No previous trauma qualification is required, but there must be some background training and knowledge in Psychology or counselling.  

What You Will Learn 

By the end of the TSTRS® Practitioner Training, you will be confident in:

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Facilitating a full TSTRS® session

From grounding to release to integration.

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Recognising somatic holding patterns

Including trauma bracing, emotional armouring, and neurodivergent sensory tension loops.

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Understanding the neuroscience of release

Including microglial activation states, the vagal pathway, and neurotherapeutic plasticity.

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Supporting safe emotional release

Reading cues, titration, pacing, containment, and aftercare.

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Client screening, boundaries, ethics & safeguarding

Clear, professional practice for all client types.

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Integrating meaning-making for psychological completion

Helping clients process and understand what the body reveals.

Course Format

Duration: 7 CPD-accredited hours

Accredited by: The CPD Standards Office (Provider 23039)

Includes:

• Practitioner workbook
• Trainer guidance
• Demonstration 
• Printable session templates
• Aftercare guidelines
• Full certification & digital badge
• Access to practitioner updates and future developments

Upon successful completion, you will receive:

Certified Soma Thera Release Practitioner status

along with your personalised digital certificate and practitioner badge.

Why TSTRS® Is Different

TSTRS® is not “just” somatics,  it is a fusion of:

 trauma-informed psychology

• somatic neuroscience
• emotional processing theory
• nervous system regulation
• embodied safety
• psychological integration
• lived experience and professional expertise

Caralyn’s unique combination of professional training, academic grounding, trauma-experience knowledge, and somatic insight has shaped STRS® into a system that is both safe and deeply effective.

The Outcome

Your clients will experience:

• emotional clarity
• reduced tension
• improved nervous system regulation
• trauma pattern softening
• better self-understanding
• empowerment and psychological spaciousness

Practitioners and clients describe TSTRS® as “the missing piece,” “transformational,” and “an essential tool for trauma-informed work.”

Become a Certified TSTRS® Practitioner

If you’re ready to deepen your practice, support your clients more effectively, and join a growing community of trauma-informed professionals, this course is for you.

course cost is £995 for licenced practitioner status.

clients are responsible for their emotional Health.   This is not a replacement for counselling if needed in more acute or complex trauma situations.  

TSTRS™ – The Soma Thera Release System™

A Psychologically-Informed Somatic Framework for Trauma-Aware Practice

The Soma Thera Release System™ (TSTRS™) is a gentle, structured, psychologically-informed framework developed by Caralyn Bains (AFBPsS, MABP) to support emotional regulation, somatic settling, and trauma-aware practice.

TSTRS™ brings together years of frontline trauma work, academic training, and applied somatic experience into a clear, ethical, client-led system that practitioners can use within their existing scope of practice.

Rather than being a clinical “therapy,” TSTRS™ is an evidence-informed intervention framework designed to complement and enhance the work of coaches, therapists, psychologists, and wellbeing professionals.

Why TSTRS™ Was Developed

TSTRS™ grew from more than a decade of working with traumatised individuals, families, and professionals.

Across roles, Caralyn observed the same recurring challenges:

• People understood their trauma intellectually but struggled to discharge or settle it in their bodies
• Somatic tools were scattered, inconsistent, or overwhelming
• Clients were often talked at instead of partnered with
• Practitioners lacked a permission-based, stepwise approach to somatic and emotional release
• The body’s role in trauma was frequently overlooked

During the COVID-19 pandemic, working voluntarily as a trauma coach supporting NHS staff, these gaps became even clearer.

Frontline workers carried immense bodily stress

TSTRS™ was created to offer exactly that,  a compassionate, ethical, somatic framework grounded in psychological principles. What TSTRS™ Involves

TSTRS™ integrates several evidence-informed components, including:

Nervous-System Regulation

Guiding clients to stabilise the autonomic nervous system to support emotional safety and presence.

Breath-Supported Emotional Processing

Gentle, permission-based breath practices that assist emotional settling without overwhelm.

Micro-Movement & Somatic Unwinding

Subtle movement patterns that support the release of held tension and improve embodied awareness.

Trauma-Informed Pacing & Consent

Every step is collaborative, client-led, and grounded in safety.

Nothing is done to the client, everything is done with them.

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Applied Psychological Principles

Drawing on trauma awareness, limbic settling, body-based regulation, and reflective processing.

No single element is new on its own, the power of TSTRS™ lies in the structured integration of these principles into one cohesive practitioner framework.

Who TSTRS™ Is For

This approach is used by:

• Coaches
• Therapists
• Psychologists
• Wellbeing practitioners
• Holistic and complementary practitioners
• Mental health professionals

TSTRS™ is suitable for any trained professional working within their scope who wishes to bring somatic and trauma-aware methods into their practice.

The Ethics and Safety of TSTRS™

TSTRS™ is:

• Psychologically informed
• Somatically grounded
• Trauma-aware
• Client-led
• Permission-based
• CPD-accredited