About Us

Founder & Trainer of Somatic Trauma Therapy 12 Day Training

Babette teaches all of the 12 Day Somatic Trauma Therapy trainings. These take place online with new courses starting in May and October each year. See the STT 12 Day Training page for more information and the Upcoming Training page for the next training.
If you’d like to book Babette for training or organise supervision or consultation with her, see her website by clicking here.

Certified Somatic Trauma Therapist & short-course professional trainer

Nes is a UKCP-registered integrative psychotherapist and psychotherapeutic counsellor working with adults, children and young people. She is a Certified Somatic Trauma Therapist, EMDR practitioner, clinical supervisor and experienced professional trainer and workshop facilitator.

Nes delivers professional training for therapists and mental health professionals focused on working safely with people who have experienced trauma. Drawing on her training in yoga, mindfulness, nature-connection and psychotherapeutic approaches, Nes also delivers experiential self care training and retreats for helping professionals to help prevent burnout and compassion fatigue.

Nes is the author of the Wild & Well-Being Card Deck and co-author, with Babette Rothschild, of the 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery Workbook and Help for the Helper Workbook, all published by W. W. Norton.

Certified Somatic Trauma Therapist & short-course professional trainer

Emma Radway-Bright PhD. is Lead Therapist at I Need Therapy, a counselling service based in the UK. She is a qualified therapeutic Counsellor / Psychotherapist and a Certified Somatic Trauma Therapist with an additional qualification as a Life Coach. She is currently working with clients online, which allows her to expand her geographical reach to clients across the UK, Europe and beyond. Her clients are mainly experiencing the effects of anxiety, depression, stress, and the emotional pressures of modern-day living. Emma specialises in trauma and (c)PTSD, due to her specialist training and continuing professional development. She works with people to support them in resolving the emotional, physical and behavioural effects of any trauma they have experienced in the past, or more recently.

Emma has also established a niche in Self Care, working to support people in creating routines and resources to better take care of themselves at work and across all areas of their lives.

She facilitates in-person and online professional training and workshops, covering her specialist areas for organisations and groups. She is particularly interested in supporting people through difficult transitions in their lives, helping them to navigate change while prioritising their own emotional and physical health daily.

Certified Somatic Trauma Therapist & short-course professional trainer

Kathrin Stauffer PhD is a UKCP-Registered body psychotherapist, EMDR practitioner, supervisor and trainer living and working in Cambridge, UK. She has been involved with Somatic Trauma Therapy for about 30 years and currently organises some of the 12-day online training courses with Babette Rothschild.

Kathrin has written two books, ‘Anatomy & Physiology for Psychotherapists’ (2010) and ‘Emotional Neglect and the Adult in Therapy’ (2020), both of which have been published by W.W. Norton.

Kathrin offers workshops and Webinars for a variety of organisations. She is interested in early neglect, developmental deficits and low-energy states, and how these affect complex trauma presentations.

Certified Somatic Trauma Therapist & short-course professional trainer

Certified Somatic Trauma Therapist & short-course professional trainer