TheraSummit Specialisms
free training for therapists
22–30 September 2026
A free virtual event for therapists and helping professionals who want to learn how to specialise, build new skills, and learn directly from specialists.
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20 minute audio presentations • Transcripts & captions • Downloadable resources
You want to keep learning. But professional development doesn’t always feel accessible.
You’re committed to your work and to the people you support. You want opportunities to keep learning, discover new approaches and build your confidence as a therapist.
But accessing that learning isn’t always straightforward.
Quality professional development can come with a cost, and exploring a new area can mean committing to deep, long-term training before you even know whether that specialism is right for you.
Maybe you want the chance to hear from people actually working in different specialisms. To learn something useful without immediately signing up for months of training. To explore what interests you and discover where you might want to go next.
There has got to be another way to learn.
What if exploring your next specialism could start with 20 minutes?
What if you could hear directly from specialists, discover different ways of working, and learn new skills without needing to make a huge commitment first? How would it feel to:
- Discover new specialisms and therapeutic approaches that interest you.
- Learn practical skills from people working within those areas.
- Explore ideas across mind, body, emotion and beyond the therapy room.
- Finish a presentation with something new to think about or bring into your work.
- Feel more confident about the areas you might want to explore further.
That’s what TheraSummit Specialisms is here to help you do.
Who Hosts TheraSummit®?
If we haven’t met yet, I’m Tamara Howell, a therapist in private practice, course creator, paperwork enthusiast, community builder, and founder of TheraBundle® and TheraSummit®.
We created TheraSummit to bring therapists together to share what they know, learn from one another and access brilliant professional development for free. And I am so excited to finally share these presentations with you.
They are even better than I hoped. Our presenters have put so much knowledge, experience and thought into their presentations and they’ve completely embraced what TheraSummit is about: generosity, vision and care.
Our Commitment to Accessibility & Inclusion
We’re excited to be sharing presentations from people across different cultures, countries, therapeutic modalities, client groups and lived experiences, each with their own path into specialism. We love the range of voices and perspectives represented in this year’s programme, and we’re incredibly grateful to every presenter who trusted our team with their work.
Part of our wider goal is to feature therapists who aren't already on speaker circuits or who have huge followings to support them in their new ventures and projects.
What to Expect at TheraSummit®
Each presentation is around 20 minutes, making it easy to explore different specialisms, ideas and approaches.
The presentations are pre-recorded audio, so there’s no schedule to keep up with. Choose what interests you and listen when it suits you.
Written summaries, transcripts and captions are included, plus free resources from many presenters to take your learning further.
Register free and explore the Summit until 23:59 PT on 30 September 2026 or keep the presentations with the optional All Access Pass.
MEET YOUR 2026 PRESENTERS
We’re excited to be sharing presentations from 33 people across different cultures, countries, therapeutic modalities, client groups and lived experiences, each with their own path into specialism.
Across Mind, Body, Emotion and Beyond the Therapy Room, you’ll have the opportunity to hear different voices, explore different approaches and learn directly from specialists. We’re incredibly grateful to every presenter who has trusted our team with their work, and we can’t wait for you to learn from them.
DAY ONE: MIND
Genetics in the Therapy Room: The Conversations We Didn't Train For
The Insatiable Hunger: Recognizing Faith Wounds Beneath Client Stuckness
Beyond 'It's Just Anxiety': What Every Therapist Should Know About Working with Invisible Illness
Working with Immersive and Maladaptive Daydreaming
Psychodynamic Therapy: Curiosity Over Certainty
The Four Disguises of Childhood Dissociation and What To Do About Them
When Competence Becomes Camouflage: Recognizing Hidden Presentations of Complex Trauma
When Addiction Isn't the Whole Story: Helping Therapists Recognise ADHD in Recovery
DAY TWO: BODY
Healing Heroes: cPTSD, Moral Injury and Co-occurring Disorders
Let the Body Lead: Bringing an Embodied Orientation to EMDR
Healing Beyond Four Walls: Reimagining Therapy Through Nature, Movement, and Place
Polyvagal Theory in Practice: Tools for Building Felt Safety in the Therapy Room
Transformational Embodiment: Introducing The PEACE Embodiment Framework
The High-Functioning Inner Child: Working with High Achievers
What If Your Brain Already Knows How to Heal? Discover Brainspotting
When Your Skin Swells With Hives: A Psychotherapeutic Perspective of Managing Chronic Urticaria
DAY 3: EMOTION
Beyond the Baby Blues: A Therapist’s Guide to Recognizing & Responding to Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Beyond the Western Lens: Integrating Culture, Identity and a Responsive Practice in Therapy
Childless Not by Choice: Working with Grief, Identity and Questions of Belonging
Decolonizing Therapy
Curating Grief: A creative, non-clinical approach as part of the spectrum of grief support
No Predictions, Just Possibilities: Three Myths About Tarot in Therapy
The Museum Is a Modality: Culture as a Clinical Tool
From Betrayal to Reconnection: A Clinical Framework for Rebuilding Love After Infidelity
DAY 4: BEYOND THE THERAPY ROOM
Leading Without Losing Yourself: The EASE Approach
Beyond the Therapy Office: Adding Healing Retreats to Your Private Practice
Setting Up for Supervision
Building Sustainable Practices: Why Collective Care, Memberships, and Diversification Matter in Today's Mental Health Landscape
Beyond Case Discussion: The Five Pillars of Professional Supervision
The Portfolio Practice: Creating a More Sustainable Therapy Career
Consistency Over Chaos: A Therapist's Guide to Social Media Marketing
No Colleagues Down the Hall? A Practical Guide to Starting Your Own Consultation Group
Beyond the 50-Minute Hour: Dreaming Bigger with Therapy Intensives
Get your free pass for TheraSummit® Specialisms 2026
Four days of ideas, practical learning and fresh perspectives from therapists sharing the work they know best and the paths that led them there.
Listen free until 23:59 PT on 30 September 2026
HAVE QUESTIONS? WE’VE GOT ANSWERS
Yes!
You can register for free and access all 33 presentations during the free Summit period. There is an optional All Access Pass for anyone who wants ongoing access and additional resources, but you do not need to buy anything to take part in TheraSummit.
TheraSummit® Specialisms is an opportunity to discover how other therapists found their paths, learn the skills and interventions they’ve developed along the way, and think about how you might become better known for your own work.
TheraSummit is for therapists, counsellors and other helping professionals who are curious about developing their work, discovering new areas of practice and learning from the specialisms of others.
You don’t need to have your own specialism figured out — you might leave with more questions, new possibilities or an entirely unexpected direction to explore.
The 33 presentations will be published across 22–25 September 2026.
Once you’ve registered, you can explore the presentations for free until 23:59 PT on 30 September 2026.
Not for the presentations.
All 33 presentations are pre-recorded audio, so you can choose what you want to listen to and fit them around your own schedule during the free access period.
We also have The Great Practice Shake-Up, our live launch event on 15 September 2026.
Each presentation is around 20 minutes.
They’re deliberately bite-sized, giving you an opportunity to discover a new specialism, idea, skill or intervention without needing to find hours in your diary.
Only if you want to!
TheraSummit is designed for you to follow your curiosity. Explore the programme, choose the presentations that interest you and dip into something completely new if it catches your attention.
There’s no prize for listening to all 33.
Register for free and we’ll send you the information you need to access TheraSummit® Specialisms when the presentations are released.
You’ll be able to explore the programme and choose what you’d like to listen to during the free access period.
Yes. We want people to be able to engage with TheraSummit in different ways.
Alongside the audio presentations, we provide written summaries and transcripts/captions, and many of our presenters have also shared resources to help you explore their work further.
Free access runs until 23:59 PT on 30 September 2026.
You can listen during the free access period without purchasing anything. If you’d like to keep the presentations afterwards, our optional All Access Pass includes ongoing access.
The Great Practice Shake-Up is our live TheraSummit® launch event on 15 September 2026.
Join Tamara as we kick off Specialisms 2026 and explore what it might look like to shake up the way we think about our practices, our specialisms and the work we want to be known for.
The optional TheraSummit® Specialisms All Access Pass is for anyone who wants to keep learning after the free Summit ends.
It includes ongoing access to all 33 presentations, the Specialisms Learning Companion, the six week Marketing by Specialism Coaching Club, £100 credit towards selected Tamara Howell resources and events, and additional learning resources.
No.
TheraSummit is a free event. You can register, listen to the presentations during the free access period and enjoy the Summit without purchasing the All Access Pass.
It’s simply an optional upgrade for people who want to keep the presentations and take their learning further.
Free access closes at 23:59 PT on 30 September 2026.
If you have an All Access Pass, you’ll continue to have access to the presentations and your included All Access resources. If not, that’s absolutely fine — we hope you’ll have discovered plenty of ideas to take away with you.
We want TheraSummit to make space for different voices, identities, experiences and ways of learning.
That means thinking intentionally about who gets a microphone, inviting perspectives we don’t always hear in traditional therapy training spaces, and providing different ways to engage with the presentations.
You can read more about our approach in the Accessibility & Inclusion section on this page.
Our 2027 presenter line-up is already full, but there will be opportunities to join future TheraSummits. Keep in touch with us to hear when we open applications!
Yes! We welcome sponsorship enquiries from businesses and organisations whose work supports therapists and aligns with the values of TheraSummit®.
Sponsoring is an opportunity to support accessible professional learning while introducing your work to our community of therapists and helping professionals.
You can learn more about sponsorship opportunities here: therabundle.com/sponsorship
TheraSummit brings together presenters with a wide range of specialisms, experiences, approaches and perspectives.
Each presenter is responsible for the content of their own presentation, and the views and opinions they share are their own. Inclusion in TheraSummit does not necessarily mean that TheraSummit, TheraBundle or Tamara Howell endorses every view, approach or intervention discussed.
We encourage you to bring your own professional judgement, curiosity and critical thinking to everything you hear just as you would with any professional learning.
No. When you register, you’ll be added to Tamara’s TheraBundle® email list so you can receive information and updates related to the event.
No problem! Feel free to reach out to us directly at hello@therabundle.com
Meet the organisations supporting TheraSummit® 2026
TheraSummit® wouldn’t be possible without the support of our wonderful sponsors. Meet the people and organisations helping us bring this year’s Summit to our community.
Our 2026 Headline Sponsor • Proudly supporting TheraSummit® 2026 • Zanda
Zanda combines all your admin, billing, scheduling, and communication needs into one easy-to-use platform built specifically for health practitioners. Every feature is designed to reduce paperwork, streamline daily tasks, and give you more time to focus on delivering quality care.
As a proud sponsor of TheraSummit Specialisms 2026, Zanda supports therapists with tools that simplify practice management while maintaining compliance and professionalism. From online bookings and automated reminders to secure notes, AI, invoicing, and payments, everything works together in one connected system.
Whether you’re running a solo practice or managing a growing clinic, Zanda helps you stay organized, improve cash flow, and create a smooth client experience from first appointment to final payment.
Our TheraChampion Sponsor • Championing therapists and the work they do
Jenny Hughes, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist specialising in trauma and PTSD. She supports helpers and healers through the common experience of vicarious trauma as the founder of The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective.
Jenny helps trauma therapists get their energy back and feel confident in their work again, so they can end the day with something left for themselves. As a clinician, she practises Brainspotting, EMDR and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Jenny is also the author of The PTSD Recovery Workbook and Triggers to Glimmers: A Vicarious Resilience Journal and Workbook.
Our TheraPartners • HELPING therapists to build practices that work for them
Practice with Tamara supports therapists to develop sustainable, fulfilling private practices through practical courses, training and community. Tamara teaches therapists how to work internationally, creates courses for every stage of private practice, and hosts The Practice Pod, a space for learning, reflection and connection.
Intensive Design Lab helps therapists break out of the traditional therapy box and create a way of working that feels more inspiring, fulfilling and free. Steffeny helps therapists across specialisms and modalities design, launch and grow therapy intensives that draw on their unique strengths, deepen their client work and create more freedom in their practice.
Our TheraSupporters • SUPPORTING OUR PROFESSION & MAKING THERASUMMIT POSSIBLE
Therapy Copy by Danielle provides website copy, blogs and email marketing for therapists, written by someone who understands the profession. Danielle helps therapists communicate clearly and grow their practice without having to become copywriters themselves.
TRU Healing Solutions supports helping professionals and organisations to turn trauma-informed care into everyday practice. Through training, consultation and practical support, Karen helps create healthier, more resilient systems for the people giving and receiving care.
Virtually Irreplaceable helps therapists simplify the business behind their practice, from client journeys and onboarding to workflows, automation and practice management — so they can spend less time wrestling with admin and more time doing the work they love.
Get your free pass for TheraSummit® Specialisms 2026
Four days of ideas, practical learning and fresh perspectives from therapists sharing the work they know best and the paths that led them there.
Listen free until 23:59 PT on 30 September 2026