What if the behavior you’re seeing in the therapy room isn’t simply a symptom to manage, resistance to overcome, or a lack of motivation — but valuable information about what a client’s nervous system needs?

In this training, Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., emotional development expert and co-creator of the Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method, invites clinicians to look beneath behavior through a regulation-informed lens. You’ll explore how differences in nervous system regulation, sensory processing, and neuroception can shape emotional experiences, relationships, behavior, and even what happens between you and your client in the therapy room.

Using Seed & Sew's Regulation Questionnaire, participants will learn a practical framework for recognizing individual regulation patterns — in clients and in themselves — and translating those insights into more meaningful clinical hypotheses. Instead of asking only, “How do we change this behavior?” clinicians will learn to also ask, “What is this behavior telling us?” and “What might this nervous system be trying to accomplish or communicate?”

Drawing from neuroscience, sensory processing research, attachment theory, and Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP), this training bridges insight with practical application. Participants will leave with new ways to understand what may be happening underneath challenging or confusing behaviors, strengthen co-regulation and the therapeutic relationship, and respond to clients with greater precision, curiosity, and compassion.

Learning Objectives

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

1. Explain how nervous system regulation, sensory processing, and neuroception influence behavior, emotional experiences, and therapeutic engagement.
2. Interpret Regulation Questionnaire profiles to identify individual regulation patterns and develop meaningful hypotheses about clients' underlying needs.
3. Apply regulation-informed strategies and Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) principles to strengthen therapeutic relationships, support co-regulation, and improve client outcomes.
4. Evaluate how their own nervous system patterns influence therapeutic presence, clinical decision-making, and interactions with clients to enhance reflective practice.

About The Presenters

Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., is an emotional development expert, educator, founder of Seed & Sew, and co-creator of the Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method. She holds a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and specializes in translating research on nervous system regulation, emotional development, and sensory processing into practical tools for understanding the needs beneath behavior. Alyssa is the host of the Voices of Your Village podcast and co-author of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, and her work helps parents, educators, and helping professionals approach behavior with greater curiosity, connection, and compassion.

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby is a licensed psychologist, licensed marriage and family therapist, and Board Certified Coach (BCC). She is the founder and clinical director of Growing Self Counseling & Coaching, a large, vibrant group practice serving both therapy and coaching clients around the world for over 10 years.

Dr. Bobby obtained her BCC credential in 2012 and has since trained over 100 licensed therapists in coaching competencies. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and has extensive experience helping clinicians navigate the complex ethical and legal landscape of offering both therapy and coaching services. She is the creator of the only NBCC-accredited Coaching Certification program designed exclusively for licensed therapists.

Continuing Education Credit

This live, 60-minute program offers 1 CE credits. Target audience: licensed psychologists and other licensed mental health professionals. Instructional level: introductory. Participants must attend the full session and complete the program evaluation to receive credit.

NBCC. This program awards 1 continuing education clock hours. Growing Self Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7405. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Growing Self Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

APA. Growing Self Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Growing Self Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 1.5 CE credits and addresses ethical, legal, and regulatory standards relevant to practice. Instructional level: introductory. Participants must attend the full session and complete the program evaluation to receive credit. References supporting the content are provided during the training.

Growing Self has been qualified by the Center for Credentialing and Education as a Registered Credential Training Provider, Number 1051-BCC, to provide training courses qualified for credit toward eligibility for the Board Certified Coach credential. This training offers 1.5 continuing education hours for Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential holders.

Disclosures. Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby is the founder of the Coaching Certification for Therapists program and may reference it during the program; this financial interest is disclosed. No commercial support was received for this program. No portion of the 90-minute CE session is used to promote or sell any product or service; all 90 minutes are instructional time.

Program Policies. Cancellation: This program is offered at no cost, so no refunds apply. If you are unable to attend, no action is required. If Growing Self Institute cancels or reschedules the program, all registrants will be notified by email at the address provided at registration. Certificates: CE certificates are issued by email within one business day following verified attendance for the full session.

Grievances: Growing Self Institute's written grievance procedure is available on request — contact Lisa Marie Bobby, Ph.D. at hello@growingself.com or 720.370.1800. Accommodations: To request an accommodation, contact hello@growingself.com or 720.370.1800 at least 3 business days before the program.

To request accommodations, contact hello@growingself.com or 720.370.1800.