Our Services
Reclaim Your Agency. Rewrite Your Story.
If you have tried traditional rehab and "talk therapy" but still feel stuck in the loop of relapse, the missing piece may be your body.
You are not broken. You are dysregulated.
At the ERA Institute, we provide a space where you can learn to use your body as a resource, regulate your nervous system and find a sustainable path forward.
Our Approach Helps You:
Discover your physiology to be a resource.
Build a "Resilience Toolkit" for real-world stressors.
Look beyond day to day challenges to carving out your unique path
For Addiction Services & Professionals
The Next Evolution in Clinical Care. Burnout rates among addiction counselors are high, and relapse rates among clients remain challenging.
The cognitive-behavioral model is essential, but it is incomplete without addressing the physiology of addiction.
Partner with the ERA Institute
We provide training, curriculum, and consultancy to rehabilitation centers, therapists, and addiction services who are looking to integrate Somatic & Trauma-Informed Care into their existing frameworks.
Professional Offerings:
Staff Training: "Somatics of Addiction"—Teaching your team how to co-regulate with dysregulated clients to prevent burnout.
Restorative Justice Workshops: Facilitating repair between clients and their communities.
Bridging the Gap Between Cognitive Treatment and Somatic Healing.
The landscape of addiction treatment is evolving. While cognitive behavioral therapy and 12-step facilitation remain foundational, modern neuroscience confirms that trauma and addiction are physiological disorders, not just psychological ones.
The ERA Institute partners with treatment centers, hospitals, and private practices to integrate Embodied, Restorative Adaptation into clinical programming. We help you treat the nervous system, not just the symptom.
1. For Your Clinical Team: The "Embodied Practitioner" Certification
Reduce burnout. Improve patient attunement. Master co-regulation.
Addiction professionals face some of the highest rates of compassion fatigue and burnout in healthcare. This training is designed not only to teach new modalities but to protect your staff.
The Science of Safety: Training staff on Polyvagal Theory and how to recognize nervous system dysregulation in real-time (fight/flight/freeze/fawn).
Somatic Countertransference: Teaching clinicians how to read their own bodies during difficult sessions to prevent vicarious trauma.
The Art of Co-Regulation: You cannot reason with a dysregulated client. We teach your team how to use their own nervous system to stabilize a client’s physiology, de-escalating crises without medication or restraint.
Bottom-Up Processing: Techniques to bypass the prefrontal cortex (logic) when it is offline and access the brainstem (survival) to facilitate true breakthrough moments.
2. Programmatic Consultancy: The "Restorative Systems" Audit
Transform your facility’s culture from punitive to restorative.
We review your current policies, environment, and daily schedules to ensure they align with trauma-informed principles. A dysregulated environment cannot produce regulated recovery.
Environmental Audit: Assessment of sensory inputs in your facility (lighting, noise, flow) that may be subconsciously triggering client hypervigilance.
Restorative Justice Implementation: Moving away from punitive discharge policies for relapse or behavioral issues. We implement "Restorative Circles" that hold clients accountable while keeping them connected to their recovery community.
Curriculum Integration: We license our specific ERA Group Protocols—a series of somatic group therapy sessions that can be immediately added to your IOP/PHP schedule.
3. The "Adaptation" Workshop Series
Evidence-informed psychoeducation for your clients.
We offer "Train the Trainer" packages where your staff learns to facilitate our proprietary workshops designed to rewire the addicted brain.
Module 1: The Biology of Addiction: Helping clients understand the dopamine reward system so they stop fighting their own biology and start working with it.
Module 2: Sensation Tolerance: Moving beyond "white-knuckling", clients learn to experience and sit with the physical sensation of a craving until it passes. This changes their neural pathways.
Module 3: Adaptive Resilience: Practical tools for replacing maladaptive coping mechanisms (substances) with adaptive somatic release (movement, breath, vocalization).
Why Partner with ERA?
Differentiation: Stand out in a crowded market by offering cutting-edge Somatic & Trauma-Informed care.
Retention: Clients who feel safe in their bodies are less likely to leave treatment against medical advice (AMA).
Sustainability: Equip your staff with tools that reduce emotional exhaustion, lowering turnover costs.
Let’s Discuss Your Needs
We offer half-day in-services, 1-day intensive retreats for staff, and ongoing clinical supervision.
Schedule a Consultation with the Founder of ERA
How We Work
1. Individual Somatic Coaching
One-on-one sessions focusing on nervous system regulation, urge surfing, and trauma resolution.
2. The "New Adaptation" Group Workshops
Small groups focused on skill-building. We replace the "addiction adaptation" with connection, movement, and creative expression.
3. Clinical Certification
For therapists and counselors: Become an ERA-Certified Practitioner and bring embodied recovery to your practice.
The ERA Institute
Embodied Safety. Restorative Healing. Sustainable Adaptation.
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Whether you are seeking recovery or looking to enhance your facility's treatment model, we are here to guide you.
