01
Foundations of NCI
Somatic mapping, parts-aware grounding, resourcing the nucleus accumbens. The neuroscience of memory reconsolidation, why detailed trauma narratives are de-emphasised, and how to introduce the framework in intake.
Continuing education for clinicians
NCI Training — Q3 2026 Cohort.
Neural Circuit Integration is Sara Hamilton's clinical protocol — a neuroscience-informed synthesis of EMDR, AF-EMDR, IFS, Polyvagal Theory, and somatic therapy, organised around memory reconsolidation and resourcing.
Three live cohort sessions over six weeks. Designed to be integrated into the modality you already practise — not to replace it.
What you'll learn
Three modules. One coherent clinical lens.
The cohort moves through the NCI protocol the way you'd actually use it — starting with the framework, integrating with the modalities you already practise, then translating it into the between-session work your clients do in the vitalme app.
02
Integrating with EMDR & AF-EMDR
How NCI extends Attachment-Focused EMDR's Super Resourcing — building inner figures of safety, care, protection, and the wise self. Multi-Sensory Stimulation (MSS) as the hemispheric-communication bridge.
03
Building Your VitalMe Library
Translating in-session work into a personalised between-session practice — guided meditations, gratitude journalling, collage/movie work, MSS calming scenes. Live case-consultation block on the final session.
Q3 2026 schedule
Three Saturdays. Live, with recordings.
Sessions are held on Saturday mornings on the West Coast — designed to fit around a working clinical week. Every session is recorded and available within 48 hours for cohort members who can't attend live.
Session 01
Sat Sep 13, 2026*
10:00 AM PT · 1:00 PM ET
60 min
Foundations of NCI
How the brain's two systems — threat detection and reward/wellbeing — shape the way trauma is held and resolved. Psychoeducation, intake framing, and an introduction to Multi-Sensory Stimulation. Live Q&A with Sara on integrating the framework into your existing intake process.
Session 02
Sat Sep 27, 2026*
10:00 AM PT · 1:00 PM ET
60 min
Integrating with EMDR & AF-EMDR
Working through resource figures — peaceful place, nurturing figure, protective figure, wise self — and the NCI install process (emotion + sensation + cognition). How the framework extends standard EMDR resourcing without disrupting the modality you already practise.
Session 03
Sat Oct 11, 2026*
10:00 AM PT · 1:00 PM ET
90 min · case consultation
Building Your VitalMe Library
Curating in-app practices for your clients — daily integration, MSS calming scenes, voice description for somatic awareness, sleep-support meditations. Extended live case-consultation block: bring an anonymised case, get Sara's read on where NCI fits.
* Final dates locked by Aug 1, 2026; cohort capped at 60 clinicians. Cohort members who can't make a live session receive the recording and a written summary within 48 hours.
Who it's for
Clinicians ready to add a neuroscience lens.
The cohort is built for licensed mental-health clinicians who want to deepen their existing practice with a structured, neuroscience-informed framework. You don't need to abandon your primary modality — NCI is designed to layer on top of it.
- Licensed mental-health clinicians (LMFT, LCSW, LPC, PsyD, PhD, MD, or international equivalent)
- Comfortable with somatic frameworks and prepared to discuss them in intake/discovery
- Currently practising one or more of: EMDR, AF-EMDR, IFS, TIST, somatic therapy, Polyvagal-informed work
- Optional vitalme library access via the Therapist Practice plan
Faculty
Lead faculty: Sara Hamilton, LMFT.
Sara Hamilton, LMFT
Clinical Co-Founder, vitalme · NCI co-author
Sara is a psychotherapist with nearly two decades of clinical experience treating trauma with EMDR, parts work, somatic therapies, and other evidence-based modalities. She co-developed Neural Circuit Integration with Dr. Phillip Alvelda to extend, refine, and unify disparate mental health practices under a consistent neuroscience framework — and to give clinicians something practical they can layer on top of the modality they already practise.
EMDR
AF-EMDR · Approved Consultant
TIST · Certified
Parts Work
Somatic
Polyvagal
NCI Co-Author
You're in.
We'll be in touch when we open the next cohort. Watch for an email from clinicians@vitalme.ai.
Q3 2026 cohort fills first-come
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Train with Sara. Practise NCI. Extend the work your clients do between sessions.