Safety & Stabilization
Before you can process anything, your nervous system needs to know it's safe. This phase teaches you how to regulate, ground, and create the internal stability that makes the deeper work possible.
Annie Wright, LMFT
Relational Trauma Specialist & Executive Coach
A Course by Annie Wright, LMFT
Fixing the Foundations
You've done the work. Read the books. Tried the therapy. And the same patterns keep running your life.
Because the foundation was never repaired.
7 Phases | 62 Lessons | 180+ Page Workbook
Cart opens August 12, 2026 · First cohort August 19 · 50 seats
The Transformation
By the end of this course, you won't just understand your patterns. You'll have moved through the phases that actually change them.
Before
- Managing symptoms instead of healing the source
- Understanding your patterns but unable to change them
- Performing calm while your nervous system is dysregulated
- Relationships that recreate childhood wounds
- Success on the outside, fragile on the inside
- Bracing for the other shoe to drop in every good moment
- Choosing partners who confirm your deepest fear about yourself
After
- A stabilized nervous system you can return to under stress
- Frameworks that create behavioral change, not just awareness
- Grief work done in sequence — so it integrates instead of overwhelms
- The relational skills to actually show up differently
- An identity no longer organized around your wounds
- The capacity to receive good things without waiting for punishment
- Choosing partners from desire, not from wound
Does This Sound Familiar?
You might recognize yourself.
01
You over-function in every relationship — and you're exhausted by it
02
You intellectualize your childhood but your body hasn't caught up
03
You've done years of therapy but still feel stuck in the same loop
04
You perform "fine" so well that no one knows how heavy it actually is
05
You attract the same type of partner — or avoid intimacy altogether
06
You know your patterns intellectually but can't seem to stop them
07
You've built an impressive life that secretly exhausts you to maintain
08
You keep waiting to feel “ready” — but readiness never comes on its own
Who This Is For
Is this course right for you?
This is for you if…
- You're a high-functioning adult whose life looks impressive but feels heavy underneath
- You know your childhood shaped you but haven't had a structured way to work through it
- You want a clinically rigorous path, not another self-help framework
- You're ready to do the work — not just understand the concepts
- You want to stop managing your wounds and start actually healing them
This is not for you if…
- You're currently in a mental health crisis or actively unsafe
- You're looking for a quick fix or weekend transformation
- You want someone to tell you what to do rather than guiding you through the work yourself
Why This Course Exists
This isn't therapy. It isn't a podcast with worksheets. It's something that didn't exist until now.
Evidence-Based
This course is built on the three-phase model of trauma recovery — the most validated clinical framework in the field. It's the same model used in trauma centers and graduate training programs worldwide. Every lesson maps to a specific phase of recovery, grounded in peer-reviewed research across attachment theory, neurobiology, and relational psychology.
Sequenced Deliberately
The order matters more than the content. You can't grieve what you haven't named. You can't reconnect until you've mourned. Most courses throw information at you and hope it sticks. This one respects the architecture of how humans actually heal — phase by phase, in the right order, at the right pace.
Designed for Real Life
Every lesson is available as video, audio, and full transcript. The 180+ page workbook gives you structured exercises for each phase. Work at your own pace. Come back whenever you need to. This isn't a weekend intensive that fades by Monday — it's a resource you'll return to for years.
The Outcomes
What you'll walk away with.
- Name and interrupt your nervous system's automatic trauma responses
- Understand exactly how your attachment patterns formed and what to do about them
- Grieve the core wounds you've been carrying in the right order, at the right pace
- Build practical relational skills that change how you actually show up
- Stop organizing your identity around what happened to you
- Hold complexity and move through the world with greater ease and steadiness
The Curriculum
Seven phases. Sixty-two lessons.
Each phase maps to the clinically validated three-phase model of trauma recovery. The sequence is deliberate.
Your Relational Blueprint
You'll map the specific relational patterns you inherited — who taught you what love looks like, what roles you were assigned, and how those early templates are still running your adult relationships.
Attachment & the Nervous System
This phase connects the dots between your attachment style, your nervous system responses, and the specific ways you show up (or shut down) in relationships. The body work begins here.
Grief & Mourning
The losses that were never acknowledged. The childhood you deserved but didn't get. The relationships that should have been safe but weren't. This phase gives you a structured container to finally grieve them.
Cognitive & Emotional Restructuring
The beliefs you built to survive — “I'm too much,” “I'm not enough,” “Love always leaves” — get examined, challenged, and rebuilt. This is where the internal narrative starts to shift.
Relational Skill-Building
Boundaries that don't require a crisis. Communication that doesn't perform. Conflict that doesn't destroy. This phase teaches the practical relational skills that most people never had modeled for them.
Integration & Forward
You'll consolidate everything you've built, develop your own ongoing practice, and create a clear plan for the life you're actually building — not the one organized around your wounds.
Bonus Materials
180+ Page Clinical Workbook · Bonus Materials and Supplementary Guides
All lessons available as video, audio, and full transcript.
After the Course
Imagine this.
You're at dinner with someone you care about, and they say something that used to send you spiraling. This time, you notice the activation in your body — and you stay. You don't perform calm. You don't leave. You don't over-explain. You just stay present, because your nervous system actually knows it's safe.
You wake up on a Sunday and the first thing you feel isn't dread or the need to be productive. You feel settled. Not because everything is perfect — but because you're no longer bracing for the thing that always comes next.
You look at your life and you recognize it as yours. Not the one you built to survive. The one you're building because you actually want it.
What's Included
Everything inside.
62 video lessons across 7 phases
$2,480 value
180+ page clinical workbook
$297 value
Audio + full transcripts of every lesson
$497 value
Bonus materials and supplementary guides
$396 value
Live Cohort only — Weekly group calls with Annie
$2,500 value
Live Cohort only — Private community access
$997 value
Total Value
$7,364
Your investment: $997 (Self-Paced) or $1,997 (Live Cohort)
Enrollment
Choose your path.
Self-Paced
$997
or 3 × $349
- 62 video lessons across 7 phases
- 180+ page clinical workbook
- Audio + full transcripts of every lesson
- Bonus materials and supplementary guides
- Lifetime access
Live Cohort
$1,997
or 3 × $699
- Everything in Self-Paced
- Weekly live group calls with Annie
- Private community access
- August 19 – October 28, 2026
- Limited to 50 seats
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Cart opens August 12, 2026 · Waitlist members get first access · Payment plans available
A note about trust.
This is a significant investment — and you deserve to feel confident about it. If you complete Phase I and decide this isn't right for you, email us within 14 days of enrollment for a full refund. No questions, no awkwardness. Annie stands behind this work completely.
What Students Say
The work speaks for itself.
"My dad called me today crying and we had a good quick conversation where I told him what I need and he responded very well. My therapist congratulated me on the boundaries I set and have been holding. My dad has never done what he did today. Not even close."
Bre, Course Student"I've done so much structured work to change my thought patterns and build up my coping skills through Annie's educational approach, and it has made a huge difference in my life. The systematic learning and self-development work has been truly empowering."
A.G., Course Student"By applying what I learned in this course, I have been able to significantly repair one family relationship and am now slowly mending another. Mom is responding to the boundaries and is less reactive, more respectful. Less reactivity means more calm."
Tamara, Course Student"Through Annie's work I have learned what healthy boundaries look like and recognized how dysfunctional my 'normal' childhood was. I was able to set boundaries with difficult family members. They haven't changed, but the trauma of those interactions is less because of my boundaries."
Jen, Course Student"Annie's work gave me language for something I'd been trying to articulate for years. The clinical framework is rigorous, but it's also deeply human. I finally feel like I'm healing instead of just coping."
Athena, Course Student"Annie's work has provided me with an understanding of my place within my birth family, guidance on being true to myself, and tools for thoughtfully dealing with my family. She helped me come through two rough years much more prepared for a future of positive relationships."
Meridith, Course StudentWhat Clinicians Say
"Annie's work is my go-to resource for my clients with complex relational trauma. I can't count the number of times I've assigned a client the homework of, 'read Annie Wright's blog.' Without fail, my clients report back feeling seen, understood, and less alone."
Maegan Megginson, MA, LMFT, LPC"Annie's clinical voice is rare — she combines scholarly precision with extraordinary warmth. Her work is the kind of resource I wish existed when I started training. I recommend it to colleagues and clients alike."
Krista Niles, PsyDAbout the Author
Annie Wright, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist / Relational Trauma Specialist / W.W. Norton Author / Keynote Speaker
Annie Wright is a licensed psychotherapist and trauma-informed executive coach with over 15,000 clinical hours specializing in relational trauma recovery for driven, ambitious women. Her clients include Silicon Valley executives, physicians, attorneys, and entrepreneurs — women whose external lives look extraordinary and whose internal lives carry the weight of unresolved relational wounds.
Annie founded, built, scaled, and successfully sold a mental health company with 24 clinicians across nine states — and she did it while maintaining a full clinical caseload. She knows what it means to build something extraordinary, and what it costs.
A regular contributor to Psychology Today, Annie's expert commentary on trauma, relationships, and driven women's mental health has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Inc., NPR, NBC, and The Information. Her first book with W.W. Norton & Company is forthcoming summer 2027.
Annie keynotes at state counseling conferences and associations, guest teaches at universities, presents at grand rounds at health systems, trains clinicians in relational trauma treatment, and presents to government agencies, private organizations, and schools. She also founded Annie Wright LLC, a global relational trauma recovery school of online courses, workshops, and group coaching for driven and ambitious women working to build beautiful adulthoods despite their adverse early beginnings.
She built this course because it's what she desperately wished she could have found 20 years ago, at the start of her own relational trauma recovery journey. It represents 15,000+ clinical hours of training and practice, distilled into the specific framework she uses with her own clients.
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Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this therapy?
No. This is a psychoeducational course — it provides clinical frameworks, language, and structured exercises for understanding and working through your relational patterns. It is not a substitute for therapy, and Annie is not your therapist through this course. Many students find this material pairs powerfully with their existing therapeutic work.
I'm already in therapy. Can I still do this?
Absolutely. Many students work through this course alongside their individual therapy and report that it accelerates their progress significantly. The structured framework and clinical language often give students and their therapists a shared map for the work.
How much time does this take per week?
Plan for 2–3 hours per week if you're working through the material at a steady pace. Each lesson includes a video (30–45 minutes), corresponding workbook exercises, and optional reflection prompts. The course is self-paced — you can move faster or slower as needed.
What's the difference between Self-Paced and Live Cohort?
Self-Paced gives you all 62 lessons, the workbook, audio versions, transcripts, and bonus guides with lifetime access. Live Cohort includes everything in Self-Paced plus weekly group calls with Annie and access to a private community of fellow students — running August 19 through October 28, 2026, limited to 50 participants.
Are payment plans available?
Yes. Both tiers offer a 3-payment plan: $349 × 3 for Self-Paced, or $699 × 3 for Live Cohort.
When does the live cohort start?
The first live cohort runs August 19 through October 28, 2026. Cart opens August 12. Waitlist members receive first access and early notification.
What if I fall behind?
You have lifetime access to all course materials. If you're in the Live Cohort and miss a call, recordings are available within 24 hours. There's no penalty for going at your own pace — this work isn't meant to be rushed.
Can I do this if I'm not sure I experienced relational trauma?
Yes. Many students enter this course unsure whether their experience “counts.” Part of the work in Phase I and Phase II is building the framework to name what you experienced — without requiring a specific label or diagnosis. If the patterns described on this page resonate with you, this course is designed for you.
What if I've already done a lot of personal development work?
This course is specifically designed for women who've already done significant work — therapy, books, workshops — and still feel stuck. The difference is the clinical sequencing. Understanding your patterns intellectually isn't the same as moving through the phases that actually change them. Most of our students have years of prior work. This is what comes next.
Is this just for women?
The course content is clinically applicable to anyone. Annie's clinical voice and examples tend to center the experiences of driven women because that's who she's worked with for 15,000+ hours. If the material resonates with you, it's for you.
Will I have access to Annie directly?
In the Live Cohort, yes — weekly group calls and a private community. In the Self-Paced track, you'll have the full course and all materials but not direct access to Annie.
What if I can't afford the full price right now?
Both tiers offer three-payment plans. The Self-Paced track breaks down to about $116/month. If cost is a barrier, start with one of Annie's $197 mini courses — they're designed as focused entry points into this work.
The information was never the problem. The sequence was.
This is the structured path your recovery has been missing.
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