Australia Resource Therapy Institute

20/12/2025

20/12/2025

Wow mine was blessed.

Mine is grateful. How about you?

10/12/2025

Most couples’ fights are not about the dishwasher.
They are about trauma sitting quietly between two people who love each other.

In the room, you can feel it.
Two nervous systems on high alert.
Two sets of parts, both trying to survive, both convinced the other is the threat.

One partner’s abandoned little one is on deck.
The other partner’s angry protector rushes in.
By the time you hear “You never listen” or “You always shut down”,
you are already in parts territory.

As therapists, we can’t just teach better communication skills and hope for the best.
We need a map for what is happening inside each partner, in real time, when trauma is activated.

Resource Therapy understands these inner clashes as parts that both believe they are right and are trying to protect.
When we honour each Resource State, give it a voice, and shift the work to the right part, we can explore its needs and how to get them met.
Then the couple can finally stop fighting the wrong enemy.

Imagine your next couples session where you can say:
“It is not you two against each other. It is the traumatised parts and protectors on board. Let’s meet them, one at a time.”

💬 Ask Me Anything Thursday:
What do you find hardest about trauma in couples work right now?
Drop a question in the comments or send me a DM. I’ll weave your questions into future posts and trainings.

If you want a clearer, parts-based map for your couples (and your own nervous system),
come and train with us in Resource Therapy at the Australia Resource Therapy Institute.
We go beyond “talk about the fight” and into the specific States that keep recreating it.

09/12/2025

Here’s my ‘parts passport’ special gift xx

09/12/2025

Wellness Wednesday. Calm Koala reminds us that softness is still strength. Your body does not need to hold everything at once. Even a tiny unclenching changes the whole system. If things feel full today, let one area soften by a millimetre. Your nervous system will notice. What’s your go to calmer ?
Pop on the comments below..👇
© Philipa Thornton

08/12/2025

WHO’S ON DECK TUESDAY? ⚓️🐻🐧🐒🐨

Ever feel like one moment you are steady and organised, and the next you want to hide under the doona or run away?

In Resource Therapy we see this as your inner crew taking turns on deck – different Resource States, each with a job, a story, and a body pattern. Not crazy. Just organised differently.

Today’s gentle check in:

“Who is on deck for me right now, and what are they trying to help me with?”

From the carousel:
🐻 Steady Protector
🐧 Small Steps Penguin
🐒 Mischief Maker
🐨 Tired-but-Trying Koala

👇 Comment with your crew member or drop an emoji.
Therapists – feel free to screenshot and use this as a check in with your clients this week.

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06/12/2025

🚢 Congratulations to Our Newest Captains of the Moment

These remarkable therapists have officially completed the Train the Trainer program with Philipa Thornton and Chris Paulin at the Australia Resource Therapy Institute.

Each of them now holds the map, the compass, and the confidence to guide others through the power of advanced parts therapy.

They’re not just trainers – they are leaders.
They know how to call forward the Captain of the Moment, welcome wounded States to the deck, and teach the next wave of therapists how to work at the source, not just the symptoms.

💙 Please help us celebrate this exceptional crew.
We are incredibly proud of the clarity, heart, and skill they bring to the Resource Therapy community.

05/12/2025

What if 2026 is the year you step into mastery — learning to work with the parts that drive your clients’ emotions, behaviours, and healing? 🌱

Join the 2026 Clinical Resource Therapy Certification Program and transform your practice.

Learn with Philipa Thornton, Chris Paulin, and Prof. Gordon Emmerson, PhD in an experiential and practical online training designed for real therapeutic change.

📅 Feb–May 2026 | Online | 9 am–5 pm AEDT/AEST

05/12/2025

Curious 🤨

The study explored whether autism symptom severity corresponds to identifiable patterns of brain connectivity and related gene expression.

Read more via the link in the comments!

05/12/2025

Honoring the dedication of ARTI newly certified Resource Therapy Trainers, true legends all !

03/12/2025

Therapists love Resource Therapy — and it’s easy to see why.
💛 Practical + experiential
🧠 Integrative + trauma-informed
🌿 Compassionate + truly effective

If you’re ready to deepen your skills and work with clients’ parts in a way that creates real change… 2026 enrolment is now open.

This is your year to transform your sessions — and your confidence as a therapist.

01/12/2025

Memory reconsolidation helps explain why some sessions create profound, lasting change while others only improve coping. This article explores how Resource Therapy, an parts-based, trauma-informed approach, works directly with our inner “crew” of Resource States to reactivate painful emotional memories, create a healing mismatch experience, and support the brain to rewrite old emotional scripts so clients can genuinely respond differently in their everyday lives.

Memory reconsolidation explains why some sessions create profound, lasting change while others only improve coping. In this article, I unpack how Resource Therapy uses parts-based, trauma-informed …