Dr. Athena Phillips is a clinician, educator, and innovator dedicated to supporting survivors of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), OSDD, and complex trauma. With decades of specialized experience, she has created workshops, coaching curricula, and supportive interventions for individuals, while also training therapists and mental health professionals worldwide.

As the founder of the Integrative Trauma Treatment Center (est. 2012), Athena has built a space devoted to trauma recovery and the conditions that surround it. She approaches structural dissociation not as a flaw, but as a brilliant adaptation to layered trauma—one that deserves respect, care, and curiosity. She has also authored a trauma coach curriculum designed to expand the mental health workforce worldwide. She has presented on the topic of dissociation at The Trauma Congress in Rome, Italy (2023) and other platforms such as the International Study for Trauma and Dissociation conference in 2013.

Athena’s work is rooted in the belief that every part holds wisdom, resilience, and inherent goodness. She emphasizes strength, capacity, and safety, guiding survivors and their systems toward healing at a pace that honors their needs.
Her passion is clear: to help survivors and their systems build relational skills, deepen self-understanding, and navigate recovery with compassion, creativity, and evidence-informed practices. She is also passionate about the importance of decreasing the amount of time and cost dedicated to treatment through innovation and increased access to specialized supplemental support.

Course One: Many Voices, One Journey: An Educational Course for Survivors

Understand the foundations of structural dissociation and how healing works.

• What structural dissociation is, how it develops, and how it’s maintained
• How therapy and support can help
• Skills checklist to track learning and progress

Course Two: Soothing the Storm - Trauma Symptom Management for Dissociative Systems

Learn to recognize, understand, and manage post-trauma symptoms.

• Description of symptoms
• The “why” behind the “what”: Understanding the function of symptoms
• Strategies for managing post-trauma symptoms within a dissociative system
• Selves Care: supporting all parts of yourself with compassion

Course Three: A Meeting of My Minds - An Internal Inquiry

Get to know your system and its parts with curiosity and respect.

• Psychoeducation: types of parts, their needs, roles, and purposes
• Awareness + The Tangled Tale of Time, including The Many Masks of Me worksheet
• Mapping your system to see patterns and relationships
• Infrastructure: building communication and collaboration inside

Course Four: Mending the Mosaic - Cultivating Internal Cohesion

(also called Synchronizing the Orchestra)
Bring your system into greater harmony without losing individuality.

• Checking in + creating regular contained communication between parts
• Healthy intrapersonal relationships and essential relational ingredients
• Building trust + navigating internal resentment
• Finding common ground through values mapping and The Space Between exercise

Course Five: Parts in Partnership - Relational Skills for DID Systems and Their Families

Support healthy, sustainable relationships between survivors and loved ones.
For Caregivers:

• Understanding dissociation
• How relationships shape dissociation and healing
• Relating with all parts of the system respectfully and safely
• Protecting caregiver longevity through self-care and healthy boundaries