APA 2026 Poster Resources
Comprehensive Resource Model™: Healing generational perpetrator patterns
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This page accompanies our APA 2026 poster presentation exploring how unresolved perpetrator patterns within family lineages can contribute to dissociation, treatment resistance, loss of agency, and persistent symptoms in survivors of complex trauma.
Our work examines an intergenerational application of the Comprehensive Resource Model™ (CRM™), integrating trauma science, memory reconsolidation, affective neuroscience, attachment theory, philosophy of mind, and contemplative traditions to address trauma that extends beyond the individual life narrative.
About the Poster
When members of past generations have committed heinous acts, their descendants can suffer symptoms in the present. This form of inter-generational trauma can be one of the biggest blocks to treatment – and among the hardest to spot. CRM™ offers precise protocols for identifying unresolved perpetration trauma in family lineages and healing the resulting dissociation and loss of agency. By restoring a sense of ancestral connection and reverence, clients can release inherited imprints and rewrite family and cultural scripts in line with a more flourishing future.
“Even the darkest perpetrators carry light inside them, albeit buried under decades or generations of traumatic experience. Are we not, as healers, responsible for holding the belief that everyone has the potential to be healed?”
— Lisa Schwarz
Watch CRM™ Generational Healing in Action
One of the most powerful ways to understand this work is to witness it directly.Watch a complete CRM™ generational healing demonstration illustrating how inherited perpetrator patterns can be identified and transformed through CRM's structured process.
Generational Healing Demonstration #1
Generational Healing Demonstration #2
Featured Conversation
Healing Generational Trauma: A Two-Part Interview with Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed. & Matthew GreenIf you feel called to learn more, we invite you to explore this in-depth conversation between CRM™ founder, Lisa Schwarz, and Journalist, Matthew Green.
Together, they examine how generational trauma continues to shape present-day suffering and why unresolved perpetrator, victim, and failed rescuer dynamics often remain hidden beneath symptoms that appear resistant to treatment.
These conversations provide an accessible introduction to the concepts presented in our APA poster and serve as an excellent starting point for clinicians interested in learning more about CRM®, Generational Healing, and the treatment of inherited trauma patterns.
Cape May Point, New Jersey, where Lisa Schwarz conducts intensive generational healing work.
Clinical Reflection
"My experience with the Comprehensive Resource Model has been that it allows access to implicit and generational material that may not emerge through traditional talk therapy alone.
In one significant piece of work, I processed inherited perpetrator patterns connected to manipulation, selfishness, and fear of causing harm. Before the session, I would not have named this as a therapy target. It showed up more as a background anxiety: uncertainty about whether I was doing the right thing, whether I could trust my own motives, or whether I was somehow taking advantage of others.
Through CRM's structured use of resourcing, breathwork, somatic tracking, and embodied processing, I was able to recognize this material as inherited rather than as an accurate reflection of who I am.
That distinction created a meaningful shift. The pattern moved from something vague and anxiety-producing in the background to something visible, workable, and far less charged.
CRM has also provided me with foundational skills for trauma healing more broadly. Its emphasis on grounding, breathwork, resourcing, and nervous system capacity helped me stay present with material that previously felt overwhelming.
What I value most about CRM is that it does not rely only on insight. It supports the nervous system in safely accessing and reorganizing implicit, ancestral, and trauma-based material at a depth that can create real internal change."
— Molly Steranko, Therapist, PAGet Trained in CRM™
Foundations of CRM™
The Required Starting Point for All CRM TrainingThe Foundations of CRM™ (formerly titled CRM™ Basic Training) is an accredited 5-day training that is designed to support clinicians in developing the foundational skills and conceptualization of CRM™ for the resolution of trauma. This Training is a prerequisite for all other CRM™ trainings and webinars.
When: September 9–13, 2026
Where: Live on Zoom
Taught by: Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed., Founder & Creator of CRM™
CRM™ with Generational Healing
Advanced Training – offered only once per yearThis 5-day training teaches advanced CRM™ resourcing skills and application to heal ancestral trauma that manifests as symptoms in client’s current timelines. Work is done in the biological lineages (maternal & paternal), spiritual lineages, and Soul’s Journey (past lives).
When: October 28 – November 1, 2026
Where: Live on Zoom
Taught by: Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed., Founder & Creator of CRM™
Beyond Therapy: CRM™ Executive Coaching
Transmuting the Shadow in Positions of PowerThe greater the power we wield, the greater the potential harm we can inflict—whether we are conscious of it or not. When shadow material remains unacknowledged and unintegrated, it influences leadership decisions, organizational culture, relationships, and mission fulfillment.
CRM™ Executive Coaching is designed to help leaders engage directly with these deeper layers of influence and develop leadership rooted in integrity, accountability, and authentic alignment.
For leaders committed to reconciling all facets of themselves and leading from a place of authentic integrity, this work offers a powerful path toward transformation.
This work supports leaders in transforming:
Power distortions
Control dynamics
Fear-based leadership
Self-protective strategies
Manipulation patterns
Moral injury
Unconscious perpetrator dynamics
Available Through:
Virtual Coaching
In-Person Intensives
Leadership Retreats
Team Development Programs
Equine-Assisted Executive Coaching
Nature-Based Leadership Retreats