WHAT THE ABSTRACT PROMISED

Workshop based on the submitted ESTD Congress abstract

Attachment-informed structural architecture

Two structural dissociative branches within Plan B

Integration through relational & neuro-affective safety

Present-moment, minimum-energy work Structural map, cycles, clinical clips

CORE POINT : Discovering TIFT's architecture

WHAT MATTERS HERE: This is the structural spine of the workshop

WHAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED

Clarifying one term of the abstract: over- & under-modulation

WHAT THEY ARE

WHAT THEY ARE NOT

Upper branch: what I enact to create my

Not Window-of-Tolerance states

life

Not expressions of ANS states

Lower branch: what holds me back

Not resolved by appeasement or calming

Both: two sides of a shared configuration

Structural dissociative organisations

CORE POINT → Hardwired structure ≠ WOT states

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Coherence maintained under constraint

OUR ROLES TODAY

Who we are — what each of us contributes

Anandi Janner Steffan / Germany

Sarah Lloyd / UK

TIFT® founder · clinician · molecular biology ·

TIFT® therapist · co-presenter · cPTSD/DID ·

systems organisation · cPTSD/DID

clinical translation

👉 What if Complex Trauma were structured & configured differently?

CORE POINT: Discovering an original perspective on Complex Trauma

WHAT MATTERS HERE: Observing - Exploring - Making Sense take priority over Theory

TIFT® HYPOTHESIS

One architecture — unique folding — wholeness under constraint

One Architecture

Plan B Structure

One architecture expressed

Already Succeeded

Attachment constraints

in a unique present form

Present configuration is the

impact the structural

optimal embodied solution

organisation

CORE POINT → Non-secure attachment creates ordered inner structure

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Dissociation expresses twisted wholeness within one continuous organism

TIFT® FOUNDATIONS — GOVERNING LAWS

Laws of organisation across living and non-living systems

These laws precede life

Dyadic connection

Human organisation follows laws that

Universally present — indispensable for

precede life and attachment

human offspring

Domino effect goes both ways: + or -

Different trajectories

Initial conditions shape the entire trajectory

Different initial conditions → different

outcomes

CORE POINT → TIFT® takes into account physical laws and topological properties relevant to living systems

WHAT MATTERS HERE → All living systems are law-abiding!

TIFT® FOUNDATIONS — THE CLINICAL FIELD

From twisted wholeness to coherent wholeness

A systemic clinical unit A co-regulated embodied approach

Symmetrical with differentiated responsibilities

Client's system functional — but constricted

CORE POINT → Equal functionality, different constriction WHAT MATTERS HERE → Equal function ≠ identical clinical responsibility

PRACTICE — WORK WITH THE PRESENT ORGANISATION

The system sets the direction and depth

Present Moment

Dyadic Co-regulation

Stay Within Capacity

Continuous therapist–client co-regulation

Only what the system can integrate

The only growth point is now

Bottom-Up

Monitor Depth

Follow the organism's configuration as it arises

Stay within the depth system permits

CORE POINT → Present, awake therapist — no preselected direction

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Work in the present moment without changing the system first

PRACTICE · PLAYGROUND 1 — GROUND

Impact of initial attachment conditions

Wobbly ground Both wobble · observe

Same, same, but different Solid / sufficiently reliable ground

Both on solid ground Link to attachment + map

CORE POINT → Observe how the configuration emerges under different ground conditions.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Initial attachment conditions shape the inner structure and configuration, while life force remains preserved throughout.

PRACTICE · PLAN B

Wobbly / non-secure ground

Structural deficiencies Constrained organisation

Repetitive, largely predetermined patterns Upper and lower structural dissociative branches

Same living system — different configuration

CORE POINT → Plan B is a structural configuration under constraint.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Both Plan A and Plan B belong to the same living system.

PRACTICE · PLAN A

Solid / sufficiently reliable ground

Secure attachment Flexibly stable organisation

Choice and possibilities Conditions for development, presence and exploration

CORE POINT → Stable ground permits flexible organisation.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Plan A is not idealised perfection; it is sufficiently reliable ground for development.

WHAT THE GROUND MAKES VISIBLE

Same ground condition ≠ same manifestation

WOBBLY GROUND

SOLID / SUFFICIENTLY RELIABLE GROUND

non-secure attachment

secure attachment

Plan B

Plan A

contain / hold

different conditions → different form

minimum-energy interventions

even under the wobbly cushion is solid ground

CORE POINT → Same ground condition ≠ same manifestation.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → One map — unique individual expression.

THE MAP — ONE ARCHITECTURE

One architecture — different configurations under different ground conditions

One underlying architecture One structural map

Plan B and Plan A arise from one matrix, and belong to the same system

Different attachment conditions → different configuration

CORE POINT: The map is for the therapist only and not shared with the client to avoid overwhelm

WHAT MATTERS HERE: This is the Google-map orienting the therapist all along the way

TRANSITION · PG1 → PG2

What do Google Maps do?

ORIENT — tell us where we are CONTEXT — see the environment

PATH — follow the path toward the chosen goal

For complex trauma: from being in the past

to waking up in the present

CORE POINT → A map gives orientation without replacing the territory.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → The TIFT® map is for therapist orientation in the present clinical field.

PRACTICE · PLAYGROUND 2

Form / map / unfolding

0-twist · Möbius Structural map

2D → 3D Unfolding

CORE POINT → The same continuity can take different spatial forms.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → PG2 makes structure perceptible before it is explained.

PRACTICE · PLAYGROUND 2

0-twist and Möbius

0-TWIST

MÖBIUS

two-sided loop

one continuous surface

compare the surfaces

can be twisted

cut lengthwise

CORE POINT → One continuous surface can be twisted.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Continuity is not the same as simplicity.

FOUNDATIONS → PRACTICE

Four definitions for reading the map

STRUCTURE — concrete / material setup ORGANISATION — relational pattern within that structure

SECURE ATTACHMENT — flexibly stable organisation · choice and possibilities

NON-SECURE ATTACHMENT — constrained organisation · repetitive, largely predetermined patterns

CORE POINT → The map is read structurally, not symptom by symptom.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Do not confuse manifestation with structure.

PRACTICE · PLAYGROUND 2

The structural map · 2D → 3D

FLAT MAP — 2D representation →

FOLDED / FLAPPING MAP — 3D spatial form Same map · different spatial form

CORE POINT → The map represents the organisation; it is not the organisation itself.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → A change in spatial form can make hidden structure readable.

OPTIONAL · PLAYGROUND 2

The potato box

A 2D representation does not tell you what the 3D form contains.

FLATTENED → 3D FORM

What is inside? We think we know. We do not.

CORE POINT → Flattened information can hide spatial organisation.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Understanding is not yet unfolding.

PRACTICE · STAGE I–III BRIDGE

Same map · different depth

STAGE I — uppermost / most outward · what is happening today

STAGE II — intermediate depth

STAGE III — deepest / closest to the fundamental attachment wound

CORE POINT → The same map is worked at different depths.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Depth is not chosen in advance; it is permitted by the system.

PRACTICE · STAGE I–III BRIDGE

Bottom-up movement

from today's pattern backwards / down the axis

follow the configuration

monitor the depth permitted

CORE POINT → The same map is worked at different depths.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Depth is not chosen in advance; it is permitted by the system.

PRACTICE · STAGE I / STAGE II

Different depth · different therapist requirements

STAGE I

STAGE II

contain

deeper layers appear

rhythm

parameters more flexible

basic pulse

therapist input moves toward greater symmetry

exact dosage

continuous micro-adjustment

Both: still working in the present

CORE POINT → Same architecture — different therapist requirements.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Clinical depth changes therapist input and flexibility, not the present-time orientation.

PRACTICE · PLAYGROUND 3

Clinical material : Stage 3 video clips

Orientation and introduction Blackout + clips

Observe process Post-blackout reading

CORE POINT → PG3 shows the living process.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → The clinical clips reveal what PG1 and PG2 prepared the room to perceive.

PRACTICE · TIFT® SESSION STRUCTURE

The session has a stable architecture

1 Before session → email

2 Opening → goal + last-minute happenings

3 Markers → first cycles → further cycles

4 Ending → feedback

CORE POINT → The session has a stable architecture and a continuos movement

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Markers can be ordinary, pleasant or difficult — the system chooses what is relevant.

PRACTICE · 15-MINUTE CONFIDENTIAL CLINICAL CONTAINER

In-room only clinical material

STOP — livestream OFF · recording OFF CLINICAL VIDEO — beginning → markers / cycles → ending

RESTART — livestream ON · recording ON

CORE POINT → The blackout creates a contained clinical field.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → The room changes state when the clinical material becomes local and confidential.

POST-BLACKOUT

Clinical reading after the clips

A. JANNER STEFFAN — Therapist reading

S. LLOYD — Client reading

ground

rhythm / tone / lived experience

containment

"like a rope attaching me to you"

rhythm

relational distance

therapist input

cycles

Stage I / II / III differences

CORE POINT → Two positions read the same process.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → The same clinical moment can be read from inside experience and from structural orientation.

CLOSING

Take the map with you

CORE POINT → Enough to understand the workshop; more available after it.

WHAT MATTERS HERE → Live attention stays with the process; extended material belongs in the QR resources.