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3-Day: Intensive Trauma Therapist Certification Training: Safe and Effective Stabilization and Treatment Techniques for PTSD and Complex Trauma


Speaker:
Heidi Green, PsyD
Duration:
Three Full Days
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR
Product Code:
LWC059438
Brochure Code:
PWZ93397
Media Type:
Live Webinar

Dates
Schedule at a glance



Description

Our comprehensive certification program is designed to equip you with the skills and techniques to become the trauma therapist clients desperately need.

Over 3 intensive days, you’ll delve deep into the multifaceted world of trauma treatment, unraveling its complexities one thread at a time. From single incident trauma to complex traumas, you’ll cover it all, including traumas stemming from sexual assault, childhood abuse, domestic violence, war, and more.

By immersing yourself in our transformative curriculum, you’ll not only get a profound understanding of the spectrum of traumatic experiences – but leave knowing exactly how to confidently work with them in the clients you see in your office each day.

You’ll explore a wide range of evidence-based treatment modalities and a diverse array of issues that arise in clinical practice, equipping you with the tools you need to provide tailored treatment to each unique case…

…so your clients can overcome their traumatic pasts and reclaim their lives.

Taught by trauma expert, clinical psychologist and author Dr. Heidi Green, you’ll leave this course ready to offer evidence-based treatment to survivors, whether they meet criteria for a trauma-related clinical diagnosis or not.

Join Dr. Green as she shows you how you can:

  • Master the DSM-5® Classification of Trauma & Stressor-Related Disorders
  • Assess for psychological trauma including PTSD and complex trauma
  • Recognize and navigate the complexities of trauma-related symptoms and comorbidities
  • Facilitate emotional stabilization and set the stage for safe processing of traumatic experiences
  • Make informed decisions about modality choice based on the latest research and evidence
  • And much more!

PLUS when you complete this training, you’ll be eligible to become a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) through Evergreen Certifications at no additional cost – letting clients know you’re ready to guide them toward lasting healing and resilience.

And with 3-months of FREE group mentorship calls available to you after the training ends, you can join Dr. Green to review skills, discuss cases and get the ongoing support you need to take your trauma treatment to the next level.

Don’t wait – start your journey today and register now!


CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

  • No hidden fees – PESI pays for your application fee (a $99 value)*!
  • Simply complete this live event and the post-event evaluation included in this training, and your application to be a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) through Evergreen Certifications is complete.*

Attendees will receive documentation of CCTP designation from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following the program.
*Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CCTP for professional requirements.

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Each purchase includes CE credit for one individual (participants in full attendance will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, Q&A, and others.

Continuing Education Information: Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live, interactive webinar only. This webinar is being broadcast live in real-time and must be attended live, in its entirety, in order to earn credit. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your licensing board dictates whether web-based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your licensing board's rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 19.0 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


Canada Credit - Canadian Counsellors and Psychotherapists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to offer continuing education for counsellors and psychotherapists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This activity is approved for 19.0 credit hours.


Canada Credit - Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 19.0 Clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Synchronous Distance.  Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Canada Credit - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 19.0 continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Canada Credit - Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 1140 continuing education minutes as required by many national and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements. 


US National Boards - Social Workers - National NASW

This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval #886759332-4700 ) for 19.0 continuing education contact hours in Clinical Social Work.



Speaker

Heidi Green, PsyD's Profile

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Dr. Heidi Green, is a highly respected clinical psychologist and trauma therapist who trained at a world-renowned center for trauma and addiction treatment, Psychological Counseling Services, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Now in private practice, Dr. Green has become a leading expert in trauma healing and personal empowerment. She’s made national television appearances on “The List” as a trusted mental health authority and is the author of The Path to Self-Love and World Domination in which she captures her journey from insecurity and self-doubt to emotional recovery and self-acceptance with humor, humility, compassion, and a saucy spirit. Her therapeutic specialties include trauma, self-esteem, codependency, body image, boundaries, healthy sexuality, depression, anxiety, crisis intervention, and more. Using some of today’s most in-demand evidence-based treatments like DBT and EMDR, Dr. Green is recognized for her remarkable ability to connect with individuals and guide them on a transformative journey of self-discovery, personal growth, and improved well-being.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Heidi Green maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Heidi Green is a member of the American Psychological Association.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.


Webcast Schedule

Please note: Each day there will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.


Questions?

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Objectives

  1. Assess clients for indicators of unprocessed traumatic memories.  
  2. Utilize CAPS-5, SCID, PSS-I, PCL-5 and other appropriate clinical evidence-based assessments to identify traumatic events and PTSD diagnosis. 
  3. Assess clients for racial trauma and/or stress from discrimination. 
  4. Differentiate between hyper-arousal and hypo-arousal signals in clients. 
  5. Employ an evidence-based Three Phase Model in trauma treatment.  
  6. Analyze how therapeutic presence facilitates positive therapeutic relationships and effective therapy through the lens of Polyvagal Theory. 
  7. Determine how clinicians can utilize adjunctive interventions like yoga and mindfulness to help clients regulate arousal and stabilize.  
  8. Employ breathing and somatic interventions clients can use when they are in acute distress. 
  9. Apply culturally relevant information to treatment plans and to build working alliance with clients before trauma processing.  
  10. Assess clients to determine which are good candidates for trauma processing. 
  11. Analyze factors to consider in choosing the appropriate trauma processing model for a client.  
  12. Integrate effective adaptions when working with bi-lingual clients or neurodiverse clients. 
  13. Evaluate signs that clients are making progress during trauma processing. 
  14. Differentiate the benefits and potential drawbacks of EMDR, IFS and SE to establish which might best fit a particular client’s needs.  
  15. Determine what to include in your clinical documentation when working with PTSD.
  16. Competently assist a client experiencing a flashback in session. 
  17. Build an understanding of the neurocognitive function of trauma-related disassociation.
  18. Assist clients in grounding into the present moment when trauma triggers are activated. 
  19. Build a competence base in the treatment of betrayal trauma. 
  20. Understand the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on the risk of developing mental illnesses, addictions, and chronic medical diseases.

Outline

Introduction to Trauma: Setting the Stage for Transformative Treatment

  • Unveiling the nature of trauma
  • Illuminating the effects of trauma
  • Decoding the neuroscience of trauma
  • Trauma assessment tools and diagnosis
  • Navigating the phases of trauma treatment

Developmental Trauma: What You Need to Know

  • Assessing trauma and posttraumatic outcomes
  • Attachment theory
  • Family of origin trauma
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences - ACE Test

Grounding and Regulation Techniques: Effectively Reduce Distress, Regulate Intense Emotions, and Create Stability in Clients

  • Forge a safe container for healing
  • Distress reduction and affect regulation strategies
  • Mindfulness for present-moment awareness and self-compassion
  • Pendulation and titration for more gentle healing and integration
  • Focused breathing tools to restore balance and release tension

Single-Incident Trauma & Stress-Related Disorders

  • Treating the effects of acute trauma
  • Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology of trauma
  • Acute, PTSD
  • Personality disorders and trauma
  • Anxiety disorders and trauma
  • Depressive disorders and trauma
  • Eating disorders and trauma
  • Psychotic disorders and trauma

Cognitive Approaches to Trauma Therapy

  • Psychoeducation tools to help clients take charge of their healing journey
  • Cognitive interventions to challenge negative thought patterns and enhance coping skills
  • Prolonged exposure strategies to gradually process distressing memories, emotions, and triggers
  • Research, risks and limitations

Somatic Approaches to Trauma Therapy: 4 Keys to Unlocking the Body’s Wisdom for Trauma Healing

  • How somatic experiencing facilitates the release and integration of traumatic experiences
  • Body-based tools to reconnect clients with their bodies and foster resilience
  • Movement-based techniques to release trauma through embodied experiences
  • Insights into polyvagal theory and its application to trauma therapy
  • Research, risks and limitations

IFS and Narrative Therapy to Process Emotional Pain

  • Storytelling and emotional processing - bringing meaning to client’s emotional responses
  • The imprint of trauma: Parts work and Internal Family Systems
  • How the “trauma egg” exercise helps clients process past emotional pain
  • Research, risks and limitations

EMDR: A Rapid, Safe and Proven Trauma Treatment

  • Core principles, techniques, and applications in trauma therapy
  • Desensitization, reprocessing, and the integration of adaptive beliefs
  • EMDR process and bilateral stimulation
  • Techniques for stabilizing clients who get triggered in session
  • Research, risks and limitations

Trauma Subgroups

  • Military trauma
  • Sexual trauma
  • Inter-generational trauma
  • C-PTSD
  • Collective trauma
  • Treating trauma in children

Cultural Sensitivity in Trauma Treatment: Nurturing Trust and Healing Across Diverse Communities

  • Trust building
  • Tools to promote cultural humility and empower individuals to heal from racial trauma
  • Explore the intersection of poverty and trauma
  • Working with neurodiverse clients
  • Overcoming language barriers
  • Cultural attitudes towards therapy

Transforming Care through Trauma- Informed Practices: Nurturing Self-Worth, Self-Compassion, and Therapist Resilience

  • Trauma and self-worth interventions to rebuilding a positive sense of self
  • Cultivating self-compassion in trauma recovery
  • Self-care practices, boundary setting, and strategies for managing vicarious trauma and burnout

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Therapists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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