Forget what you thought trauma treatment had to look like.
In this fast-paced 3-hour course, you’ll learn powerful, brain-based strategies that help clients heal – without re-experiencing the pain of the past. Join Michael Cortina, LCSW, LCAC, founder, creator, and CEO of The Cortina Method©, as he dismantles outdated myths and shows you how to engage the nervous system in real-time with tools that are uplifting, effective, and immediately actionable.
You’ll walk away with:
Through live demos, video demonstration, and experiential exercises, you’ll rethink trauma, renew your energy, and reignite client outcomes …
… all while boosting engagement, reducing dropout rates, and expanding access to care for clients who find traditional methods overwhelming.
No re-living. No retraumatizing. Just transformation.
Register now and add this game-changing approach to your clinical toolbox.
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.
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.
Earn up to 3.0 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession.
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 3.0 credit hours.
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 3.0 continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement
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, 2026 - January 27, 2029. Social workers completing this course receive 3.0 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 offered by providers approved by the ASWB ACE program for ongoing professional development.
This activity qualifies for 180 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.
Michael Cortina, LCSW, LCAC, is an internationally recognized trauma resolution expert and the creator of The Cortina Method© - a groundbreaking, brain-based approach to healing trauma without reliving the pain. A licensed clinical social worker and addiction counselor, Michael is a dynamic keynote speaker, trainer, and thought leader in PTSD treatment and brain-based healing.
His pioneering work on The Cortina Method was published in Frontiers in Psychiatry (November 2024) and has reached global audiences through appearances on ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS, and The CW, as well as in 400+ media outlets. Michael has led behavioral health teams across hospital, residential, and community settings and now provides national trainings and master classes empowering clinicians to achieve lasting trauma resolution.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Michael Cortina is the founder of The Cortina Method. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Michael Cortina has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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.
Please note: There will be a 15-minute break mid-afternoon, Actual break start times are at the discretion of the spekaer. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
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