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2-Day Trauma Treatment Certification Training: Safe and Stable Trauma Processing and Resolution with CPT, PE, EMDR and IFS

Get the therapist’s toolkit you need to optimize your work with clients facing their traumatic pasts.

Watch trauma expert Daphne Fatter, PhD, who has almost 20 years of experience providing trauma treatment and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology under the direct supervision of world-renowned trauma expert Dr. Bessel van der Kolk.

Certified in EMDR, IFS and trained in CPT, Dr. Fatter will provide you with a guide on how you can better attune to trauma clients, elicit more stability prior to deeper work, and utilize an evidence-based Three Phase Model to help you create appropriate treatment plans to meet your clients' unique needs.

Dr. Fatter’s training will give you a roadmap to providing quality trauma treatment based on today’s most in-demand treatment modalities so you can:

Identify which candidates are ready for trauma processing
Best support clients during triggering moments
Access critical traumatic content during trauma processing
Appropriately work with culturally relevant factors
Discover the nuances of EMDR, CPT, IFS, and PE through case examples
Choose the right trauma processing model for your clients
Help clients regulate arousal and stabilize by integrating adjunctive interventions
Identify indicators of progress in effective trauma treatment

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.

Don’t miss this chance to get the expert guidance and interventions you need to make your trauma treatment toolbox more robust than ever before.

Register now!

CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

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

Attendees will receive documentation of CCTP certification from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following completion of the program.

*Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CCTP for professional requirements.

Program Information

Objectives

Assess clients for indicators of unprocessed traumatic memories.
Utilize CAPS-5, PCL-5 and other appropriate clinical evidence-based assessments to identify traumatic events and PTSD diagnosis.
Assess clients for racial trauma and/or stress from discrimination.
Differentiate between hyper-arousal and hypo arousal signals in clients.
Employ an evidence-based Three Phase Model in trauma treatment that begins with establishing safety.
Analyze how therapeutic presence facilitates positive therapeutic relationships and effective therapy through the lens of Polyvagal Theory.
Determine how clinicians can utilize adjunctive interventions like yoga to help clients regulate arousal and stabilize. 
Employ breathing and somatic interventions clients can use when they are in acute distress.
Apply culturally relevant information to treatment plans and to build working alliance with clients before trauma processing. 
Assess clients to determine which are good candidates for trauma processing.
Analyze factors to consider in choosing the appropriate trauma processing model for a client.
Integrate effective adaptions when working with bi-lingual clients or neurodiverse clients.
Evaluate signs that clients are making progress during trauma processing.
Differentiate the benefits and potential drawbacks of EMDR, CPT, IFS and PE to establish which might best fit a particular client’s needs.
Determine what to include in your clinical documentation when working with PTSD.

Outline

How the Neuroscience of Traumatic Stress Informs Your Treatment Plan

Impact on Brain Stem, Limbic System, & Pre-Frontal Cortex
How Trauma Impacts Information Processing
Indicators that a Client has Unprocessed Trauma
How Understanding the Neurobiology Informs Treatment Plans

Trauma Assessment Tools

Trauma Symptomology
Simple vs. Complex Trauma
Intergenerational Trauma
CAPS-5 and PCL-5
Screening for Racial Trauma and Stress Due to Discrimination
Dual Diagnosis & Differential Diagnosis

Creating Treatment Plans Focused on Arousal Regulation

PTSD & the Nervous System
Reading Your Client’s Signals
Signs Your Client is in Hyperarousal
Signs Your Client is in Hypoarousal
Polyvagal Theory
Emotional Attunement in Therapeutic Relationship

Employing the Phase-Oriented Treatment Model: A Roadmap to Safe and Effective Trauma Processing and Resolution

Benefits, Risks, Limitations
Phase One: Stabilization
Phase Two: Trauma Processing & Grieving
Phase Three: Present Day Life
What to Include in your Clinical Documentation

Adjunctive Interventions: 4 Proven Tools to Reduce Symptomology, Enhance Calm, and Improve Functioning

Arousal Regulation & Coping Skills
Yoga
Safe & Sound Protocol
Heart Rate Variability
Neurofeedback
How to Integrate These into Your Practice
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Navigating Acute Distress for State Change In and Out of Session

Bi-lateral Stimulation & Resource Tapping
Relational Resources & Integrating Culturally-Based Strengths
Breathing & Somatic Interventions
Emotion-Freedom Technique
Sensory Resources
Self-Compassion and Mindfulness
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Trauma Processing: Accessing Trauma Memory Networks, Managing Triggers, and More

What It Is and What It Isn’t
Accessing Traumatic Memory Networks
What Happens When a Client is Triggered
Engaging the Right & Left-Brain Hemisphere

Is Your Client Ready? Contraindications for Trauma Processing

Common Contraindications for Trauma Processing
Understanding Factors that Contribute to Early Termination
Informed Consent
How to Communicate Realistic Expectations
Things to Ask out Before Beginning
Including Partners & Family in Trauma Treatment

Cultural & Relational Factors in Trauma Treatment

Cultural Humility & Cultural Attunement
Systemic & Oppression-based Traumas
Social Location & Creating Working Alliance
Language Code Switching
Treatment Plan Considerations

Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy: 2 of the Best-Validated Top-Down Models for Trauma Resolution

Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Case Conceptualization & Case Examples
Treatment Goals & Roadmaps
Therapist’s Role
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

EMDR and IFS: Evidenced-Based Bottom-Up Models to Heal Trauma

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Memory Reconsolidation
Case Conceptualization & Case Examples
Treatment Goals & Roadmaps
Therapist’s Role
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Choosing the Right Trauma Processing Model for Your Client

Treatment Considerations
Shared Decision Making
Indicators of Effectiveness & Progress
When Is Trauma Processing is Complete

Specific Considerations & Future Directions in Trauma Treatment

Nuances with Neurodiverse Populations
Considerations with Traumatic Loss
When is Group Therapy Appropriate
Future Directions & Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Free Phone Apps and Resources for Clients

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Physicians
Psychologists
Case Managers
Therapists
Art Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 07/27/2023

Complex Trauma Certification Training: A Strength-Based Approach for Treating Complex PTSD

Many clinicians are trained in the treatment of single traumatic events, but are not fully equipment to treat Complex PTSD. The traditional approaches to the treatment of PTSD can fall short when working with clients with Complex PTSD. Watch this workshop to learn how you can adapt your therapeutic approach to help clients diagnosed with Complex PTSD achieve more successful outcomes.

The most common question asked when treating Complex PTSD is, “where do I start?”. In this training, you will develop confidence in your ability to successfully organize and prioritize your client’s treatment goals. You will learn how to compassionately and effectively work with clients who have experienced multiple traumatic events and prolonged trauma exposure.

Successful treatment requires a compassionate therapeutic relationship and effective, research-based interventions. After this training you will learn how to:

Help clients move out of crisis by building stabilizing resources
Prepare clients to work through traumatic memories without becoming overwhelmed
Develop an integrative trauma treatment plan that includes CBT, DBT, EMDR Therapy, Somatic Psychology, Parts Work Therapy, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Watch Dr. Arielle Schwartz, trauma expert, trainer and author of The Complex PTSD Workbook, in this engaging and interactive seminar to learn valuable strategies that will allow you to successfully address the dysregulated affect and arousal states that accompany Complex PTSD. You will leave this seminar with practical tools that facilitate a strength-based approach to trauma recovery and increased resilience in clients.

Program Information

Objectives

Distinguish key contributing factors to the development of Complex PTSD as it relates to client case conceptualization.
Analyze the impact of Complex PTSD on the cognitive, emotional, and physical health of the client.
Determine how to assess clients for Complex PTSD symptoms within other diagnoses, including personality disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and dissociative disorders.
Incorporate into clinical treatment practical mind-body therapy tools to help clients feel resourced and prepared for trauma processing.
Articulate the six stages of trauma responses within the neurobiology of Complex PTSD as it relates to clinical treatment.
Utilize assessment tools to properly assess for Complex PTSD to better inform treatment planning.
Analyze implicit memory foundations of preverbal and nonverbal memories.
Breakdown how mutual regulation within the therapeutic relationship teaches clients self-regulation strategies that help them develop new interpersonal strengths that help with the treatment process.
Analyze parts work from Structural Dissociation, Internal Family Systems, and Gestalt perspectives.
Evaluate the basic principles of a unified approach to somatic psychology.
Implement mindfulness-based techniques into trauma treatment.
Integrate interventions for the treatment of Complex PTSD drawn from CBT, DBT, EMDR Therapy, Parts Work Therapy, Somatic Psychology, and mind-body therapies.
Determine how the neuroscience of interpersonal neurobiology provides insight into the psychobiological changes possible within trauma treatment.
Analyze how working within the “Window of Tolerance” can help reduce the likelihood of re-traumatization.
Assess how “top-down” and “bottom-up” interventions can speed up or slow down the pacing of trauma treatment.
Differentiate past experience from present moment experience as it relates to the treatment of trauma.
Employ resilience as a strength-based approach that fosters growth and integration of a positive sense of self-identity in clients.
Evaluate the role of neuroplasticity in treating trauma.
Determine resilience and protective factors to aid against the development of PTSD.
Demonstrate effective strategies for working with clients' preverbal memories.
Utilize relational interventions for shame.
Utilize EFT, Havening Technique, and other “neuromodulation” strategies for trauma recovery.
Apply techniques of focusing and resourcing to prepare clients for trauma reprocessing.
Analyze somatic cues to determine level of internal trauma processing.
Employ coregulation to reduce level of client distress.
Adapt standard trauma therapy to the increased demands of complex PTSD.

Outline

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder vs. Complex PTSD: Understand the Difference

Acute traumatic stress, PTSD, Complex PTSD
Diagnostic clarification, differential diagnosis and co-morbidities
Key contributing factors of Complex PTSD
The common symptoms of Complex PTSD

The Neurobiology of PTSD: Beyond Fight and Flight

Polyvagal Theory
Stages of trauma response
Trauma specific psychopharmacology
Heart Rate Variability and the Social Nervous System
Interpersonal Neurobiology
Psychobiological regulation
Rupture and repair
Implications of childhood neglect or abuse
Neuroplasticity and Complex PTSD

Psychological and Physiological Repercussions of Complex PTSD: A Deeper Understanding for Accurate Assessment

Intrusive symptoms and anxiety
Emotional dysregulation: Outbursts of anger and debilitating shame
Avoidance symptoms and phobic reactions to traumatic material
Interpersonal problems and difficulty being close to others
Dissociation and dysregulation
Cognitive distortions and compromised meaning making
Physical health problems, ACE factors and painful somatization
Preverbal and nonverbal memories
Disturbing somatic sensations
Depressive symptoms
Learned helplessness and shame

Therapeutic Interventions for Complex PTSD: Summary of Effective Therapies

Psychodynamic and Relational Therapy
Psychobiological perspectives: Polyvagal Theory
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
EMDR Therapy
Somatic Psychology
Parts Work Therapy: Work with Ego States
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM):
mindfulness, yoga, and integrative healthcare

Integrative Treatment for Complex PTSD: Putting it All Together for an Effective Treatment Plan

A Biopsychosocial Approach: Partner with clients to build a health care team
Goal of treatment: Memory retrieval vs. trauma recovery
History taking: Identify chronic, repeated, and/or developmental trauma events
Cultural factors and Complex PTSD
Recognize attachment injuries
Identify parts, ego states and defenses
Assess for dissociation (“fragmentation”)
Clinical Vignette #1
Mutual regulation and relational repair in therapy
Prepare for trauma processing: Develop resources and stability
Working with parts of self
Work through traumatic memories: EMDR and Somatic Psychology
Clinical Vignette #2
Grief work in Complex PTSD
Integrate and Instill positive change

Experiential Interventions: Mind-Body Practices for Clients with Complex PTSD

Conscious breathing for self-regulation
Grounding and sensory awareness
Containment: Reclaim choice and control
Build imaginal allies
Cultivate mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion
Somatic interventions: Titration, sequencing, and somatic re-patterning
Bilateral stimulation and dual attention in EMDR Therapy
Potential risks and limitations of mind-body therapies

Special Considerations in Complex Trauma Treatment

Working with Preverbal and Nonverbal Memories
Working with transgenerational trauma
Somatization, Chronic Pain and illness
Gate Control Theory
Mindfulness, Yoga, and Compassion Based Interventions
Clinical Vignette #3

Fostering Resilience: For Post-Traumatic Growth and Healing

Learn the 6 Pillars of Resilience
Trauma recovery and the bell curve
Resilience as a process and an outcome
Help clients move from learned helplessness to learned optimism
Post-Traumatic Growth: Help clients reach their potential

Vicarious Trauma: Improve Client Outcomes Through Effective Self-Care

Identify resources that improve your clinical skills
In-session self-care to improve focus on the client and therapeutic process
Burnout prevention techniques

Clinical Vignette – Wendy

56 year old woman with Hx of Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, DDNOS and Borderline traits

Trauma history of neglect, grandmother suicide, father inappropriate sexually

Addressing internalized negative aspects of parents
Goals of therapy

Integrative Approach to Trauma Reprocessing

Focusing and resourcing
Touchstone target
Negative and positive cognitions
Emotions and body sensations

Deepening the work

Parts work, pendulating between distress and resource, and somatic interventions

Top down and bottom up

Cognitive reappraisal, somatic interventions, and parts work

Somatic repatterning and reprocessing

Parts work, cognitive reappraisal

Integration: A path to self-regulation

Parts work, somatic integration, and cognitive reappraisal

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Physicians
Case Managers
Psychotherapists
Addiction Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook

Traumatic life experiences can be devastating and they inevitably shape who you are. Such events can also become a powerful force that awakens you to an undercurrent of your own aliveness. Trauma recovery involves learning to trust in your capacity for new growth. In order to grow, we must make use of our suffering in order to find our happiness.

Within these pages, you will find an invitation to see yourself as the hero or heroine of your own life journey. A hero’s journey involves walking into the darkness on a quest for wholeness. This interactive format calls for journaling and self-reflection, with practices that guide you beyond the pain of your past and help you discover a sense of meaning and purpose in your life. Successful navigation of a hero’s journey provides opportunities to discover that you are more powerful than you had previously realized.

Written by Dr. Arielle Schwartz, bestselling author of The Complex PTSD Workbook, this healing guide provides a step-by-step approach to trauma recovery that integrates:

Mindfulness & yoga
Somatic psychology
EMDR therapy
Parts work therapy
Relational therapy

The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual

Clinicians working with complex trauma are honored with the most sacred of tasks: to bear witness to clients’ suffering and to attend compassionately to their wounds.

In The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, clinicians will find the road map they need to conduct successful therapy with clients who have experienced prolonged exposure to traumatic events. Combining the science and art of therapy, Dr. Arielle Schwartz seamlessly integrates research-based interventions with the essentials of healing to create a whole-person approach to trauma treatment.

Drawing from her years of experience in working with trauma survivors, Dr. Schwartz provides clinicians with the tools they need to become a trustworthy companion to trauma survivors and become capable of guiding a healing journey for clients with a history of abuse or neglect. Within these pages, you will find:

Essential interventions that strengthen mindful body awareness, enhance distress tolerance, cultivate self-compassion, and facilitate trauma recovery
Over 50 practices, worksheets, and self-regulation points to utilize in each stage of the client’s therapeutic process
Integration of several therapeutic approaches for trauma treatment, including relational therapy, mindful body awareness, parts work therapy, CBT, EMDR, somatic psychology, and practices drawn from complementary and alternative medicine