February 5-6, 2026 virtual
12 Hours
12 APA CE Credits

About This Training

Many clients enter therapy carrying trauma that has never been fully named, processed, or understood. Without a strong foundation in trauma-informed and phase-based treatment, even the most skilled clinicians can feel stuck or unsure of how to move forward. This training equips mental health professionals with the tools, structure, and confidence needed to assess and treat complex trauma and dissociation.

Participants who complete the training will receive a Certified Trauma Professional certificate to demonstrate their specialized knowledge and commitment to trauma-informed care.

This training ensures that clinicians are not just trauma-aware but trauma-competent, prepared to:

• Conduct effective trauma assessments, including identifying dissociation
• Reduce re-traumatization and clinical burnout through a structured, phase-based model
• Increase competence in working with high-risk presentations, including suicidality, resistance, and fragmentation
• Deepen their use of evidence-based modalities for more targeted and effective treatment
• Support healing in the context of cultural identity, systemic oppression, and relational trauma

What You Will Gain from This Training

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Recognize and Assess Trauma and Dissociation – Use screening tools, observation, and clinical interviewing to identify trauma-related symptoms and dissociative patterns.
• Implement Effective Stabilization Strategies – Use tools from EMDR, CBT, somatic practices, and parts work to build safety, trust, and regulation.
• Titrate Trauma Processing Safely – Learn when and how to begin trauma processing, how to anchor clients in the present, and how to reduce overwhelm.
• Understand Trauma Through a Nervous System Lens – Learn how Polyvagal Theory explains survival responses like fight, flight, freeze, and shutdown, knowledge to guide clinical
• Navigate Complex Clinical Scenarios – Gain skills for responding to shutdown, rage, suicidal ideation, and avoidance with clarity and care.
• Support Integration and Long-Term Healing – Help clients reconnect to a coherent sense of self, reclaim agency, and build a life beyond trauma.
• Apply a Culturally Responsive and Anti-Oppressive Lens – Understand trauma within systemic, intergenerational, and sociocultural contexts.

Topics Covered in This Training

• Foundations of Trauma, Attachment, and the Phase-Based Treatment Model
• Window of Tolerance and Polyvagal Theory
• Trauma-Informed Assessment and Diagnosis
• Stabilization Tools Across Modalities (EMDR, CBT, DBT, Somatic, Narrative)
• Recognizing and Responding to Dissociation and Parts Work
• Trauma Processing: Readiness, Titration, and Techniques
• Clinical Challenges: Anger, Shutdown, Resistance, Suicidality
• Integration, Identity, and Meaning-Making
• Cultural Considerations and Systemic Trauma in Clinical Work 

Who Should Attend

• Licensed and Pre-Licensed Mental Health Professionals: Social workers, counselors, psychologists, MFTs, and clinical interns
• Experienced Therapists Seeking Certification or Specialization in Trauma Work
• Clinicians New to Trauma Work or Seeking Greater Structure and Confidence
• Graduate students seeking to enhance their competence