Full Course Description

Healing the Fragmented Selves

Childhood developmental trauma leaves people with a legacy of overwhelming emotions and a fragmented sense of self. Unaware that their intense reactions represent communications from fragmented parts, these clients often resort to addictive behavior, self-harm, and suicidality when feeling hurt, threatened, or rejected. In this session, you’ll learn about Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, a new model for understanding traumatized clients as inherently fragmented and at war with themselves. When trauma symptoms are understood and treated as emotional memories held by split-off, disowned parts of ourselves, even the most self-destructive clients become manageable. Discover how to help clients:

Make sense of their baffling and overwhelming inner experience
Increase their curiosity and interest in the feelings they usually avoid
Decode beliefs, emotions, and impulses in order to discover fragmentation
Establish an internal environment of safety

Program Information

Objectives

Differentiate 3 signs of trauma-related to fragmentation or splitting.
Categorize the thoughts, feelings and impulses characteristic of each survival-oriented part, as described by Structural Dissociation Theory.
Analyze the experience of being flooded by or blended with aspects of the self, commonly refered to as parts.
Conduct 2 interventions for increasing client self-compassion.

Outline

How traumatic experiences evoke self-alienation, self-rejection and self-fragmentation
The structural dissociation model as an explanatory theory for trauma- related fragmentation of self
How Structural Dissociation Theory differentiates between parts and distressing emotions
How to help clients safetly connect with their dis-associated parts using the TIST theoretical model
Learning how to unblend: how to be in relationship to the aspects of self commonly referred to as parts
Developing respect and appreciation for the entire self and buiding empathy
Limitations and potential risk factors associated with this approach

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Physicians
Physician Assistants
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/18/2023

Unraveling Addictive Disorders and the Complex Traumatized Brain

Research tells us that 40-70% of individuals in addictions recovery programs have histories of trauma. If we work with clients who have addictive disorders, it is imperative that we understand the traumatized brain.

Join esteemed Janina Fisher, PhD, an illuminating voice in the field, as she provides integrative treatment strategies that address addiction and trauma-related brain and nervous system responses.

Program Information

Objectives

Articulate the effects of childhood trauma on the brain and nervous system.
Assess client symptoms indicative of autonomic dysregulation.
Evaluate the role of addictive behavior as a response to traumatic activation.
Utilize 3 interventions that impact dysregulation and brain function in traumatized clients.

Outline

Understand trauma focused on its effects, not its events
Harness the brain to support the work of recovery
Mindfulness-based interventions
Risks and limitations of a brain-based approach

Target Audience

Addiction Professionals
Case Managers
Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Psychologists

Copyright : 10/28/2023

Transform Trauma Recovery with Polyvagal Theory: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Certification Training

Trauma recovery is as much about healing the body as it is the mind.

Yet, so often, the focus of healing involves retelling the story of the past without addressing the physiological imbalances that trauma leaves in its wake.

While you might recognize the value of bringing the body into trauma treatment, you might not know how to do this effectively.

Watch Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, international leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma as she bridges the path of healing between the psyche and the body.

Grounded within the principles of polyvagal theory, affective neuroscience, and trauma-informed care, Dr. Schwartz will guide you through research-based somatic tools, yoga-based breath, movement, and awareness practices to reduce the burdens of trauma, anxiety, obsessive thinking, and feelings of hopelessness from your client’s body and mind!

As your clients feel empowered by these changes, you can more successfully help them to heal from the pain of the past.

Attend and learn:

Co-regulation strategies to resource client’s nervous system
Vagus nerve stimulation techniques to immediately regulate client’s nervous system
Mind-body strategies to safely prepare for deeper trauma recovery work
Bilateral stimulation techniques to connect the brain and body
Personalized embodiment and yoga-based practices to build resilience
Client’s internal systems to identify and overcome treatment barriers
And so much more!

When you complete this training, you’ll be immediately eligible to become a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)*....

Giving you the opportunity to stand out from the crowd and let clients and colleagues know that you’ve invested the time and effort needed to provide treatment at the highest level.

AND your first year of certification is FREE (a $99.99 USD value)!

Don’t miss this chance to intensify and expand your trauma treatment to help your client release trauma from their body and create an increased sense of freedom and possibility for the future!

CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

• No hidden fees – PESI pays for your application fee (a $99.99 USD value)*!
• Simply complete this training and the included post-event evaluation, and your application to be a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional through Evergreen Certifications is complete.*

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

Program Information

Objectives

Understand the relationship between stress, trauma, and your health.
Apply polyvagal theory within therapy.
Assess Neuroception of safety and threat.
Discuss the tiered response to threat and hybrid nervous system states.
Demonstrate grounding and orientating techniques that increase client’s resources.
Recognize the benefits of co-regulation and the social engagement system.
Learn about Heart Rate Variability (HRV) as related to stress management.
Demonstrate how to enhance health through natural vagus nerve stimulation.
Explain “top-down” and “bottom-up” interventions.
Apply tools to help clients expand their window of tolerance.
Apply principles of somatic psychology into trauma recovery.
Provide therapeutic yoga practices for your clients.

Outline

The Neuroscience of Trauma:
How trauma is held in the body and mind

When acute trauma turns into PTSD and the difference with complex PTSD
Early attachment wounds and the patterning of the nervous system
How transgenerational trauma, collective trauma, and epigenetics shapes the autonomic nervous system

Assessment and Differential Diagnosis:
Address co-morbidities in trauma treatment

How trauma might underlie other presenting diagnosis
Differentiation between bipolar, ADHD, major depressive disorder, personality disorders and trauma
How the autonomic nervous system shapes the health of our immune system

Applied Polyvagal Theory to Trauma Treatment:
Resource the client’s nervous system

Psychoeducation on how the nervous system is wired to keep us safe
Key assessment tools for the applied polyvagal theory model
Strategies for co-regulation as a biological imperative
Strategies for proximity awareness and relational resourcing

10 Natural Vagus Nerve Stimulation Techniques
Promote regulation, relaxation, and calmness in the body

Promote regulation, relaxation, and calmness in the body
Enhance the tone of the vagus nerve to improve health outcomes
How heart rate variability (HRV) is related to stress management
Ways to measure health of the autonomic nervous system
How fascia or the connective tissue matrix is essential for mind-body communications
Conscious breathing for stress reduction

An Embodied Path for Trauma Recovery
Apply somatic and body psychotherapy principles

Safely prepare clients for the deeper work of trauma recovery with mind-body resourcing strategies
Bilateral stimulation techniques for brain-body integration
Help a client safely work through traumatic material at a pace they can tolerate
Research, risks, and treatment limitations

Consider Client’s Internal Systems to Overcome Treatment Barriers

Navigate “resistant” parts of a client’s inner system
Attend to competing biological needs for closeness and separateness
Polyvagal perspectives on approach-avoidance attachment dynamics
Work mindfully with rupture and repair cycles

Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery
Apply the principles of polyvagal theory with mind-body awareness

Intersection of neuroplasticity research applied to trauma treatment
Facilitate trauma sensitive mindfulness practices
Strategies for self-compassion and loving kindness
The science of neuroplasticity as applied to mindful mobilization
Trauma-informed meditation and yoga nidra practices
Empower growth post-trauma and help clients build resilience

Target Audience

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

Copyright : 01/27/2025

Attachment Style Repatterning with Somatic Therapy: Heal Core Wounds, Repair Relational Memories & Strength Boundaries

The client who pulls away just when things get real… the one who clings but never trusts… or the one who vanishes after a breakthrough.

It’s not that these clients won’t heal—it’s that their body doesn’t yet know how to feel safe enough to…

Somatic therapy meets them where words can’t—rewiring safety, trust, and connection at the nervous system level so change actually sticks.

Join Dr. Wanda Brothers, an expert in both Somatic Experiencing™ and Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience, who’s been teaching, practicing therapy, and speaking for more than 20 years. Dr. Brother’s unique approach to trauma treatment focuses on teaching therapists how to work directly with clients’ attachment systems to bring forth rapid healing.

Dr. Brothers will teach you how to…

Identify your clients’ attachment style in less than 2 minutes
Develop individualized treatment plans for each insecure attachment style that target core wounds
Create “corrective emotional experiences” for clients with anxious, avoidant, and ambivalent/disorganized attachment styles that truly heal deep wounds
Use ordinary moments in therapy as pivots points for change and growth
Help clients set boundaries that respect their trauma narratives

PLUS, get training on crucial self-of-the-therapist areas – like addressing your own implicit memories, not getting ‘pulled in’ to clients’ narratives, and how to keep your own stress from impacting sessions.

Bypass the limits of talk therapy and start working in the present moment with somatic therapy techniques that work… rewire your clients’ attachment systems.

This is the training that shows you how – register now!

Program Information

Objectives

Present key Somatic Therapy principles in the treatment of attachment trauma.
Examine how both client and therapist attachment wounds influence the therapeutic relationship and outcomes.
Explain foundational Attachment Theory to better understand clients’ unconscious relational patterns.
Analyze the connection between attachment styles and boundary challenges.
Describe “difficult clients” as individuals shaped by attachment wounds and boundary issues.
Apply somatic strategies to reduce distress, shame, and resistance in challenging therapeutic dynamics.
Facilitate attachment-based exercises to support both client healing and therapist self-awareness.

Outline

Getting Started with Somatic Therapy for Attachment Trauma

Fundamental principles of Somatic Therapy
Attachment theory simplified
Assess your own attachment style to improve the therapeutic alliance
Create a safe first impression
Risks, limitations and ethical issues

Boundaries: The Often-Overlooked Foundation of Effective Therapy

The 4 key boundaries to know for every session
Using Mirror Neurons to understand the client's experience
Interoceptive awareness to distinguish the client's emotions from therapist's
Reframing “difficult” clients
How your own boundaries impact your work with clients

Assessment & Treatment Planning for Somatic Shame, Implicit & Explicit Memories

Brain regions and their relationship to attachment styles
Notice subtle cues in body language, eye movements and posture
Map your client’s underlying attachment wiring
Provide co-regulation for corrective emotional experiences
How developmental trauma shapes somatic shame identities
Create targeted treatment plans for unique attachment patterns
Risks, limitations and ethical issues

Anxious Attachment Style: Treating Relational Anxiety

Focus on deeply rooted beliefs like, “I’ll never get enough love”
Help clients transition from anxious toward secure attachment
Target memory rumination that reinforce anxious patterns
Redirect clients’ attention toward positive experiences
Help clients create internal and external boundaries
Simple exercises to repair the core attachment wound

Avoidant Attachment Style: Treating Relational Avoidance

Focus on beliefs such as: "Relationships aren't enjoyable", "I am all I need.”
Support clients to notice and experience goodness in relationships
Target implicit/explicit memories that reinforce disconnection & withdrawal
Effective boundaries for avoidantly attached clients
Provide simple somatic exercises to repair the avoidant wound

Disorganized Attachment Style: Treating Terror and Creating Safety

Focus on beliefs, such as: “I need you but relationships are dangerous.”
Enhance relational safety with distance, pacing and more
Target implicit and explicit memories that reinforce dissociation
Teach effective boundaries for disorganized attached clients
Simple somatic exercises to treat terror responses

Self-of-the-Therapist Work: Relational Impact and Self-awareness

How somatic and attachment dynamics influence session effectiveness
What to do when you need to work on your own attachment style
Avoid getting “pulled in” to clients’ attachment wounds
Identify your own implicit memories related to:
- emotional intimacy
- gender dynamics
- power relations
How the therapists’ stress and anxiety affect each session
“Grounded, present self” as a secure attachment to accelerate healing
Somatic transference and countertransference on alliance building

Target Audience

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

Copyright : 08/13/2025

Gestalt Therapy Training: Core Skills & Top Techniques for Trauma & More

More and more clients are showing up to do deep work.

…therapy that goes beyond just talking about problems, work stress, or the crisis of the week.

Clients need therapists who can help them get to the root of their struggles.

That’s where Gestalt-trained therapists stand apart.

Gestalt is a present-focused, experiential, and relational approach that helps clients integrate the parts of themselves that feel disconnected or fragmented. By attending to the “here and now,” Gestalt therapy brings awareness to the body, emotions, and thoughts as they emerge in the session, creating opportunities for profound healing.

Whether it’s resolving inner conflicts, doing inner child work, repairing attachment wounds, implicit memories, meeting unmet needs, or expressing suppressed emotions, Gestalt therapy gives you a way to enter their client’s inner world WITH them – not just being a passive listener in the room.

Join Dr. Stephanie Goldsmith, a Certified Gestalt Therapist and Certified Complex Trauma Professional, to learn the core Gestalt techniques and skills through in-session demonstrations, experiential exercises and engaging lecture. Walk away knowing how to…

Strengthen client awareness in the present moment to expand choice and reduce rigid patterns.
Use somatic attending to integrate bodily, emotional, and cognitive experiences.
Work relationally to repair disruptions in contact and foster authentic connection.
Support change through acceptance with Gestalt’s Paradoxical Theory of Change.
Integrate parts of self to reduce fragmentation and promote self-leadership.

Plus, she’ll show you a framework for integrating Gestalt Therapy with IFS Therapy and parts work.

Become a therapist that is known for doing deep, life changing therapeutic work… get trained in Gestalt Therapy now!

Program Information

Objectives

Describe the existential and phenomenological roots of Gestalt theory.
Identify the three pillars of Gestalt therapy.
Describe the Gestalt Formation and Resolution Cycle in case conceptualization.
Illustrate the importance of experiential experimentation in Gestalt therapy.
Summarize how Gestalt works with process to treat trauma.
Describe how Parts work and Somatic work can be integrated into Gestalt therapy.

Outline

Introduction to Gestalt Practice today

Key historical influences
A bottom-up experiential approach
Somatic attending, how to notice the “the here and now”
Get collaborative, “contact” in Gestalt work
Focus on the whole experience
Dialogic and Relational in nature
- Demonstration: Attending to the relationship, Intrusive thoughts, OCD patterns, dissociating in contact with others
- Demonstration: “Here and Now” relational attending, contact

Gestalt Theory Concepts & Pillars of Therapy

Three Pillars: Field Theory, Dialogue, Phenomenology
See the client in context, nothing is irrelevant
Awareness: The Goal of Gestalt Therapy
Stop interruptions that get in the way of awareness
The difference between awareness and insight
Simple breakdown of Gestalt Formation and Resolution Cycle
Being a guide, not an expert
Defense styles: projection, retroflection, deflection, introjection
Paradoxical Theory of Change: Change through full acceptance

Gestalt Therapy Practice Basics

Focus on process over content
Therapist as observer and relational partner
Identifying patterns, memories, and characterological traits
Allow time for assimilation
Relapse prevention against old memory/characterological patterns
Diversity considerations
Research risks/limitations, ethics
Assessing client readiness for emotionally intensive work
View on diagnosis on pathology, “blocked awareness process”

Gestalt Therapy Demonstrations & 5 Key Gestalt Techniques

Create space and opportunity for discovery
Allow client attention to focus on their own process
Discussion and example of the following interventions:
- Chair work – even in telehealth
  - Demonstration: Overscheduler, wants to “slow down and relax”
- Exaggeration
- Do the Opposite
  - Demonstration: Let go from long-time job, invited to exaggerate emotions, retroflection and deflection.
- Doing the Circle
- Pointing out the obvious
- Awareness Exercise
  - Demonstration – transition point in her life, worried about making the wrong choice, dissociation
Demonstration: Paradoxical Theory of Change, body anxiety
Demonstration: Upcoming Milestone Birthday, life purpose, Figure Shaping

Neurobiology, Trauma & Memory

The limitations of “talk therapy” and trauma processing
How traumatic experiences change neurophysiology
Left versus right brain processing and what it means for therapy
Memory storage – how ordinary memories change over time
2 parts of the Autonomic nervous system
Polyvagal explanation for trauma responses
Evolutionary advantages to trauma neurobiology
Somatic sense of self in the world

Gestalt Therapy for Trauma Treatment

What gets in the way of the work is the work
How trauma interrupts
The intersection of anxiety and trauma
Disconnection and memory impairment
Working with implicit memory system to create present moment choice
Holistic individualized approach: cognitions, emotions, sensations
Variations in your clients’ window of tolerance
Facilitating new learning

Gestalt Therapy & Parts Work Integration

Whole person versus part responses
Parts work, IFS, and chair work target the same concepts
Systems thinking on the individual level
Types of Parts: IFS Therapy categorizations
The concept of “Self Leadership”
Experiments can work with movement and the body
Other recommended treatment integrations: EMDR, Brainspotting
- Demonstration: Starting a new business, imposter syndrome, working with child parts
- Demonstration: CPTSD, parts work, assimilation of new awareness

Target Audience

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

Copyright : 08/08/2025

Traumatic Memory Processing Workshop: Over 20 Clinical Techniques from Brainspotting, EMDR, IFS Therapy and More

Working with traumatic memories is one of the hardest parts of trauma therapy.

And no matter how skilled you are, these deep-seated memories can feel too overwhelming for clients to face, leaving them stuck in a cycle of dissociation, painful flashbacks, numbness, and avoidance.

That’s why I created this all-new Traumatic Memory Processing Workshop …

… to give you the exact tools you need to break that cycle, work with those memories and process them with clients in a way that feels both safe and empowering.

I’ll show you how to:

Break through dissociation and emotional numbness so clients can access and process memories that have long been out of reach
Reprocess traumatic memories without re-traumatizing using EMDR, Brainspotting, IFS Therapy and other top tools
Ground and calm the nervous system fast, helping clients find immediate relief from anxiety, panic, and emotional dysregulation
Release the body’s stored trauma with somatic techniques, allowing clients to feel safe in their bodies again and reconnect to the present moment
And much more!

By the end of this workshop, you’ll be equipped with practical, ready-to-use tools that will help you guide your clients through the most challenging and deeply ingrained trauma memories – no matter how stuck they seem right now.

Purchase now!
Dr. Amelia Kelley

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

Program Information

Objectives

Identify how trauma memories, including flashbacks, contribute to symptoms such as avoidance, dissociation, and hyperarousal/hypervigilance.
Evaluate clients for indicators of unprocessed traumatic memories.
Choose somatic interventions clients can use when they are in acute distress.
Identify how to assist a client experiencing a flashback in session.
Utilize grounding into the present moment when trauma triggers are activated.
Evaluate the support for IFS therapy for the treatment of PTSD.
Integrate IFS therapy strategies into treatment of clients with a history of childhood trauma.
Evaluate the efficacy of Brainspotting in reducing memory-related distress.
Determine how specific eye positions are used in Brainspotting to access and process traumatic or distressing memories.
Analyze the benefits and limitations of Brainspotting as a therapeutic technique.
Use Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to assist in decreasing unwanted symptoms from traumatic stress in clients.
Examine existing evidence-based research on the efficacy of EMDR in managing trauma symptomology.
Use eye movement techniques from EMDR to influence the vividness of distressing memories in clients.

Outline

DAY 1

Traumatic Memory Processing 101

The neurobiology of trauma
The role of the body, mind, and emotions in healing
The basics of cognitive processing therapy
The adaptive information processing (AIP) model
Attachment theory
Polyvagal theory
Psychodynamic theory

Simple to Use Breathing and Grounding Techniques

Reduce anxiety and calm the nervous system
How to guide clients through Bees Breath exercise
Practical demonstration and participant practice
Alternate nostril breathing
Benefits for calming and balancing the nervous system
Step-by-step instructions for the technique
Practical demonstration and participant practice
Research, risks and treatment limitations

Emotional Regulation Techniques and EFT Tapping

Introduction to Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
The theory behind tapping and its effectiveness for trauma
Demonstrate tapping sequence
Practical demonstration and participant practice
Research, risks and treatment limitations

Pendulation and Working with Traumatic Memories

Explanation of pendulation in trauma healing
Shift between the traumatic memory and resource states
Pendulation demonstration

Somatic Trauma Techniques

Release stored tension in the body
Step-by-step instructions for “Shake it Off” technique
Group practice: Shake off exercise
Research, risks and treatment limitations

Eye Movements for Stress Relief

Oculocardiac Convergence
Explore the connection between eye movements and heart rate regulation
Instruction on using eye movements for stress relief
Practical demonstration and participant practice
Research, risks and treatment limitations

DAY 2

Introduction to EMDR and the 8 Phases

Introduction of origins and theory
Overview of the 8 Phases of EMDR
How EMDR facilitates trauma reprocessing
Research, risks and treatment limitations

Instantly Useable EMDR Techniques for Resource Building

EMDR Spiral Skill
- Use the spiral for identifying and processing memories
EMDR Container
- Create a safe mental space for clients to store difficult emotions
EMDR Safe Space
- Create and anchor a safe space for clients
EMDR Resource Tapping
- Enhance resource-based intervention using tapping techniques
- Create BLS with light, sound, paddles – both in person and virtual options
- Practical demonstration and participant practice

Brainspotting Techniques for Trauma Treatment

Introduction of origins and theory
Differences between activation and resource models
How to identify which approach to use with each client
The Triple Resource approach (3 distinct resources for clients)
Demonstration
How to use body awareness in brainspotting
Overview of the gaze spotting technique in brainspotting
Research, risks and treatment limitations

Use Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy in Trauma Work

Introduction to IFS principles and the 6-step process
Explanation and demonstration of how to guide clients through IFS
How to use guided imagery to access traumatic parts
Work with protective parts that may block emotional processing
Techniques to engage protective parts in healing
Engage parts through creative expression and art
Research, risks and treatment limitations

Create a Trauma-Informed Treatment Plan

Integrate the techniques covered in the workshop
How to assess which treatment modality to use for specific client needs
Case study discussion: Develop a treatment plan using multiple techniques

Target Audience

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

Psychopharmacology of Trauma for Mental Health & Healthcare Professionals

You’ve seen clients and patients come in with a laundry list of medications and multiple diagnoses – PTSD, depression, anxiety and more.

Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, nurse or other healthcare practitioner knowing the in-and-outs of how trauma and comorbid mental health problems effect the brain and are impacted by medication is essential to your work.

In simple, easy-to-understand modules you’ll walk away with:

In-depth knowledge to enhance communication with treatment teams
Essentials of trauma’s impact on the brain and what it means for your work
Mastery of how medications interact with neurotransmitters to better understand medication function
Expertise on commonly prescribed medications, including side effects, benefits, side-by-side comparison of medications - including when and why they’re prescribed
Conjunctive strategies, lifestyle interventions & more!

Give your clients and patients the highest standard of care – learn the psychopharmacology of one of the most challenging and common clinical presentations, trauma and its comorbidities.

Program Information

Objectives

Build foundational understanding of trauma including development and comorbidities.
Build framework for understanding how trauma impacts the brain development and function.
Investigate how neurotransmitters and medication interact and impact clients afflicted with trauma symptoms.
Evaluate commonly utilized psychotropic medications, including adverse effects, applications, interactions and brain pathways utilized.
Assess non-pharmaceutical interventions in treatment planning.

Outline

Trauma Epidemiology

Thinking outside the box
The 4 steps of HELP
Types of trauma
- ACES
Manifestations of trauma
Symptoms, maladaptive coping
Adaptation responses & influencing factors
Pathology v learned resilience
Co-occurring disorders
Trauma & PDs

Laying the Foundation for Medication: Trauma and the brain

Neurobiology of trauma
- Stress and the developing brain
- Personal narrative
- Science of perception
- Diagnostic Criteria for PTSD
Affected pathways/Brain regions affected by stress & trauma
- Mechanisms
- Neurotransmitters and neurotransmission as it relates to medications used in trauma & comorbid conditions
- Serotonin, NE, DA, GABA, etc.
- Easy-to-follow charts of pathways
- Agonist spectrum

Psychopharmacology: Adverse effects, how they vary & knowing when a client is appropriate for referral:

Antidepressants – SSRIs & more
Anxiety medications
Anxiolytics
Mood stabilizers
Antipsychotics
Frequent manifestations of trauma and pharmacological treatments.
Sleep & nightmare medications

Conjunctive Therapies

Self-care
Care Teams & coordination
Non-pharmacological therapies, modalities & more

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Psychologists
Social Workers
Other Mental Health Professionals
Nurses
Advanced Practice Nurses
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Pharmacists
Nurse Practitioners
Physician Assistants