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Digital Seminar

Trauma Treatment Without Reliving the Pain

Fast, Gentle, and Actionable Methods to Move Clients from Survival to Strength

Speaker:
Michael Cortina, LCSW, LCAC
Duration:
3.25 Hours
Copyright:
Feb 16, 2026
Product Code:
POS150530
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar

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Description

  • Breakthrough methods for clients stuck in shame, fear, or survival mode
  • An uplifting, judgment-free approach that reignites hope and energy
  • A neuroscience-driven framework that transforms outcomes – fast
  • Live demos and experiential strategies you can use tomorrow

 

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 Join Michael Cortina, LCSW, LCAC, founder, creator, and CEO of The Cortina Method©, as he dismantles outdated myths and shows you how to engage the nervous system in real-time with tools that are uplifting, effective, and immediately actionable.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 learn:

  • Powerful reset phrases that calm the nervous system and quiet the inner critic
  • Body-based techniques that create instant mood shifts – see it live
  • Fast, gentle, neuroscience-based strategies to move people from survival mode to strength, stability, and growth

Through 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.

Purchase now and add this game-changing approach to your clinical toolbox.

Credit

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.



* Credit Note - Self-Study CE Information Coming Soon

Continuing education credit information is coming soon for this non-interactive self-study package.

CE hours may be available for select professions, as listed in the target audience. Hours will be dependent on the actual recording time. Please check with your state licensing board or organization for specific requirements. 

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**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 professions standards.



Speaker

Michael Cortina, LCSW, LCAC's Profile

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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.

 


Additional Info

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Objectives

  1. Examine the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying trauma responses and how brain-based interventions promote regulation and integration.
  2. Choose rapid, gentle techniques that engage the nervous system and reduce distress without requiring clients to re-experience traumatic memories.
  3. Utilize neuroscience-informed strategies to improve emotional stability, functional participation, and treatment outcomes.

Outline

Rethink Trauma Treatment

  • Brain-based pathways for healing and integration
  • Strategies to address limiting beliefs across trauma presentations
  • Common myths about trauma processing and exposure
  • Differentiating trauma, PTSD, and anxiety

The Neuroscience of Healing Without Reliving the Pain

  • Core neurophysiological mechanisms of trauma resolution
  • Key principles behind The Cortina Method©
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks
  • Video demonstrations of client with PTSD

Tools and Techniques for Rapid Regulation

  • Reset phrases and cognitive anchors for nervous system calm
  • Body-based techniques for immediate mood stabilization
  • Sensory grounding sequences for emotional safety
  • Micro-interventions for in-session and real-world regulation
  • Experiential activities

Target Audience

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

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