I wrote The Body Keeps the Score to serve both as a guide and an invitation – an invitation to dedicate ourselves to facing the reality of trauma, to explore how best to treat it, and to commit ourselves, as a society, to using every means we have to prevent it.
Our vision at the Trauma Research Foundation is simple:
When trauma happens, everyone has somewhere to turn, someone who can help. This vision drives all of our efforts, ensuring that people worldwide receive the support they need to heal from traumatic experiences. Our Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate Program is central to this vision, a cornerstone in advancing global trauma education and healing.
Join us in this important work and become part of a global network dedicated to trauma healing.
The Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate Program offers the most comprehensive training in trauma available today. Designed for clinicians, researchers, therapists, and all those dedicated to trauma healing, our program provides an in-depth understanding of trauma’s complexities and the latest evidence-based practices for treatment.
Our intensive post-graduate level certificate program consists of 33 weeks of immersion into the fundamental issues necessary to become an expert clinician treating adults and children who suffer from traumatic stress.
In addition, students will have opportunities for a face-to-face interaction with senior supervisors of this program to discuss lessons learned and clinical challenges, as well as for the formation of peer support groups.
While most advanced training programs are geared to teaching clinicians a particular treatment modality, this course provides a comprehensive overview of a variety of different treatment approaches, relevant to the particular conditions that your clients live under, their presenting problems, their developmental stages and the cultural context and resources of the traumatized individuals.
This course will provide an overview of the basic biological and psychological processes at work that form the foundation for innovative and effective treatment approaches, such as a variety of body-based techniques, IFS, SMART, sand tray therapy, neurofeedback, EMDR, psychedelic therapies, yoga, and theater, and address issues of assessment, culture, race, spirituality, families and other contextual issues.
The Trauma Research Foundation's Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies
A 7-month online post graduate training programin Traumatic Stress Studies, you will:
- Gain a comprehensive view of Traumatic Stress, including the art and science of its nature and treatment, from childhood through adulthood
- Discover how to build stronger connections with your clients
- Learn to go beyond standard talk therapy to customize treatment for deep-rooted trauma
- Stay on the leading-edge of diagnosing trauma related issues
- Learn how to create unique treatment interventions that maximize your therapeutic outcomes
- Get live support and your questions answered as you implement your new skills
How trauma impacts the brain and body, and the efficacy of an array of clinical treatment methods to apply in your practice.
- Neurobiology of PTSD and Developmental Trauma
- Attachment Theory and Relationships
- Treatment Foundations and Assessments
- Adult Treatment and Component-Based Psychotherapy (CBP)
- Dissociation and Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Trauma Processing and EMDR
- Sensorimotor Treatment and Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART)
- Sand Tray Therapy, Play and Activity, Theater and Trauma-Drama, and Trauma Sensitive Yoga
- Trauma Focused Neurofeedback
- Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care
- Special Issues including Sexual Exploitation, Community Trauma, and Sexual Behavior Problems
Over the next 7 months you will learn how to set the stage for trauma resolution:
To pendulate between states of exploration and safety, between language and body, between remembering the past and feeling alive in the present.
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A 7-month online post graduate training program
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Earn up to 53.75 CE Hours.
Credit hours breakdown.
Earn Your Certificate
Earn your Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies through the TRF's advanced training program, featuring leading experts on trauma, including:
- Bessel van der Kolk, MD, founder of the Trauma Center and New York Times #1 best-selling author of The Body Keeps the Score
- Richard Schwartz, PhD, developer of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model
- Stephen Porges, PhD, creator of the Polyvagal Theory and Social Engagement System
- Elizabeth Warner, EdM, PsyD, lead developer of Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART)
- Janina Fisher, PhD, trauma treatment expert and former instructor at The Trauma Center
- Frank Anderson, MD, psychiatrist and leading expert in trauma treatment, specializing in IFS therapy and neurobiology of trauma
- and over a dozen more leaders in the field.
A 7-month online post graduate training program
Week 1 | Understanding Trauma: Foundations
with Bessel van der Kolk, MD | Information about Bessel A. van der Kolk
Week 2 | The Nature of Trauma: Developmental Neurobiology, Neuroimaging Research
and Effective Intervention
with Bessel van der Kolk, MD | Information about Bessel A. van der Kolk
Week 3 | Neurobiology of Trauma Treatment: EMDR and New Research
Directions
with Bessel van der Kolk, MD | Information about Bessel A. van der Kolk
Week 4 | The Roles Intersectionality & Cultural Humility Play When Working with Diverse Client Populations
with Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW | Information about Gary Bailey
Week 5 | Safety as the Treatment: Reframing Trauma, Integrity, and Care in Contexts of Chronic Violence
with Michael Niconchuk, MSc | Information about Michael Niconchuk
Week 6 | Trauma Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory
with Stephen Porges, PhD | Information about Stephen Porges
Week 7 | Trauma Assessment of Children and Adults
with Alexandra Cook, PhD | Information about ALEXANDRA COOK
Week 8 | Childhood Trauma: Impact and Long-Term Consequences
with Bessel van der Kolk, MD | Information about Bessel A. van der Kolk
Week 9 | The Scope of Trauma Treatment: From Acute Interventions to Restoration
of Self-Experience
with Bessel van der Kolk, MD | Information about Bessel A. van der Kolk
Week 10 | We Do Not Work Alone: Implementing and Sustaining Trauma-informed Systems
with Patricia Wilcox, LCSW | Information about Patricia D. Wilcox
Week 11 | SMART: Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment
with Elizabeth Warner, EdM, PsyD, and Alexandra Cook, PhD
Information about Elizabeth Warner
Information about ALEXANDRA COOK
Week 12 | Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice
Pat Ogden, PhD | Information about Pat Ogden
Week 13 | Trauma, PTSD and the Mind-Body Relationship
with Matthew Sanford | Information about Matthew Sanford
Week 14 | Embodied Awareness
with Licia Sky, BFA | Information about Licia Sky
Week 15 | Use of Play and Activity to Support Trauma-informed
Treatment
with Steve Gross, MSW | Information about Steve Gross
Week 16 | Trauma Processing with Children
with Michele Henderson, LICSW | Information about Michele Henderson
Week 17 | Making Connections: The Neuropsychology of Sandplay Therapy in the Treatment of Trauma
with Lorraine Freedle, PhD, LCSW, ABPdN, ABSNP, CST-T
Information about Lorraine Freedle
Week 18 | The Importance of Play in the Treatment of Trauma
with Dafna Lender, LCSW | Information about Dafna Lender
Week 19 | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: A Model
for Accelerated Change
with Deborah Korn, PsyD | Information about Deborah Korn
Week 20 | Theater as Embodied Therapy
with Stephan Wolfert, MFA, and Dawn Stern
Information about Stephan Wolfert
Information about Dawn Stern
Week 21 | Working with Problematic Sexual Behavior in Children & Youth
with Jon Ebert, PsyD, and Tarah Kuhn,
PhD
Information about Tarah Kuhn | Information about Jon Ebert
Week 22 | Trauma & Altered States of Consciousness
with Ruth Lanius, PhD, MD, FRCPC | Information about Ruth Lanius
Week 23 | Internal Family Systems
with Richard Schwartz, PhD | Information about Richard C. Schwartz
Week 24 | The Use of Internal Family Systems Model in Trauma Treatment
with Frank Anderson, MD | Information about Frank Anderson
Week 25 | Implementing Trauma Informed Therapies in Community
with Janina Fisher, PhD | Information about Janina Fisher
Week 26 | Alternative Non-pharmaceutical Treatment Techniques for Development
Trauma: Neurofeedback and Biofeedback
with Ainat Rogel, PhD,
MSW, LCSW, and Diana Martinez, MD, MSc, PhD, BNC |
Information about Ainat Rogel | Information about Diana Martinez
Week 27 | The Future of Trauma Interventions
with Bessel van der Kolk, MD | Information about Bessel A. van der Kolk
Week 28 | Psychedelics for Trauma Treatment
with Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Michael Mithoefer,MD, Phil Wolfson,MD, and Rick Doblin, PhD | Information about Bessel A. van der Kolk | Information about Michael Mithoefer | Information about Phil Wolfson | Information about Rick Doblin
Week 29 | Graduation Celebration
A 7-month online post graduate training program
the Trauma Research Foundation
There is no other training program available that offers the depth and breadth of this exclusive certificate program...
This post-graduate level course is recommended for practitioners who are licensed mental health providers and who currently see clients or provide mental health services.
Participants who complete the weekly teachings and CE tests will be awarded a certificate
of completion from the world-renowned Trauma Research Foundation.
Your certificate not only showcases your personal and professional accomplishment, it
distinguishes you from your peers and shows your clients, your colleagues, and employer your
continued dedication to improving therapeutic outcomes.
A 7-month online post graduate training program
Author of the #1 New York Times best-selling book The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk has spent his professional life studying how children and adults adapt to traumatic experiences.
He established one of the first clinical/research centers in the US dedicated to the study and treatment of traumatic stress in civilian populations. Dr. van der Kolk has dedicated his career to translating emerging findings from neuroscience and attachment research into effective treatments for traumatic stress and developmental trauma in children and adults.
Register for this Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies online course without risk. If you're not completely satisfied within 30 days, give us a call at 800-844-8260. We're that confident you'll find this learning experience to be all that's promised and more than you expected.
A 7-month online post graduate training program