Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies

The Trauma Research Foundation remains dedicated to helping clinicians integrate leading-edge research on PTSD and developmental trauma with clinical practice through global training and education.

TRF’s comprehensive 7-month online Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies starts August 9th, 2021. Learn how trauma impacts the brain and body, and the efficacy of a wide array of clinical treatment methods to apply in your practice to improve your clinical treatment. This program bridges advanced research on PTSD and developmental trauma with today’s most optimal clinical methods, treatments and modalities to improve outcomes and help clients heal.

The Certificate Program is presented at the post-graduate level, but anyone with an interest in treating trauma is invited to participate.

After receiving your certificate, qualified licensed clinicians are eligible to apply to the Group Supervision and Consultation Program, which is facilitated by one of our faculty members. Upon completion of the 6-week Group Supervision, you may be invited to join the Trauma Research Foundation Referral Network.

The next session of this course will begin on August 9th, 2021. The regular price of this comprehensive program is $2000. Right now we are offering an early bird discounted price of $1800 for a limited time!

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7-month online training program

Each week access approximately 2.5 hours of online lectures and course materials.

 

  • Learn and collaborate in online group discussion guided by course materials.
  • Engage with peers and faculty during live Q&A sessions.
  • Earn a Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies from the Trauma Research Foundation.
  • Details about continuing education credits will be available soon.

With leading experts

Earn your Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies through the TRF’s advanced training program, featuring leading experts on trauma, including:

 
  • Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., founder of the Trauma Center and New York Times best-selling author of The Body Keeps the Score
  • Richard Schwartz, Ph.D., developer of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model
  • Stephen Porges, Ph.D., creator of the Polyvagal Theory and Social Engagement System
  • Elizabeth Warner, Psy.D., lead developer of Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART)
  • Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D., co-developer of the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) treatment framework
  • and over a dozen more leaders in the field.

Focused on

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
  • Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) and Supporting Regulation in Childhood
  • 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

Next session starts August 9th!

Tuition for 32 week program is regularly priced at $2000. Register now for an early bird discount at $1800!

Schedule

  • W1. Understanding Trauma: The Foundations with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  • W2. The Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma with Jana Pressley, Psy.D.
  • W3. The Nature of Trauma: Developmental Neurobiology, Neuroimaging Research and Effective Intervention with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  • W4. Neurobiology of Trauma Treatment: EMDR and New Research Directions with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  • W5. Adult Attachment Relationships with Jana Pressley, Psy.D.
  • W6. Race, Class, and Context: Impact of culture-related trauma on treatment outcomes with Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW
  • W7. Trauma Assessment of Children and Adults with Alexandra Cook, Ph.D.
  • W8. Childhood Trauma: Impact and Long-Term Consequences with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  • W9. The Scope of Trauma Treatment: From Acute Interventions to Restoration of Self-Experience with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  • W10. Introduction to ARC: The Attachment, Regulation, and Competency Model with Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
  • W9. The Scope of Trauma Treatment: From Acute Interventions to Restoration of Self-Experience with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  • W10. Introduction to ARC: The Attachment, Regulation, and Competency Model with Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
  • W11. ARC & Supporting Regulation in Childhood with Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D.
  • W12. Adult Treatment Through the Lens of Components-Based Psychotherapy (CBP) with Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D.
  • W13. Trauma Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges, Ph.D.
  • W14. We Do Not Work Alone: Implementing and Sustaining Trauma-informed Systems with Patricia Wilcox, LCSW
  • W15. Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART): Bottom-up Interventions for Childhood Trauma with Elizabeth Warner, Psy.D.
  • W16. Trauma, Balance, and Sensory Integration: Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) with Anne Westcott, LICSW
  • W17. Body-Based Approach for Treating the Effects of Trauma with Matthew Sanford, M.A.
  • W18. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: A Model for Accelerated Change with Deborah Korn, Psy.D.
  • W19. Trauma Processing with Children with Michele Henderson, LICSW
  • W20. Making Connections: The Neuropsychology of Sandplay Therapy in the Treatment of Trauma with Lorraine Freedle, Ph.D.
  • W21. Use of Play and Activity to Support Trauma-informed Treatment with Steven Gross, MSW
  • W22. Incorporating Play Therapy into Evidence-Based Treatment with Jennifer Lefebre, Psy.D.
  • W23. Working with Problematic Sexual Behavior in Children & Youth with Jon Ebert, Psy.D., & Tarah Kuhn, Ph.D.
  • W24. Internal Family Systems with Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.
  • W25. The Use of Internal Family Systems Model in Trauma Treatment with Frank Anderson, M.D.
  • W26. Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment with Ruth Lanius, Ph.D., M.D.
  • W27. Trauma-Informed Change Making: A Model for Community Healing and Transformation in Eastern Africa with Ilya Yacevich, MA, LMFT, and Anita Shankar, MPH
  • W28. Impact of Trauma in Adult Spirituality and Meaning-Making with Jana Pressley, Psy.D.
  • W29. Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma with Jana Pressley, Psy.D.
  • W30. Alternative Non-pharmaceutical Treatment Techniques for Development Trauma: Neurofeedback and Biofeedback with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Ainat Rogel, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, Diana Martinez, M.D., M.SC
  • W31. Trauma Interventions Through Theatre and the Arts with Stephan Wolfert, M.F.A.
  • W31. Trauma Interventions Through Theatre and the Arts with Stephan Wolfert, M.F.A.

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Registration is available for an early bird discount for a limited time for $1800 ($200 savings!) or you can pay with a payment plan

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