Working with trauma and PTSD requires skill, presence, and the therapist’s expertise to guide the recovery process. This course helps you build the expertise and confidence to be the kind of therapist your clients can trust to guide them through their trauma recovery with compassion and care.
This training provides you with the tools, guidance, and clinical insight you need to support recovery from PTSD and trauma-related distress using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. You’ll learn how to integrate cognitive and exposure-based approaches—the most well-researched strategies in trauma treatment—into a flexible, compassionate practice that meets clients where they are.
Led by globally renowned trauma experts Barbara Rothbaum, co-creator of Prolonged Exposure, Debra Kaysen, an expert in Cognitive Processing Therapy, and David Tolin, bestselling author of Doing CBT, this immersive training helps you navigate trauma treatment with structure, sensitivity, and skill. You’ll gain trust in your ability to guide clients through recovery—even in the face of avoidance, dissociation, flashbacks, or overwhelming distress.
Whether you’re working with PTSD or other trauma-related symptoms across different diagnoses, this course gives you the practical tools to support healing while staying grounded, clear, and effective in your role.
What You’ll Learn
In this course, you’ll develop real-world skills and gain the clinical tools necessary to deliver evidence-based treatment for trauma and PTSD—whether you’re new to trauma therapy or looking to refine your expertise.
You’ll learn how to:
Understand the difference between trauma, PTSD, and complex PTSD
Use the core CBT strategies for treating trauma—including exposure and cognitive approaches
Work with trauma-related symptoms like dissociation, flashbacks, nightmares, and avoidance
Identify and shift trauma-related thoughts, emotions, and behavior patterns
Navigate distress, safety concerns, and crises—including suicidal ideation
Respond skillfully in difficult moments with warmth, flexibility, and presence
Maintain your own wellbeing while doing emotionally demanding work
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