Trauma-informed Care

Trauma-informed Care

Description:  This online course provides critical knowledge and skills necessary to bring a trauma-informed approach to one's work and life. Topics include the neurological and psychological basis for shock and developmental trauma, and how to recognize and respond to trauma with appropriate relational skills that prevent re-traumatization by promoting implicit safety, intersubjectivity, and client agency. The course is primarily comprised of interactive exercises in breakout rooms to ensure that participants gain practical, real-world skills. The course also includes two 1-hour videos by the instructor that serve as prerequisite material prior to the synchronous/interactive class.  

 Topics:
  • Neuroscience, Trauma, and Implicit Safety
  • Shock Trauma and Autonomic First Aid Skills
  • Developmental Trauma and Therapeutic Relationship Skills
  • Common Factors in Therapeutic Settings
  • Somatic Psychology and Retraumatization
  • Supporting and Accepting Client Defenses
  • Colluding vs. Cheerleading vs. Agency

 

 

 

 

Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the characteristics of a trauma-informed approach.
  • Describe how trauma relates to one’s work practice.
  • Describe implicit safety and why it’s important to maintain it.
  • Contrast shock and developmental trauma.
  • Identify shock trauma responses.
  • Apply Autonomic First Aid practices when a shock trauma response is present.
  • Describe the relationships between trauma, pain, and neuromuscular patterns.
  • Describe the value of supporting a person's defenses.
  • Describe the concept of foreclosure and its implications when interacting with people.
  • Describe the function of survival styles and how they commonly show up in others or oneself.
  • Describe in trauma theory terms why it's important to establish goals when working with people.
  • Contrast cheerleading and colluding with promoting agency.
  • Identify common strategies for responding to developmental trauma that are ineffective or re-traumatizing.
$430.00
$25.80 (tax)
Total: $455.80