Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Your Therapy Approach

Course Title: Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Your Therapy Approach

Headline: 🌟 Enroll Now to Strengthen, Deepen, and Broaden Your Competency as a Trauma-Informed Helping Professional! 🌟

Course Description:

Welcome to the Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Your Therapy Approach course, where you will embark on a transformative journey to enhance your competency as a helping professional. This introductory training is meticulously designed for mental health professionals, practitioners, licensed and pre-licensed therapists, graduate students in training, and life or wellness coaches who are eager to integrate trauma-informed care into their practice.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Define Trauma: Gain a clear understanding of what constitutes trauma and the various types of traumatic events.
• Nervous System & Threat Response: Explore the body's threat response and how it manifests in clients, grounding your practice in physiological realities.
• Brain Functions Affected by Trauma: Learn about the brain's short and long-term responses to trauma, enhancing your therapeutic approach.
• Trauma & Memory: Understand how traumatic experiences affect memory processes and their implications for therapy.
• Trauma-Informed Care Principles: Apply key trauma-informed principles to create a safe and supportive environment for clients.
• Integration into Clinical Framework: Discover strategies for integrating stages of trauma recovery into your therapeutic work.
• Clinical Assessment & Response: Learn to assess and respond effectively to where your client is on their healing journey.
• Evidence-Based Therapies: Introduce yourself to the core elements of evidence-based, trauma-informed therapies that are proven effective.
• Therapeutic Interventions: Gain practical therapeutic interventions you can immediately apply to support your clients' healing.
• Self-Care & Professional Development: Reflect on the impact of hearing about trauma and understand ways to mitigate compassion fatigue or vicarious trauma reactions.

Course Features:

• Interactive Training Videos
• Informative Slides
• Supplemental Handouts
• Additional Self-Study Resources

This course is a stepping stone to becoming a more informed and empathetic helping professional, ensuring you can support your clients with the utmost care and sensitivity.

I am Lindsay Murn, your course instructor, and I am honored to guide you through this enriching learning experience. Together, we will explore the profound implications of trauma on individuals' lives and how to approach therapy with a fresh, informed perspective.

Join me, and let's embark on this journey to enhance our practice and provide better care for those affected by trauma. 🤝