Dual Certified Child and Family Trauma Professional

Trauma doesn't just affect the children and teens in your caseload it tears families apart and erodes their connection and trust.

That's why you need specialised guidance on both treating traumatised children AND working with their families.

And now with this self-paced dual certification programme, you can establish yourself as a trusted certified provider ready to deliver top-level trauma care to your young client and their families.

You'll join childhood trauma expert Dr. Dana Wyss and Certified Family Trauma Professional Nathan Croy.

…and discover ground-breaking, clinically proven interventions from EMDR, CBT, Somatic Therapy, Play Therapy, Neurosequential, DBT, Expressive Arts Therapy and many more…

... specifically tailored to heael young clients' traumatic wounds and restore harmony and hope to their families.

Through detailed step-by-step instruction filled with real-world examples.

The experts share best practices and specific interventions for establishing safety, stabilising families in crisis, creating playful and engaging sessions, teaching parents to navigate trauma-driven behaviours, and more. (See below for full course outline).

PLUS, upon completion of this course, you'll earn TWO TRAUMA CERTIFICATIONS and become a Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional (CATP) and a Certified Family Trauma Professional (CFTP)! *Professional Standards Apply

So don't wait. Start your journey to becoming a trusted childhood trauma expert today.

P.S. Enroll now and receive a FREE Module on integrating Play Therapy with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy! (Usually £64.99)

Dual Certified Child and Family Trauma Professional

Name: Dual Certified Child and Family Trauma Professional: Play, CBT, and Creative Arts for Healing and Connection in Kids, Teens, and Parents
SKU: CRS001984
Price: 191.66 GBP
Availability: InStock

EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Play Therapy, Creative Arts and more for Healing and Connection in Children, Teens and Parents

Usually £967.16
Only £191.66 Today!

GET STARTED NOW

Plus, earn up to 27 CPD Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for course objectives and outline

Your Colleagues are Raving about this online course!

"I learned a lot from this course! Started implementing many of these skills right away."
— Amy M., Social Worker

"Really enjoyed and appreciated this program!!"
— Erica B., Counselor

"Awesome, relevant, useful seminar! Thank you!"
— Robin Z., School Psychologist

"I had many practical takeaways even having done play therapy for years."
— Jennifer B., Counselor

"Extremely helpful techniques."
— Karla T., School Social Worker

"Excellent training!"
— Layla J., Counselor

What's Inside

You'll get two FULL-length certification programmes — and begin by expanding and refining your knowledge on treating children and adolescents with trauma. Then, you'll dive into content that will help you be effective in conjoint sessions or doing family therapy when trauma is present.

Certified Child & Adolescent Trauma Professional Training: Creative & Playful Paths to Treat Acute & Complex Trauma.

Learn how to work in creative, evidence-based ways with all types of trauma — from acute and developmental to complex — with children and adolescents. This module gives you the crucial building blocks to make strong connections with your young clients and the foundation for successful family therapy and long-term healing.

Prepare for Trauma Work

Creative ways to educate youth and families
Collaborative assessment of client's needs
From Bowlby to today's attachment styles
Trauma's impact on attachment and ability to heal
Evolution of language and understanding
Physiological, relational, spiritual, emotional symptoms and outcomes of trauma

Regulation and Co-Regulation — Modelling/Teaching/Experiencing

Safely explore power differential
Explore and expand the window of tolerance
Arrow of comfort
Stations of modulation - Create a modulation tool kit

Best Practices for Assessment

Consideration for Referral and Diagnosis
Evidenced-based assessment tools — can or cannot use
Streamlined intake — ask the right questions
ACE and developmental trauma
Diagnosing with DSM-5-TR™

Creating and Assessing Safety — Interactive with Scope of Practice

Create your own safe space activity
Building routines in session — families, school, and milieu systems
Identify safe people and relationships

Compare Evidence-Based/Informed Treatments for High-Level Trauma

EMDR
Neurosequential
Brainspotting
DBT
ARC
TF-CBT
Expressive Arts Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Play Therapy
And others

Expressive Arts and Treatment

Non-verbal approaches
Relaxation
Writing and journaling
Poetry
Visual art
Rhythmic movement
Use of metaphor

Move from Surviving to Thriving

Activity
Case conceptualisation — integration of trauma narrative — story, timeline, poem
Closure group activity
Sample questionnaires
Risks and Limitations

Family Trauma Treatment Certification Training: Interventions for Hope & Change

Take your scope of practice that much further by learning how to treat families that have experienced trauma. You'll see the transformation on a whole new level with the comprehensive skills in this module that moves families forward from the past.

How Trauma is Created and Maintained in Families

Neurological substrates and sources of trauma
Trauma as a disruption of trust
Personal innate resiliency
Impacts on family culture
Responses of the people around the traumatised person
Maintenance of trauma effects (re-traumatisation, dismissive of actual trauma, ignorance)

A Systemic Approach to Trauma Treatment

Families as the source of healing for trauma
Create secure connections and increase resiliency
Build trust as it relates to anxiety, fear, and threat
Bowenian Family Therapy, Emotionally
Focused Family Therapy and other systemic models
Research, risks and treatment limitations

Stabilise Families for Treatment with Safety Planning

Risk Assessments
Systemic Safety Planning
How to customise the safety plan
Managing physiological responses
Integrating with treatment

Early Session Strategies to Enhance Family Engagement

When it's a bad idea to include the whole family
Assessing for DV and other risks
Use family sculpting to reveal family dynamics
Working individually in order to work systemically
Games and activities to:
- Assess a child's self-esteem and worldview
- Increase open communication
- Identify themes to be explored in future sessions

Family System Self-Regulation: Coping Skills to Modulate Emotions

Implementation
How to notice warning signs early
Using coping skills for calm
Identifying primary emotions

The Keys to Making and Maintaining Progress

Teach caregivers to depersonalise trauma
Help caregivers better respond to trauma-driven behaviors
Identifying reactions
Scripts
ARC
Case studies
Role-plays to ensure proper implementation

Solutions for Defenses, Deflections and Frustrations

Preparing families for resistance to growth
Tips for reframing the problem as the solution
Effective ways to deal with deflection and defenses
The difference between deflection, projection, and transference
Ego defense mechanisms or personality disorder?
FAIR intervention to mitigate frustration
Three phases of family growth (Protect, Prepare, Participate)

Improve Communication, Set Healthy Boundaries and Rebuild Trust

Practical tips for educating families on boundaries
The House Metaphor for understanding boundaries
Reinforcing boundaries after setting them
Boundaries vs rules — the benefits of agreements vs. control
Rebuilding trust — what works and what doesn't
Trust Equation — an online assessment

Facilitate Forgiveness, Build Empathy and Move Families Forward

Addressing shame in family systems
Overcome the impact of survivors' guilt on families
How family members can stop “shoulding” themselves
The Forgiveness Triangle (Empathy, Grief, Meaning)
Exercises to facilitate the forgiveness of self

Dual Certified Child and Family Trauma Professional

EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Play Therapy, Creative Arts and more for Healing and Connection in Children, Teens and Parents

Usually £967.16
Only £191.66 Today!

GET STARTED NOW

Plus, earn up to 27 CPD Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for course objectives and outline

BONUS! A £249.58 Value — YOURS FREE!

Playful Parts: The Intersection of Play Therapy and Internal Family Systems
Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW, LISW-CP, ERYT, RCYT, RPT-S | Click here for information about Carmen Jimenez Pride

Join Carmen as she expertly pairs the therapeutic power of play with the non-pathologising, flexible approach of IFS therapy. Through expert explanation and demonstration, Carmen will teach you how to integrate these two powerful therapy methods so you can help young clients:

Release shame as they explore and make sense of their internal sensations and experiences
Give voice to all their "parts," none of which are bad or wrong
Express and process painful emotions, urges, and memories without assigning blame or shame to them
Unhook from distressing beliefs about themselves and their experiences
Enhance social relationships, foster emotional wellness, and build on personal strengths
Develop cognitive flexibility and reframe self-doubt

And so much more!

Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional Certification Fee

Demonstrate to colleagues, clients, and employers your elevated competency in treating children and adolescents with trauma.
*Professional Standards Apply

Click here to learn more about CATP Certification

Certified Family Trauma Professional Certification Fee

Take your credentials even further with this family trauma certification that shows you understand every facet of working with trauma in the family system!
*Professional Standards Apply

Click here to learn more about CFTP Certification

Meet Your Expert Child & Family Therapy Speakers

Dana Wyss, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC, is a board-certified art therapist, and marriage and family therapist, holds a doctorate in expressive therapies, and is the coauthor of The Invisible String Workbook. Her doctorate in expressive therapies has led her to create programmes integrating art, music, poetry, dance, and animal-assisted therapy in the healing process for clients and the self-care of staff. For the last 25 years, Dr. Wyss has worked in psychiatric hospitals, group homes, and nonpublic school settings to manage crises, conduct training, coach staff, and support children and families. Dr. Wyss is a corporate clinical training specialist and clinical/art therapy supervisor at Stars Behavioral Health Group, a company specialising in the treatment of complex developmental trauma. She also owns a small private practice where she specialises in the use of art and play for all ages. Dr. Wyss is a national trainer and consultant with the Center for Trauma Training and national trainer to raise awareness of the commercial sexual exploitation of children. She uses her creativity for her own healing as well as to support others.

Click here for information about Dana Wyss

Nathan D. Croy, LCMFT, CFTP, is a clinically licensed marriage and family therapist with extensive experience working with families, teenagers, and children impacted by trauma, depression, anxiety, addiction, and abuse. Nathan has been designated a Clinical Fellow by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and is a Certified Family Trauma Professional (CFTP) through Evergreen Certifications. He is also trained in Trauma Systems Therapy, Parent Management Training, and EMDR. In addition to private practice, Nathan has extensive experience working in outpatient and inpatient settings including in foster care systems, a psychiatric hospital, and as a therapist at The University of Kansas Hospital. He earned his master's in marriage and family therapy from Bethel Seminary.

Click here for information about Nathan Croy

Frequently Asked Questions

Many therapists find that the best way to attract and retain the types of clients they want to work with is by getting high-quality education in the area they're most passionate about. Therapists who work with children almost always work with the caregivers or family systems to some degree, this certification course will make your work that much easier. Not only do you get essential information on treating children with trauma, but you also get a full education on working with trauma in the family system. This allows you to broaden your scope of practice and help your clients that much more, all in one simple programme.

Start today and earn both your Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional certification and your Family Trauma Treatment Certification!

This course provides an unparalleled educational experience, you get over 27 hours of on-demand content to take at your pace, at your convenience. You're learning from renowned experts who've dedicated their lives to healing children and families from trauma. Plus, you get bonus content on healing childhood trauma and how to use Play Therapy with Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). And, remember, you also walk away with two new certifications that will help you to broaden your client base.

We're so confident this course will take your practice further that we offer a 100% money-back guarantee.

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Dual Certified Child and Family Trauma Professional

EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Play Therapy, Creative Arts and more for Healing and Connection in Children, Teens and Parents

Usually £967.16
Only £191.66 Today!

GET STARTED NOW

Plus, earn up to 27 CPD Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for course objectives and outline

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