Trauma-Informed Care: Foundations for Clinical Practice
This comprehensive 4-hour course provides mental health professionals with foundational knowledge and practical skills to implement trauma-informed care across clinical settings. Based on SAMHSA's six key principles (Safety, Trustworthiness, Peer Support, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Cultural Sensitivity), participants will learn to recognize trauma's neurobiological impact, create physically and emotionally safe therapeutic environments, avoid re-traumatization through careful clinical practice, and apply evidence-based stabilization and intervention strategies that promote healing and recovery. The course integrates current neuroscience research with practical clinical applications, including detailed guidance on assessment, session structure, grounding techniques, and phase-based treatment approaches.
4
CE Hours
3
Modules
20
Quiz Questions
4
Est. Minutes
What you'll learn
- Define trauma-informed care and describe SAMHSA's six key principles for implementation across clinical settings
- Recognize the prevalence and neurobiological impact of trauma across diverse populations using current research
- Apply practical strategies to create physical and emotional safety in clinical environments
- Demonstrate techniques for building trustworthiness and transparency with trauma survivors over time
- Identify common clinical practices that may inadvertently re-traumatize clients and implement alternatives
- Utilize stabilization techniques including grounding, breathing, and containment to help clients regulate
- Explain the phase-based approach to trauma treatment and assess readiness for processing
- Develop personalized self-care strategies to prevent and address vicarious traumatization in your practice
Who it's for
Licensed Professional Counselors, Clinical Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Substance Abuse Counselors
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 4 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.