Trauma Training
What I am about to tell you might surprise you. Despite completing a biblical counseling certificate program and a masters degree in counseling, I never received specific training in trauma. Yet, as a biblical and licensed counselor I encounter trauma regularly in caring for people. The lack of trauma training is not a result of a sub-par education or inferior equipping. On the contrary, I received excellent training both biblically and clinically. Instead, it has more to do with the fact that best practices for trauma care are relatively new to the world of counseling and even more novel to the world of biblical counseling. At the same time, it is also true that people today are more significantly impacted by trauma than ever before.
It was once assumed that a person had to have gone through a tragic situation or personally witnessed something horrible to experience trauma. But now, with access to atrocities through the internet, we are exposed to trauma at increasing rates. And it's is not just exposure but re-exposure as we watch and rewatch tragedies unfold on the screens we carrying around in our pockets. In addition we are far more aware of the compounding impact of "little t" trauma as well as vicarious trauma that we encounter in our efforts to help others. There has never been a time where training in trauma is more needed than there is today. There has never been a time where biblical training in trauma has ever been more crucial and relevant than right now. Despite this, there are few who have the expertise to offer trauma training from a biblical perspective. This led me to pursue specific equipping in trauma and I am thrilled to be one of the instructors for an upcoming trauma training for Christian counselors and biblical lay counselors.
Fundamentals of Trauma Healing is an eight-hour training designed for the Christian professional and lay counselors who desire to learn the basics for counseling clients who have experienced past trauma. The instructors will teach the course content using biblical principles from a distinctly Christian worldview.
The course is offered in an online live venue through Zoom. All participants will receive a packet of materials prior to the course which will include session outlines and resources. Participants will interact with the instructors through Q&A and chat messages during the scope of the course and may be given the opportunity to process with others through smaller breakout groups.
This course is an overview of counseling practices for providing counsel and care after a traumatic event or series of events. It does not cover advanced methods, but will lay a foundation to help you care well for the traumatized. Due to the interactive nature and sensitive topic of this training, it is best experienced live. Recorded sessions will not be offered.
Elements included in the training inclue:
- A Biblical view of trauma healing
- Attachment and trauma
- The effects of trauma on the brain and body
- Grounding techniques
- Guided prayer in trauma healing
- Assessment measures
- Treatment tools and techniques
- Current research on trauma healing
Date:
July 23, 6:00-9:00 pm, Central Standard Time and July 24, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Central Standard Time
Cost:
- Professional Counselors$150.00+$10.76 Professional Fee (CE's available for TX licensed counselors.)
- Students/Lay Counselors$100.00+$7.72 Professional Fee
Schedule:
Friday, July 23:
6:00-7:15pm Session 1: Trauma & the Biblical Worldview
7:15-7:30pm Break
7:30-8:45pm Session 2: The Brain/Body/Soul Connection
Saturday, July 24:
8:30-9:15am Session 3: Childhood Attachment and Trauma
9:15-9:30am Break
9:30-10:45am Session 4: Stage 1 Healing (Safety and Stabilization)
10:45-11:00am Break
11:00am -12:15pm Session 5: Stage 2 Healing (Processing Trauma)
12:15-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-2:15pm Session 6: Stage 3 Healing (Integration of Healing)
2:15-2:30pm Break
2:30-3:30pm Session 7: The Trauma-Informed Church, Family and Society
3:30-4:00pm Session 8: Q&A