Certificate Requirements
This program is designed for professional care-providers who offer clinical and counselling services for trauma survivors or wish to gain the skills to do so. This skills-based program provides participants with a comprehensive framework for survivor needs, assessment / evaluation, and treatment through the trauma recovery cycle as well as addressing care for the caregiver. This Program series provides theoretical knowledge, and practical skill-development opportunities that highlight "best practices" in trauma intervention. Designed for care professionals who have a minimum of a Master’s degree completed or in progress, related to a clinical or counselling field

OR

a minimum of 4-years with a counselling mandate along with regular supervision.

Successful completion of all these courses is required to receive the CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGIST Certificate of Completion: A blend of in-class and on-line courses is acceptable.

*Before enrolling in course TI-206, participants must complete 1001, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207.

TI-202 Overview of Assessment and Interventions

(Equivalent to 7 Hours CEU)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Overview of Assessment & Interventions covers clinical interventions, assessment approaches, research, theory and practical applications to help the Traumatologist assist clients. Materials focus on how to conduct assessments/evaluations that might contribute to a professional diagnosis. Participants learn to distinguish between normal and distressed behaviour, handle cases with skill, and minimize negative impact upon the client and family.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION?

This course will benefit psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, master’s level counselors and other skilled mental health professionals who work with trauma survivors or wish to gain skills to do so. Participants will enhance their practice specialty in the area of trauma recovery.

Participants will:

  • Overview history, theory and treatment methods associated with traumatic stress disorders
  • Increase knowledge of types of expertise in assessment & treatment options for disorders of extreme stress
  • Identify post-traumatic stress responses and disorders from the perspective of trauma theory
  • Identify the major symptoms of acute and chronic post-traumatic stress disorders
  • Identify key instruments used to assess disorders associated with traumatic stress
  • Understand phase-oriented treatment with trauma survivors and implementation of a tri- Phasic treatment model
  • Understand the proposed and theoretical “active ingredients” to effective trauma treatment
  • Discuss how the therapist may effectively employ the “self” as a tool for healing

COURSE EVALUATION:

Students are required to complete all training materials on-line, complete quizzes, read through the manual and other related or recommended materials. Certificates of Completion for the course will be provided once all requirements are met.

FEE:
Canadian $75.00 plus applicable taxes. Students will have 160 days access to this course.

REQUIRED COURSE READINGS:

Overview of Assessment & Interventions (Manual for Course TI-202)

Course pre-requisites:

Participants are required to have the following qualifications to enroll in these programs:
A minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher qualifications within a counselling type program or enrolment in a Master’s level program with a counselling mandate
OR
A minimum of 4 years of counselling work with ongoing supervision.

Disclaimer:

In the Clinical Traumatologist stream, courses have been limited to those students with appropriate qualifications.

If we learn that a student does not meet our minimum qualifications, he/she will be removed from the program, will not receive a Certificate of Completion and course fees will not be refunded.

Please ensure that you understand this disclaimer.

ENROLL IN THIS COURSE

TI-202 Overview of Assessment and Interventions  $75.00 CAD

TI-203 Clinical Standards of Trauma Care: Attachment, Systems and Context

(Equivalent to 7 Hours CEU)

Develops understanding of the practical applications of trauma practice, research, and theory among individuals and communities affected by trauma. The course examines age, gender, race, culture, social class, systemic issues, community standards of care, and other factors that are important in designing and implementing programs to fit client needs with appropriate treatment.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Clinical Standards of Trauma Care goal is to train the traumatologist to develop an understanding of the practical applications of trauma practice, research, and theory among individuals and communities affected by trauma. The program examines age, gender, race, culture, social class, systemic issues, community standards of care, and other factors that are important in designing and implementing a program that fits client needs with appropriate treatment.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION?
This course will benefit psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, master’s level counselors and other skilled mental health professionals who work with trauma survivors or wish to gain skills to do so. Participants will enhance their practice specialty in the area of trauma recovery.

Participants will learn about:

  • Attachment & Development
  • The legacy of Traumatized Children
  • Treatment of Traumatized Children
  • Understand family systems relative to traumatic stress and be able to provide systemic interventions with entire traumatized family and/or other system(s)
  • Making Trauma Work Systemically
  • Cross Cultural Competencies & Standards of Care for Traumatologists
  • Identify various trauma responses among different cultural, racial, gender, age, groups and communities
  • Developing awareness of own and other’s cultural values and framework

COURSE EVALUATION:

Students are required to complete all training materials on-line, complete quizzes, read through the manual and other related or recommended materials. Certificates of Completion for the course will be provided once all requirements are met.

FEE:
Canadian $75.00 plus applicable taxes. Students will have 160 days access to this course.

REQUIRED COURSE READINGS:

Clinical Standards of Trauma Care: Attachment, Systems & Context (Manual for Course TI-203)

Course pre-requisites:

Participants are required to have the following qualifications to enroll in these programs:
A minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher qualifications within a counselling type program or enrollment in a Master’s level program with a counselling mandate
OR
A minimum of 4 years of counselling work with ongoing supervision.

Disclaimer:

In the Clinical Traumatologist stream, courses have been limited to those students with appropriate qualifications.

If we learn that a student does not meet our minimum qualifications, he/she will be removed from the program, will not receive a Certificate of Completion and course fees will not be refunded.

Please ensure that you understand this disclaimer.

ENROLL IN THIS COURSE

TI-203 Clinical Standards of Trauma Care: Attachment, Systems and Context $75.00 CAD

TI-204 Tools for Trauma: A CBT Approach

(Equivalent to 14 Hours CEU)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Tools for Trauma will provide both the novice and advanced trauma therapist with the knowledge and skills necessary to utilize Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in treatment of trauma survivors. In addition to presenting a didactic foundational understanding of the theoretical tenets of CBT, this course provides experiential training in many of CBT’s most effective techniques, including: Reciprocal Inhibition, Stress Inoculation Training, Systematic Desensitization, Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Behavioural Rehearsal and Relaxation Training. Treatment applications will be framed within a Tri-Phasic model.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION?

This course will benefit psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, master’s level counsellors and other skilled mental health professionals who work with trauma survivors or wish to gain skills to do so.
Participants will enhance their practice specialty in the area of trauma recovery.

Participants will learn about:

  • Treatment approaches within a Tri-Phasic model: Safety & Stabilization; Trauma Memory Processing; Reconnection
  • Addressing post-trauma responses of the Body, Mind, Behaviour and Emotion using CBT
  • Over 20 CBT interventions for trauma recovery
  • The underlying principles of CBT, and the development of Behavioural, Cognitive and CBT approaches
  • Application of CBT toward fulfilling each stage of the Tri-Phasic treatment model
  • Practical applications of CBT among trauma survivors
  • Hands on approaches for working with trauma survivors on their journey to recovery through community reconnection

COURSE EVALUATION:
Students are required to complete all training materials on-line, complete quizzes, read through the manual and other related or recommended materials. Certificates of Completion for the course will be provided once all requirements are met.

FEE:
Canadian $149.00 plus applicable taxes.  Students will have 160 days access to this course.


REQUIRED COURSE READINGS:
Course manual: Tools for Trauma: A CBT Approach (2010)

Course pre-requisites:

Participants are required to have the following qualifications to enroll in these programs:
A minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher qualifications within a counselling type program or enrollment in a Master’s level program with a counselling mandate
OR
A minimum of 4 years of counselling work with ongoing supervision.

Disclaimer:

In the Clinical Traumatologist stream, courses have been limited to those students with appropriate qualifications.

If we learn that a student does not meet our minimum qualifications, he/she will be removed from the program, will not receive a Certificate of Completion and course fees will not be refunded.

Please ensure that you understand this disclaimer.

ENROLL IN THIS COURSE

TI-204 Tools for Trauma: A CBT Approach $149.00 CAD

TI-205 Group Approaches with Trauma Survivors: Clinical

(Equivalent to 14 Hours CEU)

Explores clinical models of interventions for trauma survivor groups, including approaches with recovery and personal awareness components. Various types of program promotions and intake/admission procedures will be addressed.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Group Work with Trauma Survivors explores clinical models of group intervention with trauma survivors. Therapeutic group approaches with recovery and personal awareness components will form the basis of this program. Various types of program promotions and intake/admission procedures will be addressed.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION?
This course will benefit psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, master’s level counselors and other skilled mental health professionals who work with trauma survivors or wish to gain skills to do so.
Participants will enhance their practice specialty in the area of trauma recovery with a specific focus on group work for those who have been directly exposed to trauma.

Participants will learn:

  •  Supportive, Therapeutic, and Resiliency Enhancement Models
  •  Group intake procedures
  •  Promotion and program development approaches
  •  Underlying principles of group dynamics
  •  Addressing the needs of trauma survivors in a group format
  •  Selecting an appropriate group model for the needs of your treatment setting and client base
  •  Practical applications of group models with trauma survivors

COURSE EVALUATION:
Students are required to complete all training materials on-line, complete quizzes, read through the manual and other related or recommended materials. Certificates of Completion for the course will be provided once all requirements are met.

FEE:
Canadian $119.00 plus applicable taxes.  Students will have 160 days access to this course.

REQUIRED COURSE READINGS:
Group Approaches With Trauma Survivors (Manual for Course TI-205)

Course pre-requisites:

Participants are required to have the following qualifications to enroll in these programs:
A minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher qualifications within a counselling type program or enrollment in a Master’s level program with a counselling mandate
OR
A minimum of 4 years of counselling work with ongoing supervision.

Disclaimer:

In the Clinical Traumatologist stream, courses have been limited to those students with appropriate qualifications.

If we learn that a student does not meet our minimum qualifications, he/she will be removed from the program, will not receive a Certificate of Completion and course fees will not be refunded.

Please ensure that you understand this disclaimer.

ENROLL  IN THIS COURSE:

TI-205 Group Approaches with Trauma Survivors: Clinical  $119.00

TI-206 Supervision in Clinical Traumatology

(Equivalent to 14 Hours CEU)

NOTE. Students must complete courses TI-1001, 202, 203, 204, 205 & 207 prior to beginning TI-206

Offers a framework for participants to practice and demonstrate proficiency in clinical traumatology skills. The program is offered in a format designed to challenge and help participants grow into competent providers of care for traumatized individuals, families, organizations and communities. *Participants must complete courses TI-1001 & TI-202 to TI-207 in order to enroll in this course.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Supervision in Clinical Traumatology offers a framework for participants to practice and demonstrate proficiency in clinical traumatology skills. The program is offered in a format designed to challenge and help participants grow into competent providers of care for traumatized individuals, families, organizations and communities. Participants must complete courses TI-1001 & TI-202 to TI-207 in order to enroll in this course.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION?
This course is one component of the Clinical Traumatologist stream and will benefit psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, master’s level counselors and other skilled mental health professionals. Participants will enhance their practice specialty in the area of trauma recovery. The courses in this stream are designed to enhance skill development among individuals whose professional activities place them in contact with individuals or groups who have been directly exposed to trauma.

Participants will:

  • Learn to practice effective screening, intake & assessment skills with trauma survivors
  • Learn to practice competent case management with traumatized clients including recording, report writing, ancillary services and referral
  • Design and implement trauma stabilization and resolution interventions with a focus of developing mastery in a chosen brief treatment, theory-driven protocol
  • Develop and maintain effective treatment trajectories with traumatized individuals utilizing a Tri-Phasic model
  • Develop and implement outcome measurements for working with clients to assess efficacy
  • Develop action plans to address biases, blind spots and deficiencies discovered in the supervision process
  • Develop strong skills in maintaining non-anxious presence; become increasingly intentional and less reactive.

COURSE EVALUATION:
Students are required to complete all training materials on-line, complete quizzes (final quiz 80% min. required), submit all assignments,read through the manual and other related or recommended materials. Certificates of Completion for the course and the training stream will be provided once all requirements are met.

FEE:
Canadian $149.00 plus applicable taxes.  Students will have 160 days access to this course.

REQUIRED COURSE READINGS:
Supervision in Clinical Traumatology (Manual for Course TI-206)

Course pre-requisites:

Participants are required to have the following qualifications to enroll in these programs:
A minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher qualifications within a counselling type program or enrollment in a Master’s level program with a counselling mandate
OR
A minimum of 4 years of counselling work with ongoing supervision.

NOTE. Students must complete courses TI-1001, 202, 203, 204, 205 & 207 prior to beginning TI-206

Disclaimer:

In the Clinical Traumatologist stream, courses have been limited to those students with appropriate qualifications.

If we learn that a student does not meet our minimum qualifications, he/she will be removed from the program, will not receive a Certificate of Completion and course fees will not be refunded.

Please ensure that you understand this disclaimer.

ENROLL IN THIS COURSE

TI-206 Supervision in Clinical Traumatology  $149.00 CAD

TI-207 Compassion Fatigue Specialist (Therapist)

(Equivalent to 14 Hours CEU)

The Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training (CFST) is an intensive Compassion Fatigue resiliency program developed with the caring professional in mind. This course is designed to provide professionals with in-depth understanding of Compassion Fatigue & recovery interventions using the Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP, Gentry, Baranowsky & Dunning, 1997). This course provides all the tools necessary to implement the five-session ARP protocol for assisting professionals who have become compassion fatigued.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training (CFST) is an intensive Compassion Fatigue resiliency program developed with the caring professional in mind. This course is designed to provide professionals with in-depth understanding of Compassion Fatigue & recovery interventions using the Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP, Gentry, Baranowsky & Dunning, 1997). This workshop provides tools necessary for the participant to implement the 5-session ARP protocol for assisting the caring professionals and paraprofessionals. The program is both didactic and experiential.

PRE-WORKSHOP PREPARATION
All participants are required to download and complete the assignments posted on the www.psychink.com website HERE

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION?
This program is for skilled mental health professionals who wish to assist caring professionals deal with the impact of Compassion Fatigue. Interested participants may include therapists/counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, clergy, employee assistance professionals, clinical supervisors and other helping professionals.

Participants will:

  • Train experientially in each of the techniques utilized in the ARP
  • Learn evaluation and treatment protocols to assist compassion fatigued care-providers
  • Develop prevention and resiliency skills for self and others
  • Understand the meaning of Compassion Fatigue in the lives of care-providers
  • Recognize compassion fatigue triggers and early warning signs
  • Identify and utilize resources & plan for resiliency and prevention
  • Master arousal reduction methods & grounding and containment skills
  • Resolve internal/external conflicts & commit to wellness and self-care
  • Discover resolution exercises to assist in the release of emotional wounds that limit abilities

COURSE EVALUATION:
Students are required to complete all training materials on-line, complete quizzes, read through the manuals and other recommended materials. Certificates of Completion for the course will be provided once all requirements are met.

FEE:
Canadian $169.00 plus applicable taxes.  Students will have 160 days access to this course.

REQUIRED COURSE READINGS:
Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training Manual (Training Manual for Course TI-207)
Compassion Fatigue Therapist Manual (Therapist Manual for Course TI-207)
Compassion Fatigue Client Manual (Client Manual for Course TI-207)

Course pre-requisites:

Participants are required to have the following qualifications to enroll in these programs:
A minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher qualifications within a counselling type program or enrollment in a Master’s level program with a counselling mandate
OR
A minimum of 4 years of counselling work with ongoing supervision.

Disclaimer:

In the Clinical Traumatologist stream, courses have been limited to those students with appropriate qualifications.

If we learn that a student does not meet our minimum qualifications, he/she will be removed from the program, will not receive a Certificate of Completion and course fees will not be refunded.

Please ensure that you understand this disclaimer.

ENROLL IN THIS COURSE

TI-207  Compassion Fatigue Specialist (Therapist)  $169.00 CAD

Certificate of Completion as a Clinical Traumatologist

Successful completion of 1001, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207 courses is required to receive the CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGIST Certificate of Completion