This course is a live, interactive webinar held on May 9, 2025, from 12pm-4:30pm Eastern Daylight Time.
Registration closes at midnight (EDT) the day before the event
While foundational knowledge is essential, many clinicians struggle with translating their knowledge about trauma-informed care into actionable treatment strategies. Trauma-informed care requires more than theoretical understanding - it demands practical, evidence-based interventions that are adaptable to diverse client needs. Additionally, the toll of working with trauma survivors can lead to compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. This course addresses these challenges by focusing on effective treatment planning, interventions, and self-care strategies to sustain clinicians in their practice.
This training is tailored for mental health professionals who have a foundational knowledge of trauma and are ready to advance their skills in designing treatment plans and applying interventions. It is especially beneficial for those working in high-stress or trauma-heavy caseloads and seeking strategies to maintain their professional resilience. Even experienced trauma therapists will find value in exploring advanced techniques like EMDR, narrative therapies, and resilience training.
This course integrates the latest research on evidence-based trauma therapies and clinician self-care. We include frameworks for balancing professional demands with personal well-being. By introducing advanced intervention strategies, such as body-based therapies and resilience-building techniques, the course goes beyond conventional approaches. It also addresses often-overlooked topics like trauma stewardship and protective factors to combat secondary trauma.
Participants will gain the ability to design trauma-informed treatment plans and apply interventions inspired by EMDR, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and family-based approaches. They will also learn to identify and mitigate the indirect effects of trauma on their own well-being, as well as implement self-care strategies to maintain resilience. By the end of the course, attendees will feel confident in applying these advanced skills while safeguarding their own mental health.
This course prepares clinicians with practical tools to address trauma’s complex impacts while protecting their own capacity to provide care. The ability to implement effective treatment strategies and maintain personal resilience is critical for long-term success in trauma-focused practice. Through this course, clinicians can sustain their commitment to trauma-informed care while achieving positive outcomes for their clients and themselves.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply the core principles of trauma-informed care to case examples.
- Design a trauma-informed treatment plan for a case study client.
- Classify elements of indirect trauma and the impact it has on clinician well-being.
- Identify levels of resilience and self-care strategies used for combating the indirect effects of trauma.
Schedule: (listed in Eastern Standard Time)
- 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Lecture
- 12:50 pm - 1:00 pm Q&A
- 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Break
- 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm Lecture
- 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm Break
- 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm Q&A
- 2:20 pm - 3:10 pm Lecture
- 3:10 pm - 3:20 pm Break
- 3:20 pm - 3:30 pm Q&A
- 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Lecture
- 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm Q&A
How to Attend: Instructions for attending and completing a course can be found here.
Who Should Attend: This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching Methods: This is a live, interactive webinar. Enrollment includes access to live event(s) but does not include recordings of the presentations.
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Sofia Georgiadou, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S (Texas)
Dr. Sofia Georgiadou is an Assistant Professor and Internship Coordinator at the University of Houston at Clear Lake’s MA in Family Therapy Program. Additionally, she teaches as an Adjunct for the Family Institute at Northwestern University and Capella University's fully online Master's in Family Therapy program. She is also the administrator of COAST’s Educators Division, the Society for the Teaching of Marriage and Family Therapy (www.stmft.coastmft.org).
Originally from Greece, Sofia develops culturally responsive MFT and Counseling courses, using an intersectional approach in her teaching and supervision. Her research experience centers on qualitative/mixed methods and survey design. Sofia seeks to understand the lived experiences of diverse groups to better support international students, immigrants, and individuals from equity-deserving communities.
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Sarah Stewart-Spencer, PhD, LPC, LMHC, NCC, CH, CCTP
Dr. Sarah Stewart-Spencer is a clinical provider specializing in trauma and an accomplished leader in higher education and counseling. Dr. Stewart-Spencer is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, and Nationally Certified Counselor. She is also certified as a First Responder Provider, Hypnotherapist and a Clinical Trauma Professional.
Dr. Stewart-Spencer is the owner of the Integrated Wellness Institute and Stewart-Spencer Consulting. She is currently an Associate Professor (adjunct faculty) at The Chicago School for Professional Psychology. She is a course developer and trainer at the International Trauma Training Institute, as well as maintains a private practice for high-risk trauma exposed populations, such as law enforcement. She is the former Dean of Behavioural Sciences at Yorkville University, Canada’s largest and leading online counselor education graduate program. Programs there include the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and Doctorate in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Professional contributions include numerous publications, and presentations at the local, regional, state, national and international level. She is a creator of the national First Responder Treatment Provider certification training program. She is the Editor and Founder of Therapeutic Speakeasy Quarterly, which is a peer-reviewed electronic journal for the helping profession. She also served as the Editor of The Humanistic Counselor, a publication of the Association for Humanistic Counseling.
Her published books include Metaphors and Therapy: Enhancing Clinical Supervision and Education and a Routledge publication, Metaphors in Counselor Education and Supervision. These teaching guides break though ambiguity in counselor education and training by introducing a variety of metaphors to help instructors and supervisors.
She has also practiced in a variety of roles and settings, such crisis/emergency, community mental health, outpatient counseling, psychiatric inpatient, court-appointed assessments, consultation, and a clinical director of a private agency. She served in multiple leadership roles throughout the professional field, such as the board of the Virginia Clinical Counselors Alliance and University TeleMental Health Training Advisory Forum. She has also served as a committee member at the Association for Creative Counseling and Association for Humanistic Counseling.
Disclosure Statement: The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.
Credit Hours: This course consists of 4 continuing education hours of credit.
Counselors:
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This course is an-interactive, live online webinar.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of completion to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
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24 hour notice is required if you are not able to make it to a live event. Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants.
To update and test using Zoom.us/test before the event to ensure you are ready for the event.
Since this is a live interactive event it means that your interaction during the event is expected. Your name and image will be visible to other participants during the live event. You will NOT be included in any recording made.
An evaluation must be completed within one week of the event. Continuing Education credit(s) cannot be issued unless you attend the event and the evaluation is submitted. (Evaluation is not mandatory for APA hours)
Partial CE credits are not possible; therefore you are required to be present throughout the event in order to receive CE credits.
Respect all other participants during the event as though you would if you were sitting with the other attendees at a conference table:
- Dress appropriately
- Be in a private location void of distractions
- Do not multitask
- Do not drive during an event
- Remain on mute unless you are sharing with the group
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