A Trauma Training Course & Consultation

You are a therapist who wants more.

You've come to this field because you want to make a difference in the world but you feel like you have hit the glass ceiling in your knowledge, your skillset, or something else is missing.

Your clients have been sticking around because they are holding onto hope, but you are not feeling solid enough in your skill-set to support them through all of the cumulative trauma that has been impacting the world these days. You want the tools to be able to carry them through to a place of inner resonance and self-healing. You want to rediscover your passion for complexities in trauma work while also feeling more confident and clear about how you can help.

It’s time to step up..learn new skills, build your confidence and deepen your identity as a trauma therapist.

“Myself + my lovely team joined Esther’s course because we are really believe that every single therapist that works with a human should be trauma informed. Which means they should understand what tools and skills are necessary when working with someone who has been impacted by any kind of trauma. One of the things I got from Esther’s Trauma Course (among many other things) was real tools, a comprehensive list of so many different tips+tricks that can help myself, as well as my team learn how to effectively help those that are dealing with trauma.”

“Esther Goldstein's Trauma Therapy Course for Therapists is a comprehensive and invaluable resource that offers a remarkable combination of expert guidance, practical application, and comprehensive content. With Esther’s clear explanations, practical examples, and emphasis on hands-on learning, therapists gain a holistic understanding of trauma therapy and the skills to effectively support clients. The course covers a range of evidence-based interventions, promotes a multi-modal approach, and provides ongoing support. Overall, it is an exceptional resource for mental health professionals seeking to enhance their trauma therapy skills and knowledge.”

“Taking the trauma course was helpful for my daily practice working with high-school students. Many of my students have had and continue to suffer from trauma. This course allowed me the opportunity to learn more in depth causes for the outward behaviors often displayed in the classroom.Esther was great at taking the time to create space to discuss specific caseloads and offered thoughtful ways to approach clients when they appear to be “stuck.” She created a welcoming platform for us to engage with other clinicians and allowed for conversation, input, and questions from each of the participants. The information is vast and  extensive and will take some time to get through however, it is essential to learn and understand its content in order to be a therapist offering trauma support.” 

How does this Six Month Exclusive Online Trauma Training Group Program work?

Transformation Goal:

This training is going to impact you by providing you with a deeper understanding of trauma, clarity on ways to provide trauma treatment, and an overall feeling of confidence and clarity that you’ll bring to your work. The wisdom and skills acquired will help you maximize each and every session with your clients. As your clinical outcomes improve and soar, you will get more ideal clients referred to you. You’ll feel more confident about when to dive deeper, when to refer out, when to get consultation, and know exactly what to do to get to the next level with your clients.

LEARNING FORMAT:

Asynchronous Learning: Signing up for this training will give you full access to our online platform where you get to dive into ONE module each week where you will get strategies to help you maximize your skills in the therapy room. You will have access instructional videos, tools, templates and downloads for you to use in your practice immediately. These trainings are ones you can listen to at anytime and are so rich, you may want to re-watch them throughout your learning.

Time Investment for Online Course: Plan to Spend one hour a week: half an hour on reading the week’s booklet and half an hour on watching the weekly videos.

Synchronous Learning: This is an interactive training and consultation group that consists of 6 Months of 90 minutes BI-WEEKLY face-to-face sessions (12 total) with Trauma Specialist, Esther Goldstein. This time is for you and your cohort to ask questions, real-time implementation and clarification. Consultation is imperative so you can personalize the knowledge and can use your newfound skills and wisdom with ease in your next session. You will also get to present your cases and get clinical input and guidance so you deepen your impact and provide more aligned clinical work.

Time investment for LIVE Consultation: We meet every other week, for 90 minutes, to dive into your clinical questions, to clarify concepts, and to practice interventions and skills, in realtime.

Module 1

Becoming A Trauma Informed Therapist

Trauma is not for the faint of heart. Commit to your why so you can have the focus and energy you need to show up day-to-day.

OUTCOMES:

● Get to the core thread of your clients’s pain points so you can provide relief

● Set you and your clients up for success from the very first session

● Identifying how trauma shows up differently in each client

● Manage your energy in the therapy room

● Identify your WHY: What makes you passionate about this work?

Module 2

Mastering Trauma Research

Have a clear treatment focus and skills to provide relief.

OUTCOMES:

● Structure treatment to help the client experience immediate relief

● Identify which trauma diagnosis your client has

● Instill hope by providing psychoeducation and a roadmap to their personal healing

● Get the scientific research on the 3 different types of trauma diagnosis

Module 3

Dealing with Factors That Complicate Trauma

It’s never “IF” you hit roadblocks, it's “WHEN” you hit roadblocks. Confidently plan for navigating complexities that come up in treatment.

OUTCOMES:

● Recognizing when dissociation enters the therapy room

● Interrupt toxic shame cycles

● Move from complicated grief to processing grief

● Practice relational interventions for clients with attachment wounds

● Confidently challenge blockages and defenses that come up in therapy

Module 4

Responses to Trauma

Understanding Trauma Reaction and Survival Strategies and how they show up in our clients' lives.

OUTCOMES:

● Teach your clients how to link trauma to their coping mechanisms.

● Identify explicit and implicit triggers

● Develop your sixth sense as a therapist

● Be an expert in neurotransmission, neuroplasticity, and somatic memory to educate your clients

● Tools to regulate the Limbic Nervous System in every session

● Remove pathology from cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and existential coping responses.

● Know when you are colliding or colluding with your clients and how to recommit to the treatment structure

Module 5

Trauma Assessment & Intervention

Assessments are more than handing a questionnaire to your clients. In this module, I give you the nuances you need to assess your clients' struggles properly.

OUTCOMES:

● Become an expert diagnostician identifying pressing concerns

● Assess clients' needs to improve their level of functioning

● Assess clients' readiness and capacity to engage in deeper trauma processing

● Use instructions and best practices for over 20 assessment types (including mood, attachment, trauma, somatic, dissociation, OCD, and more)

● Learn how to use the DES and MID for clients with dissociation

● Determine which assessments should be administered via hard copy, verbally, or other creative means.

● Learn replicable interventions

Module 6

Challenges To Treatment

Bring your clients to the finish line. You want your clients to be successful but what does success mean?

OUTCOMES:

● Skillfully navigate rupture and repair

● Set, track and reach clear treatment goals

● Use effective scripts to initiate meaningful feedback conversations

● Keep yourself in check. Is transference and/or countertransference showing up?

● Avoid flooding or stagnation by properly pacing the treatment plan

● Know when and how to refer out

You can learn a lot about trauma interventions, but knowledge is more powerful when applied to your clinical work. This is a major focus of our training.

When you’re sitting across of a client who feels frightened, who is out of their window of tolerance, or is needing a shift before they leave your therapy room, you need to provide something tangible. Interventions and tools are vital in this work. Often, clients walks in holding a lot, and though we don’t offer a one-time-cure, we can guide them to an exercise, or engage them in an activity so that they feel met and understood. Using a skillful intervention can allow for transformation to take place (a wee little one or a big one, depending on where your client is at in the work).

At the end of every single module we have a downloadable worksheet for you!

You will get practice using each of the worksheets in the training, so that you get a feel for how to use it effectively. The interventions were made with you and your client in mind. They are meant to be printable so that you can use them in your very next session!

Interventions include:

• Window of Tolerance

• Body Scan

• Guided Meditation

• Grounding Exercises

• Boundary Setting

• Distancing Techniques

• Resource/Strengths Building

Your Trauma Training Library

Our Trauma Training Library is loaded with advanced therapy interventions such as working with shame, working past blockages, working with complex dissociation, promoting earned secure attachment, explaining family roles & schemas & more. If you want to get a sense of what our downloads look like, check out our workshops and downloads section (scroll to the top of the page and click “workshops and downloads”).

Read the Trauma Training Terms of Use Here

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