Core Areas of Knowledge
Core Areas of Knowledge© – Credit Hours Towards Certificate Child, Adolescent & Adult
I. Introductory Level: |
1.1. Complex post traumatic effects and responses: |
Complex post traumatic effects and responses |
Foundational areas of knowledge. |
1.2 Assessment |
Assessment of trauma and dissociation–DES, PCL TSI-2 |
1.3 Treatment of complex trauma and dissociation |
Introduction to the Treatment of Complex Trauma- Child, Adolescent or Adult |
Establishing & conducting an effective trauma therapy |
Memory, trauma, and suggestibility |
Staged treatment – the road map: Stage I, Stage II, Stage III models of treatment of post traumatic disorders |
II. Intermediate Level |
2.1 Intermediate Assessment |
Frankel article, Dell & O’Neill, Loewenstein’s Office Mental Exam, MID |
2.2. Treatment of Complex Trauma & Dissociative Disorders |
2.3. Relational challenges in trauma/dissociation therapy |
Transference/countertransference patterns |
Vicarious traumatization |
2.4. Management of self-injurious behaviors |
2.5. Ethics/professional issues and risk management |
III. Advanced Level |
3.1. Advanced treatment of DID: Trauma processing, fusion/integration |
3.2. Relational challenges in trauma/dissociation therapy |
3.3. Tutorial on neurobiology of trauma, concepts of dissociation |
3.4. Tutorial on current research in complex trauma and dissociation |
3.5. Psychopharmacology of complex traumatic disorders |
3.6 Comorbid Disorders: Medical illnesses, substance use, eating disorders |
3.7 Historical/ Societal |