How the Neuroscience of Traumatic Stress Informs Your Treatment Plan
- Impact on Brain Stem, Limbic System, & Pre-Frontal Cortex
- How Trauma Impacts Information Processing
- Indicators that a Client has Unprocessed Trauma
- How Understanding the Neurobiology Informs Treatment Plans
Trauma Assessment Tools
- Trauma Symptomology
- Simple vs. Complex Trauma
- Intergenerational Trauma
- CAPS-5 and PCL-5
- Screening for Racial Trauma and Stress Due to Discrimination
- Dual Diagnosis & Differential Diagnosis
Creating Treatment Plans Focused on Arousal Regulation
- PTSD & the Nervous System
- Reading Your Client’s Signals
- Signs Your Client is in Hyperarousal
- Signs Your Client is in Hypoarousal
- Polyvagal Theory
- Emotional Attunement in Therapeutic Relationship
Employing the Phase-Oriented Treatment Model: A Roadmap to Safe and Effective Trauma Processing and Resolution
- Benefits, Risks, Limitations
- Phase One: Stabilization
- Phase Two: Trauma Processing & Grieving
- Phase Three: Present Day Life
- What to Include in your Clinical Documentation
Adjunctive Interventions: 4 Proven Tools to Reduce Symptomology, Enhance Calm, and Improve Functioning
- Arousal Regulation & Coping Skills
- Yoga
- Safe & Sound Protocol
- Heart Rate Variability
- Neurofeedback
- How to Integrate These into Your Practice
- Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
Navigating Acute Distress for State Change In and Out of Session
- Bi-lateral Stimulation & Resource Tapping
- Relational Resources & Integrating Culturally-Based Strengths
- Breathing & Somatic Interventions
- Emotion-Freedom Technique
- Sensory Resources
- Self-Compassion and Mindfulness
- Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
Trauma Processing: Accessing Trauma Memory Networks, Managing Triggers, and More
- What It Is and What It Isn’t
- Accessing Traumatic Memory Networks
- What Happens When a Client is Triggered
- Engaging the Right & Left-Brain Hemisphere
Is Your Client Ready? Contraindications for Trauma Processing
- Common Contraindications for Trauma Processing
- Understanding Factors that Contribute to Early Termination
- Informed Consent
- How to Communicate Realistic Expectations
- Things to Ask out Before Beginning
- Including Partners & Family in Trauma Treatment
Cultural & Relational Factors in Trauma Treatment
- Cultural Humility & Cultural Attunement
- Systemic & Oppression-based Traumas
- Social Location & Creating Working Alliance
- Language Code Switching
- Treatment Plan Considerations
Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy: 2 of the Best-Validated Top-Down Models for Trauma Resolution
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Case Conceptualization & Case Examples
- Treatment Goals & Roadmaps
- Therapist’s Role
- Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
EMDR and IFS: Evidenced-Based Bottom-Up Models to Heal Trauma
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Memory Reconsolidation
- Case Conceptualization & Case Examples
- Treatment Goals & Roadmaps
- Therapist’s Role
- Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
Choosing the Right Trauma Processing Model for Your Client
- Treatment Considerations
- Shared Decision Making
- Indicators of Effectiveness & Progress
- When Is Trauma Processing is Complete
Specific Considerations & Future Directions in Trauma Treatment
- Nuances with Neurodiverse Populations
- Considerations with Traumatic Loss
- When is Group Therapy Appropriate
- Future Directions & Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
- Free Phone Apps and Resources for Clients

