Course Description

Continuing Education Hours: 15

The Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist – Family (CCTS-F) course, developed by Dr. Robert Rhoton, is based on evidence-based interventions that clinicians can immediately apply when working with trauma within a family context. Using demonstrations, role play, and simulations, the course teaches active ingredients of trauma treatment to enhance the effectiveness of any family therapy model. This approach helps clinicians address family and individual traumatic stress, even alongside other diagnoses, and supports transformational change that can accelerate treatment outcomes.

Learning Objectives

  • Conceptualize the specific tasks within each of the (dynamic elements/active ingredients) of treatment

  • Efficiently and effectively bring resolution and healing

  • Learn how to explain the symptoms of traumatic stress to clients and their family in a way that helps makes “good sense” of their experiences

  • Maximizes engagement and collaboration in the healing process

  • Develop skills for helping trauma survivors rapidly stabilize and utilize skills for self-regulation

  • Learn empirical markers to know when it is safe to transition from the safety/stabilization phase of treatment into the trauma memory processing phase without guesswork and minimal crises

  • Construct verbal, graphic, and non-verbal trauma narratives—identified by research as one of the critical ingredients in resolving traumatic stress

  • Demonstrate state-of-the-art techniques and activities for supporting and facilitating healthy bereavement

  • Learn when to support natural mourning processes

  • Learn when to offer facilitation when the natural mourning processes become thwarted to be able to confidently manage the trajectory of treatment with survivors of trauma from diagnosis to termination

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome and Handouts

    2. Introduction Overview

    3. Introduction

    1. Module 1 Overview

    2. The Need for a Different Thought Process

    3. Module 1 Quiz

    1. Module 2 Overview

    2. What is Trauma?

    3. Module 2 Quiz

    1. Module 3 Overview

    2. Window of Tolerance

    3. Module 3 Quiz

    1. Module 4 Overview

    2. The Polyvagal System

    3. Module 4 Quiz

    1. Module 5 Overview

    2. The Impact Stress has on Social Behaviors

    3. Module 5 Quiz

About this course

  • $104.00
  • 63 lessons
  • 15.5 hours of video content

Dr. Robert Rhoton, PsyD, LPC, F.A.A.E.T.S.

Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of the Arizona Trauma Institute and President of Trauma Institute International, Dr. Rhoton brings over four decades of leadership in trauma treatment and mental health systems. A Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, he has directed outpatient clinics, juvenile justice programs, and therapeutic services for individuals and families. With a background in counselor education and a commitment to non-egoic, trauma-informed models, Dr. Rhoton consults internationally to improve trauma care systems and elevate clinical practice across diverse populations.
Dr. Robert Rhoton, PsyD, LPC, F.A.A.E.T.S.

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