Course Description

Continuing Education Hours: 10

This training offers a foundational overview of trauma, how it’s stored in the brain and body, and how substances affect trauma symptoms. It explores motivations behind addiction-related behaviors, compulsions, biological predispositions, and the culture of addiction and treatment. Emphasizing a shift from a pathogenic to a salutogenic approach, it also reviews tools and strategies to enhance trauma-informed care.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will demonstrate an enhanced focus on self-regulation and engage in practice of self-regulation tools to be utilized for nervous system regulation.

  • Participants will demonstrate understanding of medicated assisted treatment, peer support and recovery support groups and be able to discuss how these treatments and tools impact addiction.

  • Participants will discuss how trauma is reflective of changes in the brain, nervous system and body and explore how the threat response system changes the chemistry of the body thus impacting thinking, feeling, and behaving.

  • Participants will explore Adverse Childhood Experiences data and understand impact of ACEs on health outcomes and adaptive/mitigating behaviors through creation of procedural memory.

  • Participants will be able to explain how to support resiliency and competency in recovery from trauma and addiction, and how to support resiliency and competency via treatment delivery and assessment.

  • Participants will identify evidence-based treatment interventions for substance use disorders/addiction and co-occurring disorders and explore use of active ingredients approach for trauma healing.

  • Participants will understand cultural humility and cultural competency with expanded ability to offer services to diverse and minority populations through trauma informed and inclusive treatment approaches.

  • Participants will differentiate between Salutogenic and Pathogenic approaches to treatment and utilize case studies to gain a better understanding of positive treatment outcomes using a Salutogenic model.

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome and Handouts

    1. Module 1 Overview

    2. Introduction

    3. Module 1 Quiz

    1. Module 2 Overview

    2. Salutogenesis

    3. Module 2 Quiz

    1. Module 3 Overview

    2. What is Trauma?

    3. Module 3 Quiz

    1. Module 4 Overview

    2. The Threat/Stress Response

    3. Module 4 Quiz

    1. Module 5 Overview

    2. The Nervous System

    3. Module 5 Quiz

About this course

  • $104.00
  • 51 lessons
  • 10 hours of video content

About the Instructor

Lindsay Rothschild, LCSW, CCTS, TCYM, RYT 200

Lindsay Rothschild, LCSW, CCTS, TCYM, RYT 200, and EMDRIA Certified EMDR practitioner, is a seasoned licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She earned her master’s degree in social work from Arizona State University and holds certifications in Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method™, Substance Abuse Professional, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. As the owner/operator of Roots to Rise PLLC and Clinical Director at Seven Arrows Recovery Center, Lindsay blends body-centered practices with conventional psychotherapeutic techniques. Her leadership helped Seven Arrows Recovery achieve the first-ever Forward-Facing Freedom TraumAddiction Certification. A member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Lindsay fosters engaging and collaborative learning environments.
Lindsay Rothschild, LCSW, CCTS, TCYM, RYT 200

What Our Students Have To Say

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Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist-Trauma and Addiction

Tonya Garfield

I found this course to be highly informative and engaging. The knowledge and skills gained will be valuable not only in my professional work but also in my personal life, particularly in raising children. I commend the course for its practical and...

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I found this course to be highly informative and engaging. The knowledge and skills gained will be valuable not only in my professional work but also in my personal life, particularly in raising children. I commend the course for its practical and insightful content

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Trauma and Addiction Training

Daniel Makowski

This training was a good refresher and teacher for old and new information. I felt that the theoretical was paired well with practical exercises and case studies.

This training was a good refresher and teacher for old and new information. I felt that the theoretical was paired well with practical exercises and case studies.

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