Objective

  • Explore historic and well-established contemporary counseling theories, principles and techniques of counseling and their application in professional counseling settings
  • Discuss the causes of PTSD
  • Examine PTSD through a strengths-based lens
  • Identify tools to help patients deal with PTSD symptoms
  • Define Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • Explore the 12 Session Protocol for CPT
  • Examine complex trauma from a developmental and strengths-based lens
  • Identify interventions to help patients acquire the skills to mitigate the impact of complex trauma