TRAUMA FOCUSED THERAPY - LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA

(MODULES - 8)    (COURSE LENGTH - 12 MONTHS)    (START DATES - TBC)   (COST -   £3000)

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This level 6 trauma focused diploma is aimed at professionals who currently work with strategic treatment planning dictated by symptom cluster analysis and are applying a top down approach, this is all covered within the ITS Level 5 . However the Level 6 has a focus on working with a bottom up (Limbic, brainstem and body based processing) approach to processing complex trauma and PTSD. This requires practitioners to be more experienced and are adept at top down processing while integrating a neuroscience based understanding throughout the treatment process of the case studies.

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This is a fully accredited, professional diploma, designed specifically for professionals who are working with people with complex lives and have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and/ or Trauma in their adult lives.

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Treating trauma has been described as “the final frontier” of resolving the psychological impact of childhood abuse. By completing this diploma you will learn to strategically address the impact of trauma and provide your clients with their absolute right to live a life free from the lasting effects of trauma.

To deliver a service of excellence, one needs to go beyond being “trauma informed” and become trauma-focused. Whether your service is in the private or public sector, this diploma will raise your standard of practice. You will learn to deliver a strategic, systemised, approach, support the reduction of re-victimisation and risk and work effectively and safely with trauma while processing the multi dimensional, psychological and schema based responses and programming of trauma.

The ethos at I.T.S is to promote and develop an integrative knowledge base to bring future thinking services to resolve the current crisis within mental health  understanding and resolution to the effects of trauma. During this course you will learn specific theories to create an integrative application of trauma focused theories and models, such as IRRT, Poly Vagal , Prolonged exposure therapy , attachment and a number of different processing methods methods.

 

A cutting edge, professional training in how to work with complex trauma and PTSD  

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To deliver a service of excellence, one needs to go beyond being "trauma informed" and become trauma-focused. Whether your service is in the private or public sector, this diploma will raise your standard of practice. You will learn to deliver a strategic, systemised, approach, support the reduction of re-victimisation and risk and work effectively and safely with trauma. 

 

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THIS DIPLOMA CAN BE TAKEN AS EITHER A DIPLOMA OR A CPD CERTIFICATE, PLEASE SEE BELOW. 

 

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The ethos at I.T.S is to promote and develop an integrative knowledge base to bring understanding and resolution to the effects of trauma. During this course you will learn specific theories to create an integrative application of trauma focused theories and models, such as EMDR, Poly Vagal , Emotion regulation , attachment and a number of different stabilisation methods. 

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THIS DIPLOMA CAN BE TAKEN AS EITHER A DIPLOMA OR A CPD CERTIFICATE, 

 

• Diploma in Trauma Focused Therapy 

• This is an accredited, professional diploma. Full attendance, self directed research, a written assignment, two presentations, and a specialised document and two case studies. 

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• Certificate in Trauma Focused Therapy 

• This is a CPD and not a qualification. Full attendance is required, however it is an experiential learning journey with self directed research. You will be provided with course materials and resources of the full course. 

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AIMS

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• Understand the definition and diagnosis of complex trauma and PTSD. 

• Utilise trauma-focused assessment tools, and integrate a systematic evidence-based framework for complex trauma and PTSD within their current context of work and formulate a specialist, strategic treatment plan. 

• Learn more about the neurobiology of trauma, PTSD, developmental trauma and dissociation. 

• Apply safety and stabilisation techniques to create a sense of internal and external safety within their clients. 

• Reduce flashbacks. 

• Develop their knowledge of different types of trauma processing protocols using a top down approach. 

• Learn more about Cognitive Processing Therapy. 

• Make the most of Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR). 

• Know more about attachment of trauma and its impact on the therapeutic relationship. 

• Explore Trauma bonding, cognitive dissonance and the impact on attachment. 

• Apply a trauma-focused framework to a specific cultural / spiritual belief system. 

• Improve their awareness and understanding of co-morbid diagnosis. 

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Assessment  –  we will measure your progress through a number of different channels, such as – Case studies, discussion, group research and open book exams and a critical essay.

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This course works within the UK Psychological Trauma Society's guidelines for Complex Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in adults. The three phased approach is considered the gold standard approach for treating complex trauma and includes: 

 

Safety & stabilisation - Addressing “issues of personal safety and development of self and ego capacities (i.e. tolerating and modulating strong emotions). This initial phase focuses on the client's inner experiences, addressing memories, emotions and sensations including flashbacks. It aims to reduce self injurious behaviour, addictions, pathological dissociation and extreme emotion dysregulation. This will then create internal and external safety to disengage the ‘emergency’ brain (limbic system) and to activate the thinking brain (prefrontal cortex). 

 

This accredited diploma aims to provide service workers and practitioners with the tools required to work effectively with complex trauma and PTSD. 

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