CBT for Trauma

Learn evidence-based CBT for trauma and PTSD from world-leading trauma experts in this online course.

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About the Course

Start date

Immediate access

Length

12hrs | 12 months access

Who this course is for

For Mental Health & Health Professionals

Accreditation

12 CE / CME See all accreditation details

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Working with trauma and PTSD requires knowledge, skill, and confidence. This course helps you strengthen your ability to guide recovery with CBT and support clients through the challenges of trauma.

This training shows you how to integrate cognitive and exposure-based approaches, the most well-researched strategies in trauma treatment, into a flexible practice that meets clients where they are. It provides the tools and clinical insight to address PTSD and trauma-related distress in ways that are structured, effective, and compassionate.

Led by globally renowned trauma experts Barbara Rothbaum, co-creator of Prolonged Exposure, Debra Kaysen, an expert in Cognitive Processing Therapy, and David Tolin, bestselling author of Doing CBT, this course gives you direct guidance from leaders who shaped the field. Their teaching shows you how to use CBT approaches that help clients face avoidance, dissociation, flashbacks, and overwhelming distress.

Whether you are treating PTSD or working with trauma-related symptoms across different diagnoses, this course gives you practical ways to support recovery.

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Learn From the World’s Leading Trauma Experts

This course is led by world-renowned trauma clinicians:

Barbara Rothbaum — co-developer of Prolonged Exposure Therapy
David Tolin — internationally recognized CBT expert and bestselling author
Debra Kaysen — leading authority on Cognitive Processing Therapy

Through video lessons, therapy demonstrations, and expert interviews, you’ll see how leading clinicians approach trauma treatment in practice. You’ll learn how to integrate cognitive and exposure strategies into a practical CBT framework you can apply with clients.

Barbara Rothbaum, David Tolin, Debra Kaysen

With contributions from leading researchers, clinicians, and trainers in trauma-focused CBT and PTSD

You'll also learn directly from the clinicians and researchers who developed and shaped modern PTSD treatment. These include Patricia Resick, developer of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT); Candice Monson, co-developer of Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD; and Terence Keane, whose work helped define how PTSD is assessed and studied.

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What You'll Learn

This course gives you the clinical tools to deliver evidence-based CBT for trauma and PTSD. You’ll learn how to:

Distinguish between trauma, PTSD, and complex PTSD
Use core CBT strategies for trauma, including exposure and cognitive approaches
Address trauma-related symptoms such as dissociation, flashbacks, nightmares, and avoidance
Identify and shift unhelpful trauma-related thoughts, emotions, and behavior patterns
Manage distress, safety concerns, and crises, including suicidal ideation
Apply CBT strategies in challenging sessions with steadiness and flexibility
Sustain your wellbeing while working in this demanding clinical area

A Learning Experience Designed For Clinicians

This course gives you a clear framework for treating trauma with CBT, helping you support clients through distressing symptoms while guiding them toward healing. You’ll learn through:

Engaging video lessons that are clinically rich and easy to absorb
Demonstrations that show CBT for trauma in action
Practical tools and step-by-step guidance for use in sessions
Interviews that provide professional insight and inspiration

This training is ideal if you want to:

Build skill and confidence treating trauma with CBT
Learn directly from the developers of leading trauma treatments
Respond effectively to trauma-related distress in sessions
Create a safe, structured therapeutic process for recovery

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Course Overview

Course Modules

Part 1: Introduction to CBT for Trauma

Module one

Welcome to the course

Module two

Overview of trauma and PTSD

Module three

PTSD and how it presents

Module four

CBT core concepts and principles

Module five

CBT for PTSD treatment approaches

Module six

Important therapist skills

Module seven

Culture and populations

Module eight

Quiz questions (CE/CME)

Part 2: Working with Trauma and PTSD

Module one

Working with PTSD

Module two

Assessment for PTSD

Module three

Symptom tracking within assessment

Module four

Goals of CBT for PTSD

Module five

Theories informing Cognitive-Behavorial conceptualizations of PTSD

Module six

Quiz questions (CE/CME)

Part 3: PTSD conceptualization and treatment

Module one

Case formulation

Module two

Trauma-related stressors

Module three

Suicide and PTSD

Module four

Treatment components

Module five

Psycho-education for PTSD

Module six

Symptom management

Module seven

Quiz questions (CE/CME)

Part 4: Exposure therapy for PTSD

Module one

Introduction to exposure

Module two

In vivo exposure

Module three

Imaginal exposure

Module four

Where to start?

Module five

How to do exposure well

Module six

Quiz questions (CE/CME)

Part 5: Cognitively-focused therapy for PTSD

Module one

Aims of cognitive work for PTSD

Module two

Bringing theory into application

Module three

How to do Cognitive Therapy well

Module four

Identifying trauma-related thoughts, feelings and behaviors

Module five

The role of emotions

Module six

Socratic dialogue

Module seven

Quiz questions (CE/CME)

Part 6: Beyond treatment for PTSD

Module one

Other forms of exposure for PTSD

Module two

Choosing between Cognitive and Exposure approaches

Module three

Identifying problems in treatment

Module four

Relapse prevention

Module five

Terminating therapy

Module six

Therapist self-care

Module seven

Course wrap up

Module eight

Quiz questions (CE/CME) & course complete

What People Say About This Course

93.6%

Would recommend this course to a colleague.

4.5(298)

Participants gave this course an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5

Diana FreitasSocial Worker - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
It does CBT justice. It shows a warm, curious way to do CBT vs cold and calculated and manualized. The pacing was great. The therapy demonstrations were wonderful. It was well done.

Ditza BergerPsychologist - NYC, NY, USA
I am learning a lot. My training is in CBT but I have not applied it to PTSD in the past and saw PTSD as being something beyond what I could reasonably treat. I enjoyed the most seeing the evolution/progress of the patients as the methods were employed. This course is worth taking.

Katherine RaySocial Worker - Austin, TX, USA
I feel that I have learned a lot and that this information will improve the quality of care I can offer my clients. Also, I find it fascinating to learn how trauma affects the brain and shapes our behavioral patterns in ways that are not intuitive.

Eileen BarnettLicensed Professional Counselor - Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
As we learn more about the impact of trauma on the mental/emotional well-being of our clients, courses like this are essential for teaching therapists concrete skills that can assist their clients in processing traumatic experiences. I most enjoy the speakers talking to the camera and talking about their experiences with trauma processing, and what has worked for them. It is SO valuable to hear the perspectives of other working mental health professionals. Makes me feel less alone in the work I do! Also, I would say that this course provides clear and grounded techniques that help clients process traumatic experiences, specifically in noticing and reframing thoughts through a CBT lens.

Accredited Continuing Education Credits

This CBT for Trauma training is designed for mental health professionals worldwide. Upon completion, you'll receive an official certificate that may be submitted to relevant registration or licensing bodies for continuing professional development, where applicable.

12 CE/CME credits are designated for a range of licensed mental health professions, including:

psychologists, social workers, counsellors,
physicians, nurses,
marriage and family therapists,
addiction professionals.

Acceptance for other professions may vary by board and jurisdiction. View the complete CE/CME accreditation details and board approvals here.

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With contributions from leading researchers, clinicians, and trainers in trauma-focused CBT and PTSD

A Learning Experience Designed For Clinicians

Course Overview

Part 1Introduction to CBT for Trauma

Part 2Working with Trauma and PTSD

Part 3PTSD conceptualization and treatment

Part 4Exposure therapy for PTSD

Part 5Cognitively-focused therapy for PTSD

Part 6Beyond treatment for PTSD

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