Date: June 24, 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 3:30 pm ET /
8:00 am – 12:30 pm PT
Format:   Live interactive training offered via Zoom

Presented by: John Henden, MBACP FRSA (See Bio)

You must attend the entire live training and complete an evaluation to be eligible for CE credits. If you seek only psychology credits, the evaluation is optional, and you can remain anonymous.

Online Training Description:

Mental health practitioners may sometimes hesitate to treat clients with histories of severe trauma. This reluctance often stems from concerns about the complexity and intensity of such cases.  The aftereffects of trauma vary significantly between individuals, but six common areas of concern for those who have been harmed include:

• Triggers
• Flashbacks
• Intrusive thoughts
• Sleep disturbances
• Getting through difficult periods (“the lows”)
• Struggling to live life to the fullest

Solution-focused therapy (SFT) emphasizes leveraging clients’ strengths and resources to create positive change. Unlike traditional methods that delve into underlying issues, SFT prioritizes present and future goals. It is brief, goal-oriented, and focuses on constructing solutions to the crippling symptoms caused by past trauma.

In this training, John Henden outlines various SFT techniques designed to address the six common areas of trauma aftereffects mentioned above. The techniques have proven effective and transferable across many severe trauma and stress areas, including sexual violence; sudden death, mass shootings, terrorist incidents, military combat, and road accidents. During the presentation, Henden discusses specific tools and techniques that can be introduced to clients as part of the therapeutic process. These include:

• Scaling confidence
• The “formula first session task”
• Techniques for triggers, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts
• Presuppositional language
• Dealing with “the lows”
• Key points to prevent re-traumatization
• Addressing blocks to disclosure

Ultimately, SFT can help survivors move from being dominated by severe trauma symptoms to regaining the feeling of being more fully in control of their lives as they move from surviving to thriving.

Interactive Follow-Up Meeting

Attendees are invited to join an open discussion 15 minutes following the end of the training, where you can engage with fellow attendees by turning on your camera and microphone. This is an opportunity to share your experiences and contribute to a meaningful exchange of ideas. Time will be allocated to address questions or insights from the training. Please note that attendance is optional and will not affect your eligibility for a training certificate.

We can refund your training fee up to 24 hours prior to the start of the training.

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