TRAUMA COUNSELING EDUCATION FREE EBOOK

 

A Guide to Trauma Therapy Training for Mental Health Professionals

This guide introduces core principles of Trauma-Informed Care, nervous system regulation, dissociation awareness, and phased trauma treatment planning. It serves as both:

A primary foundation for clinicians beginning trauma therapy training
 
A secondary resource for experienced therapists refining work with complex trauma

Download our free Trauma Counseling Education ebook designed for therapists seeking structured, evidence-based trauma therapy training.

 

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What You’ll Learn in This Trauma Counseling Education Ebook

 

Inside this trauma therapy training guide, you will explore:

What Trauma-Informed Care means in clinical practice!

This resource is grounded in contemporary trauma research and practical clinical application.

Who This Trauma Therapy Training Ebook Is For:

This free trauma counseling education resource is appropriate for:

LPCs, LMHCs, LCPCs, PLPCs, LMSWs, LCSWs, LMFTs

State-credentialed counselors, Graduate-level clinicians, and any therapist expanding trauma competency

This ebook supports clinical clarity and ethical trauma care.

From Free Ebook to Trauma Therapy Training

This ebook introduces trauma-informed principles that are expanded in our live Trauma Informed Care webinar series.

Our trauma therapy training includes:

NBCC-approved CE credits 

ASWB ACE-approved CE credits

Live interactive distance learning 

Each session provides continuing education credits while deepening trauma counseling education in real-world clinical settings.

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BRYNNE ANGELLE, LCSW, PMH-C

KDH EDUCATOR

Brynne is a practicing therapist with over 10 years of experience. She specializes in Borderline Personality Disorder which co-occurs with depression, anxiety, social phobias, attention and impulsive concerns, and trauma typically complex trauma. She infuses Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR).

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MARIELLE BABB, MS, LPC

KDH Educator

Marielle is a practicing therapist with over 12 years experience. She specializes in anxiety, phobias, perfectionism, panic, OCD, as well as PTSD and CPTSD. She utilizes CBT, ACT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), as well as EMDR, Image Transformation Therapy (IMTT), Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and Structural Dissociation Theory.

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KD HOLMES, MS, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED

FOUNDER OF KDH COLLECTIVE & EDUCATOR

KD is a practicing therapist over the past 16 years at KDH Counseling. She works with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia, Specific Phobias, OCD, and PTSD. She is EMDR Certified, and BTTI trained for treatment of OCD. She loves DBT, RODBT, and ERP, EMDR, IMTT, and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR).

TRAUMA INFORMED CARE:

Live Online Webinar Series for Therapists

Join us for one part or for the entire series as we explore trauma-informed therapy psychologically, physiologically, and behaviorally through live, interactive distance learning.  This Trauma Informed Care Training is designed for mental health professionals seeking advanced, evidence-based trauma education with CE credits. Each session is NBCC approved and ASWB ACE approved and delivered as a live webinar with structured teaching, case application, and Q&A.

Why Trauma Counseling Education Matters

 

Effective trauma therapy requires more than empathy. It requires:

Nervous system literacy
Diagnostic precision
Dissociation awareness
Phased intervention sequencing
Stabilization before trauma processing

 

By integrating research, practitioner experience, and structured protocols, we strengthen clinical outcomes and contribute to the growth of the mental health profession.
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ASD SPD ADHD & Dissociation: Contributor Co-Occurrence or Misdiagnosis

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Nov 14, 2024

Exploring the complexities of mental health, the threads of neurodivergence and dissociation weave together in...
5 min read

Trauma: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, Flop

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: May 15, 2024

Trauma-informed therapy explains the connection between the nervous system and mental health, offering a paradigm shift...
7 min read

Navigating Shame as a Narcissist: A Deep Dive into the Unseen Struggle

Brynne Angelle, LCSW, PMH-C: Jun 5, 2025

What is a Narcissistic person? The Hidden Weight of Shame Shame is a complex and often misunderstood emotion,...
5 min read

Narcissistic Abuse: Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts

Marielle Babb, MS, LPC: Jul 11, 2025

The phrase “death by a thousand paper cuts” often surfaces in client narratives about narcissistic abuse-and for good...
4 min read

Navigating OCD and PTSD: Best Practices in Treatment

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jul 20, 2025

When Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) intersect, clinicians often find...
6 min read

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Brynne Angelle, LCSW, PMH-C: Sep 17, 2025

In a world where the phrase "you are being a narcissist" has become commonplace, I want to be clear that while some...
5 min read

Navigating Neurodivergence Trauma

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jun 29, 2023

For therapists, trauma-informed care is a primary focus in both training and treatment. This approach, characterized by...
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Treating Developmental Trauma: Why Is It Important?

KD & Marielle: Jun 29, 2023

Trauma is a word that has been gaining more attention and importance in our society and in the therapy treatment world....
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When Trauma Responses Don’t Look Like Trauma: Neurodivergent Trauma

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Mar 15, 2026

Most therapists today are familiar with the language of the nervous system. Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flop have...

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