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Complex PTSD Training for Therapists
Dissociation, Phase-Oriented Treatment, and Culturally Responsive Care
Complex PTSD is not a more severe version of PTSD. It is a distinct clinical presentation with its own diagnostic criteria, its own neurobiological fingerprint, and its own treatment demands. And yet most therapists come out of graduate school with PTSD training that was never designed for the clients sitting across from them.
Complex PTSD Training for Therapists is a two-day, 8-CE on-demand course with Dr. Crystal Wildes, licensed clinical psychologist and TTI senior faculty member, designed for mental health professionals who want a comprehensive, research-grounded framework for understanding and treating C-PTSD. You will move through the neurobiology of complex trauma, the spectrum of dissociation, phase-oriented treatment, evidence-based and integrative approaches, cultural humility in trauma care, and Trauma Stewardship for the clinician.
No prerequisites required. Designed for therapists, and open to any helping professional who regularly works alongside people affected by chronic or complex trauma.
Complex PTSD Training for Therapists is a two-day, 8-CE on-demand course with Dr. Crystal Wildes, licensed clinical psychologist and TTI senior faculty member, designed for mental health professionals who want a comprehensive, research-grounded framework for understanding and treating C-PTSD. You will move through the neurobiology of complex trauma, the spectrum of dissociation, phase-oriented treatment, evidence-based and integrative approaches, cultural humility in trauma care, and Trauma Stewardship for the clinician.
No prerequisites required. Designed for therapists, and open to any helping professional who regularly works alongside people affected by chronic or complex trauma.
Practical Skills
Practical Interventions You'll Learn
This two-day training covers the full clinical landscape of Complex PTSD, from foundational neuroscience through practical treatment considerations. Each module integrates the latest trauma research with direct application to your clinical work.
In this Complex PTSD training, you'll learn how to:
- Distinguish C-PTSD from PTSD clinically, including the core features, symptoms, and diagnostic nuances that distinguish complex trauma presentations from standard PTSD, and how comorbidities complicate assessment
- Apply the neurobiology of complex trauma to your clinical thinking, including how chronic interpersonal trauma affects brain development, the autonomic nervous system, and clients' capacity for cognition, emotion regulation, and memory
- Understand dissociation as an adaptive process, assess for it across its full spectrum, and develop practical strategies for managing and working with dissociation in session
- Examine etiology and risk factors including the role of childhood trauma, attachment disruption, developmental impact, and cultural influences in shaping C-PTSD presentations
- Implement phase-oriented treatment for complex trauma across all three stages: stabilization and safety, processing and mourning, and meaning-making and reconnection
- Practice cultural humility in assessment and treatment, including how to recognize and address bias and create inclusive therapeutic spaces for clients with C-PTSD
- Build your Trauma Stewardship practice by recognizing compassion fatigue and burnout in yourself, understanding vicarious resilience, and developing sustainable self-care strategies
What You Get
What's Waiting for You Inside This Training
C-PTSD vs PTSD clarity
Distinguish the diagnostic criteria, symptoms, and treatment needs that set complex PTSD apart from standard PTSD.
Neurobiology of complex trauma
Understand how chronic interpersonal trauma shapes the brain, nervous system, memory, and emotional regulation.
Dissociation across the spectrum
Assess and work with dissociation as an adaptive process within complex trauma presentations.
Phase-oriented treatment framework
Apply a stage-based approach to stabilization, processing, and meaning-making with C-PTSD clients.
Cultural humility in trauma care
Recognize and address bias and create inclusive therapeutic spaces for clients with complex trauma histories.
Trauma Stewardship for clinicians
Build sustainable self-care strategies and recognize compassion fatigue, vicarious resilience, and burnout.
Lifetime on-demand access
Go at your own pace and return to the material whenever a complex case calls for it.
Free community membership
Join TTI's shame-free community of practitioners for ongoing conversations, support, and resources. No cost, no catch.
Meet Your Trainer
About Your Trainer
Crystal Wildes
PsyD, LP
Dr. Crystal Wildes is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in clinical work, training, and supervision across a range of settings. She is a senior faculty member and trainer at Trauma Therapist Institute and an expert EMDR clinician.
Crystal specializes in complex trauma and EMDR therapy, and has worked with individuals and families across the lifespan, including adjudicated youth, at-risk teens, families involved with social services, and crime victims. She brings over two decades of clinical experience to her teaching, grounded in a commitment to compassionate, evidence-based, and culturally responsive trauma care.
As a trainer, Crystal is known for her authentic, direct facilitation style and her commitment to equipping clinicians with the practical tools and frameworks they need to work confidently with complex trauma presentations.
Crystal specializes in complex trauma and EMDR therapy, and has worked with individuals and families across the lifespan, including adjudicated youth, at-risk teens, families involved with social services, and crime victims. She brings over two decades of clinical experience to her teaching, grounded in a commitment to compassionate, evidence-based, and culturally responsive trauma care.
As a trainer, Crystal is known for her authentic, direct facilitation style and her commitment to equipping clinicians with the practical tools and frameworks they need to work confidently with complex trauma presentations.
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Complex PTSD Is Not a More Severe Version of PTSD
It is a distinct clinical presentation with its own neurobiology, its own dissociative patterns, and its own treatment demands. This training gives you the phase-oriented framework, the dissociation-informed assessment skills, and the culturally responsive care principles to work with complex trauma in a way standard PTSD training was never designed for.
Lifetime access. 8 CEs through ASWB and NBCC. Two days of comprehensive, research-grounded teaching.