About the
Religious Trauma Studies
Certification

Continuing Education (CE) Description

GCRR currently offers the ONLY affordable, accessible, and comprehensive Certification Course on religious trauma for mental health professionals to acquire CEs and boost their professional resume, credentials, and therapeutic offerings for clients.

About this Course

Our certification program is an online self-paced study program that helps you identify the symptoms of Religious Trauma, hear real accounts from sufferers and survivors, understand psychologically and physiologically what Religious Trauma does to the human brain and body, and discover the different religious contexts and beliefs that can create a trauma response.

Become Empowered Through Next-Level, Trauma-Informed Teachings on This Lesser Known Source of Trauma So You Can:

❧ Unpack the tangled webs of beliefs and religious doctrine that can lead to trauma responses in the brain and body.

❧ Accurately differentiate between generalized anxiety, depression, or PTSD and the trauma that comes as a result of toxic religion.

❧ Identify the source of complex thoughts, feelings and behaviors by understanding how certain faith doctrines and belief systems can actually cause an ingrained trauma response loop in the nervous system.

❧Discover how to effectively rewire unique religious trauma triggers and responses with appropriate treatment.

❧ Learn best practices for treating Religious Trauma including how to support your clients who may choose to remain in their faith tradition recognizing that treatment and faith do not have to be mutually exclusive and can compatibly contribute to an individual's healing journey.

❧ Validate the emotional and physical responses to triggers by recognizing the unique symptoms of Religious Trauma.

❧ Understand that Religious Trauma can originate simply from the innate beliefs, practices, or structures within the religious institution itself and doesn’t always stem from a single event or abuser, though those also are valid sources of trauma as well.

Learning Objectives
and
Course Instructors

Elizabeth Wilson, LPC, LAC

Clinical Trauma Specialist

“How Religious Trauma Affects The Nervous System and Body”

Knowledge: define and describe "trauma" as distinct from other issues.
Comprehension: recognize and predict the disruptive effects of trauma on brain and body.

About the Religious Trauma Studies Certification

About this Course

Learning Objectives and Course Instructors

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About the
Religious Trauma Studies
Certification

Learning Objectives
and
Course Instructors