Treating Complex Trauma Online (Day 3-4): Practical complex trauma informed interventions with Dr Leah Giarratano live online. 

This highly interactive two-day livestream program is intended for all mental health professionals in New Zealand, Australia and surrounding regions including Oceania, ASEAN and Asia. The content is applicable to both adult and adolescent populations.  It is delivered between 9am and 5pm New Zealand Standard Time on the dates below. Take note that if you reside in Sydney (-2 hrs) or Perth (-4hrs) there is a time difference (ie., 7am start in Brisbane or 5am start in Perth). You will need a constant high-speed internet connection of at least 15 Mbps per day.



This program is intended for past attendees of Treating PTSD (Days 1-2) presented by Dr Giarratano (from 2020 onwards). There are no exceptions to this policy because approximately half of the full four-day program material is presented in Treating PTSD (Days 1-2) and is not repeated in Treating Complex Trauma.

You will be required to commit 15 hours of your time to participate in Days 3-4 (14 hours livestream + 1 hour Day 3-4 quiz) with printed copies of your materials mailed to you before access is provided on the following dates:

1.Treating Complex Trauma with Dr Leah Giarratano (Day 3-4) livestream on 13-14 June 2024 between 9am and 5pm New Zealand Standard Time 

In order to ensure you receive printed materials on time by mail, Australian registrations are not accepted after 31/5/24. If you reside outside Australia, you must be registered by 22/5/24 

Watch Leah Giarratano present an overview of: Trauma Education: Day 1-4, Treating PTSD: Day 1-2 and Treating Complex Trauma: Day 3-4

Leah Giarratano will present the livestream from her studio over two consecutive days and you will be able to pose questions during the presentations. Each livestream session will be between 1.5 and 2 hours in duration with three 15-30 minute breaks during the day (for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea). 

To help you consolidate your learning, you will also have three months access to Leah’s pre-recorded online training package. Please note that this is not simply a recording of a past live event. This is an education package specifically designed and produced to be worked through online, presented throughout by Dr Leah Giarratano, incorporating lectures, real cases, learning quizzes and structured practical exercises to complete in your own time. Further details will be provided upon registration. 

Professional Endorsements

This program is intended for all mental health professionals. Counsellors, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, counselling general medical practitioners, mental health nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists and social workers are all welcome to attend. Treating Complex Trauma live online training Australia and New Zealand

Participating in this event earns:

15 PDP hours for members of Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (2023-2025) including pre+post quiz

10 OPD points for members of the Australian Counselling Association if you complete the livestream and quiz (expires 15/12/23)

15 CPE hours (Level 2) for members of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (expires 31/12/23) if you complete the livestream and quiz

15 CPD hours can be claimed if you are a mental health graduate and/or employed in a mental health role as a practitioner/clinician and complete the livestream and quiz

15 CPD hours category A for members of Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia when you complete the program and Day 3-4 quiz

This program is designed to meet the CPD requirements for Medicare Focused Psychological Strategy (FPS) providers and the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA) requirements for an Active CPD event. If you are a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or Australian Psychological Society (APS) or Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA), your CPD activities no longer need to be endorsed by these bodies; you can accrue CPD hours by participating in activities that you believe are relevant to your annual learning plan or goals.

Registration fee and payment is in Australian Dollars

$795 (including Australian GST)

Program Description
This program completes Leah's four-day core training for professionals working with traumatised clients. You are required to attend ‘Treating PTSD’ before enrolling in ‘Treating Complex Trauma’ because important workshop material is presented in 'Treating PTSD' and is not repeated in 'Treating Complex Trauma'. The emphasis of this two-day training program is upon imparting practical, accessible skills to use immediately with survivors of complex trauma (especially survivors of child abuse and neglect). The content is applicable to both adult and adolescent populations. Topics include:

• Complex trauma. Complex PTSD. Attachment disorders. Personality disorders. What’s the difference/ relationship?


• The current controversy regarding unimodal vs phased-based treatment for CPTSD

• Building and maintaining the therapeutic relationship, including maintaining compassionate boundaries and managing therapy disruptions and termination

• Using the therapeutic relationship to promote emotion regulation

• Understanding attachment re-enactment and betrayal trauma in order to work with challenging behaviours, including: ‘splitting’ between care providers; idolising/demonising the therapist; constant new crises; reduced motivation; external locus of control

• Practical therapeutic techniques (including exposure interventions and experiential tools) drawn from: Attachment-based treatment; Emotion Focused Therapy; Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; Metacognitive and Mentalisation Therapies; Schema Therapy; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to help clients presenting with complex trauma symptomatology, including flashbacks, numbing and dissociation, emotional ‘hurricanes’, somatisation, self-hate, self-harming and suicidal acts, dysfunctional relationships and substance abuse

• Managing and reducing vicarious trauma in the therapist. 

About the program author/presenter
Leah Giarratano is a doctoral level clinical psychologist with vast clinical and teaching expertise in traumatology, working in this area in since 1995. Leah is the author of seven books covering the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma and in the application of CBT. 

What past participants have said about this program

Fantastic workshop. The program was well structured. Leah provided a thorough understanding of the material and this was supported by research and case studies.

Thank you for sharing your expertise, knowledgebase and practise material. I will be recommending this course and resources to my colleagues.

This was an outstanding workshop! The blend of clinical experience, with research knowledge was fantastic. Very practical – will draw on these concepts/tools often and highly recommend this workshop to others.

Extremely informative, useful, interactive and engaging, and beautifully presented. Ten out of ten. Recommend thoroughly. 

Unlike other courses that often provide only theory and background, and you leave disappointed, this workshop is practical and has a good balance of information and theory but lots of take away skills that are shown, explained and practised. Best CPD I’ve ever done. 

I tell all of my colleagues that this is 5-star training. There’s a great coverage of information. I recommend both of Leah’s programs to everyone. I’ve found that I learn even more with re-reading through the thorough notes provided. 

What past participants have said about this livestream mode of delivery

One of the most practical, evidence-based, engaging and overall welcoming trainings I have completed

A variety of modalities are introduced, discussed, and practised

It is a great mixture of practical and theoretical. I have left both trainings already using skills or thinking about how I will apply them with clients

I liked the eclectic approach used to inform us on treating CPTSD. I also really appreciated the scripts provided us for chair work and specific exercises during the program

Awesome program!

I gained a new perspective and understanding on complex PTSD and the overlap of this and other diagnoses. The program provided me many more tools, in particular formulating a treatment plan. Full of practical strategies that can be immediately used with clients

Loved everything about this program. Professional, knowledgeable, informative and paced well.

Practical, useful & very interesting information presented in a way which kept my attention and allowed me to participate and ask questions

Overall this was such an amazing workshop to be part of. I learnt so many tools to implement with my clients and already have some in mind to practice with starting next week. Real life examples and video demonstrations consolidated new information.

Models gave me a great framework to hang everything on. Best role plays I've ever done - safe. Such great resources.

Important information

• Please direct your enquiries to Joshua George using the contact form on this website.

• The content of this page, in relation to this offering is always current and replaces all other published information about this workshop. Please do not rely on information published elsewhere as it may be incorrect.

• If you have reserved your place and have not paid by the due date on your invoice, your reservation will expire.

• If your employer is making payment and you expect delays, we suggest you make payment yourself and request reimbursement from your employer when we have issued your receipt.

• Please register at this website. A tax invoice will be issued when you reserve your place and after payment is received via e-mail. Payment can be made by electronic funds transfer or instantly via credit card.

• Registration fee includes comprehensive program notes that are mailed to you up to two weeks before your program commences.

• Your certificate of participation is e-mailed following the livestream after the completion of a self-test/quiz. Your certificate includes: the name and qualifications of the presenter; an overview of training contents; and the names of all those who participated. We do not provide an individual certificate of attendance because they can be self-created. Our certificate of participation is official proof for your professional development log.

• If you wish to claim professional development (CPD) hours/points, your certificate will be issued following the livestream and after you complete a quiz with an 80% pass rate. You will be able complete the quiz at the end of the livestream, which can be attempted more than once.

Cancellation Policy

• To qualify for a refund, we have not dispatched your printed materials and your cancellation is finalised in writing before your printed items are dispatched.

• Cancellation attracts a $77 processing fee deducted from your program fee. If you paid a bank transfer fee, or card processing fee, this fee is not refundable.

• If you have received your printed materials and do not qualify for a refund, you can postpone the commencement of your program to one of our scheduled programs within twelve months of your registration.

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