Treating PTSD and Complex Trauma Online (Day 1-4): Practical trauma-informed interventions with Dr Leah Giarratano.

This four-day self-paced online/ homestudy education program is intended for all mental health professionals, globally. The content is applicable to both adult and adolescent populations and the spoken language is English. Material can be worked through at your own pace over three months with printed copies of your handouts mailed to you before access is provided. Your program fee includes optional access to one of our scheduled highly interactive Day 1-4 livestreams during your access period (or the next livestream in your timezone) to complete or consolidate your learning. An extension or pause of your access is also available depending on your circumstances upon request.

In order to ensure you receive printed materials by mail, registrations are not accepted after 23/10/26. Some countries must allow up to three weeks for international delivery and your access will be extended accordingly if you are affected. Please provide your home address for the delivery of your printed materials.

You will be required to commit 30 hours of your time to complete Days 1-4 including a quiz. 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.

Watch Leah Giarratano present a brief overview: Trauma Education: Day 1-4

Professional Endorsements

Counsellors, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, counselling general medical practitioners, mental health nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, and social workers are all welcome to attend. This program is designed to meet the CPD requirements for Australian 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.

Participating in this event earns:

·    30 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 Day 1-4 program and quiz (or 42 CPD hours can be claimed if you complete the optional four case formulations in the trauma case study activity following your Day 1-4 program).

·    30 or 42 CE Credits available to members of the American Psychological Association dependent upon completion requirements. Partial APA CE Credits are not awarded for partial completion. Talomin Books Pty Ltd is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Talomin Books Pty Ltd maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

·    30 or 42 CE Credits available to members of the Canadian Psychological Association dependent upon completion requirements. Partial CPA CE Credits are not awarded for partial completion. Talomin Books Pty Ltd is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Talomin Books Pty Ltd maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

·    20 OPD points for members of the Australian Counselling Association if you complete the Day 1-4 program and quiz (expires 25/12/24).

·    30 CPE points (Level 2) for members of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (expires 23/1/27), if you complete the Day 1-4 program and quiz, or 42 CPE hours, can be claimed if you complete the program, quiz and the four case formulations in the trauma case study activity.

·   30 CPD hours category A for members of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia when you complete the program and the Day 1-4 quiz (expires 29/11/24).

Please be mindful that recognition of CPD/CPE/CE hours for online self-study programs varies internationally by profession. We suggest you contact your professional licensing/certification board to confirm if self-study is approved for your professional development/ continuing education before you register for this program as it is always your responsibility to ensure that your application for CPD/CPE/CE hours is successful. In addition to your certificate, we can provide electronic documents to support your application for CPD/CPE/CE hours including a Day 1-4 program flyer, narrative of the Day 1-4 program and learning objectives.

Registration fee and payment are in Australian Dollars

$1,390 Australian Dollars - payable by bank transfer or creditcard (an additional 2.10% card fee applies for creditcard payments). Refer to the Wise Currency Converter to determine the fee in your currency.

Program Description

This trauma education program synthesises practical approaches from several modalities that are publishing positive outcomes for these clients and presents them using actual cases that will underpin your clinical practice in traumatology. The content is applicable to both adult and adolescent populations. The techniques are designed for immediate use in your clinical practice. The program will explain when exposure-based interventions are indicated and appropriate, and when other therapeutic needs should be addressed first.

Day 1-2 is dedicated to treating PTSD clients utilising a cognitive behavioural approach. Day 3-4 is dedicated to the treatment of Complex PTSD (survivors of child abuse and neglect/ developmental trauma) incorporating current experiential techniques showing promising results with this population; drawn from Emotion Focused Therapy for trauma, Metacognitive Therapy, Schema Therapy, Attachment pathology treatment, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Please refer to the descriptions provided for Treating PTSD with Dr Leah Giarratano (Day 1-2) and for Treating Complex Trauma with Dr Leah Giarratano (Day 3-4) at our website for further details regarding this four-day training.

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 since 1995. Leah is the author of seven books covering the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma and the application of cognitive behaviour therapy.

What past participants have said about this self-paced online program

I appreciated the variety of skills and theoretical orientations included and enjoyed the way multiple approaches were drawn together into an eclectic approach

I loved the eclectic mix of strategies used in the CPTSD workshop and furthering my understanding of the treatment of trauma. Content was very engaging, case presentations helped to apply skills and Leah was very clear.

This was the most informative and useful training I have done in a long time. The mix of theory training and practical application was spot on. Brilliant 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 takeaway skills that are shown, explained and practised. Best CPD I’ve ever done.

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

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.

•  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.

•  If you have reserved your place and have not paid within 7 days, 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.

•  A certificate of participation will be e-mailed to you in the month your access expires. Our certificate includes the name and qualifications of the presenter, an overview of the training contents and the names of all participants of your program in the same quarterly intake. We do not provide 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 continuing professional development (CPD/CPE/CE) hours/points, you must also complete and retain your Day 1-4 quiz and/or optional case study formulations as you might be required by your professional body to produce all three sets of documents to prove you completed each required component, and an active CPD/CPE/CE program.

Cancellation Policy

•  To qualify for a refund, it will be the case that we have not yet 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.

•  If you have received your Day 1-4 program materials and do not access the online recordings or do not take part in a livestream for any reason, we cannot refund any part of your fee. We will provide you access to another intake or livestream within one year from the date you made payment. You can also nominate another person to benefit from your payment on the condition that you have not accessed the online program and that you provide that person with all your Day 1-4 printed materials so they may complete the program and receive CPD/CPE/CE hours for the components they complete.

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