As a practicing therapist herself, Lisa is passionate about helping clinicians develop a way of approaching trauma that includes concrete tools and shows you how to develop yourself as a clinician to treat trauma. Her unique approach avoids pathologising trauma and treats lingering symptoms as the way an individual survives. Her treatment methods simplify complex trauma symptoms in ways that clients can finally begin to understand their symptoms with compassion and provide concrete tools to unravel the legacy of trauma.
The Premier Programme to Become a Trauma-Informed Therapist!
Begins 2 June 2025!
As therapists, we aim to provide "trauma-informed" care, but we often don't realise that the very techniques we are taught — and even mandated to use — are actually causing harm.
That's because these practices can open wounds too quickly, leave clients in vulnerable states, and fail to provide the interventions clients need to heal.
Trauma expert Lisa Ferentz (founder/director of the Ferentz Institute) is one of the field's most experienced and compassionate trauma therapists. Her four decades of frontline trauma treatment have resulted in proven techniques that truly define and set the standard for "trauma-informed" care.
And now, you can join Lisa in this state-of-the-art certificate programme that will equip you with a scientifically backed trauma-informed framework that can be implemented right away to reduce harm and increase your therapeutic impact.
This programme includes:
7 in-depth, self-paced training sessions | 3 exclusive consultation calls to get help with your specific challenges | On-demand recording access | Comprehensive resource manuals | Bonus CPD workshops & more!
Go at your own pace or follow the recommended weekly schedule.
View the full programme schedule
7 in-depth, self-paced training sessions | 3 exclusive consultation calls to get help with your specific challenges | On-demand recording access | Comprehensive resource manuals | Bonus CPD workshops & more!
Go at your own pace or follow the recommended weekly schedule.
View the full programme schedule
Sign up today, and you'll get access to:
- A strengths-based assessment process that can increase the likelihood your clients continue in therapy
- The steps to take when inadvertent triggering occurs, as well as how to re-ground and resource clients
- Neuroscience insights to better understand trauma's impact on emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and somatic presentations
- In-depth knowledge and skills to work with attachment wounds
- Expert guidance to ensure your clients are in the optimal window during sessions
- And much more!
You'll walk away with powerful treatment strategies (including somatic resourcing, parts work, and using art therapeutically) that can be integrated into almost any treatment approach.
And, you'll be able to join Lisa for exclusive, live consultation calls where you can practice your skills and get answers to your clinical questions — plus, access the Q&A call recordings to revisit whenever you'd like.
At the end of this programme, you'll earn your certificate as a trauma-informed therapist as proof of your accomplishment and your abilities.
Registration for the full intensive programme (including live interactive calls) is only available for a limited time, so be sure to sign up today!
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Therapy with Lisa Ferentz
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Begins 2 June 2025
Valued at $1,149.95
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Earn up to 30.5 CPD Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
Praise for Lisa Ferentz's trauma treatment approach
"Lisa Ferentz sets the gold standard for treatment. She integrates cutting-edge approaches to trauma with down-to-earth, practical interventions.
— Janina Fisher, PhD, world-renowned trauma expert and author
— Janina Fisher, PhD, world-renowned trauma expert and author
"Lisa Ferentz provides a non-pathologised and empowering understanding approach to self-destructive behaviours of all kinds.
— Richard Schwartz, PhD, Internal Family Systems developer
— Richard Schwartz, PhD, Internal Family Systems developer
"Lisa Ferentz's focus on how therapists can care for themselves while caring for their clients is a welcome antidote for the overworked trauma therapist.
— Joyanna Silberg, PhD, author of The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation
— Joyanna Silberg, PhD, author of The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation
Your Roadmap to Lisa Ferentz's Trauma Treatment Programme
The 4-month me is divided into three parts: Assessment, Attachment Repair, & Powerful Trauma Healing
PART I: Trauma-Informed Assessments
2 Modules
2 Modules
Discover how to apply trauma-informed concepts all throughout the therapy process — including how to do a safe, effective intake assessment, gather important historical and family-of-origin information, and more. You'll learn what to do when inadvertent triggering occurs, how to be culturally sensitive in your communication, and how to gather important information in ways that are reparative rather than retraumatising.
As part of this module, you'll also get access to the latest neuroscience insights on trauma, so you'll better understand the cognitive and emotional conditions that need to be in place for your clients.
Module 1, Available 2 June
- Being a trauma-informed therapist
- What is the mental health field getting wrong when treating trauma?
- The rationale for a “trauma-informed” assessment
- Setting the stage
- Less threatening assessment questions
- Slowing down the runaway train
- Inherent challenges in the assessment process
Module 2, Available 9 June
- Treatment from the clinician's perspective vs the client's perspective
- The impact of cultural differences
- Assessment and counter-transference
PART II: Attachment and its impact on Affect Regulation and Dysregulation
2 Modules, 1 Live Consultation Video Call
2 Modules, 1 Live Consultation Video Call
In this part of the training, you'll discover the pivotal role that family-of-origin attachment has on a client's ability to self-soothe, regulate their emotional states, and allow for trust and vulnerability in all their subsequent relationships. You'll also gain key insights into working with clients whose early attachment has been with caretakers who are emotionally unavailable or toxic…
…and you'll learn how to make sure that clients are in the optimal window during sessions so that insight and integration can occur.
Module 1, Available 16 June
- In the beginning: infants and attachment
- Processing insecure attachment patterns
- Processing disorganised attachment
- Co-regulation and auto-regulation
- The challenge of attaching to abusive caretakers and the price kids pay
- The Still Face Experiment
- Attachment and subsequent relationship dynamics
- Defining trauma and the meaning-making that mitigates or exacerbates it
Live Call — 25 June
Module 2, Available 30 June
- Caretaker as perpetrator
- Inevitable, necessary, creative childhood coping strategies
- The adult manifestations of childhood abuse and neglect
PART III: Using Parts Work and Creative Modalities to Enhance Affect Regulation
3 Modules, 2 Live Consultation Calls
3 Modules, 2 Live Consultation Calls
In this section, you'll experience a wide range of creative treatment strategies designed to help traumatised clients develop and enhance affect regulation skills. These strategies will help to promote internal safety, grounding, containment, self-soothing, self-compassion, and emotional stabilisation.
You'll learn and practice powerful trauma healing interventions, including: "parts work" strategies, the creation of a safe place; soothing breath work; somatic resourcing; journaling and creative cognitive re-framing; using art therapeutically; and flashback halting protocols. You'll also hear about the power of integrating the left and right hemispheres of the brain for deeper processing and healing.
Module 1, Available 7 July
- Creating safety
- Incorporating a "parts" perspective
Module 2, Available 14 July
- Addressing the two antidotes to shame: curiosity and self-compassion
- Trauma and somatisation
Live Call — 22 July
Module 3, Available 28 July
- Using art therapeutically
- Working with dissociation
- Summarising how to best help traumatised clients
Live Call — 20 August
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Therapy with Lisa Ferentz
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Begins 2 June 2025
Valued at $1,149.95
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Earn up to 30.5 CPD Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
When you register today, you'll receive 2 FREE bonuses
(a $399.95 value!)
(a $399.95 value!)
Register today and get IMMEDIATE access to these popular additional trainings from Lisa Ferentz — (CE hours included!)
Cultivating Post-Traumatic Growth: Hope from the Very First Sessions
Have you ever been working with a traumatised client, compassionately bearing witness to their symptoms, but unable to shake the feeling that you're overly focusing on their pain? You're not alone. We all want clients who've survived trauma to chart a path forward. Fortunately, there are ways to help them heal and grow while still acknowledging what happened to them — even in the very first sessions. In this experiential recording, we'll explore creative ways to help trauma survivors navigate the impact of traumatic events while guiding them to a place of newfound hope, resiliency, and healing. You'll learn:
Have you ever been working with a traumatised client, compassionately bearing witness to their symptoms, but unable to shake the feeling that you're overly focusing on their pain? You're not alone. We all want clients who've survived trauma to chart a path forward. Fortunately, there are ways to help them heal and grow while still acknowledging what happened to them — even in the very first sessions. In this experiential recording, we'll explore creative ways to help trauma survivors navigate the impact of traumatic events while guiding them to a place of newfound hope, resiliency, and healing. You'll learn:
- Why the meaning clients attach to trauma is so important
- How to incorporate the body in trauma work, plant the seeds of hope in your earliest sessions, and identify and nurture tangible markers of post-traumatic growth
- Creative strategies like internal and external resourcing, before-and-after imagery, two-handed writing, and future-self visualisations
Guilt, Shame, and the Traumatized Client: Finding Release from Toxic Emotions
Although trauma can affect clients' inner lives in countless ways, most survivors grapple with deep-seated feelings of guilt and shame. Until these powerful and debilitating emotions are specifically addressed, it's difficult for clients to fully heal. In this recording, learn how to compassionately help clients understand the root causes of shame and guilt, and offer creative strategies for releasing themselves from the grip of these toxic emotions. You'll explore:
Although trauma can affect clients' inner lives in countless ways, most survivors grapple with deep-seated feelings of guilt and shame. Until these powerful and debilitating emotions are specifically addressed, it's difficult for clients to fully heal. In this recording, learn how to compassionately help clients understand the root causes of shame and guilt, and offer creative strategies for releasing themselves from the grip of these toxic emotions. You'll explore:
- The difference between guilt and shame, and why shame is so difficult to resolve
- The specific dynamics of trauma and early childhood coping strategies that promote and sustain shame
- How secondary gain and "protective parts" affect clients' willingness to let go of shame
- How to cognitively, somatically, and creatively enhance the two antidotes to shame: self-compassion and curiosity
MEET YOUR COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C DAPA, is a recognised expert in the strengths-based, depathologised treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for 41years. She presents workshops and keynote addresses nationally and internationally, both live and online, and is a clinical consultant to practitioners and mental health agencies in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland Italy, Israel, Poland and Spain.
She's the founder of The Ferentz Institute, now in its eighteenth year of providing continueing education to mental health professionals and graduating over 3000 clinicians from her two Certificate Programmes in Advanced Trauma Treatment.
In 2009, she was voted the "Social Worker of the Year" by the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work. Lisa is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician's Guide, now in its second edition, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing, and Finding Your Ruby Slippers: Transformative Life Lessons from the Therapist's Couch.
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Therapy with Lisa Ferentz
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Begins 2 June 2025
Valued at $1,149.95
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Earn up to 30.5 CPD Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
Frequently Asked Questions
The weekly sessions begin on 2 June 2025. Watch as soon as they release, or access anytime after, when it's convenient for you. You'll get immediate access to two bonus videos.
No problem, you'll have access to the call recording to review whenever it's convenient for you.
Your access to this course is unlimited for as long as you have your account.
Yes. Once you register for this self-paced course, you will have unlimited access to all the materials — including slides, handouts, worksheets, and more.
The Next Steps in Advancing Your Practice
Watch your email for your order confirmation, and get instant access to all course materials, including the bonus material. Click here for course objectives and outline.
Review the course materials at your own pace and at your convenience! You'll have unlimited access to all course videos and materials online forever. Plus, use the PESI Mobile app to access the course content on your phone or tablet. Choose video or audio-only versions of online courses from the world's best instructors, and complete your CPD requirements anywhere, anytime, at your own pace.
Instantly collaborate with other professionals on the course materials through interactive message boards. You'll be part of a community of hundreds of practitioners all focused on integrating powerful trauma treatments via virtual and in-person delivery set up in clinical practice, providing valuable opportunities to share insight and experiences and to build your professional network.
Complete your online CPD tests and earn up to 30.5 CPD hours! Click here for CPD hours breakdown and credit details specific to your profession.
When you register today for this comprehensive, experiential, and actionable programme, you'll get:
- 7 all-new core modules led by Lisa Ferentz providing step-by-step guidance for assessing, treating, and recovering from trauma and PTSD.
- 3 LIVE video consultation calls with Lisa Ferentz (90 min each), each including Q&A and LIVE demonstrations based on the prior modules. You'll have lifetime access to the recordings.
- Complete manual including all presentation slides, exercises, worksheets, and handouts. Access to download and keep for your files.
- Two bonus workshops
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Therapy with Lisa Ferentz
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Begins 2 June 2025
Valued at $1,149.95
Register Today for Just $149.97 (GST Inclusive)!
Earn up to 30.5 CPD Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for CPD hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
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