Certificate Program in Integrative Trauma Studies:
a 9-Month Program - Now Online!

The Integrative Trauma Studies Certificate Program provides a comprehensive overview of essential topics in the understanding and treatment of trauma. Weekly, clinically oriented seminars integrate psychoanalytic/psychodynamic concepts with contemporary, essential themes and considerations in the treatment of trauma. All instructors combine theoretical and clinical material with case and/or video illustrations.

The program is designed to provide experienced clinicians with the enhanced understanding and skills to treat clients with a broad range of traumatic experiences, including childhood trauma, adult-onset trauma, and trauma related to racism, culture, immigration, gender and sexual identity.

Seminars are led by an outstanding faculty, all recognized experts in trauma treatment, who are especially effective at engaging candidates through theoretical presentation, clinical illustration, and interventions that are particular to trauma treatment. Topics are scheduled in a particular sequence to optimize candidates' grasp and integration of the material.

Graduates of the Program receive a Certificate in Integrative Trauma Studies.

Selected Topics

Orientation, Community Building & Opening Thoughts on Trauma and Self-Care
Basic Understandings in Trauma
Racial and Cultural Trauma
Cultural and Historical Trauma: Constructing a Genogram
The Trauma of Migration and Identity
Eco- and Election Trauma: From Denial to Resilience
Attachment
Relational Trauma & Affect Regulation
Neurophysiology of Trauma
Stabilization & Psychoeducation
Trauma & the Body: Mindfulness & the Coherent Breath
Dissociation & Dissociative Disorders
The Embodiment of Gender: From a Trauma and Gender-Expansive Perspective
Eating Disorders and Dissociation
Trauma and Substance Abuse
What You Eat and What’s Eating You: Gut-Brain Considerations in Trauma Treatment
Sexual Abuse
Psychopharmacology in Trauma Treatment
Introduction to Trauma-informed Treatment Models:
EMDR, IFS, AEDP, Somatic Experiencing/Focusing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Memory Reconsolidation

2025-2026 Schedule: Mondays, 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Certificate Program Co-Chairs:
Sarah St. Onge, PhD
Rachelle Kammer, PhD, LCSW

Program Assistant:
Linda Soria, LCAT

Faculty
Karen Alter-Reid, Ph.D
Sasha Berger, Ph.D
Nancy Bravman, LCSW
Greg Carson, LCSW
Sarah Chipps, Psy.D
Danielle Conklin, DNP
Meeta Gandhi, LCSW
Amy Gladstone, Ph.D
Lisa Haileselassie, LCSW
Dan Hill, PhD
Elizabeth Janssen, NP, PMHCNS, BC
Rachelle Kammer, Ph.D, LCSW
Elliot McCullough, LCSW
Ma’Keba Powell, LMHC
Maria Rapaport, MFA, LP-LP
Peggy Reubens, LCSW
Eileen Russell, Ph.D
Kathy Steele, MN, CS
Sarah St. Onge, Ph.D
Pamela Thorp, LCSW
Oksana Yakushko, PhD

Continuing Education Credits: 30 CE contact hours are available to licensed social workers, psychologists, and licensed psychoanalysts.*

For additional information about the Integrative Trauma Studies Certificate Program, please contact Sarah St. Onge, PhD at st.onge.sarah@gmail.com or Rachelle Kammer, PhD, LCSW at rkammer@nipinst.org.