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If you completed your graduate education prior to 2000, you probably did not learn much about the effects of trauma, let alone ways to treat it. You can greatly enhance your clinical skills to deal with intrusive, avoidant, and arousal symptoms. Our training will enable you to help your patients or clients to:

Relieve nightmares, flashbacks, emotional
numbing, and dissociation
Safely process traumatic memories
Avoid re-living traumas
Deal with self-mutilation
Stop command hallucinations
Control unwanted impulses

Visiting Therapists

The best way to learn our method is to accompany a person through a one- or two-week program. We encourage therapists who have referred someone to ITT to come for as long as they can to observe and learn. We know it is difficult to carve out a week or two from a busy clinical schedule but we will work with you on a suitable plan.

Internships & Practicums

We accept master or doctoral level students in the fields of social work, art therapy, counseling, marriage and family therapy, and psychology, as well as medical residents and interns.

Continuing Education

ITT offers specialized training that leads to a certification in Traumatology. There are prerequisites of a Master's degree in a Mental Health field or a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to register for T1002-T1005. Clinicians in the fields of Psychiatry, Psychology, Art Therapy, Social Work, Public Health, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, and Nursing are welcome to come to ITT for one of our Accelerated Courses offered on four consecutive weekdays.

Accelerated Traumatology Course (T1002-T1004)

Disaster Deployment and Response: Basic Critical Incident Stress Mgt. (T1001)

One Week Practicum Experience at ITT (T1005)

Registration Information for all courses

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Accelerated Traumatology Course (T1002-T1004)

ITT is offering an Accelerated Traumatology Course, T1002-T1004 for those individuals who would like to receive an in-depth training of specific clinical methods that are effective in treating PTSD and Dissociative Disorders resulting from traumatic events. This 4-day course is held from 8:30am -5:30pm each day at the ITT Office in Morgantown. There is a fee of $1000 for this course, which covers course materials and continuing education credits. Upon registration, ITT will mail or email registration confirmation letters that will include driving directions and suggestions for lodging. Each course has a maximum enrollment of 8 participants. This course is being offered on May 29 – June 1, 2012 and September 4 – 7, 2012. Below is the course outline.

Date	Course Information
May 29, 2012	Clinical Approaches to Trauma & Dissociation Part I Welcome/Introduction History of Trauma Therapy Dual Brain Dynamics The Instinctual Trauma Response(ITR) Parts Psychology
May 30, 2012	Clinical Approaches to Trauma & Dissociation Part II The Ubiquity of Trauma The Consequences of Trauma Assessment and Evaluation Diagnosis Trauma Phobia/Controversies Dissociative Regression Essential Tasks of Trauma Therapy Managing Dissociation & Flashbacks Overview of Treatment Procedures Sequential Processing Preverbal Trauma Processing
May 31, 2012	Instinctual Trauma Response (ITR) Treatment Methods Verbal Narrative Processing(Guided Imagery) The Graphic Narrative Re-presentation of the Graphic Narrative Externalized Dialogue Working with Parts The Use of Clay in Trauma Treatment
June 1, 2012	Clinical Approaches for Children & Families The Adverse Childhood Experiences(ACE)Study Assessment and Differential Diagnosis Why Does the Treatment of Children Often Fail? Treatment Phases Tell the Story(Graphic Narrative & Re-presentation) Externalized Dialogue Get the Team Together/Assign New Jobs Ways to Help the Child at Home/Follow-up Care The “Big Picture” – Adaptations to All Clinical Practices losing Session

Instructors:Louis Tinnin, MD, Linda Gantt, Ph.D, ATR-BC, Ann DiMarco, MSW, LICSW/ACSW & Carrie Downey, MSW, MPA, LICSW, Carrie Swart, MA, and Kristin Johnson, MA

Credits:The following licensing board or professional organizations have approved 30 hours of continuing education credits:

National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners (WVBSWE)
West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling (WVBEC)

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Disaster Deployment & Response: Basic Critical Incident Stress Management (T1001)

May 19 and 20, 2011 (Thursday and Friday)
9:00 am-5:30 pm
12:00-1:00 pm lunch on your own
$250 registration fee

ITT sponsors this course for individuals interested in becoming qualified to deploy in the event of a disaster and those who need to fulfill this requirement for their certification in Traumatology.

This training is for therapists, chaplins, nurses, social workers, school counselors, teachers, ministers, first responders, Emergency Action Plan (EAP) staff, and other professional care givers who work with those dealing with the impact of traumatic events. This training, along with two free online Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) courses, certifies you to deploy as a field traumatologist with the Academy of Traumatology when disaster strikes.

This course will prepare participants to lessen the impact of a disaster or critical incident on individuals, families, groups or communities. It will help to affirm and expand professional competencies in the provision of crisis intervention services; facilitate health and well-being of professional caregivers through education, networking, support, and self-care measures; and prepare participants for future deployment opportunities in post-disaster locations.

Instructor: Sheli Bernstein-Goff, MSW, LICSW

Credits: The following licensing boards or professional organizations have approved 13 hours of continuing education credits:

National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners (WVBSWE)
West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling (WVBEC)

If your licensure board does not accept WVSWE but would accept NASW then ITT will consider applying to have this training approved by NASW. Please contact our office to let us know if you are interested.

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One Week Practicum Experience at ITT Clinic (T1005)

A final requirement of those pursuing a certification in Traumatology is to fulfill a five-day (Monday through Friday) clinical practicum experience at our clinic. This provides clinicians who have completed the Traumatology courses an opportunity to observe these clinical procedures [being put to use] in our intensive outpatient treatment setting. Trainees are required to attend the 7- hour sessions from 8:30 am- 4:30 pm each day as a member of the clinical treatment team. They are also invited to join our bag lunch clinical meetings from Noon-1:00 pm where they will be given the opportunity to reflect on this experience and ask questions.

Practicum experiences are scheduled on an individual basis. We only accept one trainee per client and this must be coordinated with our clinical schedule. To schedule this training, please call our office. There is no time limit as to how long after the Accelerated Training a trainee has to complete the Practicum. ITT’s Training Directors may use their discretion to determine if trainees are ready for the Practicum.

The fee of the one-week practicum experience is $1000, which includes direct supervision, training materials, and continuing education hours for some disciplines.

Instructors: Louis Tinnin, MD, Linda Gantt, Ph.D, ATR-BC, Ann DiMarco, MSW, LICSW/ACSW, Carrie Downey, MSW, MPA, LICSW, Carrie Swart, MA, and Kristin Johnson-Gibeaut, MA.

Credits: 35 hours of continuing education credits have been approved by the following licensing board or professional organizations:

National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners (WVBSWE)
West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling (WVBEC)

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REGISTRATION FOR ALL COURSES

Registration Options:
#1 Call (304)291-2912 to register by phone.

#2 Complete the appropriate form below and fax it to (304) 291-2918 or mail it to 1102 About Town Place, Morgantown, WV 26508 with payment.

Payment Options:

Make checks payable to Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc.
ITT accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover

ITT reserves the right to cancel training sessions.
In the event of a cancellation, a full refund will be made.

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Faculty

Sheli Bernstein-Goff, MSW, LICSW
Associate Professor of Social Work
West Liberty State College
West Liberty, WV

Ann DiMarco, MSW, LISW, ACSW
Trauma Therapist
Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc.
Morgantown, WV

Carrie Downey, MSW, MPA, LICSW
Trauma Therapist & Director of Development
Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc.
Morgantown, WV

Linda Gantt, PhD, ATR-BC
Executive Director
Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc.
Morgantown, WV

Louis Tinnin, MD
Course Director
Professor Emeritus
West Virginia University School of Medicine

Carrie Swart, MA
Trauma Therapist
Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc.
Morgantown, WV

Kristin Johnson-Gibeaut, MA
Trauma Therapist
Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc.
Morgantown, WV