A CTP therapist has undergone an approved training course over the elements essential to evidenced-based trauma treatment. Clinicians then learn applicable ways to integrate a comprehensive trauma approach into their practice.

As a Certified Trauma Professional, I’m able to better understand and support your healing process. Some of the core elements of how this approach benefits you includes:

• Identifying signs of unresolved trauma: I’m trained to recognize subtle indicators that past experiences may still be affecting your emotions, behaviors, or bodily responses—often even before you notice them yourself

• Understanding your nervous system: I pay close attention to patterns of both heightened activation (fight-or-flight) and shutdown (freeze), so we can make sense of how your body responds to stress and help you regain a sense of stability and safety

• Using a proven three-phase trauma treatment model: This model—stabilization, processing, and reintegration—allows us to move at a pace that protects your emotional safety while steadily working toward lasting change

• Teaching somatic tools: I’ll guide you in body-based techniques (like grounding or breathwork) that help regulate distress, calm your threat-response system, and reconnect you with a sense of control

• Knowing when you're ready for deeper trauma processing: Part of my role is ensuring that we don’t move into intensive trauma work until you have the internal resources to stay safe and empowered throughout the process

• Tracking your progress effectively: I’m trained to notice subtle but meaningful shifts that show you’re healing, even when progress doesn’t always feel linear

• Choosing the right therapeutic approach for you: Whether it’s CBT, IFS, EMDR, or another evidence-based method, I’m able to evaluate what will be most effective based on your goals, symptoms, and comfort level—so your treatment is truly personalized