Trauma Therapy Boot Camp for Early Career Therapists
The Most Evidence-Based Tools and Skills to Make a Difference in The Therapy Room
- Speaker:
- Victor Gomez, PsyD(c), LMHC, CCPT
- Duration:
- Approx 6 hours
- Copyright:
-
Jul 08, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150751
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar
Description
- Trauma-sensitive assessments tools that don’t pathologize clients
- Real-time regulation tools you can use immediately
- Clinical interventions for moving clients beyond stabilization
- Culturally responsive framework for trauma care
If you’ve even felt in over your head with a trauma client, you’re not alone.
Many early career therapists do.
…Because treating trauma is complex work, and what you learned in school doesn’t always prepare you for what actually unfolds in real sessions.
That’s why we teamed up with Victor Gomez, PsyD(c), LMHC, CCTP, to turn trauma theory into realworld skill so you can stop second-guessing yourself and feel confident and capable in the therapy room.
Victor is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional who has spent years on the front line, working with complex trauma clients and training clinicians in what works when sessions get intense.
In just one day, he will show you how to:
- Build safety and trust with even the most guarded clients
- Use fast-acting grounding and regulation tools to shift clients from crisis to stability
- Design hope-centered treatment plans that truly work
- Apply culturally sensitive approaches that honor each client’s unique background
PLUS: When you register, you will also receive four months of complimentary ongoing mentorship sessions with Victor.
… so you can get continued guidance, support, and community as you integrate these skills into your practice.
This isn’t about choosing a modality; it’s about mastering the core skills that make any trauma approach work when it matters most.
Start building the trauma skills you wish you had learned in grad school.
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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
Speaker
Victor Gomez, PsyD(c), LMHC, CCPT Related seminars and products
Joy Academy LLC
Victor E. Gomez, PsyD©, LMHC, CCPT, is a clinician, educator, and clinical leader known for bridging deep therapeutic work with practical, ethically grounded application. As founder and clinical director of Joy Academy, LLC, Victor brings a rare dual perspective to training – one shaped by daily work in the therapy room and sustained by rigorous doctoral-level clinical training.
Victor’s clinical approach is integrative, trauma-informed, and rooted in contemporary research alongside lived therapeutic experience. While completing his PsyD in clinical psychology, he maintains an active commitment to translating complex psychological theory into interventions therapists can confidently and safely apply with real clients. His work centers on helping clinicians understand why interventions work, not just how to use them, so they can adapt thoughtfully to the needs of diverse clients.
Known for his grounded presence and nonpathologizing lens, Victor creates learning environments where therapists feel supported, intellectually engaged, and clinically challenged. His training emphasizes attunement, nervous system awareness, and ethical use of power, equipping clinicians to work more skillfully with complexity, emotion, and relational dynamics without losing themselves in the process.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Victor Gomez Garcia maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Believe and Trust TCM LLC., Albizu University, and DHS/ICE Krome Clinic. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Victor Gomez Garcia has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Apply emotional regulation and grounding interventions to support clients during intense distress.
- Utilize strengths-based and narrative interventions to foster resilience and posttraumatic growth.
- Demonstrate techniques for establishing safety and trust with trauma-affected clients.
- Assess and identify migration grief and trauma reactions using culturally sensitive approaches.
- Analyze ethical considerations in trauma therapy and formulate a plan for professional collaboration and ongoing development.
- Identify biases, personal values, and emotional responses to enhance therapeutic presence and reduce countertransference in trauma work.
Outline
Applied neurobiology in trauma and the roadmap of safety and connection
- Mapping the impact of acute, chronic, and complex trauma
- Understand the role of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex in the brain
- Neuroplasticity and trauma recovery through safe and attuned relationships
- Understand the vagus nerve’s role in safety, connection, and shutdown
What every clinician should know about trauma-sensitive assessment & interventions
- Build trust fast with trauma-informed intake
- Deal with silence and “I am fine” responses
- How to know if your client is prepared for trauma work
- Handle doorknob moments and last-minute disclosure with care
- Applied interventions to avoid re-traumatization in the therapy room
- Tears & tissues and the art of offering comfort without disrupting the process
Essential skills for deepening connection in trauma therapy
- Non-verbal attunement skills to speaking safety without words
- Somatic techniques to read the body’s signals of safety and stress
- Validation and boundaries-setting skills to build trust through clarity
- Real-world scenarios in trauma therapy
Hands-On tools for emotional regulation in the therapy room
- Guided breathwork exercises to anchoring safety in the moment
- Sensory grounding exercises to restore calm and regain control quickly
- Pendulation skills to build higher distress tolerance
- Containment & self-regulation skills to stabilize clients within their bodies
Clinical interventions for moving stabilization to recovery in trauma therapy
- Strengths-based interventions that reframe trauma responses as adaptive strengths
- Narrative interventions for fostering resilience and posttraumatic growth
- Clinical skills to spot and address folding and dissociation in the therapy room
- Clinical interventions to help clients find meaning beyond the trauma
- Compassion-focused techniques for unlocking self-kindness and inner strength
Culturally sensitive trauma care
- Identify reactions linked to loss, identity, and cultural grief
- Spot and address distress with migration-informed tools
- Applied cultural humility skills in the therapy room
- Explore risks and protection factors in cross-cultural populations
- A real-world case scenario on migration trauma
Ethical landscape of trauma-focused therapy
- Tackle ethical dilemmas head-on with trauma-informed ethics
- Identify and refer clients who require specialized support
- Maximize clinical supervision and build a plan for ongoing supervision
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- School Counselors
- School Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Social Workers
- Behavioral Health Nurses
- Mental Health Coaches
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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