Introduction to Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This training is for NM Providers who have applied and been pre-approved to attend the training.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a short-term, evidence-based treatment for children, ages 3 to 18, who have experienced trauma and their caregivers. This components-based psychotherapy model incorporates trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive-behavioral, family, and humanistic principles. TFCBT is empirically supported for use with youth impacted by trauma and co-occurring mental health problems. It is designated as a Model Program by SAMHSA and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and has received the highest scientific rating as a Well-Supported Effective Practice by the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare. The Introductory TF-CBT training provides therapists with a comprehensive understanding of TF-CBT as well as hands-on practice opportunities.

This Introductory TF-CBT training provides therapists with a comprehensive understanding of TF-CBT as well as hands-on practice opportunities. This training also includes 14 consultation calls (2 per month) after attending these two days to complete this training. A minimum of 9 consultation hours are required.

This training, which is conducted by approved national TF-CBT trainers, is designed to meet the National TF-CBT Certification Program Introductory TF-CBT training requirement.

See TF-CBT National Therapy Certification Program for information on certification.

Participants are strongly encouraged to complete TF-CBT Therapist Certification. The state of New Mexico requires this certification for clinicians to utilize the enhanced Medicaid TF-CBT Specialty rate.

Prerequisites:

• Must complete TF-CBT Web 2.0, at participant’s expense, and provide COI with a copy of the CEU certificate. The course must have been taken within the last two years.*
  *If you still need to complete the TF-CBT Web 2.0 course, please click the button below to be redirected to the course's website. The course costs $35 (paid by participant) to fulfill this pre-training requirement.

• Must have Master level education or higher and professional MH License in New Mexico.
• Must be a NM Medicaid Enrolled Provider or meet criteria to do so.
• All participants may be registered for only one COI EBP Training course at a time.

Expectations:

• Required to attend all three days of virtual training.
• Required to complete a minimum of 9 (out of 14) hours of consultation as scheduled with trainer.
• Upon completion of this training, participants agree to continue to practice the TF-CBT Model and work toward TF-CBT Therapist Certification.
• Upon achieving certification, participants agree to submit the NM EBP Provider Application through COI-NMSU and enroll with NM Medicaid to bill at the TF-CBT specialty rate.
• Provide EMDR to the New Mexico Medicaid Population.

Didactic classroom training on dates listed above AND active participation in a series of 14 one-hour consultation calls with the trainer twice monthly. All parts of this training are completed virtually. Therapists are required to have at least one active TF-CBT case to staff during consultation. Participants must finish the training and all consultation hours within two years of the course’s start date. The trainer will provide more information about consultation schedule and requirements. Click here for TFCBT FAQs.

Training Cost:

Participants must independently purchase and complete the TF-CBT Web 2.0 course to satisfy the pre-training requirement. The course fee is $35.

Following completion of the pre-training requirement, the Introduction to Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy training is offered free of charge provided participants attend all three training sessions in full and complete consultation hours.

CEU Information:
Upon completion of the training and consultation hours, participants will earn 12 Social Work CEUs (accepted by NM Social Work Board and NM Counseling & Therapy Board).

Dr. Susan Schmidt is a licensed counseling psychologist, Chief Psychologist for the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs, and former faculty member through the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences – Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Dr. Schmidt has served since 2007 as a national trainer in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. She and OUHSC professor, Dr. Dolores Subia Bigfoot, collaborated in the development of “Honoring Children – Mending the Circle”, an advanced application of the TF-CBT treatment model for American Indian and Alaska Native youth and families. During her OUHSC tenure, Dr. Schmidt launched and directed Oklahoma TF-CBT, which provides clinical care and professional training in child trauma assessment and TF-CBT treatment. Additionally, she has been integrally involved in the design and dissemination of the Problematic Sexual Behavior – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment Program for Adolescents. Dr. Schmidt is a national trainer in the evidence-supported model of professional well-being, Components for Enhancing Career Experience and Reducing Traumatization (CE-CERT), authored by Dr. Brian Miller.

Please see Dr. Schmidt’s full bio here.

Amanda Mitten, LPC is the Director of Oklahoma TF-CBT Training & Clinical Co-Director at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Ms. Mitten is a certified therapist and consultant in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). She is a certified therapist and Within Agency Trainer in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and certified in Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT). Ms. Mitten is also a national trainer in a skills-based model for managing secondary traumatic stress, Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT). Ms. Mitten is a lead trainer in the University of Oklahoma Problematic Sexual Behavior – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy™ (PSB-CBT™) model. Ms. Mitten also collaborated with national TF-CBT trainers to develop an advanced training in TF-CBT that includes enhancements for work with children with problematic sexual behavior.

Please see Amanda Mitten’s full bio here.