BH Training
Trauma Competent Clinician Training
This training is designed to build trauma-competent skills across three essential domains: foundational knowledge, clinical skills, and the attitudinal conditions that sustain ethical and culturally responsive trauma-informed clinical practice.
The training is for clinical staff (therapist, psychiatrist, medical physicians, nurses and peer specialists) with the CSBs and FQHCs.
All content is evidence-informed and grounded in the Trauma Competent Clinician® model developed by Dr. Melinda Paige.
Participants will move through a structured progression that begins with the neurobiology of traumatic stress and the diagnostic landscape of trauma-related presentations, then builds into direct clinical skills such as trauma-sensitive assessment, case conceptualization, intervention, and ethical decision-making. The training closes with a focus on the attitudinal conditions that sustain long-term, culturally responsive trauma-competent practice, including cultural humility, reflective practice, and resilience against secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue.
Trauma Competent Clinician Training Dates
- Part 1 Session 1 — September 1st
- Part 1 Session 2 — September 3rd
- Part 2 Session 1 — November 3rd
- Part 2 Session 2 — November 5th
PRESENTER BIO
Dr. Melinda R. Paige earned a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and an Ed.S in Professional Counseling and has spent the last thirty years serving survivors as a trauma competent clinician.
Dr. Paige is also a clinical mental health counseling professor and subject matter expert for trauma impact and counseling curricula. She is the founder of the Institute for Trauma Competency and developed her Trauma Competent Clinician® model based on her own qualitative research. She is the recipient of the American Counseling Association Professional Development Award, the Chi Sigma Iota International Outstanding Practitioner Award, and the Chi Sigma Iota International Outstanding Faculty Award. Dr. Paige has published and presented nationally on resilience and trauma competency.
Known for her engaging teaching style, Dr. Paige offers both live and online training and consultation to mental health professionals in competency based trauma mental health, and resilience. Her professional expertise has also made her a sought after media guest, and she has appeared on NPR affiliates and other national media outlets. She is the Founding Secretary of the International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling, a division of the American Counseling Association.