Foundations of Trauma Therapy: Two-Day Live Virtual Intensive (Sept 18-19, 2026 Beta Cohort)

A two-day live virtual intensive for licensed mental health clinicians who want to think across trauma modalities, not within one.

Format: Live virtual via Zoom. Two consecutive days. 12 NBCC continuing education hours.
Audience: Licensed mental health clinicians and pre-licensed clinicians under qualified supervision.
Faculty: Angela N. Serravalle, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Consultant.
Dates: September 18 and 19, 2026 (Beta Cohort).

Registration is open. This beta cohort is intentionally limited to 15 clinicians to protect breakout quality.

Beginning cohort offer: Tuition is $200, and beta participants receive 20% off the forthcoming 12-week Foundations of Trauma Therapy course, applied when that course opens. CE credit is pending NBCC approval.

What This Intensive Is

This is a foundations intensive. It does not certify you in EMDR, IFS, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, TIST, CPT, PE, or any other proprietary trauma model. It teaches you how to think across them. The curriculum is organized around clinical competencies and core trauma treatment questions, not around loyalty to a single modality. Across two days you will examine the history and ethics of trauma treatment, current diagnostic frameworks, the neurobiology of traumatic stress with honest attention to where the evidence ends, evidence-based protocols, somatic and parts-based and attachment work, complex trauma and dissociation, and the cultural and structural dimensions of trauma. The intensive distinguishes established evidence, emerging evidence, theoretical models, and clinical wisdom, and refuses to collapse them.

What This Intensive Is Not

• Not a certification in any proprietary trauma model.
• Not a survey of techniques you can deliver on Monday without further training.
• Not a wellness training or a healing experience. The register is clinical and intellectual.
• Not a marketing channel for any specific modality.

Who This Is For

• Licensed clinicians (psychologist, LPC, LCSW, LCMHC, LMHC, LMFT, PMHNP, MD) who treat trauma and want to develop a more deliberate integrative framework.
• Clinicians who have been trained in one or two trauma modalities and want to think more clearly across the field.
• Supervisors and consultants who want to refine how they teach trauma practice to supervisees.
• Graduate students in clinical and counseling programs in their final year of supervised training.

What You Will Be Able to Do After

• Describe the historical and ethical foundations of contemporary trauma practice, including the political development of PTSD and the ethical lessons of the recovered memory wars.
• Differentiate DSM-5-TR PTSD, ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD, and the major diagnostic rule-outs (BPD, MDD with psychotic features, dissociative disorders, somatic symptom disorder).
• Distinguish established neurobiological findings from theoretical scaffolding used in clinical training, and apply that distinction to psychoeducation with clients.
• Apply trauma-informed assessment and integrative case formulation, including phased treatment planning across stabilization, processing, and integration.
• Evaluate the evidence base, indications, and limitations of major trauma treatment modalities including CPT, PE, EMDR, somatic approaches, parts-based work, and attachment-based treatment.
• Identify scope-of-practice considerations for proprietary trauma modalities and articulate the difference between modality-informed clinical work and certified protocol delivery.
• Construct culturally responsive integrative trauma formulations that address race-based, identity-based, and structural contributors to trauma presentations.

Logistics

• Total instructional time: 12 NBCC CE clock hours across two consecutive days.
• Daily schedule: 9:00 AM to approximately 5:00 PM Eastern, including breaks and a one-hour lunch.
• Platform: Zoom. Breakout rooms used throughout for case discussion and exercise dyads. Live captioning available by default.
• Cohort size: 15 clinicians (beta cohort).
• Live participation: Required for CE credit. Recording available to registered participants for review only.
• Materials: Pre-read packet sent seven days in advance. Participant workbook delivered at registration. Slide deck distributed after the intensive.
• Prerequisites: Current licensure or pre-licensure status in a mental health discipline. Graduate-level foundation in psychopathology.
• Tuition: $200 (beginning cohort rate). Includes 20% off the forthcoming 12-week Foundations of Trauma Therapy course, applied when that course opens.
• Registration deadline: September 4, 2026 (14 days before Day 1), to allow pre-read distribution.

Faculty

Angela N. Serravalle, PsyD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Delaware License # B1-00011250) and Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health (PC-0000609). She is the founder and clinical director of Center for Balanced Living and CFBL Institute. Dr. Serravalle holds doctoral training from Capella University (2018), is a National Certified Counselor through NBCC (since 2009), is EMDRIA Certified (2022) and an EMDR Consultant (2025), and holds additional credentials in Trauma-Focused CBT, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional designation, Trauma Conscious Yoga Method, Ecotherapy, and Breathwork. She has held adjunct faculty appointments at Wilmington University and Delaware Technical and Community College and has served as a Volunteer Reviewer for the NBCC Foundation Scholarship Program since 2014. Her clinical practice focuses on trauma-related presentations and complex comorbidities.

NBCC Continuing Education Credit

This intensive is offered for 12 NBCC continuing education clock hours through CFBL Institute. NBCC ACEP approval status: pending. Until written ACEP approval is received from NBCC, CE credit is awarded contingent on subsequent approval. Participants who register prior to approval may request a refund if NBCC credit is not their priority for the registration.

Accessibility

CFBL Institute is committed to accessibility. Live captioning is enabled by default. Materials are provided in screen-reader-compatible formats. Specific accommodation requests are handled within five business days of receipt. Contact the ACEP Administrator at drserravalle@gmail.com or (302) 608-3780.

Registration Policies

• Refund policy: Full refund within 7 days of registration if the participant has not begun accessing pre-read materials. Prorated refund less a 10 percent administrative fee for cancellations after pre-read access. No refund within 14 days of Day 1.
• Transfer policy: Participants may transfer to a future cohort once at no charge if requested at least 7 days before the start date.
• Cancellation by CFBL Institute: In the event of cancellation, registered participants receive a full refund or transfer to a future offering at no additional cost.
• Grievance procedure: Written grievances to drserravalle@gmail.com. Acknowledged within 5 business days. Resolution within 14 business days.

Disclosure

Dr. Serravalle is an EMDR International Association Certified Therapist and EMDR Consultant. EMDR is discussed in Block 7 of the intensive. The course presents EMDR critically and does not certify participants in EMDR. Dr. Serravalle's consultation practice operates separately from this intensive. Dr. Serravalle receives no royalties, ownership distributions, or paid teaching compensation from EMDRIA, the EMDR Institute, or any other proprietary trauma training organization reviewed in the program content.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will I receive CE credit?
Yes. The intensive is 12 NBCC continuing education clock hours. CFBL Institute's NBCC ACEP approval is pending. CE credit is awarded contingent on approval. Participants who register before approval may request a refund if NBCC credit is their priority for the registration.

Will I be certified in EMDR, IFS, or any other model?
No. This is a foundations intensive. It teaches clinicians how to think across trauma modalities. Certification in any specific proprietary trauma model (EMDR, IFS, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, TIST, CPT, PE, DBT, Schema Therapy, or any other) requires that model's specific training pathway. This intensive does not substitute for that training.

Is the intensive recorded?
Yes. Live participation is required for CE credit. Recordings are made available to registered participants for review only.

What is the registration deadline?
Registration closes 14 days before Day 1 (September 4, 2026) to allow pre-read distribution and roster preparation. Late registration may be accommodated at the Program Administrator's discretion.

What is the refund policy?
Full refund within 7 days of registration if the participant has not begun accessing pre-read materials. Prorated refund less a 10 percent administrative fee for cancellations after pre-read access. No refund within 14 days of Day 1. Transfers to a future cohort permitted once at no charge if requested at least 7 days before the start date.

Are there prerequisites?
Current licensure or pre-licensure status in a mental health discipline. Graduate-level foundation in psychopathology. The intensive assumes clinical competence at a foundational level and does not translate basic clinical vocabulary.

What technology do I need?
Reliable internet, audio and video capability, and a quiet space for two full days. Zoom is required (a free Basic account is sufficient).

Is the intensive culturally responsive?
Block 10 specifically addresses cultural, contextual, and structural dimensions of trauma practice. Cultural responsiveness is treated as central, not supplemental. The curriculum addresses race-based traumatic stress, LGBTQ+ trauma and minority stress, religious and intergenerational trauma, and immigration-related trauma. The intensive does not claim to make any participant culturally competent through two days of instruction; it provides the framework for the deeper work clinicians do over years.

What accommodations are available?
Live captioning is enabled by default through Zoom. Materials are provided in screen-reader-compatible formats. Specific accommodation requests are handled within five business days of receipt. Contact drserravalle@gmail.com.

How do I receive my CE certificate?
Certificates are emailed within 7 business days after Day 2. Attendance verification requires 90 percent of total live instructional time, participation in at least one breakout per day, and submission of both end-of-day reflections.

Will there be future CFBL Institute offerings?
Yes. CFBL Institute is developing focused tracks on complex trauma and dissociation, developmental and attachment trauma, trauma in marginalized populations, and trauma and the body. Participants who complete this intensive are notified of future offerings.

Who do I contact with questions?
Angela N. Serravalle, PsyD, ACEP Administrator and Program Administrator, drserravalle@gmail.com or (302) 608-3780.