A New Tool: Trauma Cards

Open Enrollment Virtual Training Opportunity

Join internationally recognized clinical psychologist, trainer, and author Dr. Karen Treisman (MBE) for an engaging and hands-on session introducing her award-winning Trauma Deck of Cards — a dynamic, multi-purpose toolkit designed to deepen understanding and enhance conversations about trauma, healing, and resilience. 

This interactive training invites participants to explore innovative, trauma-informed approaches that move beyond traditional talking therapies. Using artful, accessible prompts and visual metaphors, Dr. Treisman demonstrates how these cards can gently open pathways to dialogue, reflection, and connection. They are ideal for use with individuals, teams, and groups — as well as for personal growth and professional supervision.

The Trauma Deck of Cards includes four distinctive sets that capture the richness and complexity of human experience:

  • Types of Trauma: Understanding the breadth of traumatic experiences and their impact.
  • Survival and Adaptive Responses: Exploring how people cope, adapt, and build resilience.
  • Signs and Signals of Trauma: Recognizing patterns, symptoms, and cues of distress.
  • Sentence Completion Prompts: Encouraging reflection, creativity, and meaning-making through guided statements.

Participants will learn creative and practical strategies for integrating the cards into:

  • Therapeutic settings to support clients in processing and expressing emotions.
  • Reflective and supervision spaces to deepen practitioner insight and empathy.
  • Training and organizational development to spark conversations about trauma-informed culture and practice.

This session offers a rare opportunity to learn directly from the creator herself — blending expertise, compassion, and playfulness to bring trauma concepts to life in memorable, accessible ways.

Who Should Attend:

This training is ideal for mental health professionals, educators, social workers, justice and health practitioners, and anyone interested in embedding trauma-informed approaches into their work or personal development.

Presenters

This training is conducted by Dr. Karen Treisman, a clinical psychologist, trainer, and author, based in London, England. She specializes in trauma-informed, hope-infused, and culturally responsive care. Her work brings together psychological theory, practical strategies, and creativity to make complex ideas engaging and accessible for professionals, parents/ caregivers, teens, and children alike. 

March 18, 2026 (4-hour training)   

  • 12 pm - 4 pm Eastern Time
  • 11 am - 3 pm Central Time
  • 10 am - 2 pm Mountain Time
  •   9 am - 1 pm Pacific Time

Register

Next Steps

  • View our Zoom Participant Guide for helpful suggestions to prepare for the training, as well as our Training FAQ page.
  • $125 per person.  Deadline to register:  March 17, 2026
  • We do provide continuing education credits (CE's).  Please see below for additional information.
  • Purchase Orders:  If organizations want to register multiple people using a Purchase Order, please email your request to training@stephaniecovington.com for more information.
  • For additional information, such as cancellation policies, CE certificates, etc., please visit our Training FAQ page.

Topics

  • The impact of trauma, abuse, and neglect
  • The power of language, labels, and storying
  • Working with complex, complicated, and disenfranchised loss and grief

Objectives

  • Define sexuality and sexual well-being for yourself
  • Identify the impact of addiction and trauma on sexuality in society, for your clients, and your own life
  • Practice self-reflective exercises from Awaken Your Sexuality and the Awaken Your Sexuality Workbook

All handouts and information required for this training are included in the registration fee. 

Obtaining the program materials for this training is not required.  After you register, you will be sent a link for the training as well as a printable PDF of the PowerPoint and any handouts that are used during the training. 

You can explore Karen’s full range of books at Amazon, plus online modules, therapeutic resources, and free materials at her website: safehandsthinkingminds.co.uk 

NAADAC continuing education credits (CE’s)

Dr. Stephanie S. Covington is a NAADAC Approved Education provider, provider number 250526.  For more information, please visit http://www.naadac.org/providers.

Attendees of this training will receive 3.5 NAADAC continuing education credits (CEs).  Attendees must attend all  4 hours plus complete the evaluation form at the end of the training to receive credit.  The following organizations and boards approve NAADAC CEs: http://www.naadac.org/naadac-ce-approvals

Social Workers (ASWB) Credit Designation

Stephanie S. Covington, LLC dba Center for Gender & Justice, provider number 2033, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/25/25 - 9/25/28. Social workers completing this course receive 3.5 continuing education credits. 

The following jurisdictions approve ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program CEs:  https://www.aswb.org/licenses/ace-approved-continuing-education/

This virtual training is open to the general public, but space is limited for this interactive training so register now.

We have a wide variety of people attend our trainings from licensed professionals (Masters and Doctorial Level) as well as paraprofessionals and peer-facilitators. Because professionals tend to work in interdisciplinary teams, this course is created for social workers, counselors, therapists, clinical supervisors, correctional professionals, and program administrators.

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NAADAC and ASWB do not allow for partial CE credit; therefore, we cannot issue partial CE certificates.

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