Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women

Open Enrollment Virtual Training Opportunity

Dr. Covington’s innovative, evidence-based 12-session manualized curriculum incorporates the insights of neuroscience with the latest understanding of trauma and PTSD. Space will be limited for this interactive virtual training.

While research and clinical experience indicate a high incidence of trauma and co-occurring disorders in women’s lives, counselors and clinicians often struggle with the realities of providing treatment. This 4-day virtual training is based on the evidence-based treatment curriculum, Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women. 

This twelve-session intervention is designed for use in outpatient, residential, and criminal justice settings.  Cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, body-focused exercises, expressive arts, and the principles of relational therapy are integrated in this strength-based approach.  The curriculum also has a psycho-educational component that teaches women what trauma is, its process, and its impact on both the inner self (thoughts, feelings, beliefs, values) and the outer self (behavior and relationships, including parenting).

This training includes demonstrations of techniques counselors can use to help clients develop coping skills and emotional well-being. The newly revised six-session Healing Trauma+ intervention is also discussed with suggestions and recommendations for a non-binary, more expansive use of language.

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. 

However, we suggest that each person attending the training obtain a copy of the Participant's Workbook to view during the training to enhance your learning experience. Those leading groups after the training will also want a copy of the Facilitator's Guide. You can obtain materials from either Covington Books or the publisher.   

Beyond Trauma: Table of Contents

The facilitator’s manual is a step-by-step guide containing the theory, structure, and content needed for running groups. A Healing Journey, the participant’s journal, allows women to process and record the therapeutic experience. There are also optional DVDs for the Facilitator and for Clients.  The materials are designed to be user-friendly and self-instructive. This allows the Beyond Trauma program to be implemented by a staff with a wide range of training and experience.

Presenter

This training is conducted by our Certified Trainer, Carol Ackley, LADC, retired Executive Director of River Ridge Treatment Center (2000-2015) who developed and implemented gender-responsive, trauma-informed, co-occurring treatment services in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. Throughout this interactive training, your trainer also discusses how the treatment program materials can be used with women in the criminal justice system.

April 13, 15, 20, and 22, 2027 (4-day training, 4 hours per day)

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

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  • I thought that there was such a great balance between lecture, breakout rooms, and activities. It was well-paced as well.  I found the breakout groups the most helpful. I really appreciated getting to speak to other people in similar fields. I really enjoyed getting to speak to people with different experiences than me. It gave me fresh perspective on my work.

    - Lyndsey R

  • In keeping with her groundbreaking role in integrating the treatment of trauma and addictions and providing gender-specific and gender-responsive programs, Dr. Stephanie Covington has done it again. Her revised Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women is a highly organized and structured group that is state of the art in terms of the information that is included. The facilitator’s guide is very descriptive and specific in a way that supports the group leaders and members every step of the way. Since group treatment provides a unique forum for healing both trauma and addictions, this is a most welcome contribution.

    - Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP
    Psychologist, Independent Practice, Washington, DC
    Author, It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You; Healing the Incest Wound; and Treating Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-based Approach (with Julian Ford, PhD)

  • Beyond Trauma is vital to our work with the chemically dependent female-and there is no one who understands gender-specific work better than Stephanie Covington!

    - Claudia Black, author, It Will Never Happen to Me

  • This was a wonderful training, thank you so much for letting me be a part of this experience and share part of my re-entry journey and new vision for hope and resilience.

    – Sylvia A

  • Thank you Stephanie for giving facilitators the tools needed to present and teach the Beyond Trauma curriculum.  The new edition of the Beyond Trauma facilitator guide is exactly what our staff needed to continue providing these important groups to our clients.

    – Kimberly Bond, Chief Operating Officer, Mental Health Systems

  • The time spent discussing specific topics in the breakout rooms was helpful to know how it would look in groups.

    – Milena P, LCSW

  • The most helpful elements of the workshop were the real-life examples and the videos, which made the concepts more relatable and easier to understand. I also really appreciated the group activities and discussions—it was a great way to reflect, connect with others, and engage with the material in a more interactive way.

    - TINU T

    Next Steps

    • View our Zoom Participant Guide for helpful suggestions to prepare for the training, as well as our Training FAQ page.
    • $490 per person.  Deadline to register:  April 12, 2027
    • 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

    • Develop gender-responsive services
    • Connection between trauma, mental health, and substance misuse
    • Trauma-informed services
    • Gender differences in terms of risk and response
    • Triggers and retraumatization
    • Emotional development
    • Secondary traumatic stress
    • Specific concerns and challenges in criminal justice settings
    • Exercises from each of the twelve sessions

    Objectives

    • Discuss essential elements in trauma-specific services for women
    • Define the process of trauma
    • Provide specific treatment interventions
    • Experience grounding and soothing exercises
    • Review of the A.C.E. Study

    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 14 NAADAC continuing education credits (CEs).  Attendees must attend all 4 days, 4 hours per day 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 14 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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