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Trauma and Loss

This certificate provides training and preparation for graduate students interested in careers working with crisis, grief, and trauma.

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Degree
  • Graduate Certificate
Location
  • The Woodlands Center
  • Huntsville
Type of Instruction
  • Face to Face
Length

12 Credit Hours

Crisis and Trauma Counseling

The Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Loss is offered to. The 12-semester credit hour Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Loss is designed for students interested in working with crisis, grief, and trauma.

Who is this certificate for?

Graduate students (MA, MEd, and PhD) pursuing degrees within the Department of Counselor Education and those who have official transcripts for mental health-related degree(s) are ideal candidates for this certificate.

Where and How Is This Program Available?

Classes are offered in person at the SHSU campus in Huntsville and The Woodlands campus.

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Students will analyze and critique issues related to the neuroscience of counseling.

Work in Trauma Support

  • Crisis Counseling

    Students in this certification program analyze and critique issues related to physiological and psychosocial responses to crisis and grief. Suicide and homicide assessments and interventions, crisis intervention after natural disasters, man-made disasters and unexpected events, and working with uncomplicated and complicated grief are some of the topics explored to prepare counselors for a career in grief and crisis counseling.

  • Neuroscience of Counseling

    Students will analyze and critique issues related to the neuroscience of counseling. The basics of neuroscience, introduction to the brain and nervous system, impact of life events on brain and brain development, and the mind-body connection are just some of the topics that courses will explore. Students learn the practical, evidence-based application of counseling practices to help clients who experienced life events that negatively impacted their brain development or brain structure.

  • Complex Traumatic Stress

    Students analyze and critique issues related to chronic and complex post-traumatic stress and complex dissociative disorders. Topics include attachment and trauma, developmental psychopathology, vicarious trauma, assessment and diagnosis, dissociative related disorders, neuroscience of trauma, betrayal trauma, interpersonal trauma, and counseling models and other treatment models.

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Support Individuals in Crisis

Gain specific training in Trauma and Loss to assist individuals with processing grief, trauma, complex trauma, and moments of crisis.

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Faculty Dedicated to Your Success

Our experienced faculty are dedicated to your success.

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Ready to learn how SHSU can help you or to start your application today? Our Admissions team is here to help. Call 936-339-0148