Ethics of the Trauma-Informed Care Trainings
Ethics Doesn't Have to Be Dry. This Training Will Prove It.
A dynamic, experiential self-paced CE training that transforms how you think about ethics — through the lens of trauma-informed care, somatic practice, and real clinical application.
VIEW COURSE OPTIONSWhat You'll Walk Away With:
Leave With More Than CE Credits
Most ethics trainings check a box. This one changes how you practice.
- A clear, embodied understanding of what trauma-informed care actually looks like in an ethical clinical framework — not just in theory, but in your sessions
- Concrete language and somatic tools for navigating ethical dilemmas with regulated, grounded presence
- A deeper understanding of your own nervous system responses and how they show up in ethically complex clinical moments
- Practical frameworks you can apply immediately — with your most challenging clients, in your most uncomfortable clinical situations
- The ability to recognize and respond to secondary trauma and compassion fatigue as an ethical imperative, not an afterthought
- Renewed sense of purpose and inspiration in your ethical practice
Who This Is For:
This Training Is For You If...
- You're a licensed therapist or helping professional who needs ethics CE credits and refuses to sit through another boring slide deck
- You work with trauma survivors and want your ethical framework to actually match your clinical approach
- You've been feeling the weight of compassion fatigue and want to understand why attending to your own nervous system is an ethical responsibility, not a luxury
- You're hungry for CE that challenges you, engages you, and sends you back to your practice feeling restored and re-inspired
- You believe ethics should be lived from the inside out — not just memorized from a code of conduct
This training is not for you if you're looking for a passive, lecture-only experience. This is experiential, embodied, and designed to stay with you long after the credits are filed.
These virtual Level 1, 2 & 3 Ethics of Trauma-Informed Care trainings will support therapists in applying a trauma-informed approach to navigate both personal and professional life challenges.
Completing the Level 1 training is a requirement before proceeding to Level 2 & Level 3.
Participants will leave with simple, effective interventions to manage stress, prevent burnout, and create a sense of safety with clients so they can lead their agency toward becoming a more trauma-informed organization.
This training is available as a virtual self-paced training now!
Participants can earn up to 6 Ethics CEs for all 3 levels of this course series.
Becca Odom Wellness, Provider #1955, 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: 4/16/2025-4/16/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 2 Ethics continuing education credits.
Equity seats and scholarships available upon request.
In These Trainings, You Will Learn:
- Somatic tools with a trauma-informed lens to build resilience and prevent burnout.
- How to define trauma and understand its impact on the brain and systems in the body.
- Principles and practices of Judith Herman’s Stage Model to Trauma Recovery.
- How to introduce and integrate trauma-informed somatic practices in a clinical setting.
- Creating a trauma informed space for clients.
- Ethical decision making processes and dilemma examples.
- Trauma-informed approaches to breathing practices.
- Introduce and examine how Polyvagal Theory in therapy can enhance a sense of safety in the therapeutic relationship.
Meet Your Facilitator
Becca Odom is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Yoga Teacher with over a decade of experience in the mental health and wellness field.
Becca specializes in combining Somatic Approaches with EMDR for trauma recovery. She primarily works with women who have experienced trauma, chronic stress, and anxiety.
Her passion is to empower others to heal themselves and she specializes in anxiety, trauma recovery, and stress management.
She has been offering trainings on Yoga for Trauma and Resiliency nationally for close to a decade, and is passionate about supporting professionals to bring more trauma-informed tools into their clinical practice as well as for their own self-care to prevent burnout.
She is trained in EMDR, Community Resiliency Model (CRM), Mindful Schools, Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, and have my 200-hour yoga teacher training certification.
She loves teaching and is so excited to share this course with our community!
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Training Objectives:
Level 1
- Define trauma and identify potential sources of trauma.
- Recognize the impact that stress and trauma can have on both the therapist and client.
- Describe how trauma can impact the brain and autonomic nervous system.
- Give trauma-informed language and phrasing to use when implementing somatic tools with clients.
Level 2
- Examine how Polyvagal Theory can support creating a sense of safety within the therapeutic relationship and setting.
- Describe how to assess the autonomic nervous system state for both the therapist and client during a session.
- Apply somatic practices for self-regulation and co-regulation in a clinical setting.
- Recognize ways to create a trauma-informed setting for clients.
Level 3
- Examine how the application of polyvagal theory in therapy can enhance a sense of safety for clients and support the therapeutic relationship.
- Compose a map of the autonomic nervous system states and examine tools to regulate that stress response.
- Demonstrate how to introduce breathing techniques with clients for nervous system regulation.
- Describe how stress and trauma impact ethical decision making processes in a clinical setting.
Training Details
- CE Hours Included: 2 Ethics CEs per level training
- Becca Odom Wellness, Provider #1955, 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: 4/16/2025-4/16/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 2 Ethics continuing education credits.
- Self-Paced Format: This on-demand course is fully self-paced and can be viewed at your leisure. You may pause, rewind, and fast forward at any point during the videos. You are in complete control of the pace you view this training. It also comes with a PowerPoint and handouts. There is a quiz and course evaluation at the end to ensure completion and required by all CE approval organizations.
- Investment: $99 each level (discounted bundle pricing available, see below).
- Presented by: Becca Odom LCSW, E-RYT 200
What Therapists Are Saying
Hear what past students have said about these courses.
★★★★★
"The whole training was very informative and enlightening. It provided such practical information that is so useful for us as therapists and our clients."
Shannon Bosworth MSW, LICSW
★★★★★
"I found Becca to be both peaceful and knowledgeable. She has made me more aware of the energy I bring to sessions and how that can impact my clients."
Adina Middleman, MSW, LCSW
★★★★★
"Becca is a breath of fresh air! She makes these practices fun as well as inspiring. I can’t wait to share with my class."
Susan Davy E-RYT 500
★★★★★
"Becca is a vibrant, articulate, and warm presenter and this is a great way for trauma therapists to get the required ethics credits while learning new treatment and self-care techniques!"
Phil Harford, LICSW
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For more information about our trainings or to request accommodations, please contact us at 828-414-8143 or email us at becca.odom.wellness@gmail.com
