Trauma Informed Care: Ethics & Best Practices
Presented by
Dreya Blume, LCSWThis training introduces psychotherapists to the foundations of trauma-informed practice, exploring the key principles and their application across diverse clinical settings.
Overview
1.5 Law and Ethics CEs (can be used for Health Equity or Cultural Competence requirement) Recorded: Winter, 2025
Trauma touches nearly every area of clinical practice, whether or not it is the presenting issue. Trauma-informed care provides a framework for understanding how trauma shapes clients’ experiences and for creating therapeutic spaces grounded in safety, trust, and empowerment.
This training introduces psychotherapists to the foundations of trauma-informed practice, exploring the key principles and their application across diverse clinical settings.
Through discussion, reflection, and practical strategies, participants will learn how to recognize the signs of trauma, avoid re-traumatization, and support clients in ways that honor resilience and autonomy. Attendees will leave with a solid foundation for weaving trauma-informed care into everyday practice, enhancing both therapeutic alliance and client outcomes.
Workshop objectives:
Develop a foundational understanding of the principles and philosophy of trauma-informed care. Learn practical strategies for creating safety, trust, and empowerment in therapeutic relationships. Identify ways to recognize trauma responses and avoid re-traumatization in clinical practice.
About the Presenter
Dreya Blume (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, author, and educator. Dreya began working in the mental health field in 2004 in southwest Virginia, where she spent almost two decades serving the local transgender community as a gender therapist. She recently moved to Durham, NC, where she focuses on offering continuing education training to therapists and coaching for private practice clinicians who want to expand their business uniquely. Dreya loves to write and is the author of several books, including, “The Tarot Activity Book: A Collection of Creative and Therapeutic Ideas for the Cards,” “Journaling the Tarot,” “Everyone Has a Story: Using the Hero’s Journey and Narrative Therapy to Reframe the Struggle of Mental Illness,” and “Tarot for Transformation: Using the Major Arcana to Discover Your Best Self and Create a Life Worth Living.” All of Dreya’s books (under her former name, Andy Matzner) are available here: https://dreyablume.com/books. Dreya is also passionate about teaching. Before becoming a mental health clinician, she spent many years teaching English as a Second Language in places such as Japan, Australia, Thailand, and Hawaii. Once in Virginia, Dreya worked as an adjunct professor for almost twenty years at Hollins University, teaching gender studies and sociology in their Master of Liberal Studies program. In addition, she spent twelve years teaching future social workers in the human services program at Virginia Western Community College. Learn more about Dreya on her website: https://dreyablume.com/.