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Trauma Stress and Uncertainty: Why Taking Care of Yourself Is Essential

3 CE Hours
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About the Course

This training incorporates current research and insights from neuroscience, connecting them to everyday experiences related to the impact of trauma and stress. Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of how stress and trauma affect all aspects of life—particularly the stress response system, or “survival brain.” The session will explore the purpose and function of the stress response system, and how both the brain and body are affected. These concepts will be connected to current real-world stressors and the experience of vicarious trauma. Participants will also reflect on the idea of self-care—or rather, “taking good care of yourself”—especially in the context of working with people who have experienced trauma and navigating stressors that affect us all in various ways. Finally, participants will be introduced to simple, effective strategies for caring for themselves in daily life.

This course is based on the recorded webinar, Trauma Stress and Uncertainty: Why Taking Care of Yourself Is Essential created by Donna Lucero, MA, LPCC, NCC et al in 2025.

Publication Details

Publication Date: First Aug 2025

Course Material Authors

Donna Lucero, MA, LPCC, NCC
Donna Lucero MA, LPCC, NCC
Donna Marie Lucero (MA, LPCC, NCC) is a native New Mexican born and raised in Albuquerque, a University of New Mexico graduate (BA in psychology, with a minor in family studies; MA in counseling and a second Masters in Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies with a certificate in Race and Social Justice). Donna has well over 30 years of experience working with and for kids and families who have experienced trauma, mental health issues, poverty, and adversity. As well as extensive experience providing professional development/training to over 10,000 participants in various trainings, conferences and workshops. Donna strongly believes in the critical nature of early childhood development and the importance of healthy brain development, attachment and relationship for kids to grow to be healthy, productive adults. She believes strongly in the critical importance of family, community and social support, healthy relationships, movement, music, nature, and activity in helping people heal, grow and thrive. Donna has an extensive experience and training working from a trauma informed lens and strives to assure exemplary quality of care to the clients served from a trauma sensitive perspective. Training is provided based on the most relevant research in the areas of brain development, impact of developmental trauma and the strategies and resources to facilitate healing, mastery and integration over trauma. Donna brings knowledge from multiple models and trainings including trauma, early childhood development, the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics; Attachment, Regulation and Competence; Circle of Security; Nurtured Heart Approach; Nurturing Parenting; Brain Gym; Growing Brain; in addition to a wide range of study and reading in research, theory and practical application. Donna has over 20 years’ experience as a clinical supervisor/clinical director providing ongoing clinical supervision to therapists and various behavioral health workers in agencies whose mission is working with the impact of trauma.
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None to report.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define the function and structure of the stress response system.
  2. 2 Describe the importance of taking good care of themselves while doing trauma work.
  3. 3 Identify three accessible strategies for taking good care of themselves, and reflect on deeper, more meaningful ways to approach self-care.

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Donna Lucero MA, LPCC, NCC – None to report.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

3 CE Hours
Recorded Webinar
Course 103801

Availability

This course is available until Nov 13th, 2035.

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