The Certificate in Trauma Studies is a new 15-credit, graduate-level program that offers a streamlined approach to supporting professional development and integration. Current graduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ and professionals in the broader Missoula community are eligible to register and take courses required for the trauma certificate. After completion, participants will:
- Recognize the prevalence of all types of trauma on populations they serve;
- Realize the impacts of traumatic experiences on individuals, families, organizations, systems of care, and communities;
- Develop and utilize a trauma lens to conceptualize and operationalize the ability to respond using trauma-informed principles and support individuals, families, organizations, systems of care, and communities as a non-mental health professional;
- Enhance understanding of trauma screening, assessment, empirically supported issues, and/or population-specific treatments and interventions that have been developed to heal from trauma;
- Build competence to mitigate the impacts of secondary trauma.
Program Admission
Students currently enrolled in a Counseling Graduate Program interested in the Certificate in Trauma Studies should contact their academic advisor to add the program to their transcript.
Students not currently enrolled in a Counseling Graduate Program interested in the Certificate in Trauma Studies must complete the .
Program of Study
Required Courses (3 credits total):
- COUN 595: Introduction to Trauma Studies (2 credits), Online or In-person
- COUN 596: Independent Study (1 credit), Online or In-person
Elective Courses (12 credits total):
- Counseling
- COUN 475: Forgiveness and Reconciliation - In-Person
- COUN 495: Addictions - In-Person
- COUN 550: Introduction to Family Counseling - In-Person
- COUN 555: Risk & Resiliency - In-Person
- COUN 560: Lifespan Development Counseling - In-Person
- COUN 566: Counseling Children and Adolescents - In-Person
- COUN 575: Multicultural Counseling - In-Person
- COUN 595: Psychopharmacology - In-Person
- COUN 625: Mental Health Systems - In-Person
- Education
- EDU 514: Education Across Cultures - Online
- EDU 518: Inclusion and Collaboration - Online
- EDU 595: K-12 School Safety - Off-Campus
- EDSP 461: Positive Behavior Supports - In-Person
- EDEC 530: Social Emotional Development in Young Children - Online
- EDEC 515: Working with Families Experiencing Adversity - Online
- Sociology
- SOCI 423: Sociology of Corrections - Online
- SOCI 491: Sociology of Domestic Violence - Online or In-Person
- SOCI 422: Sociology of Punishment - In-Person
- SOCI 475: Work, Labor, and the Criminal Justice System - In-Person
- Social Work
- SW 595: Introduction to Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy - In-Person
- SW 427: Motivational Interviewing - Online or In-Person
- SW 423: Substance Use Disorders and Recovery - In-Person
- Psychology
- PSYX 631: Conceptualizations and Treatment of Trauma, In-Person
Contact Us
Department of Counseling
counselored@mso.umt.edu
406-243-4850