Trauma-Informed Case Conceptulisation in Child Therapy

Build clarity, confidence, and ethical decision-making capacity when working with complex child and family cases.

About the Training

Working therapeutically with children and families often means navigating complex presentations, layered systems, and significant clinical responsibility.

Trauma-informed case conceptualisation offers a way to slow down, organise complexity, and make thoughtful, child-centred decisions, especially when things feel unclear or overwhelming.

This on-demand training supports practitioners to build clarity, confidence, and ethical decision-making capacity when working with complex child and family cases.

Common Challenges in Complex Child Therapy Cases

This training is particularly helpful if you:

  • Feel overwhelmed by case complexity

  • Are holding risk and responsibility alone

  • Experience uncertainty in clinical decision-making

  • Are navigating competing needs between child, parent, and systems

  • Want to ensure the child’s voice remains central

Complexity does not mean you are doing something wrong. It means the work requires structure, reflection, and support.

What you’ll gain from this training

After completing this on-demand training, practitioners often report:

  • A framework that supports keeping children at the centre

  • Feeling clearer and less stuck

  • Increased confidence in clinical reasoning and formulation

  • A reusable case conceptualisation framework

  • Stronger ability to hold risk and ethical responsibility

  • Greater clarity when consulting, documenting, or seeking supervision

This training supports both clinical reflection and decision-making, not just theory.

Who is this training for?

This training is suitable for any professional providing therapy or therapeutic support to children and families, including:

  • Social workers

  • Psychologists

  • Counsellors

  • Occupational therapists

  • Speech pathologists

  • Allied health practitioners

  • Early-career therapists

  • Practitioners working in complex systems (child protection, OOHC, schools, community services)

No advanced trauma training is required. This training is accessible, practical and clinically grounded.

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What’s Included in your Purchase

When you purchase the Trauma-Informed Case Conceptualisation in Child Therapy training, you’ll receive:

  • Full on-demand training recording

  • Reflective workbook to deepen understanding

  • Case conceptualisation templates

  • Decision-making tools for complex cases

  • Practical resources that can be reused across multiple cases

These tools are designed to support:

Certificate of Completion (Optional)

  • Available for an additional $20

  • Evidence of completion is required for the certificate to be issued

Using the Framework in Practice

Practitioners commonly use this framework:

  • When preparing for supervision

  • During complex case consultations

  • To organise large amounts of clinical information

  • When risk feels heightened

  • When there are competing needs

  • As a grounding reference during uncertainty

This is a working framework, not a one-time training.

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Prefer to Learn Live?

Secure your space for live, online training of ‘Trauma Responsive Care in Child Therapy’ below.
The live version of this training is approximately 4.5 hours in total.

2026 Training Dates

20th April 2026

7th September 2026

30th November 2026

Need Additional Support with a Complex Case

If you are currently holding a particularly complex child or family case, you may also benefit from a 1:1 Complex Case Consultation.

This offers a space to:

  • think through risk and safeguarding practices

  • clarify next steps

  • strengthen trauma-informed decision making