Certified Clinical Trauma Professional

To be eligible for CCTP certification, the applicant must have earned a minimum of a master’s degree in their profession and hold a state or national license, with all training hours and supervision requirements completed to be licensed for independent practice in the state they are licensed.

• Psychologists
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Licensed Creative Arts Therapists
• Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
• Addiction Counselors
• Psychiatrists
• Psychoanalysts

Don’t see your profession listed here or are a graduate student in a clinical mental health program? You may qualify for certification as a Certified Trauma Professional! Click here to learn more.

By applying for certification, the applicant agrees to adhere to Evergreen Certifications’ Professional Code of Ethics

A minimum of 12 clock hours of continuing education training in specific trauma assessment and treatment topics.

Pre-approved, 3rd party trainings that meet the training requirements for CCTP certification include:

• DBT & Trauma Dual Certification: Proven Strategies for Clients’ Emotional Regulation, Trauma Integration, and Deep Relational Repair with Self and Others by PESI – Certification Included!
• Trauma & Grief Dual Certification Course: Expert Treatment of Loss, Acute and Complex Trauma, and Co-Occurring Issues by PESI – Certification Included!
• Arielle Schwartz’s Trauma Treatment Certification Retreat: Integrating EMDR, Somatic Therapy, & Polyvagal Theory for Post-Traumatic Growth October 15-19, 2025 by PESI – Certification Included!
• Mastering Polyvagal Theory for Trauma Professionals: A Start to Finish Trauma Certification Program by PESI – Certification Included!
• Trauma Recovery Specialist Certification Training: Strengths-based, Positive Psychology Approaches to Lasting Resilience by PESI – Certification Included!
• Clinical Trauma Certification (CCTP) Training Course: Trauma healing with IFS Therapy, Somatic Therapy, EMDR, AEDP and more by Psychotherapy Networker – Certification Included!
• Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Training Course by PESI – Certification Included!
• Essentials of Trauma Treatment: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Training Course by Psychotherapy Networker – Certification Included!
• Janina Fisher’s Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training Level 1 (CCTP): Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma by PESI – Certification Included!
• Innovations in Trauma Treatment: Deep Healing of attachment trauma, PTSD, racial trauma, and more by PESI – Certification Included!
• Strategies from CBT, CPT, EMDR, PE, Somatic & Psychodynamic Therapy by PESI – Certification Included!
• Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Model (RITTM) Online Training by Reconnect Center
• Diploma in Psychotraumatology CPT-I by Newman Institute

Evergreen Certifications will accept courses that have been completed within 3 years of initial application for certification.

Wondering if a course meets the requirements for CCTP certification? Submit a copy of or link to the course title, speaker, outline and learning objectives to info@evergreencertifications.com for review.

Please note that Evergreen Certifications does not offer continuing education, all training must be purchased directly through the accredited training organization. Training is not included in the certification fee.

For your initial 1-year certification, please complete the following steps.

1. Complete a qualifying training
2. Remit your initial application payment of 99.99 USD online
3. Upload the following documents to your account:
   • A copy of the candidate’s professional license
   • Evidence of completion of qualifying training, in the form of a CE or completion certificate

Evergreen Certifications will certify applicants who meet the above requirements.

Please note: Certification does not imply endorsement of clinical competency. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession’s standards.

To maintain CCTP certification, a renewal is required. After your initial 1-year certification, you have the option to renew for 1, 2 or 3 years. A 1-year renewal requires 6 clock hours of trauma-focused continuing education since you were last certified; a 2-year renewal requires 12 clock hours, and a 3-year renewal requires 18 hours.

Sample CCTP renewal trainings include:

• Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Certification Renewal Course: Master the Latest Techniques from EMDR, IFS Therapy, Somatic Therapy and More by PESI – Renewal Included!
• Frank Anderson’s Internal Family Systems Trauma Treatment Program: A 4-Month Online Intensive by Psychotherapy Networker
• 18-Hour Parts Work Trauma Specialist Certificate Program: Mastering the Best Tools from IFS Therapy, Gestalt, Somatic Therapy, and Other Parts Approaches by Psychotherapy Networker
• Dissociation Focused Trauma Treatment by PESI
• Written Exposure Therapy for Trauma by PESI
• Deactivating the Polyvagal Response to Racial Trauma by PESI
• Behavioral Activation for Trauma by PESI
• Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma with Janina Fisher, by PESI

Renewal CE content cannot be the same content used for prior renewal or initial certification

Renewal Process

1. Complete a qualifying training
2. Remit your CCTP renewal fee online
   • $49.99 for a 1-year renewal
   • $79.99 for a 2-year renewal
   • $99.99 for a 3-year renewal
3. Upload the following documents to your account:
   • A copy of the candidate’s professional license
   • Evidence of completion of qualifying training, in the form of a CE or completion certificate

Renewal training hours need to have been taken in the time since you were certified or last recertified.

Renewals are calculated from the date that your certification was issued. If you allow your certification to lapse for more than 3 years, you are no longer eligible to renew your certification and instead can reapply for certification