Certified Family Trauma Professional

To be eligible for 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
• 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 hours of continuing education in specific family trauma assessment and treatment topics.

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

• Certified Family Trauma Professional (CFTP) Online Training
• Dual Certified Child and Family Trauma Professional: Play, CBT, and Creative Arts for Healing and Connection in Kids, Teens, and Parents by PESI – Certification Included!
• 2-Day Family Trauma Treatment Certification Training: Clinical Interventions That Move Children, Teens and Their Families Toward Hope and Change by PESI – Certification Fee Included!

Wondering if a course meets the requirements for CFTP 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 149.99 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 CFTP 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 CFTP renewal trainings include:

• Children and Families with Attachment & Trauma Problems: The Latest Developmental and Systems Approaches by PESI
• Treating Children and Adolescents: Strategies for Anxiety, OCD, Trauma, Bullying & More by Psychotherapy Networker

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

Renewal Process

1. Complete a qualifying training
2. 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
3. Remit your CFTP renewal fee online
   • $49.99 for a 1-year renewal
   • $79.99 for a 2-year renewal
   • $99.99 for a 3-year renewal

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