CERTIFIED TRAUMA CHAPLAIN

The Certified Trauma Chaplain® (CTCh®) designation requires the completion of 400 hours (100 hours of education/300 hours of supervised experience) of advanced clinical pastoral education & training in order to receive the designation. The CTCh® training establishes the National Evidenced-Based Trauma Chaplain (NEBTC) curriculum, which covers the national trauma competencies, proficiencies, and specialities. The NEBTC involves trauma management, mitigation, response, intervention, and resolution through the critical incident, emergency, crisis, disaster, and catastrophe/extinction-level continuum. The NEBTC curriculum contains the essential features of the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology knowledge-base and covers the following:

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1. Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Care

2. Fundamentals of Salutogenesis

3. Foundations of Community Health

4. Adverse Experiences, Environments, and Events (ACEs)

5. Theories & Practices to Treat Trauma

6. Individual and Group Counseling

7. Spiritual Assessments

8. Compassion Fatigue & Moral Injury

9. Ethics, Advocacy & Professional Responsibilities

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Upon completion, professionals will be able to conduct spiritual care according to evidence-based principles and practices, provide trauma-focused chaplaincy and effective bio-psycho-social-cultural-environmental-spiritual care, and coaching and consulting services for trauma. This training will allow qualified and competent chaplains to deploy with Green Cross on local, national, and international emergencies and disasters.