Education Video Collection

The Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders, a treatment and services adaptation center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed a library of 50+ films of therapy sessions and dialogues amongst therapists, youth, and caregivers that are designed for pre-professional and professional education by bringing to life the experience of doing trauma-focused psychogherapy with children, youth, and young adults who are courageously recovering from complex trauma — and also dealing with ongoing adversity and complex trauma — and their adult caregivers. The films feature more than 25 outstanding therapists from diverse personal backgrounds and professional orientations, who are meeting in real-time with clients in crisis.  The clients are portrayed by actors to protect privacy and safety, but the sessions and the commentaries/dialogues afterward are spontaneous and real.  We invite educators, trainers, and professionals in practice and in training to view these films at no cost — and to utilize them in trainings and classes -- by going to the CTDTD website (above) or the Critical Moments and Healing Developmental Trauma pages in the Clinical Resources section of the NCTSN Learning Center.