Trauma and the 12 Steps Online Book Course: Homestudy (with Dr. Jamie Marich)

12 CE credit hours

Required Materials: Trauma and the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery (Marich, 2020; North Atlantic Books). 

Book is sold separately and can be found at Penguin, Amazon, and wherever books are sold.


This is a hybrid, self-paced distance learning course. This is a beginner-level course. Completion of reading materials, videos, a course evaluation, and post-test is required to receive CE Certificate. Course evaluations are administered after completing all course modules. The post-test is comprised of true/false and multiple-choice questions and requires a passing mark of 75%, and is administered after completion of the course evaluation. Upon passing the post-test, participants are able to download their CE certificates.

The interplay between unhealed trauma, dissociation, and addiction can stump even the most seasoned clinicians and leave clients who struggle feeling frustrated and hopeless. Although the popular 12-step approaches to addiction treatment can be appropriate for clients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related diagnoses, rigid application of the disease model and 12-step principles may prove more harmful than helpful for clients in need.

Trauma and the 12 Steps (originally published in 2012, with a revised and expanded edition published in 2020) teaches clinicians, professionals, and members of the recovery community that it is possible to bridge the gap in knowledge between traditional, 12-step approaches to working with addiction and advanced, trauma-focused understanding. Earn continuing education credits by reading the new and expanded edition and studying alongside several teaching videos especially curated by book author Dr. Jamie Marich. 

This course was first published August 5, 2020. Please contact us with any questions or concerns at [email protected].

You have 180 days to complete a homestudy course from the time that you sign up. After 180 days, you will be assessed a $25.00 administrative renewal fee to access and complete the course.  



Objectives

After this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Define trauma, and distinguish the nuances between trauma-informed care, trauma-sensitive care, and trauma-focused care
  2. Identify at least three strengths of 12-step recovery when evaluating addiction care through a trauma-focused lens
  3. Identify at least three weaknesses of 12-step recovery when evaluating addiction care through a trauma-focused lens
  4. Articulate the history and evolution of 12-step recovery and discuss whether or not the approach still has merit in modern times
  5. Describe the imperative of the therapeutic relationship in healing addiction through a trauma-focused lens
  6. Apply no fewer than 3-5 practical strategies for helping people navigate the struggles of early recovery (e.g., cravings, triggers, relapse risks)
  7. List and describe no fewer than 3-5 approaches that can be used for trauma-focused care in concert with 12-step recovery strategies
  8. Apply the Janet 3-stage consensus model of trauma-treatment in building clinical treatment plans that are more trauma-focused and discuss where the role of 12-step recovery strategies can fit in
  9. Evaluate language problems with certain components of the 12-steps that trauma survivors may find triggering or maladaptive activating and assist individuals in translating/modifying the language in a way that optimally serves their recovery goals
  10. Distinguish and then explain to others the difference between 12-step recovery groups in the community and the application of 12-step recovery principles in professional treatment
  11. Define spiritual abuse and adapt treatment plans accordingly for individuals who have experienced this form of abuse prior to presenting for treatment
  12. Discuss how inclusivity and diversity (e.g., racial/ethnic; religious/spiritual, gender identity; sexual orientation) are imperative in making recovery programs more trauma-informed and trauma-focused

Course Completion & CE Certificate Information

Completion of all modules, a course evaluation, and post-test is required to receive CE Certificate. Course evaluations are administered after completing all course modules. The post-test is comprised of true/false and multiple choice questions and requires a passing mark of 75%. Upon passing the post-test and completing the course evaluation, participants are emailed their CE certificates.

After paying for this course you will receive an email from Thinkific to complete your registration and receive access to your course dashboard.

You have 180 days to complete a homestudy course from the time that you sign up. After 180 days, you will be assessed a $25.00 administrative renewal fee to access and complete the course.

Presenter(s)

ICM Founder & Director Jamie Marich

Dr. Jamie Marich (she/they/we) began her career as a humanitarian aid worker in Bosnia-Hercegovina from 2000-2003, primarily teaching English and music. Jamie travels internationally teaching on topics related to trauma, EMDR therapy, expressive arts, mindfulness, and yoga, while maintaining a private practice and online education operations in her home base of Akron, OH. Marich is the founder of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness and the developer of the Dancing Mindfulness approach to expressive arts therapy. Marich is the author of EMDR Made Simple: 4 Approaches for Using EMDR with Every Client (2011), Trauma and the Twelve Steps: A Complete Guide for Recovery Enhancement (2012), Creative Mindfulness (2013), Trauma Made Simple: Competencies in Assessment, Treatment, and Working with Survivors, Dancing Mindfulness: A Creative Path to Healing and Transformation (2015), and Process Not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery (2019). Marich co-authored EMDR Therapy & Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care along with colleague Dr. Stephen Dansiger in 2018, and their new book with Springer Publishing Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy: A Trauma-Focused Guide released in 2021. North Atlantic Books published a revised and expanded edition of Trauma and the 12 Steps in the Summer of 2020, and they released The Healing Power of Jiu-Jitsu: A Guide to Transforming Trauma and Facilitating Recovery in 2022. Her latest release with North Atlantic Book, Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Life came out in January 2023. She has three more projects in the works with North Atlantic Books, including her personal memoir about surviving spiritual abuse called You Lied to Me About God, due out in Autumn 2024. The Huffington Post published her personal story of being out as a clinical professional with a dissociative disorder in May 2023. The New York Times featured Marich’s writing and work on Dancing Mindfulness in 2017 and 2020. NALGAP: The Association of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies awarded Jamie with their esteemed President’s Award in 2015 for her work as an LGBT advocate. The EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) granted Jamie the 2019 Advocacy in EMDR Award for her using her public platform in media and in the addiction field to advance awareness about EMDR therapy and to reduce stigma around mental health. Jamie also sits on the editorial board of the EMDR Journal of Practice and Research, and she was the 2008 winner of the Poster Research Award at the EMDRIA Annual Conference.

Continuing Education Approvals

The Institute for Creative Mindfulness is approved by the following organizations to offer 12 continuing education (CE) credit hours for this course:


As of April 26, 2023, The Institute for Creative Mindfulness is no longer approved to sponsor HOMESTUDY continuing education for psychologists. If you registered for this course before April 25, 2023, you are eligible to receive continuing education for this HOMESTUDY course. Please contact our office at [email protected] if you need verification of registration date. 

The Institute for Creative Mindfulness is an approved provider of continuing education by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board (OCSWMFT) for counselors, social workers, and marriage/family therapists. Approval: #RCS091306

This course is no longer eligible for NBCC, ASWB, or APA Credits as of August 8th, 2024.

A General Note About Approvals

Please also note that APA-approved sponsors are accepted by many state boards, such as California BBS and major licensure boards within the state of Pennsylvania. In both of these cases, separate paperwork does not need to be filled out. Many state boards also accept out-of-state providers, which is why our Ohio approvals appear on every training. In some states, pre- or post-program approval forms must be sent, and you are responsible for checking into the rules of the licensure board in your state as to what is required. Please let the Institute for Creative Mindfulness know if you need support documentation in any way for these pre or post-program approval applications.

Course Curriculum

    1. Description

    2. Objectives

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Continuing Education Approvals

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Course References

    1. Welcome & Introduction

    2. Video One

    3. Video Two

    4. Video Three

    5. Video Four

    6. Video Five

    7. Supplementary Materials

    1. Required Course Post Test

    2. Course Evaluation and Certificate Information

    3. Course Evaluation

    4. Stay In Touch with The Institute for Creative Mindfulness

    5. What's Next?

Course details

  • $75.00
  • 16 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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