Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Your Therapy Approach Training

Thursday, June 25, 2026
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online via Zoom

Back by popular demand, the Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota Center for Rural Behavioral Health is reoffering Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Your Therapy Approach.

This training provides a practical foundation for working with clients impacted by trauma, including understanding the stress response, integrating trauma-informed principles into care, and applying core interventions to support recovery while addressing clinician burnout and vicarious trauma.  

Cost: $50

Training Summary:

This training will provide you with a solid foundation for working with clients who present with post-traumatic stress. Participants will learn and apply trauma-informed care concepts, tenets, and principles to enhance their clinical work. You will learn about the threat response and the impact of trauma on the brain and body, and about prevalence and common types of traumatic events. Steps for creating a trauma-informed therapeutic environment will be covered, and you will walk away with several fundamental therapeutic interventions that correspond with the stages of trauma recovery to immediately start applying to your clientele. Most importantly, you will reflect on ways to integrate a trauma-informed lens into your current therapeutic approach and theoretical framework. Vicarious trauma and burnout, as well as strategies to address them, will also be explored.  

Learning Objectives:

• Define trauma and traumatic events.
• Describe the impact of trauma on the brain, body, and nervous system.
• Understand the prevalence and types of traumatic experiences Identify the guiding principles and concepts of trauma-informed care.
• Describe the stages of trauma recovery.
• Identify at least five trauma-informed interventions to use within the stages of trauma recovery.
• Define burnout and vicarious trauma.
• Demonstrate self-care and boundary-setting for preventing clinician burnout.  

Meet Your Presenter:

Dr. Lindsay Murn is a Licensed Psychologist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Master Certified Accelerated Resolution Therapy Practitioner. She has a PhD in Counseling Psychology with over 16 years of clinical and assessment experience with diverse populations in multiple settings across four states. She currently owns a solo private practice – In Focus Psychotherapy -in Mankato MN. Lindsay’s clinical specialties include treating acute and complex trauma, shame and self-worth, body image and eating concerns, interpersonal concerns, and work stress and burnout. She also provides adult ADHD testing, therapeutic evaluations, and diagnostic clarification assessments. Lindsay is an approved clinical supervisor, has experience teaching at the university level and presenting at professional conferences, and has published research on topics like sexual violence and self-compassion. And lastly, she has a strong passion for providing trauma-informed professional development trainings like this one! Outside of clinical work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and pets (cats, dog, and turtle), being active and spending time outdoors (most months of the year…), and designing stickers.  

Register Today

Not able to attend June 25th?
No problem. Register for the recorded session and a link to view it will be emailed to you after the June 25th training.

Recording must be viewed by August 14, 2026 to include CEU pre-approval through the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, Behavioral Health and Therapy, and Psychology.

Registration Questions: Email workforce@mnsu.edu or call 507-389-1094
Training Questions: Email elizabeth.harstad.3@mnsu.edu