Diagnosing and Treatment Planning with Traumatized Children
Offered By Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment
Who would benefit from this training? ASWs, MSWs, LCSWs, LPCs, Residents in Counseling, who work with children and families.
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Diagnosing and Treatment Planning with Traumatized Children
Children affected by trauma often present with behaviors that are easily misunderstood or misdiagnosed. In this practical training, Lindy Swimm, LCSW-S, and Thistle Newcomb, LPC, will help clinicians move beyond symptom labels and develop treatment plans grounded in attachment, nervous system regulation, and developmental understanding. Participants will learn to avoid common diagnostic missteps, conceptualize child behaviors through a trauma lens, and implement play-based interventions that support safety, regulation, and secure attachment. Clinicians will leave with clear frameworks and practical strategies they can immediately apply in their work with children and families.
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Refund Policy for Trainings: All requests received must be in writing via ground mail or emailed to camilla@riverbendcounseling.com. If you find that a purchased course does not meet your training needs, you may request a full refund or course exchange within 30 days from your date of purchase so long as the final quiz has not been attempted. Prior to attempting the final quiz, your full purchase price minus a 15% administrative fee will be refunded or the course can be exchanged for another course. After the final quiz has been attempted, we are unable to issue a refund or course exchange due to the initiation of the accreditation process.
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CE Issuance Policy:
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Course completion requirements:
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Participants must watch all of the videos in their entirety.
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Participants must pass each quiz. Each quiz will be graded automatically when submitted. Passing score is 80%. You have three attempts to pass each quiz.
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Participants must fill out the mandatory Course Evaluation.
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Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
​Registration for the asynchronous course is ongoing. ​
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Payments: Payments are processed at the time of registration via secure payment portal on our website.
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​Course Interaction and System Requirements
Course Interactivity
This recorded, asynchronous training is hosted on our website by Wix.
System Requirements
• Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher
• Internet Browser: Edge 138.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higher
• Broadband Internet connection: Cable, High-speed DSL & any other medium that is internet accessible.
Date course was originally created or last updated:
This recorded asynchronous webinar was originally recorded on February 20th, 2026​​
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Training Location
This training will be held entirely online.
Accommodations for Disabilities
Every effort will be made to accommodate your special needs. To request accommodations, please contact us.
Contact Us
Riverbend Integrative
Trauma Treatment
172 S Pantops Drive, Suite C Charlottesville, VA 22911
camilla@riverbendcounseling.com
phone: (434) 961-2555
fax: (434) 961-2556
About the Trainers
Thistle Newcomb, LPC​
Thistle Newcomb has been working with families in the mental health field since 1996 and has specifically focused on children, adolescents, and families. She has extensive experience in settings including residential crisis shelter, domestic foster care/adoption social services, intensive in-home counseling, outpatient private practice, supervision of LPC Residents, and a trainer/presenter to the community. Thistle is trained in several modalities such as EMDR, trauma, Parts Work, Somatic Interventions, and is well versed in Complex Developmental Trauma for clients aged infants to grandparents. Specific interests include emotional regulation, resolving trauma, grief/loss, family dynamics, the impact of trauma on developing brains, and stress reduction. Thistle is a Licensed Professional Counselor, an EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer, an EMDR Approved Consultant, and has been certified as an Expert Witness in Trauma in the 16th District Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court system in Virginia. She has conducted multiple trainings on a variety of trauma treatment focused topics for audiences ranging from beginners to advanced.
In addition to being a founding partner of Riverbend Counseling Group, Thistle is also a Trainer and LPC Resident Supervisor at Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment.
Lindy Swimm, LCSW​
Lindy has over thirty years’ experience working with individuals, adolescents, children, and families. She specializes in attachment and trauma modalities that are well researched in their effectiveness to treat and mitigate mental health concerns. An Integrative Child-Parent approach is available for Attachment and Trauma needs for families and children. Also, individualized expressive therapy interventions such as art, sand tray, play therapy, and music are incorporated into therapy sessions.
Lindy is a certified EMDR therapist. EMDR treatment is a highly effective treatment offered to assist in resolving complex conditions such as developmental trauma, PTSD, complicated grief and loss, and foster care and adoption issues. Specialties include relational problems, grief, and loss, treating victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, family therapy, dissociative behaviors in children and adolescents, families in the foster care system, and pre and post-adoption support services.
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ACE Accredited
Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment, #1807, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 03/04/2023-03/04/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 clinical continuing
education credits
Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7465. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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Professional Counselors completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.
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