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Steps to Certification

How do I become a RITT CC?



Steps to Certification

Initial Certification Requirements:


  • Licensed LCSW, LPC, LCP, LMFT

  • 2 +years full-time clinical practice experience

  • Successfully completed RITT’s Trauma Treatment in Practice series

  • Successfully completed RITT’s Parts, Parts, Parts training 

  • EMDR Basic Training complete (including consult hours) via an EMDRIA Approved Provider or the Parnell Institute

  • Completion of one of the following somatic trainings: 

    • Janet Evergreen or Tonya Riding’s Vagus 1-3 or

    • Somatic Experiencing International’s Beginning Level SE trainings or

    • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy International’s Level 1: SP for the Treatment of Trauma trainings


RITT Advanced Trauma Therapist Certification requirements:


  • RITT Trauma Therapist Certification current certification

  • 4+ years total full-time clinical practice experience

  • RITT Parts Work with Complex Presentations

  • 12+ credit hours of additional specialty trainings from RITT or any other approved NBCC, NASW, APA or ASWB CE provider in the treatment of trauma disorders. 

  • Additional 10 hours of consultation with RITT Consultant (5 of these hours can be in a group format)



Additional Child and Family Integrative Trauma Treatment Certification Foundational Level requirements:


  • Assessment with Children and Families

  • Child Therapy Basics

  • Working with Parents and the Family System Affected by Trauma

  • Diagnosing and Treatment Planning with Traumatized Children

  • Attachment Trauma Working with Littles

  • Kelly and the Giants

  • Cultural Considerations and Intergenerational Trauma

  • Aggression in the Playroom

  • Children Experiencing Domestic Violence Trauma

  • 5 hours consultation (can be group)

 

Advanced Child and Family Trauma Therapist Certification requirements:


  • Identify and Implement Interventions for Dissociative States with Children & Caregivers

  • Working with the Child Welfare System

  • Children Experiencing Sexual Violence

  • Advanced EMDR with Children

  • Integrating Expressive Modalities for Families

  • 5 hours consultation (can be group)

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