A higher standard for trauma practice
Advancing excellence in psychotraumatology.
A professional home for rigorous certification, ethical standards, continuing education, and public trust in psychological trauma care.
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Find certification, standards, and education resources
Eligibility, application, and examination
Guidance for responsible trauma practice
Build and maintain speciality competence
Understand trauma, care, and credentials
Defining responsible psychotraumatology practice
The Board’s proposed standards framework places competence, ethics, cultural humility, and safety at the center of professional practice.
Competence with accountability
Clear expectations for education, scope of practice, supervision, assessment, intervention, consultation, and referral.
Evidence with clinical judgment
Research-informed decision-making that respects context, complexity, professional judgment, and client preferences.
Human dignity and cultural responsiveness
Practice that recognizes culture, identity, systemic conditions, community knowledge, and lived experience.
Trust through transparency
Published requirements, independent review, conflict-of-interest safeguards, and accessible professional accountability.
Recognizing advanced trauma competence
Each pathway is designed around education, supervised experience, ethical standing, and a specialty examination. Final requirements remain subject to expert and public review.
Clinical pathway
Clinical Psychotraumatology
For independently licensed clinicians whose work includes assessment and treatment of psychological trauma.
Specialty pathway
Medical Trauma & Recovery
For qualified professionals supporting patients and families through illness, injury, procedures, and recovery.
Response pathway
Crisis & Disaster Trauma
For professionals serving communities before, during, and after disasters, violence, and public emergencies.
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Education across a career
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Membership Area
Your professional home in psychotraumatology
ABTE membership helps clinicians and researchers deepen their expertise, pursue certification, and stay current in psychotraumatology. Members get training, case consultation, and a global network of professionals working in trauma science and treatment.
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ABTE publishes work from clinicians and researchers doing trauma-focused work today. If you have research, case insight, or a perspective worth sharing, we want to hear from it.
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