
Course Overview
CTHN’s Level 2 Training is a five-hour training designed for Christian professionals and lay counselors who desire to learn advanced skills for counseling survivors of trauma. The instructor will teach the course content using biblical principles and a distinctly Christian worldview. This course covers methods of counseling for complex trauma, as well as specific practices for helping clients who are currently being traumatized.
Training Presenter

Beth Broom, LPC-S, CCTP-II
Beth Broom is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level 2 (CCTP-II). She owns a private counseling practice specializing in trauma healing. She also serves as a Deacon of Care at The Village Church Denton in Denton, Texas. Beth is the founder and director of Christian Trauma Healing Network, and she co-hosts a podcast called “Counsel for Life,” engaging conversations about mental health and the Christian life.
Group Consultation Leader

Michelle Terrell, MABC, CCTCP-II
Michelle Terrell is co-founder of the Exchanged Life Center (www.exchangedlifecenter.org) which focuses on Christian counselor training in the Exchanged Life modality. As head instructor, she is passionate about giving her students a hands-on, trauma-informed approach to learning. Whether supervising the masters level practicum, overseeing interns, or giving one-on-one counseling, Michelle’s calling is to equip and walk with hurting people through the brokenness of loss and pain by sowing seeds of hope, truth, and safety leading to the transformative experience of God’s love and peace of our resurrected Savior who knows our suffering personally. Michelle has her M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Luther Rice Seminary and enjoys learning, painting, family time, and dreams of learning to play the trombone!
Course Access
This course will be available from November 3rd – November 17th, 2026, and must be completed in full within that time. All lessons and evaluations will be unavailable after November 17th, 2026.
Schedule
Week 1: November 3rd – 9th, 2026 (Estimated 2 hours 30 minutes + prep work)
- Introduction
- 1 video lesson
- Time estimate: 5 minutes
- Session 1: Elements of Complex Trauma
- 6 video lessons
- Time estimate: 40 minutes
- Session 2: Counseling for Complex Trauma
- 6 video lessons
- Time estimate: 1 hour
- Session 3: Counseling for Addiction and Compulsion
- 4 video lessons
- Time estimate: 50 minutes
- Group Consultation Prep
Week 2: November 10th – 17th, 2026 (Estimated Time: 2 hours 30 minutes)
- Group Consultation Session (REQUIRED LIVE ONLINE VIDEO CALL: Tuesday, November 10th, 2026 at 2:00 PM CST)
- Live event: 1 hour
- Group Consultation Session Review
- 1 video lesson: 30 minutes
- Session 4: Counseling for Current Trauma
- 5 video lessons
- Time estimate: 50 minutes
- Final Encouragement
- 1 video lesson
- Time estimate: 10 minutes
- Course Assessment & Course Evaluation
- Time estimate: 10 minutes


