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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) added a Z-code for "Moral Problems" in the September 2025 update to the DSM-5-TR. As a result, Moral Injury or Moral Distress is now recognized as a mental health condition. This recognition acknowledges the psychological harm from experiencing or witnessing actions that violate one's moral code rooted in moral and existential conflict and opens doors for further research, screening, and intervention. Moral injury is distinct from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Burnout and as such should be addressed differently.

CIBHS’ specialized training is timely and built to equip and support behavioral health providers and their clients with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate this complex area. We offer an evidence -informed approach and a person-centered treatment methodology to help providers and clients process their morally injurious experiences.

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Clinicians and child providers are often pulled into the expectation of “fixing” a child’s behaviors, emotions, or functioning — a pressure that can create exhaustion, frustration, and even rupture with caregivers. Join us to teach caregivers how to “out therapist” the therapist instead.

• Learn how to collaboratively operationalize and track symptoms with caregivers to support meaningful behavior change.
• Explore practical strategies for helping caregivers apply Functional Behavioral Analysis (FBA) to identify effective parenting approaches.
• Discover ways to re-engage caregivers who feel discouraged, empowering them to take an active and confident role in their child’s growth and healing.

Latiné families, especially immigrant families, continue to experience significant levels of stress and trauma exposure. Despite the need, service utilization remains low due to structural and cultural barriers. This training explores how culturally informed, evidence-based, and evidence-supported trauma care can enhance engagement and outcomes among Latiné children and families.

Participants will gain tools and strategies to bridge gaps in care, integrate cultural values into trauma interventions, and strengthen trauma-informed practices within Latiné communities.

This training explores one of the most challenging and often unspoken dynamics in family work—when caregivers experience resentment, aversion, or emotional distance toward their child. Caregivers, under chronic stress or trauma exposure may find themselves emotionally disconnected or even repelled by their child’s behavior. Participants will learn how to approach this topic with empathy using attachment-based and trauma-informed strategies to uncover the roots of disconnection, reduce shame, and rebuild capacity for positive regard. The course will include live demonstrations, experiential activities, and case examples to teach clinical skills and techniques. This course builds your ability to support the engagement of a more supportive caregiver for the child, which is one of the most gratifying skills you will add to your clinical practice.

Proficiency Recertification is now required for TF-CBT proficient clinicians who were trained through CIBHS. Recertification ensures that clinicians providing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) continue to deliver services with fidelity to the model and in alignment with the most current research, clinical evidence, and culturally responsive adaptations necessary to achieve the best outcomes. As the field of trauma treatment evolves, new findings, practices, and implementation standards are regularly introduced.

All clinicians trained through CIBHS between 2007 and 2020 are now due for recertification.

Please join us for the first Recertification Course on March 9 & 10, 2026, followed by a short written exam to receive your TF-CBT Proficiency Recertification, valid for five years.