Hybrid Training (Nashville)

3 CE Hours

“Beyond Trauma-Informed Care: The Capacity to Heal, Lead, and Sustain the Work”

Valarie Thornton, LPC-MHSP-S

Trauma-informed care has transformed how mental health professionals recognize and respond to the experiences of the people they serve. Yet many clinicians and healthcare professionals continue to experience significant demands on their own emotional, mental, relational, and physical capacity.

This interactive, three-hour educational symposium examines the relationship between traumatic stress, professional capacity, and trauma-responsive care. Drawing from contemporary research, clinical experience, and practical case applications, trauma and attachment specialist and capacity strategist Valarie Thornton will explore how professionals can move beyond trauma awareness toward more intentional, sustainable approaches to clinical practice and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Participants will examine the effects of traumatic stress and occupational strain, explore a capacity-informed approach to recognizing overload and identifying supports, and practice strategies that promote safety, professional effectiveness, and collaborative care.

Through clinical scenarios, guided reflection, and applied learning activities, attendees will leave with practical tools they can adapt to their respective roles and settings.

Objectives:

• Identify at least three ways traumatic stress and chronic occupational stress can influence emotional regulation, relational functioning, and professional decision-making.
• Apply a capacity-informed framework to a clinical or interdisciplinary case to identify signs of overload, available supports, and appropriate trauma-responsive interventions.
• Develop an individualized action plan incorporating at least three practical strategies to support client safety, professional capacity, and sustainable interdisciplinary collaboration.

About the Speaker(s)

Valarie Thornton, LPC-MHSP-S

Valarie Thornton is a trauma and attachment specialist, capacity strategist, bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience challenging outdated approaches to healing, leadership, and clinician development.

Blending clinical expertise, entrepreneurship, and workforce development, Valarie brings a distinctive perspective shaped by years of working with individuals experiencing complex trauma and leading teams serving high-acuity clinical populations. As the founder of the Trauma & Therapy Center of Tennessee, she built a million-dollar, trauma-focused teaching practice and led a team that delivered more than 60,000 counseling sessions, including care for individuals presenting with complex trauma and elevated clinical risk.

Valarie is the creator of The Capacity Code®, a proprietary framework that challenges traditional self-care narratives and equips individuals and organizations to build, protect, and expand their capacity for sustainable success. She is also the visionary behind Educate & Elevate™, an initiative dedicated to developing clinicians and helping group practices raise their value, revenue, and impact through purposeful, people-centered teaching practices.

Through speaking, training, and consulting, Valarie challenges organizations to recognize the hidden costs of chronic overload and rethink the systems, relationships, and expectations that shape professional well-being, clinical effectiveness, and organizational sustainability.

Her work and insights have been featured in Insider, Verywell Mind, Forbes, SheKnows, Yahoo Finance, and Lotic AI, reflecting her growing influence in conversations surrounding mental health, leadership, and personal and professional well-being.

Her mission is to disrupt outdated models and raise the standard for how we teach, lead, and heal.

TLPCA Contact

If you any questions, please contact Tozia Ware.