- Recorded Webinar
Healing the Inner Child: CBT Strategies for Trauma & Abandonment Issues
Ellen Biros, MS, LCSW, C-PD
- Recorded Webinar
Overview:
Many clients with trauma and abandonment histories struggle with emotional regulation, self-worth, and difficulty maintaining healthy relationships. These challenges are often rooted in early childhood experiences that continue to influence behavior and emotional responses into adulthood.
This training explores the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies to help clients address trauma-related issues conceptualized through the lens of “inner child” work. Participants will learn how to assess symptoms stemming from childhood emotional wounds and apply evidence-based CBT tools—including cognitive restructuring, emotional regulation techniques, mindfulness-based interventions, expressive writing, and reparenting exercises.
Through case examples and practical tools, this webinar will guide clinicians in helping clients increase emotional awareness, challenge negative core beliefs, improve attachment security, and build healthier relational patterns.
Objectives:
- Discuss the concept of the inner child and its relation to trauma and abandonment.
- Identify negative thought patterns and behaviors associated with inner child wounds.
- Explain CBT strategies to address inner child wounds, including cognitive restructuring and exposure therapy.
- Develop skills to help clients build healthy relationships and coping mechanisms.
This recorded webinar is delivered through lecture and includes case examples, structured CBT techniques, expressive writing exercises, and reparenting tools. Participants will engage with evidence-informed strategies to assess and treat trauma-related symptoms rooted in early childhood experiences.
Limitations:
While “inner child” work is frequently used in clinical practice, it is not a formalized therapeutic model in DSM-5. Responses to reparenting and expressive interventions may vary depending on individual client histories, attachment style, and cultural context. Clinicians are encouraged to evaluate these methods within a trauma-informed, evidence-based framework, and to adapt interventions based on client needs and treatment response.
Commercial Disclosure:
Ellen Biros receives a speaking royalties from E Care Behavioral Health Institute. She has no other relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations to disclose.
About Online Trauma and Abandonment CE Courses:
Online trauma and abandonment CE courses provide mental health professionals with trauma-informed training on interventions that are key to helping clients with complex trauma, personality disorders, and substance abuse issues rooted in abandonment trauma.
Neuroscience has made significant progress in understanding how abandonment trauma can impact the nervous system. Especially when it occurs in childhood, it can lead to long-term changes in brain structure and function. This dysregulation can persist into adulthood, impacting stress responses, emotional regulation, and overall mental health, making individuals more susceptible to anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Psychotherapy techniques, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma treatment, can be effectively applied in clinical practice to address trauma symptoms and foster self-regulation.
This course, in both live webinar and recorded versions, is designed to better equip clinicians to support adolescents and adults alike in managing trauma responses. Clinicians will deepen their competency to support patients in health care settings by reducing trauma-related symptoms and promoting resilience. This training combines CEU credit with best practices in trauma care to benefit both new and seasoned practitioners.
Attendees can join a live webinar format to engage with the material in real-time, or choose self-paced options for CEU credit with CE approvals to meet licensing requirements.
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Ellen Biros, MS, LCSW, C-PD
Ellen Biros is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and adjunct professor. With over 20 years of experience in social work, Ellen is a seasoned expert in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders, substance abuse issues, and emotional regulation problems. Ellen earned a Master’s degree in Justice from American University in Washington, DC, and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Georgia. She has been sharing her knowledge with students at Tulane University in the School of Social Work and The University of Phoenix in the College of Social Services and the College of Natural Sciences. She is known for her dynamic and engaging teaching style and her ability to inspire students to achieve their full potential. Ellen is also an accomplished author and speaker. She has authored several continuing education seminars that have been well-received by professionals in the field. Her seminars, such as “Personality Disorders: The Challenges of the Hidden Agenda,” “Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic: Effective Treatment for Cluster B Personality Disorders,” and “Unmasking Manipulative Relationships: Effective Strategies for Countering Covert Abuse,.”
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eCare BHI, as the accredited and approved sponsor, maintains responsibility for all the programs and must abide by each board’s continuing education guidelines.
Professional Counselors — The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6703. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Addiction Professionals — NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute is officially on file with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an Approved Education Provider. They are formally known as NAADAC Provider #139138. Please note that E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Social Workers — Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute, #1706, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. E Care Behavioral Health Institute maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 06-03-2020 – 06-03-2026.
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Who This Training is For:
This program is intended for mental health professionals such as Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Addiction Counselors, & MFT’s. Psychologists are encouraged to verify if this specific course meets their board’s approval requirements.
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