Radiant Sunshine Training Site

Power, Harm & Healing: Comprehensive IPV Clinical Practice Series is a CE-accredited training bundle designed to strengthen clinicians’ confidence and competence in working with intimate partner violence (IPV) and complex trauma cases.

This series integrates four core areas of clinical practice: understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on relational patterns, applying ethical approaches when working with individuals who use harm, recognizing and managing vicarious trauma, and using attachment theory to inform trauma-responsive care.

Clinicians will gain practical, trauma-informed frameworks to support survivors, address accountability in IPV dynamics, navigate ethical decision-making in high-risk cases, and sustain their own well-being in emotionally demanding work.

This bundle is ideal for mental health professionals seeking to deepen their clinical skillset, strengthen ethical practice, and provide more effective, culturally responsive care in IPV and trauma-focused work.

🧩 Module 1

IPV & ACEs: Providing a Path to Healing

Intermediate – 1 CE

Understand how adverse childhood experiences shape vulnerability to IPV and relational trauma patterns.

You will learn:

• ACEs and long-term trauma impact

• IPV risk and vulnerability patterns

• Trauma-informed pathways to healing

🔥 Module 2

Best Practice When Working with Abusers in IPV

Beginner – 1.5 CEs

Learn ethical, structured approaches to working with individuals who use harm.

You will learn:

• Accountability-based intervention strategies

• Managing resistance and denial

• Ethical boundaries in IPV offender work

💞 Module 3

Understanding Attachment Theory When Experiencing Trauma

Intermediate – 2 CEs

Explore how attachment patterns shape trauma responses and relational dynamics.

You will learn:

• Attachment styles in trauma systems

• IPV relational cycles

• Clinical attachment-based interventions

⚖️ Module 4

Ethical Dilemmas with IPV Clients

Intermediate – 1CE 

Navigate complex ethical decision-making in IPV clinical practice.

You will learn:

• Managing dual narratives in IPV cases

• Ethical decision-making frameworks

• Clinical risk and responsibility considerations

• Navigating uncertainty with confidence

🌿 Module 5

The Ethical Importance of Understanding Vicarious Trauma

Intermediate – 2 CEs

Support yourself while engaging in emotionally intensive trauma work.

You will learn:

• Recognizing vicarious trauma signs

• Ethical responsibilities of clinician self-care

• Burnout prevention strategies