CTSP Module 4 Study Guide: Certified Trauma Support Practitioner
Review
Trauma-Informed Communication - ANS ✔✔Communication that promotes safety, respect, and
control for trauma survivors.
Re-Traumatization - ANS ✔✔When words or behavior trigger past trauma and increase distress.
Safety - ANS ✔✔Creating physical and emotional security before asking questions.
Trustworthiness & Transparency - ANS ✔✔Clearly explaining what will happen and why
questions are asked.
Collaboration & Mutuality - ANS ✔✔Working with the survivor instead of directing or
commanding.
Empowerment & Choice - ANS ✔✔Allowing survivors to decide what, when, and how to share.
Cultural, Historical & Gender Sensitivity - ANS ✔✔Respecting cultural and personal ways of
expressing distress.
Amygdala - ANS ✔✔Detects threat; trauma makes it overreact to neutral cues.
Hippocampus - ANS ✔✔Processes memory; trauma may cause fragmented recall.
Prefrontal Cortex - ANS ✔✔Controls reasoning; trauma can reduce rational thinking.
Review
Trauma-Informed Communication - ANS ✔✔Communication that promotes safety, respect, and
control for trauma survivors.
Re-Traumatization - ANS ✔✔When words or behavior trigger past trauma and increase distress.
Safety - ANS ✔✔Creating physical and emotional security before asking questions.
Trustworthiness & Transparency - ANS ✔✔Clearly explaining what will happen and why
questions are asked.
Collaboration & Mutuality - ANS ✔✔Working with the survivor instead of directing or
commanding.
Empowerment & Choice - ANS ✔✔Allowing survivors to decide what, when, and how to share.
Cultural, Historical & Gender Sensitivity - ANS ✔✔Respecting cultural and personal ways of
expressing distress.
Amygdala - ANS ✔✔Detects threat; trauma makes it overreact to neutral cues.
Hippocampus - ANS ✔✔Processes memory; trauma may cause fragmented recall.
Prefrontal Cortex - ANS ✔✔Controls reasoning; trauma can reduce rational thinking.
