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.
