Psychological Services: What I Do

Dr. Yackley partners with individuals and agencies to foster reflective capacity and to co-create resilient, trauma-informed professionals, organizations, and systems.

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Specialized Training
&
​ Professional Development​

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
Cassie is a Nationally Certified Trainer in CPP, the gold standard of EBPs for maltreated children (0-6) and their caregivers.
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Advanced Training to Mental Health Professionals
Cassie provides training in effective intervention with traumatized individuals/families and using a trauma-informed stance with clients diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or a serious persistent mental illness.

Trauma-Informed Practice 
Cassie works with a variety of professions (educators, first responders, physicians, nurses, mental health providers, early childhood care providers, etc.) to develop trauma-informed practice. Individuals and organizations unaware of the impact of trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) risk re-traumatizing the people they are trying to serve. Cassie teaches audiences how to engage in trauma-informed practice whatever their role in an organization.

Using Social Neuroscience to Foster Effective Helping/Working Relationships
Cassie works with groups to develop skills of relationship that can boost performance and job satisfaction. She shares the latest research on the science of relationships & interpersonal neurobiology to help people to be more effective with their consumers and co-workers.

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities and Trauma
Cassie provides training in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network's The Road to Recovery curriculum for supporting children with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have experienced trauma.

Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit
Cassie provides training in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network's Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit. The training covers the information, skills, strategies, and values for trauma-informed practice for those working with children in the child welfare system who have experienced trauma.

Consultation,
​Reflective Practice, &
​Reflective Supervision

Psychological Consultation
Cassie provides consultation services to individuals, settings, & systems in effective intervention for traumatized individuals and their caregivers.
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Reflective Practice for Professional Development 
Cassie offers training & consultation to agencies/staff in the use of reflective practice, a rigorous and rewarding form of professional development.

Reflective Supervision
Cassie trains supervisors to provide reflective supervision opportunities to staff to increase staff satisfaction and effectiveness.

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Other presentation topics

Creating Trauma-Informed Systems: Program Assessment & Implementation

Cassie has led trauma-informed implementation efforts for state agencies, such as NH Department of Education Office of Student Wellness, NH Division of Youth Children and Families (Child Protective  & Juvenile Justice Services), and several NH school districts.

Trauma-Informed Care: Program Design & Implementation
Cassie works collaboratively with organizations to develop a comprehensive plan to meet the agency's specific needs for trauma-informed system development & to support the effective implementation of that plan. This can include training, needs assessment, program design, and consultation in the development of trauma-informed policies and practices.

Trauma-Informed Organizational Needs Assessment
Cassie collaborates with you to conduct a needs assessment of your organization from which an effective plan for creating a trauma-informed system can be developed.

Trauma-Informed Program Evaluation
Cassie works with your team to design & conduct formative and summary evaluations of your trauma-informed program.