Read Janina Fisher's book "Healing the Fractured Selves of Trauma Survivors" Read the first 3 pages of the intro, then skim read the cases studies. I found that her description of the self-hatred, emotional numbness, internal warfare, self sabotage spoke to me. "This gal gets it. She's reading my mind."

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She also has a workbook, "Transforming the living legacy of trauma"

The top one is barely readable if you aren't already a therapist. Read the first few pages of the intro, then skim the rest, reading the case note examples. Skim the last chapters about actual intervention a bit harder.

Go back to the beginning and read it from cover to cover.

The workbook is a lot more accessible, although I didn't find it very useful as a workbook.

Go onto Youtube and search her name "Janina Fisher"

Her videos are much more accessible.

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You will also need to learn up on "Dual Awareness" This is a form of mindfulness to become proficient at being aware of other parts of you thinking and feeling. You need to get good enough at this to teach it.

Almost ALL trauma treatment is based on:

• Being aware of multiple parts of you thinking. The analogy I use that resonates with teens: "You're chatting someone up to ask them on a date. Part of you is chatting. Part of you is thinking, 'I'm making a mess of this'. That's a simple form of dual awareness.
• Teaching people to "ground" (staying aware of here-now) With practice this can reduce the intensity of flashbacks, so they can be aware of here-now as well as reliving there-then at the same time.
• Teaching people to "blend" to have both the splintered self and their Getting-on-with-life self present at the same time.
• Reaching out to the shard with curiosity and compassion.

There is another system similar to this called IFS -- Internal Family Systems. But I'm not fond of the concept of 'exiles' and 'firefighters' in it.

Fisher trained therapists are hard to find. (The book above came out in 2017) But based on the books and vids it's not rocket science, at least with the easier cases. I think that anyone who has counselled kids before, and has a couple courses can learn enough to be useful from the books.

Caveat: I'm in therapy right now for CSA, childhood neglect, and workplace trauma.