This self-guided certificate program sets you on a curated learning path, consisting of required core workshops, as well as electives that you get to choose.

This program gives participants an opportunity to develop a set of competencies to effectively support people who have experienced trauma.

The road to trauma recovery is complex and challenging, strewn with potential obstacles that counsellors may find overwhelming. Evidence-based counselling approaches are needed to navigate this road and guide a person safely along it. This program provides a variety of strategies for trauma counselling. Participants will learn skills for establishing safety and self-regulation, dealing with flashbacks and other post-traumatic symptoms, healing through body-oriented strategies, and promoting resilience.

Core/mandatory workshops:

Vicarious Trauma – Strategies for Resilience
*Trauma – Counselling Strategies for Healing and Resilience
Body-Oriented Trauma Counselling Strategies
Critical Incident Group Debriefing
Trauma-Informed Care – Building a Culture of Strength
*The Trauma workshop should be taken before Body-Oriented Trauma Counselling Strategies

Elective workshops:

Elective workshops make up the additional hours of training you need to reach 60 hours. These can be chosen from any of CTRI’s in-person, live virtual, or on-demand workshops.

Suggested elective workshops to complete this certificate are:

Crisis Response Planning
Suicide Intervention Skills
Walking with Grief
You can find all our available workshop topics here.

What happens when I register?

Registering for the self-guided program adds a Certificate Program dashboard to your account on our site. You can purchase the necessary workshops from there and track your progress towards completing the program. All 60 hours of training that are being counted towards the program must be completed within 5 years. Once you have completed all the necessary credit hours, a certificate will be awarded.

How do I earn CECs for the program?

• In-person workshops
• Live virtual workshops
• On-demand workshops

Our workshops vary in length depending on the format, so please use our new Certificate Program dashboard in your account to track your progress.

Registration and payment for each event or workshop required to complete this certificate is in addition to the registration into this program.

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