Training and Professional Development
Our group trainings are designed to be engaging, informative, and practical: the kind of growth experience people actually remember, not the kind they sit through and forget. We bring humor and energy into the room because people learn better when they're not bored out of their minds, and trauma-informed training doesn't have to feel heavy to be effective. We translate complex trauma science into tools your team can use the next day. Scenario practice means people leave knowing what to say and do, not just what to think about. And because trauma-informed workplace principles apply to everyone (not self-disclosed survivors) these trainings build a stronger, safer, more productive workplace for your whole team.
Trauma-Informed Workplace Training
Two Hours
What is Trauma and Why Does it Matter at Work?
The Six Principles of Trauma-Informed Workplaces
What Trauma-informed Leadership Actually Looks Like
Recognizing Activation, In Ourselves and On Our Teams
Communication: On Easy Days and Hard Ones
Scenario Practice
Activation and Personal Commitment
TIW Boundaries and Role Clarity Training
One Hour
What “Trauma Dumping” is and why it happens
Trauma-informed Manager vs. Therapist — not the same!
How to Respond with Compassion Without Taking it On
Setting Boundaries That Don’t Retraumatize
Redirecting to Appropriate Resources
Scenario Practice
TIW De-Escalation Training
One Hour
What is Trauma and Why Does it Matter?
Creating Safety in Professional Relationships
Trauma Responses and How to Manage Them
Nervous System Regulation
Self-care — yes, for you!
Trauma-informed Follow-up and Accountability
Scenario Practice
TIW Leading After Layoffs
One Hour
Survivor’s Guilt and the Trauma of Staying
Why Trust Breaks First, Productivity Second
Rebuilding Psychological Safety via Trauma-Informed Workplace Practices
Holding Space While Retaining Professionalism
What to Say in Uncertainty
Scenario Practice
TIW Performance Conversations Training
One Hour
Why Hard Conversations Go Wrong
How the Brain Responds to Criticism
Giving Feedback People Can Actually Hear
Building Trust Into Your Review Process
What to Say and How to Say It
Scenario Practice
TIW Lived Experience Expert Training
One Hour
Your Story as an Asset, Not a Liability
The Credibility Gap: How to Make Lived Experience Land as Expertise
Disclosure Strategies: What to Share, When, and With Whom
Staying in Your Lane with Clinicians
Managing On-the-Job Triggers
Working with Clients Who Remind You of Yourself
Scenario Practice
Trauma-Informed Workplace Intensive
Six Hours
Our Trauma-Informed Workplace Intensive is a full-day, 6-hour training experience that brings our complete training catalog together into one immersive session, giving leadership teams a comprehensive foundation in trauma-informed leadership.