Frequently Asked Questions
My job title wasn’t listed. Does my work fit into the category of professionals who can register for this training?
The list we provided on the previous page included examples of the kinds of professional and work roles that might be suited to this training. If you are working in another role please still register - we’ll contact you if we are unclear on how this training would be of benefit to you (if you support or regularly come into contact with other humans in your role, it’s likely you’ll be a fit).
Is this training just for therapists?
No. While therapists are welcome to apply, this training is not aimed only at therapists. This training is designed to support you in working with trauma (both your own and others’). While we will be offering some tools for safety & stabilization, you will not be being trained in a therapeutic modality for trauma processing or ‘healing’.
The facilitators of this training are also not all therapists and we are working to change the perception that only therapists work with trauma.
What do you mean by ‘Trauma-Informed’?
You can read all about this here.
I’m currently taking a break from work (e.g. for health reasons or for care-taking or as a sabbatical etc), or I’m currently in another training or educational program. Can I still apply?
Yes, if you have time/capacity to commit to a twelve month program, you are welcome to join us. We trust you to judge this for yourself.
How much time per week would I need to commit to to fully engage in this program?
As a general guide, we recommend putting aside approximately three to four hours per week to listen to the pre-recorded speaker conversations (from previous years - new conversations not included this year), participate in/listen to live group calls, and explore the exercises & prompts we will be offering each week in the course content.
Will I get a certificate or a new working title from this 12 month program?
No. This program is designed so that everyone who enters into it is doing so with the commitment to continued learning (we, the facilitators, are also committed to this). While we will encourage you to reflect at the end of each module, we won’t be grading you or offering certification in a specific role.
Will I have to go through formal assessments?
No. We recognise that many forms of assessment do not take into account human complexity (e.g. around ability or learning styles) and, in addition, we cannot offer a standard set of requirements for learning or application of the learning from this training as people will be joining from all kinds of professions. At the end of each module we will encourage you to reflect upon your learning and how it might apply to your work (and engagement in the program will likely act as a part of the application for further training that we are currently developing), but we will not be acting as examiners. We also do not want to encourage a culture of perfectionism - there is room in this program for learning and perhaps getting things wrong, and we don’t want the threat of assessment or testing to add pressure to your learning. We trust you to take care of your own learning and to ask for support where needed.
I can’t afford the full cost of the program. Can I have a partial scholarship?
Yes. We have a limited number of partial scholarships for each cohort that will give recipients a 50% discount from the total cost of the program.
Scholarships will be granted on a first come first served basis - if you need one please choose the cheaper payment options. If we don’t currently have enough scholarship places those registration buttons will not be live.
We do not ask for you to qualify your need for a scholarship - we trust you to know your own financial needs - we just ask you to be honest in knowing your needs so that we have more scholarships available for those who need them most.
Can I pay in monthly instalments?
Yes. We do not expect people to pay the full amount upfront (unless that is better for you). Once you pay your first instalment you are committing to paying for the full 12 months on the same day each month. Payments are non-refundable (unless we had to cancel for unforeseeable circumstances).
Can we apply as a team?
If multiple people from the same organisation want to apply, please apply as individuals in the same way as other applicants.
If you want to apply for training delivered directly and solely to your team, please contact sarah@traumaandco.com and we can discuss your requirements further to determine our availability and pricing.
Will this training course activate and/or give me the opportunity to explore my own trauma?
While we cannot know for certain how each person will respond to the training, we will be exploring various aspects of trauma and encouraging you to reflect upon your own experiences, both personal and professional. So there will likely be times where your own trauma experiences are brought up for you. We will also be exploring oppression and how we might be complicit in some areas, along with how we can learn and change.
We will be exploring how you as a professional can take care of yourself while working with other humans and their potential trauma responses.
AND we want to make sure you feel like you have the resources and feel safe enough to participate. In the application we ask about the various forms of support you currently have, to try to establish if you will be well enough supported as we move through this program, as it might be challenging at times and we want to make sure you feel safe enough to participate. However, there is no definitive way to know how this program might impact you - if you feel it would not be safe enough for you to participate right now, we encourage you to trust yourself and perhaps apply at a future time.
Will there be recordings of the live group calls if I can’t attend at the time given?
Yes. While we would love to find a suitable time for every person to attend each week, we might have people joining us from across the world in a range of timezones. If you cannot attend the live calls for any reason, you will get access to an audio recording of the call and the transcription of the automated live closed captions, which will be accessible until the end of this program, and only made available to participants in this current cohort, along with the opportunity to reflect upon anything that has come up for you following listening to the call (or after the call if you did attend live).
Will there be closed captions or transcripts for the group call recordings and the guest speaker pre-recorded conversations? And what about on the live calls?
We will be using an automated closed captioning service for all live calls - the unedited transcript of these automated closed captions will be shared with the audio recording. For Guest Speaker Conversations from previous years there are full edited transcriptions for each recording (again, please note there will not be any new recordings for the 2022 cohort).
Is 1-1 support available during this program?
While we are not offering 1-1 support as part of this program, we do have 1-1 support available, including for professionals, that can be accessed alongside this program (at an additional cost). Please see the 1-1 support services advertised on this website.
I’ve completed your Trauma-Informed Professional Foundations Training already, can I get a discount on this 12 month training?
Given that the Foundations training includes learning material from the 12 month training course, if you are paying the full price (without a 50% scholarship application) then we can offer you a two month discount, meaning you’ll be paying 10 monthly payments instead of 12. If you are using a 50% scholarship on the 12 month program, we are not able to offer any further discount at this time.
Please contact sarah@traumaandco.com if you have taken the Foundations program and you are wanting the 2 month discount on the full price.
If your question has not been answered on this page, or on the main information or registration pages, please email sarah@traumaandco.com