Introduction to Trauma-Sensitive Care

For Debriefers and Coaches

Learn how to keep your helping from hurting

Well-meaning coaches, debriefers, and even therapists have provided care in ways that actually hurt rather than help.

Don’t want to be that person? Begin your trauma-sensitive journey here.

How can we give loving care and gentle help if we don’t understand the impact of intensely stressful experiences in people’s lives? How can we serve sensitively even in non-trauma-related topics?

Many people have experienced some level of trauma or traumatic stress. A coaching or debriefing session can quickly derail when clients experience normal trauma reactions. These can occur days, months, or even years after the actual event has taken place. This can appear like resistance, lack of motivation, or apathy. But is it? How can we recognize trauma in our clients and respond with skill and compassion?

By the end of this workshop, debriefers, coaches, and other helpers will be able to identify their blindspots when it comes to trauma-sensitive care. This will enable them to become helpful providers for anyone who may have experienced trauma, even when that’s not the topic of their conversation. 

This training is interactive. We’ll use videos and live instruction. Much of your learning will likely come from small group interactions. There will be homework and large group discussions. Note, the topic of trauma may bring up memories or reactions that need to be processed outside of the training.

Dates & Times:

REGISTRATION CLOSED

February 25 & 28, March 4, 7, 11 & 14, 2025

Six, 90-minute sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays

February 25, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Paris time zone)

February 28, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Paris time zone)

March 4, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Paris time zone)

March 7, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Paris time zone)

March 11, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Paris time zone)

March 14, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Paris time zone)

Please plan on up to one hour of homework between sessions.

*Time changes occur around the world on different days, so please check each of the dates by clicking on the date of the event to see the time in your location. You can also add the event to your calendar by clicking the link below the event time box.

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Note: This training is NOT about how to work with or specifically debrief trauma. It is about how to understand trauma, notice possible trauma reactions, and respond skillfully and compassionately in ways that best support our clients.

“The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.”
— PETER A. LEVINE

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After completing this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Identify possible trauma reactions. 

  • Help your clients determine their level of regulation and identify how to move forward.

  • Plan, prepare, and use trauma-sensitive practices.

Pre-Event Work:

  1. Watch this introduction to the Window of Tolerance.

  2. Watch this introduction to the Basics of Trauma.

  3. Come with a list of 10 trauma or stress symptoms. Look them up anywhere you like or consider what you’ve experienced yourself.

We’ll remind you of this and additional pre-work before the start of the event. There will also be up to 60 minutes of homework between training days.

Facilitators

  • It was actually a crisis debriefing training that initiated my journey into becoming a counselor. I saw how much good, or unintentional harm, could be done by a caring listener depending on their awareness of simple but crucial skills and knowledge. In my ongoing education as a Licensed Professional Counselor I’ve taken special interest courses related to trauma and much of my work with clients is trauma related, whether the trauma was recent, in childhood, or some time in-between. I’m certified in EMDR, one of the most researched and effective ways to heal the mind, body and soul from trauma. I’m also very experienced with incorporating healing prayer into the recovery process.

    I’m excited to pass on to you some of the things I’ve learned about trauma and how to be sensitive to those who live with trauma wounds. I love training others in practical ways to be more effective and caring in their work with others.

  • I was trained in Peer Critical Incident Debriefing more than a decade ago and have a BS in Biology and an MS in Psychology.

    However, what has motivated me to grow in being sensitive in how I do my training, debriefing, and coaching in a trauma-sensitive manner, has been the many conversations I've had with good friends who have undergone experiences that have lingered as trauma in their bodies. These friends sharing about what it’s like to be hurt by people who are supposed to be helping has motivated me.

    Learning how ubiquitous trauma is in our world, helped me realize we just can’t be good coaches, debriefers, or other types of helpers if we are blind to the wounds of trauma experiences and how they impact the body, mind, and soul. Trauma-sensitive practices combine my love for people with my fascination with our neurobiology.

  • Have you found that, no matter where you are or what you’re doing, you invite people to tell you their stories? I love hearing the stories of others — whether friends or strangers — but I found over the years that I didn’t have the tools to adequately process or respond when those stories included experiences of the sharer’s hardest life moments.

    Wanting to learn how to best respond to stories of trauma, I pursued a master’s in counseling, training in EMDR and other trauma modalities, and a license in counseling. I’ve learned how trauma can impact our minds, bodies, brains, and relationships, and how we can respond to any story in trauma-sensitive ways.

    I have the opportunity to work with individuals and groups to process their crises and trauma, as well as the opportunity to facilitate learning and discussion about how we, as caring helpers, can best walk alongside those who are hurting.

Costs and Payment

Early Registration

$295 USD
(register by February 11, 2025)

Standard Registration

$350 USD
(final registration deadline on February 21, 2025)

Special Notes

The price includes a $50 non-refundable deposit. We’ll meet online using Zoom (registrants will receive instructions).

You will receive an invoice from See Beyond once we reach our minimum number of participants (9), or within 2-5 business days if your registration is submitted after the minimum number is reached. You may pay by US bank transfer or any international credit card. Full payment is needed within one week of receiving your invoice in order to secure your place at the listed rate.

What Participants Are Saying

  • "It was always very engaging. There was always plenty of time to interact with and learn from each other. I really liked my small groups."

    —Participant

  • "I really enjoyed the set up of this training. I like the way we did exercises, check-ins, breakout discussions, and practices. I loved how comfortable and safe it felt."

    —Tunisian Participant

  • "I appreciated the exercises of writing out and practicing explanations of various concepts. I probably wouldn't have done that on my own. It will help me not stumble through it when I want to share it in real life."



    —Charity

  • "It was encouraging to realize, even not being a trauma expert, there are lots of little things that I can do that make a big difference for those I’m working with. It was encouraging to realize that there is hope. Trauma doesn’t have to be a forever thing."

    —Marianne from Switzerland

  • "The focus isn’t 'go and be a trauma expert,' but 'go and be trauma-sensitive in the context of your own work.'"

    —Mary-Alice DeBoer, Coach

  • "I really liked that we got deep learning on general topics, as well as some specific techniques to use. It was a beautiful balance."

    —Jocelyn Frey, Debriefer

  • I especially appreciated the variety of countries, cultures, and helping modalities that participants in this group were from. I learned so much from them.

    —Karis Templeton

  • Since the course would be dealing with trauma, I didn't know if we would have to explore our own experiences, and I was a bit nervous about that, but we didn't have to do anything like that.

    —Grateful Participant

  • In this course all the theory is taught in a way that forces you toward practical skills. We practiced making sure we understand everything well enough to explain it to someone else. We also learnt and practiced techniques that can be used in daily life with family and friends, not just in a professional capacity. I came away feeling like I didn't just learn about a topic, but I had gained some practical experience.

    —Amanda Cunningham

  • For someone who's been involved in trauma healing for the past 12 years, I've learned a significant amount of new concepts by exposure to new content, and opportunities to engage with a group that wants to go deeper into this topic. I would highly recommend this for all Training Facilitators and experienced Healing Group Facilitators in Trauma Healing.

    —Participant

  • "All of it has been really relevant and applicable to any culture we are working in.”

    —Participant in Tunisia

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