Creating Healing Conditions Through Trauma-Informed, Non-Clinical Support.
This interactive training explores trauma through a person-centered, trauma-informed lens, examining how the nervous system influences behavior, coping strategies, and crisis cycles. Participants will strengthen their understanding of peer activation, vicarious trauma, and ethical practices while developing practical skills to remain present, regulated, and boundaried. The focus is on understanding behavior through the lens of survival — approached with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment.
Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Describe how trauma influences the nervous system and shapes survival responses.
2. Differentiate between trauma, survival responses, and trauma-rooted coping behaviors using a person-centered perspective.
3. Identify common trauma-rooted behaviors and recognize their potential protective function.
4. Recognize how trauma can contribute to crisis cycles and apply a person-centered approach to understanding behavior.
5. Recognize signs of peer activation and vicarious trauma while maintaining healthy boundaries and ethical practices.
6. Apply practical regulation strategies to remain present, grounded, and effective during emotionally challenging interactions.
You will learn
Recommended preparation
No specific prior competencies recommended.