Training Participants and Certified Trauma Providers
As a leading edge treatment centre for healing trauma and attachment wounds we regularly receive request to recommend therapists providing services in other areas / communities. We typically do not recommend someone unless we are familiar with their work and understanding of trauma. As a result, we have created a directory of members who have completed one of our certification streams or our core training. A summary of each of these streams is included below.
* **Please note that the requirements for each stream are quite different and as such should not be considered equivalent. Although we have trained many people only those who have opted to register are listed.
* **Please note that the requirements for each stream are quite different and as such should not be considered equivalent. Although we have trained many people only those who have opted to register are listed.
Certified Trauma Informed Organization (CTIO)
Becoming a Certified Trauma Informed Organization (CTIO) assures that organizations have taken steps to ensure comprehensive agency-wide training to implement a trauma and attachment integrative model. This demonstrates a commitment at an organizational level to prioritize a trauma-informed or trauma-specific service delivery. In order to become a CTIO organizations must have completed a comprehensive agency-wide process that includes:
Organizations listed in this section have successfully completed the requirements for certification and have opted to be listed in our directory.
- Pre-evaluation / readiness assessment
- Completion of custom core training and required supplementary training options
- Introduction of trauma-informed program philosophy to community collaboratives and board members
- Consultation to implement and maintain a trauma-informed approach
- Individual completion of exam to measure comprehension of trauma-informed concepts
Organizations listed in this section have successfully completed the requirements for certification and have opted to be listed in our directory.
Certified Trauma Integration Clinical (CTIC) - Clinical Stream
Certified Trauma Integration Clinicians (CTIC) are professionals who generally hold a graduate degree or higher in Social Work or Psychology that have completed our comprehensive clinical certification program. This certification program focuses on building skills that allow the therapist to provide trauma and attachment specific services. Participants are extensively trained in our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model Adapted (ITATM-A) ® and have had the opportunity to review cases and receive feedback to deepen their awareness of the model. Our treatment approach is integrative and based upon leading edge and best practice treatments following trauma and / or attachment ruptures. Participants are required to complete a core 5-day training, inclusive of observing live demonstrations of the model and practicing as the therapist and the client. To further reinforce and deepen their application of the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model Adapted (ITATM-A) ® they have completed monthly or accelerated consultations, and completion of an exam. This certification is meant to be a process that allows the therapist to continue to build upon their knowledge and skills in these areas. Participants listed in this section have successfully completed the requirements for certification.
Certified Trauma Integration Practitioner (CTIP) - Non Clinical Stream
This training is open to anyone working in a helping profession or anyone with a desire to learn more about trauma and attachment. There are no pre-requisites for this training; information is presented at a practical and foundation building level. Individuals who have completed certification generally have an interest in creating a more trauma-informed community, workplace, and world. To be listed in this section confirms that members have completed the training requirements, four consultations and an exam.
Completed Full 5 Day Training in our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM)®
This training is open to professionals who generally hold a graduate degree or higher in Social Work or Psychology that have completed our comprehensive clinical training program. This training program focuses on foundational trauma and attachment knowledge as well as the implementation and applied practice of our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) ®. Participants listed in this section have completed the training requirements of certification but have not yet completed certification. They are trained to implement the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM) ®.
Completed Full 4 Day Training in our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model Adapted (ITATM-A) ® - Non Clinical Stream
This training is open to anyone working in a helping profession or holistic wellness position (yoga practitioner, occupational therapist, teacher, doctor) with a desire to learn more about trauma and attachment and our adapted processing model specific to non-clinical helpers. There are no pre-requisites for this training; information is presented at a practical and foundation building level and built upon throughout the training to provide practical and effective trauma integration and emotional regulation techniques. This training program focuses on foundational trauma and attachment knowledge as well as the implementation and applied practice of our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model Adapted (ITATM-A) ®. Participants listed in this section have completed the training requirements of certification but have not yet completed certification. They are trained to implement the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model Adapted (ITATM-A) ®.