Participants are required to have their cameras on for an interactive experience.
Maximum of two people per screen
Sessions are recorded for quality assurance purposes. They are only viewed by SCTS staff and deleted within 14 days.
£500.00 3 hours
This course provides practical, applied training in using acceptance-based skills, drawn primarily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), within a trauma-informed framework. It supports professionals to work safely and effectively with adults who have experienced trauma by strengthening psychological flexibility - the ability to stay present, tolerate internal distress and take meaningful action.
The course equips practitioners to support individuals who experience trauma-related thoughts, emotions and bodily responses, helping reduce avoidance, improve emotional regulation and promote longer-term resilience.
Recognise and respond to trauma: Understand the prevalence and impact of trauma, including complex and developmental trauma, on emotional, physical and relational wellbeing.
Safety and trust: Apply trauma-informed principles — safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment — to ensure acceptance-based approaches minimise the risk of re-traumatisation.
Understanding ACT: Develop a working understanding of the six core processes of psychological flexibility: acceptance, cognitive defusion, present-moment awareness, self-as-context, values and committed action.
Reducing experiential avoidance: Explore how trauma can drive avoidance of painful internal experiences, and how acceptance offers an alternative to ongoing struggle and escalation.
Mindfulness and grounding: Use trauma-sensitive mindfulness and grounding techniques to support regulation and keep individuals within their Window of Tolerance.
Working with trauma-related thoughts: Apply cognitive defusion strategies to reduce the impact of self-critical or trauma-driven beliefs without attempting to suppress or challenge them directly.
Making space for emotion: Support individuals to develop practical acceptance skills for working with shame, fear, guilt, grief and bodily sensations linked to trauma.
Values clarification: Help individuals identify personal values that provide direction and motivation beyond their trauma history.
Values-led action: Support small, achievable actions aligned with values, even when distress is present, to promote recovery, engagement and quality of life.
Practitioner wellbeing: Apply acceptance-based principles to self-care, reducing compassion fatigue and supporting sustainable, trauma-informed practice.
Professionals working with adults in health, social care, education, housing and community services who want practical, trauma-informed tools to support regulation, engagement and resilience.
Delivery: Live training via Zoom
Format: Taught input, small group activities, paired work and whole-group discussion
This training is suitable for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Participants receive a certificate of attendance and reflective prompts to support CPD recording in line with professional standards across health, social care and related sectors.
Resources: Downloadable handouts and resource library provided
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Those seeking to be certified in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) or to further explore PACE in action are invited to visit the founder's website.
This option is aimed at an audience with prior knowledge of the subject and isn’t suitable for. Those that are new to the subject would be better with our standard course.
Generic training can leave staff feeling unprepared for the real-life scenarios they face. Our tailored approach ensures the content, delivery method, and case studies are directly relevant to your sector (e.g., education, healthcare, sport, charity, corporate), your local policies, and the specific vulnerabilities and risks present in your community.
We design engaging, practical, and compliant training across three core areas:
Invest in training that transforms knowledge into action. Equip your team with the confidence and competence to protect those in your care proactively.
We recognise that sometimes groups need more time for discussions and group work. This can mean that a two-hour session is just not long enough to explore the curriculum and engage in question and answer sessions. So we are you offering the opportunity to extend the session by an hour to allow your trainees the chance to explore the curriculum fully!
