Trauma Healing Training

Three days on how trauma affects people and how to help them heal. For counsellors, caregivers, leaders and anyone who walks with people in pain.

  • Three days, Friday to Sunday afternoons
  • Certificate for full attendance
  • Licensed curriculum

Who it is for

If you help people who have been hurt, at home, at work or in your community, this training is for you.

  • Anyone helping a family member who carries trauma
  • Caregivers of children who have lost their parents
  • People supporting those affected by war, crisis or disaster
  • Psychologists, counsellors, social workers and health staff
  • Staff of civil society organizations, universities and government offices

The seven skills of trauma-informed care

What you practise over the three days, through presentations, discussion and case studies.

  1. 1Understand the impact of trauma
  2. 2Maximize felt safety
  3. 3Help people manage emotion
  4. 4Help people manage behaviour
  5. 5Support relationships
  6. 6Help people understand their life story
  7. 7Personal self-care

How it runs

Small groups in Addis Ababa, nine rounds since November 2023.

  • Three afternoons

    Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, so working people can attend.

  • Learning by doing

    Presentations, discussions and real case studies, in Amharic and English.

  • A licensed curriculum

    Delivered under licence from Lamb International and Global Capacity Network.

  • Certificate and community

    A certificate for attending all three days, and a place in our trauma healing community afterwards.

Join the next cohort

Places are limited. Message or call us for the next dates and to register.

Ready to grow your leaders?

Tell us who you want to train. We'll design the program around your people, in Amharic, English or both.

  1. 01You tell us who your people are and what has to change.
  2. 02We study and design the program around your people and context.
  3. 03We deliver and measure what changed, then plan the next step together.
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