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When children report rape, go through the criminal justice process, and the outcome still leaves survivors asking “where is the justice?”, we have a serious…
Trauma-competent practice prioritizes survivor-led insights and safeguarding, going beyond trauma-informed care to ensure ethical, flexible, and survivor-centered support. BTAN aids professionals in fostering growth and…
Trauma-competent practice equips professionals with skills to ensure survivor safety, ethical care, and effective support. It emphasizes safeguarding, ongoing training, survivor-led tools, and networks like…
Trauma-competent practice ensures ethical, skill-based support for survivors, enhancing safety beyond awareness. Beyond Trauma Academy offers survivor-led training, community, and resources to empower professionals and…
Trauma-competent practice surpasses trauma-informed care by integrating survivor-led insights, prioritizing safety, ethics, and safeguarding. Beyond Trauma Academy’s BTAN offers tools and networks to support this…
Ethical decision-making in trauma-informed leadership builds trust, safety, and trauma-competent practices by centering survivor voices and safeguarding. BTAN offers tools and community support for effective…
Survivor-led guidance enriches trauma safeguarding by empowering survivors, enhancing trust, reducing re-traumatization, and promoting trauma-competent care. BTAN offers tools and insights for ethical, effective practice.
This guide highlights Beyond Trauma Academy and BTAN's role in integrating survivor-led insights into ethical trauma support, emphasizing safety, practical training, community, and trauma-competent practices.
Building workforce confidence in trauma support is vital. BTAN offers survivor-led guidance, training, and community resources to promote ethical, trauma-competent care and professional growth.
This guide outlines practical, survivor-led steps for professionals to identify, reduce re-traumatisation, implement trauma-competent care, safeguard survivors, create safe spaces, and engage with BTAN for…
Survivor-led guidance is vital for ethical, effective trauma services, enhancing safety, reducing retraumatization, and fostering professional excellence through lived experience and community support.
Harnessing Community Expertise: Building Robust Professional Support Networks in Trauma Care Professional support networks are often overlooked in trauma care, yet they hold the key…
The Illusion of Being Trauma-Informed: A Closer Look at Empty Claims In recent years, “trauma-informed” has become one of the most widely used phrases across…
When Five Million Children Are the Hidden Toll of Our Digital Age What would you say if I told you that one in every 15…
Most Transformative Trauma Recovery Academy 2025 Trauma Recovery Specialist 2025 We are incredibly proud to announce that Beyond Trauma Academy CIC has been honoured with…
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
ACCPH Accredited • 6 CPD Points
A practical and engaging exploration of trauma, its impact on the brain, body and behaviour, and how professionals can create safer, more effective and compassionate environments for people affected by adversity and trauma.
Delivered by Mayameen Meftahi BEM, Founder and Lead Trauma Specialist at BeyondTrauma Academy CIC and creator of the award-winning BeyondTrauma™ Recovery Programme, this training brings together professional knowledge, lived experience and survivor-informed insight to provide a deeper understanding of trauma and recovery.
Combining lived experience with professional practice, Mayameen offers insight into the realities of trauma, the responses that can sit beneath behaviour and the practical approaches that can support people more effectively.
This training moves beyond theory, helping professionals understand the real-life impact of trauma and how to embed trauma-informed principles into everyday practice.
Understanding Trauma
Develop a clearer understanding of trauma, adversity and the ways traumatic experiences can continue to influence thoughts, emotions, behaviour, relationships and everyday functioning.
The Brain, Body & Survival Response
Explore what happens when the brain and body perceive threat, including the role of adrenaline and survival responses, and why these responses can continue even when immediate danger has passed.
Triggers & Trauma Responses
Understand how obvious and less obvious triggers can activate trauma responses and how these may present through anxiety, avoidance, anger, withdrawal, emotional numbing or other behaviours.
Looking Beneath Behaviour
Explore how behaviours that can appear challenging, disengaged or difficult may make greater sense when viewed through a trauma-informed lens — helping professionals move away from judgement and towards understanding.
Trauma-Informed Communication
Consider the impact of language, professional interactions, trust, choice, boundaries and communication on someone who has experienced trauma.
Creating Safer Professional Practice
Explore practical ways professionals and organisations can reduce the risk of further distress, promote emotional and psychological safety and embed trauma-informed principles into everyday interactions and environments.
From Understanding To Application
Apply the learning to real-world professional practice and consider what can be done differently within your own role, team or organisation.
This training is suitable for professionals and teams working with children, young people or adults who may have experienced trauma, adversity, abuse or violence.
It can support work across:
Education • Health & Social Care • Criminal Justice • VAWG & Survivor Services • Community & Voluntary Organisations • Frontline & Support Services
No previous specialist trauma training is required.
3 Hours • Half Day • Full Day
Training can be commissioned for organisations and professional teams through live online or face-to-face delivery.
Longer formats provide additional space for discussion, reflection, practical application and exploration of trauma-informed practice within the organisation’s own setting.
ACCPH Accredited • 6 CPD Points
Participants completing the accredited training receive certification recognising their continuing professional development.
Give your team the knowledge and practical understanding to look beyond behaviour, recognise trauma responses and respond with greater awareness, compassion and confidence.
