Many professionals are trained in trauma awareness, but are left without the practical tools, guidance, or ongoing support to apply it in real-life situations.
This leads to:
The BeyondTrauma Advisory Network (BTAN) is a survivor-led professional space designed to support trauma-informed practice in real, meaningful ways.
BTAN brings together:
Helping professionals move beyond awareness into real-world, applied practice.
Ready-to-use resources you can apply immediately in your work.
Facilitated spaces to explore real challenges and learn across sectors.​
Grounded, real-world guidance — not theory.​
A growing library of frameworks, tools, and sector-specific guidance.​
From peer learning to consultancy and member seal.
BTAN is designed to be accessible, practical, and supportive — offering both free professional access and optional specialist support for deeper engagement.
Professionals can join BTAN freely to access:
✔ Knowledge Hub & Resources
✔ Professional Discussion Spaces
✔ Survivor-Informed Insight
✔ Cross-Sector Learning
✔ Updates, Opportunities & Shared Learning
BTAN also offers optional specialist services for professionals and organisations seeking deeper guidance, reflection, and development.
Including:
✔ Case Reflection Sessions for Small Teams
✔ 1:1 Consultancy & Professional Support
✔ Workshops & CPD Sessions
✔ Trauma-Informed Training
✔ Organisational Resource Packages
✔ Bespoke Survivor-Informed Resources
✔ Annual Conferences & Events
✔ Partner & Advertising Opportunities
The BTAN Professional Seal recognises engagement with survivor-informed learning, reflective practice, and ongoing professional development through the BeyondTrauma Advisory Network.
Professionals and organisations can display the seal across websites, email signatures, and professional materials as a visible commitment to trauma-informed and survivor-informed practice.
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✔ Commitment to survivor-informed practice
✔ Ongoing engagement with reflective learning
✔ Trauma-informed professional development
✔ Ethical and informed practice values
✔ Connection to a survivor-led professional community
BTAN is supported by a network of Specialist Leads who bring frontline experience, professional expertise and lived insight across key sectors.
Rather than fixed leadership roles, our model enables fluid, responsive collaboration, ensuring that insight is shared across disciplines, not siloed.
BTAN operates through structured, cross-sector forums where professionals engage, share and learn in real time.
Our Specialist Insight Leads:
This ensures organisations are not just accessing information, but engaging with live, applied expertise.
We create spaces that are both professionally informed and collaboratively driven.
General Enquiries:
Phone / WhatsApp / Text
07735 363877
You can also use the contact form located on the website.
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 BeyondTraumaâ„¢ 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.
