Specialization Module 4 — Trauma-Informed Care

Specialization Module

Module Overview

Trauma-informed care is an essential framework for anyone working with individuals who may have experienced trauma. This course introduces the core principles of trauma-informed approaches, emphasizing safety, empowerment, and awareness of trauma’s psychological impact.

You’ll explore how trauma affects emotional regulation, relationships, and behavior, and how to interact with individuals in ways that reduce re-traumatization and promote psychological safety.

This course is educational in scope and does not constitute clinical trauma treatment training.

Important:
This course is offered as a standalone specialization and is not part of the Mentalis Method™ diploma pathway.

What you will learn:

• Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care – Exploring the core principles, values, and ethical foundations of trauma-informed practice, and the shift from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”

• Understanding Trauma and Its Many Forms – Examining acute, chronic, complex, developmental, womb/infant, intergenerational, and collective trauma, and how trauma is experienced subjectively across individuals and cultures.

• The Neuroscience of Trauma – Understanding how trauma affects the brain and nervous system, including the amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, stress hormones, and the fight-flight-freeze response.

• The Trauma Response and Its Impact on Behavior – Exploring survival responses such as hypervigilance, dissociation, emotional dysregulation, avoidance, trauma bonding, and how these patterns persist into adulthood.

• Attachment, Development, and Early Survival Patterns – Understanding how early attachment experiences, neglect, abuse, and chronic stress shape emotional regulation, self-worth, relationships, and long-term mental health.

• Intergenerational, Cultural, and Social Dimensions of Trauma – Examining how trauma is transmitted across generations, communities, and cultures, including the role of systemic oppression, historical trauma, and intersectionality.

• Trauma-Informed Principles in Practice – Applying the core principles of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural humility across professional and personal contexts.

• Preventing Retraumatization and Promoting Safety – Learning how environments, communication styles, power dynamics, and institutional practices can either retraumatize or support healing.

• Trauma-Informed Emotional Regulation and Stabilization – Developing foundational skills for grounding, nervous system regulation, emotional awareness, and stabilization before deeper trauma work.

• Trauma-Informed Care Across Settings – Applying trauma-informed approaches in healthcare, education, social services, workplaces, community programs, and everyday interactions.

• Professional Boundaries, Ethics, and Self-Care – Understanding vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout, and developing sustainable practices that protect both practitioners and those they support.

• Integrating Trauma-Informed Care Into Daily Life and Practice – Developing personalized, realistic strategies for embodying trauma-informed principles in relationships, work environments, and long-term professional practice.

Enroll in the Full Module:

Full Module Bundle Includes:

• Full course module materials (presentations, videos, readings, etc.)

• Workbook (included)

• Monthly live Q&A sessions (included)

• Module Certificate upon completion

Price: $450

Practical Information

• Age requirement: 18+

• Prerequisites: No prerequisites.

• Time commitment: Expect to dedicate 6-10 hours per week to course materials, reflective exercises, discussions, and assignments