Coming 2024

Become a TRAUMA AWARE PRACTITIONER

Certification Program


The Trauma Aware Practitioner Certification Curriculum is designed to provide practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of trauma and a safe, effective, and empowering approach to working with it. It equips practitioners with the knowledge, tools, and skills to help themselves and others heal and grow from traumatic experiences while also regulating themselves and their clients.

The curriculum consists of three parts:

1. INSTRUCTOR-LED SESSIONS


During the instructor-led sessions, practitioners will receive online training for working with clients who present with trauma. The sessions cover topics such as the principles and safety of a trauma-aware practice, crisis management, individual bias, cognitive dissonance, generational trauma, including understanding limitations within the scope of mental health and ethical standards of care. Students will engage in case studies, mapping exercises, and ethical trauma-informed sales to further develop their skills and knowledge.

Coming 2024

2. SELF-DIRECTED STUDY


The self-directed study involves working through the Understanding Trauma Workbook, which focuses on healing through post-traumatic growth. The six modules cover various topics, including trauma history, symptoms and effects, coping mechanisms, boundaries, and post-traumatic growth. With the inclusion of somatic body break exercises, resource journaling, and reflective activities, students develop a deeper understanding of their own trauma and equip them with tools before applying trauma-aware principles with clients.

3. PRACTITIONER-LED SESSIONS


Upon completion of the instructor-led sessions, each practitioner will be required to design and lead their own 45-60 minute online workshop that demonstrates their understanding and application of trauma-aware principles, language, and safety. These sessions will be open to peer review and self-evaluation to allow practitioners to practice self-regulation during feedback, guidance, or suggestions of improvement.

Coming 2024

*Date of completion is determined by the number of students.

What You'll Get...

  • 6 Instructor-led session with Lea over 4 months to understand how to work with trauma with case study applications

  • 1 Open class for Q&A's

  • Workbook including additional training, resourses and worksheets to supplement the live training for working with trauma

  • 6 Module self-study workbook for healing through Post-traumatic Growth

  • Up to 10 Practitioner-led workshops on various topics, one of which will be lead by you, getting to share your expertise to an engaged audience

  • Peer-reviews of your practitioner-led workshop to help you grow including a self-evaluation

  • 1:1 Case-studies with Lea

  • Trauma Aware Practitioner certification through MIND YOUR HEART ACADEMY

ONLY 10 SPACES AVAILABLE

70%

70% of adults experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. 20% of people who experience a traumatic event will develop PTSD

Trauma awareness helps you recognize that challenging behaviors or reactions from clients may stem from underlying trauma rather than deliberate choices.


A trauma-aware approach helps practitioners avoid unintentionally re-traumatizing individuals who have experienced trauma.

50%

Nearly 50 percent of trauma survivors can experience post-traumatic growth after a traumatic event.

Hi, I'm Lea Morrison

Trauma Educator, Coach & Healer

Fifteen years ago, when my complex trauma surfaced, my life underwent a profound transformation. What seemed like the end of everything I knew turned out to be just the beginning.

Having received diagnoses of mental illness and being told by numerous mental health professionals that recovery was unlikely due to the severity of my trauma, something stirred within me.

In that moment, I faced a choice: to abide by the conventional standards of care, relying solely on talk therapy and medication without any expectation of complete healing, or to defy those limitations and explore a radical path.

I chose the radical path. Now, after fifteen years, I find myself educating health and wellness practitioners on trauma-aware principles and their practical applications that defy industry standards. What started as a personal journey toward reclaiming my well-being, blossomed into a career bridging the uninformed gap between therapists and the coaching/wellness industry.

Without comprehending the foundations of how our bodies communicate with us and why certain behavioral patterns persist, we will continue perpetuating those cycles in our own lives and in the lives of our clients. We are interconnected within this collective, and the sooner we educate ourselves about the impact of trauma/ emotional injuries and how they manifest within us, the sooner we can begin the healing process.

This journey has led me to embrace the concept of post-traumatic growth. Whether you work as a healer, coach, or alternative practitioner, you are involved in your clients' mental health. It is crucial to understand how to regulate yourself alongside your clients, promoting harm reduction and sustainable success for everyone involved.

The Trauma Aware Practitioner Certification offers more than just foundational growth within your practice; it takes healing and recovery to the next level. Being trauma aware is a way of life that fosters discernment, personal empowerment, compassion, and lasting recovery.

Not only will this trauma aware certification up-level your career, but you might just notice a shift in all areas of your life.

Are you ready?

Instructor-led Class Schedule

Every 3rd Week, Coming 2024

10:00am - 12:00pm PST via Zoom

We will meet over four months and in that time I will guide you through understanding how to work with trauma & case study application

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Lesson One

  • Welcome & program outline

  • Principles and safety of a trauma aware practice

  • Self study - What is trauma?

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Lesson Two

  • The felt sense & intuitive connection

  • Compassion focused parts work

  • Crisis management

  • Empowerment voice & choice

  • Self study - Trauma patterns and recovery

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Lesson Three

  • Cognitive & spiritual bypassing

  • Individual bias

  • Cognitive dissonance

  • Client strategies

  • Risks & benefits

  • Self study - Shame, blame and how you cope

Coming 2024 | 10am PST

Lesson Four

  • Map of consciousness via Dr. David Hawkins

  • Mapping where you are

  • Bias and vibrational language

  • Self study - Boundaries

Coming 2024 |10 am PST

Lesson Five

  • Generational Trauma

  • Intro to DNA sequencing & epigenetics

  • Case study for: Spotting core language & trauma

  • Self study - Post traumatic growth

Coming 2024 | 10am PST

Lesson Six

  • Trauma-informed sales

  • Application of key principles

  • Unethical practices

  • Sales pitch makes perfect

  • Ethical disclosures

  • Self study - Radical acceptance

Coming 2024 | 10am PST

Open Class, Q&A

Self-directed Study

You will be provided a workbook with the expectation of one module being completed per month

  • What is trauma?

  • Trauma patterns and recovery

  • Shame, blame & how you cope

  • Boundaries

  • Post-traumatic growth

  • Radical acceptance

Practitioner-led Class Schedule

Every Other Week, Coming 2024*

10:00am - 12:00pm PST via Zoom


Practitioners have full autonomy to teach whatever they would like. Each class is to be fully led by the practitioner - outlines of workshop development, expectations and evaluations will be provided.  Everyone is expected to attend to lend support for their fellow classmates and to also practice evaluating where and when trauma-aware practices are applied. Self and peer-led evaluations are required after each workshop. 

*Maximum 10 Students Only. If less, the end dates will be removed. Each practitioner will be responsible for hosting one of these dates.

A sign-up form will be provided.

Self-directed Study Curriculum

Topics & Due Dates

You will be provided a workbook for healing through Post-traumatic Growth to work through on your own time in conjunction with this training.

The expectation is one module per month, which will be followed up with an online Q & A for application purposes.

October 25, 2023

Module One

  • Trauma history

  • Boundary self-assessment

  • Big vs little trauma's

  • Symptoms & effects

  • Co-regulation

  • Conscious awareness

  • Memory of influence

  • Shame development

  • Remember, resource, reflect

November 22, 2023

Module Two

  • Your vagus nerve

  • Window of tolerance

  • Your autonomic nervous system

  • Navigating the 4 F's

  • Behaviours and sensations

  • Trauma pattern development

  • Interrupting trauma patterns

  • Recovery & healing

  • Body break exercises

  • Remember, resource, reflect

December 20, 2023

Module Three

  • Coping mechanisms and what they are

  • How do you cope?

  • Understanding self image

  • Navigating the blame & shame dance

  • Stepping into resolution

  • Body break exercises

  • Remember, resource, reflect

January 17, 2023

Module Four

  • Boundary self-assessment

  • What are boundaries

  • Subjective boundaries

  • Applying boundaries

  • Non-negotiable boundaries

  • Boundary bad-assery

  • What is the rule of seven?

  • How to spot healthy boundaries

  • Green flags

  • Body break exercises

  • Resource journaling

  • Support moving forward

February 21, 2023

Module Five

  • What is post-traumatic growth

  • Fixed mindset

  • Learned helplessness

  • Growth mindset

  • Learned optimism

  • Your triggers and identity

  • Where we were vs. are

  • Body break exercises

  • Remember, reflect, resource

March 20, 2023

Module Six

  • Empowerment applied

  • Self-regulation tools

  • Creating conditions for healing

  • Nurturing forward with intention

  • 80/20 rule

  • Radical acceptance for Post-traumatic Growth

  • Writing your narrative

  • Remember, resource, reflect

  • Boundary self-assessment

Graduation & Certification Requirements

Final Practitioner Exam & 1:1 Session with Lea to Review 3 Case Studies

Each practitioner is required to present 3 client case studies individually with Lea in a 1:1 to go over trauma-aware practices, applications and any concerns to qualify for graduation before final examination.

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

  • Completion of self-directed workbook and online examination

  • Full attendance of instructor-led trauma-aware education and online examination

  • Full attendance & review of peer-led online workshops

  • One self-evaluated online workshop

  • Three reported case studies of trauma-aware applications

What People Are Saying...

Kerrie Hart

KERRIE HART

Self Love Strategist

I first met Lea on Instagram and found her wisdom, humour and candor to be a beautiful light that shone during a very dark time. I initially signed up for her Screw Coping workshop. I immediately felt at ease by her grace, passion and support for each one of us as we waded through some heavy waters of emotion and trauma. It was there that I started to feel how it could be to truly change the narrative of a past that felt buried in my bones. We continued after the workshop with 1:1 Sessions. They became the catalyst for changing the trajectory of my life, my marriage and my relationship with my children.

The Trauma Certification has been another layer of leaning into living my souls purpose. The content was taught in bite sized pieces which we then applied and observed in the weeks between our next class session together. Lea is a fantastic teacher who’s passion for Trauma Awareness Education comes through tenfold as she guides you through the modules. This has been the springboard to me moving provinces, opening my own holistic healing practice, teaching in the schools and completing previously unfinished courses. Every piece Lea brought to our class has a place in how we heal and how we navigate our way back to the light when life feels too much. The opportunity to expand one’s life through this kind of heart led holistic learning is unparalleled.

I highly encourage anyone who is curious about it to reach out and have a conversation with Lea.

P.S. I also love that Lea drops F bombs. She is all that and a bag of chips with a side of dip!"

Kerrie Hart

NICOLE SAYNA

Trauma Informed RMT

Owner of Saynas Collective Healing

This course was amazing and the amount of knowledge I walked away with was incredible. I now feel so much more confident talking to my patients who have experienced trauma and I don’t worry about saying the wrong thing. I was always so worried about re triggering them or sometimes I just truly didn’t know how to respond because it was different trauma then what I had experienced. I now have so much more knowledge and understanding about trauma. It’s way more complex then I truly realized. I’m so grateful I was able to learn from Lea. Not only is she a beautiful human inside and out but she’s extremely knowledgeable when it comes to trauma. Her whole heart is in this program and you can tell she truly loves what she does. I can’t wait to keep learning from Lea, she’s been an amazing mentor. If you’re wanting to learn more about trauma I highly recommend Lea and her programs. Not only will it help you personally but it will help you professionally too."

Your Investment - $2,700

All prices in Canadian dollars, including 5% gst!


Total Investment of $2700 in Canadian dollars, includes tax and a non-refundable $500 fee. If you have attended the Screw Coping, I want to THRIVE educational series, then you will receive a $250 discount off the total price! If you chose to pay the deposit, the remaining $2200 is due a week before the scheduled start date, unless a payment plan has been discussed and approved with Lea. Contact Lea for your coupon code, to make payment plan arrangements or to pay via e-transfer: info@leamorrison.com

Here's a reminder of what you'll get...

  • 6 Instructor-led session with Lea over 4 months to understand how to work with trauma with case study applications

  • 1 Open class for Q&A's

  • Workbook including additional training, resourses and worksheets to supplement the live training for working with trauma

  • 6 Module self-study workbook for healing through Post-traumatic Growth

  • Up to 10 Practitioner-led workshops on various topics, one of which will be lead by you, getting to share your expertise to an engaged audience

  • Peer-reviews of your practitioner-led workshop to help you grow including a self-evaluation

  • 1:1 Case-studies with Lea

  • Trauma Aware Practitioner certification through MIND YOUR HEART ACADEMY

Be the first to join MIND YOUR HEART ACADEMY

for Trauma Education & Recovery

It will not only host trauma awareness and recovery workshops, but will also promote certified facilitators of the academy. 

My goal is to establish a collaborative network of trauma-aware practitioners and provide education to individuals who may not have access to it otherwise. 

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