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Specialisation ยท Certificate Course

The question isn't "what's wrong with you." It's "what happened to you."

Trauma-informed care is a whole way of being with a person, built on safety, consent and trust. Getting it wrong can re-wound someone. This course teaches you to get it right.

the shift at the heart of it

One change of lens

Trauma-informed care begins with a single reframe. Here is how a client often gets described in a case note. Watch the lens change.

the usual lens

"Difficult. Manipulative. Resistant. Won't engage."

the trauma-informed lens

"Protecting themselves. Doing what once kept them safe. Not resistant, careful. The behaviour makes complete sense once you know what it survived."

Nothing about the client changed. Your lens did. And that single shift changes every choice you make next, how you pace, how you ask, when you stay quiet.

the rest of the course is learning to hold this lens steadily, even when it's hard.

why this is its own training
Done badly, support can re-wound. The stakes are higher here.

A well-meaning question at the wrong moment, a push toward disclosure, a missed cue around safety, any of these can set someone back. Good intentions are not enough.

So this is not a topic you skim. It is a way of working you build carefully: the neurobiology, the principles, the boundaries, and the steadiness to hold all of it in the room.

practise before it's someone's real story

A safe place to get it right

Inside this course you get a trauma-informed practice simulator. You sit with an AI client and rehearse the hardest part: pacing, consent, staying with someone without pushing.

You can pause, get it wrong, and try again, which you can never do with a real person who has just trusted you with something heavy. The cost of learning is carried by the simulation, not by a vulnerable human.

๐Ÿ”’ part of the course ยท for enrolled students

Want to feel the idea first? The free general Practice Room is open in the Commons. try it free ›

Trauma-informed Practice Room
"I've never really told anyone about this. I don't know if I can."
Your move: don't push. Offer safety and a choice, and let them set the pace.
offered safetychecked consentlet them lead
the self-paced foundation

What you cover on your own time

the groundwork, recorded and yours for life.

  • Understanding Trauma: The Psychology of Survival
  • The Neurobiology of Trauma
  • Boundaries, Consent & Safety in Therapy
  • Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
  • Recognizing Trauma in Clients
  • Healing is Nonlinear: myths & realities about recovery
two honest ways to train

Pick how far you want to go

self-paced certificate · always open

Learn and practise on your time

Rs. 1,499.00 / one payment, lifetime
recorded, and clearly says so.
  • Every module, lifetime access
  • The Trauma Practice Room, tuned to this course
  • Workbook, cheat sheets and practical templates
  • A graded final assessment, not just attendance
  • A verifiable certificate
start self-paced
live cohort · limited seats

Train live, with supervision

Rs. 3,999.00 / Next Live Cohort start from 28th June
the full live training.
live: Saturdays: 6:00 pm to 7:30pm Sunday 11am to 12:30
small, curated batches so role-plays and feedback actually work
  • Everything in self-paced
  • Live practical classes, no lectures
  • Role-plays, demonstrations and case discussions
  • Supervised casework with trainer feedback
  • Two certificates: the course one plus a Supervised Practice Certificate
  • Priority toward listing as a Souled therapist
join the next cohort
no wrong first step

Start self-paced, upgrade to live anytime

Begin today, and when a live cohort suits you, move up by paying only the difference. You never pay twice for the same thing.

+ Rs. 2,500.00 to upgrade, that's it
inside the live cohort

What the live classes cover

practical, not theoretical, this is where you go deeper with the faculty.

  • Working with the Body: Somatic Awareness & Regulation
  • Trauma & the Therapeutic Relationship
  • Dissociation, Parts Work & processing traumatic memories safely
  • Attachment Trauma & Inner Child Work
  • Trauma in Relationships: family, intimacy & boundaries
  • Cultural, Gender & Intergenerational Trauma
how you earn it

A certificate you earn, not collect

attendance isn't enough, you pass to earn it, and the ID is verifiable.

SELF-PACED

Assessed, then certified

  • Finish every module at your own pace
  • Practise in the Trauma Practice Room
  • Pass a graded final assessment: a quiz plus a short written case formulation
  • Get a verifiable certificate, checkable on the verifier
LIVE COHORT

Assessed on real competence

  • Everything in the self-paced track
  • Supervised casework with trainer feedback
  • A case conceptualisation and treatment plan
  • A final competency assessment you have to pass
  • Finish with two verifiable certificates, the course certificate plus a Supervised Practice Certificate
who teaches it

Practising psychologists, named

Spreeha Bezbaruah
Counselling Psychologist, Socially Souled Mumbai
Shivika Chadha
Counselling Psychologist, Socially Souled Gurugram
Sakina Patanwala
Trauma-Informed Therapist
before you ask

Fair questions

Is self-paced just recorded videos?

No. Recorded modules plus the trauma-informed Practice Room, a workbook of safety and grounding tools, and a graded assessment for the certificate. You learn it and you practise it. There's just no live class in this tier, and we say so.

Does this qualify me to treat complex trauma?

It trains you in trauma-informed care, the lens and the safe way of working. Treating complex or clinical trauma needs further qualification and supervision. We are clear about scope, and about when to refer on.

When does the live cohort run?

Quarterly, in small curated batches with limited seats so the work stays held. If a batch doesn't suit you, start self-paced now and upgrade into the next one.

Does this let me practise as a therapist?

It builds the skill, not the licence. A Master's is still required to practise professionally in India. This counts toward listing once you qualify.

ready when you are

Learn to hold space, safely.

Start self-paced today, or join the next live cohort. Same faculty, same care, your pace.

choose how you train ›