Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Practitioner

Certificate Training Course

What you’ll learn
Demonstrate a foundational understanding of psychological trauma and mindfulness
Identify the Characteristics, Attitudes and Skills of the Trauma-Informed Mindfulness model
Describe the process of titration of skills in the Trauma-Informed Mindfulness model
Demonstrate how to facilitate a Trauma-Informed Mindfulness session at a level appropriate to the person being supported

Requirements
No previous experience required. You will learn everything you need in the course.

Description
Based on the book ‘Trauma-Informed Mindfulness’ by Clinical Psychologist Dr Nikki Kiyimba, this course directs you step by step towards practitioner certification. Traditional mindfulness courses tend to be run in groups, have long exercises in mindfulness (such as 20-30 mins or more), and are not designed for people who have experienced trauma. From clinical work and years of teaching health and social care professionals, Nikki shows us that a trauma-informed approach to mindfulness is an excellent way to support people to be present rather than dissociative. This carefully designed and field tested programme titrates each exercise for the individual, from exercises focused on the ‘outside’ environment, to exercises related to the ‘body’, and progressing to exercises focused on ‘internal’ processes such as thoughts and feelings. This unique titrated method ensures safe practice and effective change. The Trauma-Informed Mindfulness (TIM) model is practitioner-led, and uses very short (e.g. 1 minute) exercises that build capacity for being present and letting go of judgments. This makes is extremely versatile for a range of settings and is easy to add in to your existing practice. Each lesson in this training course contains easy to follow, clear instructions with videos by Nikki herself. Accompanying the videos is a downloadable student handbook that guides you step-by-step with illustrations, additional information and practice exercises. Trauma-Informed Mindfulness is comprised of three components, which are  are the characteristics, the attitudes and the skills. Each lesson you will learn about each one of those in more detail. Take the course just for interest, or complete the quizzes as you go along to achieve a Certificate of Practice. 

Who this course is for
This course is useful as a self-help guide, and for professionals and family members and friends of people who have experienced psychological trauma.