Trauma Recovery Coaching Certification Program

NEXT COURSE BEGINS ON FeBRUARY, 2024

Are you a survivor of trauma who would like to use all that you've learned in your recovery to help other survivors?

Do you have a natural ability to connect with those who are hurting and help them find peace and happiness?

Would you like to make a difference in the world and change people's lives?

Survivors need you

Trauma Recovery Coaching might be the career for you! Trauma informed care is much needed in every part of the globe. Millions of people around the world experience trauma — whether as a result of childhood or adult interpersonal abuse, natural disasters, serving in combat zones, workplace harassment and bullying, serving on the front lines as a police officer or paramedic, racial oppression, marginalization due to ability or sexual orientation, or being displaced from their homes due to war, drought or famine. Looking solely at childhood trauma, in the United States alone 700,000 children are abused and neglected every year. Hundreds of thousands more endure other types of trauma around the world.

There are shockingly few resources to help trauma survivors around the globe, individuals who are suffering from mental health issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as problems with relationships, jobs, handling emotions, developing identity and self-worth. These survivors need and deserve help that is Trauma Informed.

Trauma Recovery Coaches serves a desperately under-served community. As we have worked in the mental health arena for the last 27 years we have encountered thousands of adult survivors of trauma. needing and wanting affordable, high quality help recovering from their trauma. Trauma Recovery Coaching can meet this need, if provided competently and ethically.

We are excited to offer the world’s first and original Trauma Recovery Coaching Certification program. Successfully completing the program and gaining your certification will give you the skills you need to provide care to the international community of survivors.

You can review the syllabus for the February 2024 Initial Coaching Course here.

If you have any questions please reach out to Info@IAOTRC.com

 
 

The certification process

Classes will be held, in our online classroom, on Tuesday and Wednesday. To accommodate different schedules and time zones it will be offered at Tuesday 11am EST and Wednesday 7:30pm EST. The two classes will cover the same content. You can choose each week which class time works for you. Classes will be recorded so if you cannot attend you can watch the replay afterward. All learning takes place online — we will meet every week for 90 minutes in a Zoom based classroom learning environment.

During the week, between classes, you will have access to our online learning platform where more than 600 coaches support and resource each other. When you join our course you are more than just a student for one semester, you are a member of our global community for life.

Beginning the third week of class we will hold Practice Groups — on a variety of days and times announced after class begins. These groups are like the lab portion of the class — we learn the material during Tuesday and Wednesday’s class and then practice and apply it in Practice Groups. These groups will be facilitated by certified Supervisors. They will allow you to, initially, observe Trauma Recovery Coaching and, after four weeks, practice coaching with the group’s Supervisor and other students. We require that you attend at least 13 Practice Groups.

Aside from the weekly class and Practice Groups you will need to spend approximately three to four hours watching videos we have made, reading required books and documents, and completing homework. There will be some assignments along the way, geared at both helping you to understand yourself and to sharpen your skills as a coach.

You will begin your 7.5 hours of Practicum work during the last month of class. You will be paired with two other students to form a Practicum Triad. Your triad will meet five times during the Practicum period. During the each session the three of you will take turns fulfilling the role of coach, client and observer. You will rotate through these roles in each 90 minute long practicum session so that each of you gets a chance to play each role five times. For your final Practicum sessions one of our credentialed Supervisors will be present to do a final assessment of your coaching competency.

During the final month of the class you will also attend 5 Supervision groups. These are led by our Supervisors and are held throughout the week at varying times and dates. Attending Supervision Group will give you an invaluable opportunity to interact with experienced coaches who are out in the field doing this work. It will also give you an opportunity to ask for help in building your coaching practice and consult about clients you work with. After you finish your coaching course and receive your credential you are welcome to attend Supervision Group at any time, at no cost to you. The Association is committed to providing free Group Supervision to all of its coaches because it believes this support is incredibly valuable. It is the only professional organization of its kind that provides free Group Supervision to its coaches.

In our final class, we’ll answer any questions and wrap up details. At this point classes and supervised coaching will be finished. You will need to successfully complete a Portfolio project and pass a written exam, with score of 80% or more, to obtain your certificate. The test is offered 13 times a year in a virtually proctored environment. You will receive Study Guides and have access to practice questions and a Study Session to prepare you for the examination.

The Portfolio consists of a video taped coaching session you have provided to a client along with case studies and completed forms and worksheets. When we have received your portfolio our Portfolio Review Team will evaluate your work to insure that you have met our coaching competencies. If you have not met the standards set for the Portfolio we will provide you with written feedback as to what needs to be done to bring it up to standards.

To assist you in the learning process you will be assigned to a small group of students led by a Coach Mentor -- students who have already earned their certification and are highly competent in their coaching abilities. These mentors will be available to answer your questions, discuss homework and provide you with both guidance and encouragement throughout the program. Also, your small group will have it's own online group space to be able to gather and share information, support and build community with one another. We want all of our students to not just be successful, but wildly successful. For this reason, we believe it essential to provide you with as much one-to-one and small group time as possible to support you in this learning journey.

If you have any questions please reach out to Info@IAOTRC.com

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"It is been a deeply rich experience"

"I have thoroughly enjoyed the coaching class under Bobbi Parish Coaching. The class has allowed me to do it at my pace, and I've had a huge amount of support from those who help her run the program... It is been a deeply rich experience , and not only have I learned a new practice, it also help me personally along my journey." - Nancy Ferrell

 

What you will learn

The class is broken down into five parts:

Part I — Defining trauma and Trauma Recovery Coaching

Part II — How does trauma effect children and adults

Part III — Learning Trauma Recovery Coaching sills

Part IV — Coaching as a Business skills - how to set up and run a coaching business

Part V — Practicum Experience

Specific skills you will learn:

  • Basic Coaching Skills such as Attunement, Anchoring, Centering and Grounding

  • How Abuse, Neglect and Dysfunction Effects Children

  • How a Traumatic Childhood Impacts Adulthood

  • The Difference Between Therapy and Coaching

  • Advanced Skills and Resources for Coaching a Trauma Survivor

  • Coaching Protocols for Safety

  • Intakes, Assessments, Crisis Management Plans and Recovery Goal Pans

  • The Neuroscience of Trauma Including Polyvagal Theory and the Impact on Brain and Body Development as a Result of Trauma

  • Trauma’s Impact on Somatic and Emotional Development

  • The Role of Shame in Trauma and How to Address it in Trauma Recovery

  • Incorporating Diversity, Culture and Intergenerational traditions/trauma into coaching

  • Bottom up and top down coaching strategies to help clients tap into their bodies innate healing wisdomSk

  • Using Supportive Methods of Healing such as Bodywork, Expressive Arts and Writing

  • Self-Care Strategies to Avoid Burn Out and Vicarious Trauma

  • The Code of Ethics of Certified Trauma Recovery Coaching

  • The Guiding Principles of Certified Trauma Recovery Coaching

  • Running a Coaching Business

You can review the February 2024 Initial Coaching Course syllabus here.

Why Become a Trauma Recovery Coach?

Serving survivors of childhood abuse is one of the most rewarding careers you can choose if you desire to help others. There are so many adults who need help recovering from their dysfunctional upbringing that the need for coaches is virtually endless. You will have the opportunity to immediately impact other's lives for the better. 

Coaching is also very versatile. You can coach out of your own home using Skype or other video conferencing methods or you can meet clients face-to-face. You can coach with groups or clients or just one at a time. Coaching can be your part time career or your full time career. You set your own schedule and determine your own fees.

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The course was life-changing for me

"Bobbi Parish has created this space, and opened the door for the growth and healing of our world through this curriculum. If you like things just the way they are - this is not for you. If you long to see the world disrupted with the beauty and power of trauma-informed teaching, you have found your tribe." - Kevin Wissmiller

 

what can I earn as a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach

We cannot guarantee you an income of a specific amount. However, we will teach you how to price your fees and structure your appointments to maximize your income. Most Trauma Recovery Coaches charge between $75 and $200 an hour. However, there are multiple other ways to earn income other than doing one-to-one coaching:

  • Teaching trauma related courses both for survivors and helping professionals, on or off line

  • Holding webinars for survivors, families of survivors, and helping professionals

  • Consulting with organizations, employers and even churches who want to provide trauma informed services

  • Group coaching, online or in person

  • Retreats for trauma survivors

  • Writing books

  • Speaking about trauma and abuse

All of these methods can be combined to earn a very livable wage as a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach.

Trauma Recovery Coaches leave a legacy of healed lives and and hopeful futures

If you have any questions please reach out to Info@IAOTRC.com

 

Why Work with us to become certified?

We are internationally recognized experts in Trauma Recovery. We’ve worked with 1000's of survivors of domestic violence, childhood abuse, dysfunction and neglect around the world. Bobbi Parish, MA, CTRC-S, our Executive Director, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, graduating number one in her class from her graduate school program.

We are significantly different from other programs that teach trauma coaching. We are an organization of Trauma Recovery professionals who use the modality of coaching to help our clients. We are mental health professionals first and coaches second. Other programs are coach education businesses who teach coaches how to work with trauma. They build a non-specific coaching box and try to fit trauma into that model. We build a trauma box, customized to fit the science of trauma recovery, and have built a significantly effective coaching model that fits this very specific trauma box.

As the first Trauma Recovery Coaching program in the world we have pioneered the field of Trauma Recovery Coaching. No other organization has written coaching safety protocols and a Code of Ethics for the field. We are the first to put those together into a Trauma Recovery Coaching Certification Program.

To support and organize Trauma Recovery Coaches who obtain certification we also launched the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching. This program credentials Trauma Recovery Coaches and upholds the highest quality and ethical standards within the field of Trauma Recovery Coaching. No other trauma coaching program has a professional organization to support, resource and provide continuing education after students graduate.

We offer free Group Supervision to all of our coaches. Supervision is a requirement of all other mental health professions — therapists, psychologists, social workers. Because we are mental health professionals as well we utilize the Supervision process as a means to support our coaches as they work in the field of trauma. No other mental health professional association offers free Supervision to their members. But we see it as so valuable in how it offers resources and community building to our coaches that we do just that.

Our program is also uniquely focused on diversity. We lead the way in teaching our students how to incorporate the aspects of each client’s unique experience into the coaching process. Our coursework has elements of diversity and understanding the trauma of being in a minority or marginalized community built into every educational and experiential component.

This program is not just another coaching education program written by someone who thinks they understand trauma from an outsider’s point of view.

We know what trauma survivors experience and understand what it takes to recover. Our program has been entirely developed, written, taught and led by trauma survivors.

We have used our experience and education to create a robust educational program. Some of our students have reported experiencing more healing in their own trauma recovery journey as a result of taking our classes — because they are coming to understand trauma in a new way.

Why isn’t The International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching accredited by the International Coaching Federation?

The International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching (IAOTRC) is not accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for several reasons:

First, we are fundamentally different in our structure, purpose and methodology from the ICF. The ICF is a coaching organization that upholds a set of core competencies, competencies which set a clear path for how accredited programs teach coaches. They are not designed to support any type of coaching that varies from their model and competencies. In that way, their focus is on ensuring conformation to their methods rather than a coaching program's effectiveness or impact because they believe their way forward is the best way.

The International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching does not conform to the ICF's model of coaching. We are not coaches who work with trauma survivors. We are trauma professionals who use the modality to coach to help trauma survivors build a life they love to live.

If we were to conform to the ICF's methods and competencies we would be limited in our capacity to help trauma survivors. Doing so would essentially gut our program of it's most effective and beneficial components. For this reason we have neither sought, nor will seek, ICF accreditation.

Second, The IAOTRC has always been on a path toward becoming an accrediting body for Trauma Recovery Coaching. Recognizing that standards and competencies are helpful within a profession we have pioneered the development for those within the modality of coaching with trauma survivors. A Code of Ethics, Guiding Principles and Core Competencies are vital to our success, but they must be ones that work for the population we serve. In the next few years the Association will launch their accreditation process.

If you wish to obtain an ICF credential you may still use our course to pursue that. If you follow the Portfolio Path you will be able to submit your course hours with us toward the number of overall coach education hours needed. Please refer to the ICF website for more information on that process.

 
 
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Content and Technology

All of the coursework will be offered online. Once a week, on Wednesdays at a time mutually agreeable to all students, we will meet in an online classroom environment. Other required content will be available in PDF format, via audio files and via recorded videos.

Aside from the content we have written and will provide, there are four books that are required reading during the course: Complex PTSD by Pete Walker, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana and Trauma Stewardship by Laura Van Der Noot Lipsky and Connie Burk.

To participate in the course you will need to have and be able to utilize Zoom. You may need to sign up for a basic account so that you can record yourself providing coaching. We will talk more about technology in our first session.

Certifying with us offers other perks and bonuses

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  • A feature on The International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching website promoting you and your coaching services.

  • Opportunities to be featured in our Online Summits, Social Media and YouTube Channel. Access to webinars and group supervision offered only to our coaches.

  • Membership in our private network of coaches to network and access peer support.

  • Eligibility to take Advanced Level courses which will earn you Advanced Certification.

  • After receiving your Advanced Level Certificate you will be eligible to earn your Supervisor Level Certificate, which will allow you to teach Initial and Advanced Coaching Certification courses and to Supervise Initial Certification Coaches. Read about the Path from Initial to Supervisor Certification.

If you have any questions please reach out to Info@IAOTRC.com

 

hOW DO i REGISTER?

Be sure to read our Disclosures and Terms & Conditions before you register!

The tuition for the February 2024 course is $2850. An initial deposit of $700 is required to hold your spot. We will have a payment plan of 6 payments of $384 ($359 tuition + $25/monthly processing fee) available as well as an option to pay in full.

WE HAVE TWO WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER BEFORE WE CLOSE THE COHORT FOR THE SEMESTER. AND THERE ARE ONLY 12 SPOTS LEFT. SO REGISTER NOW TO JOIN THIS COHORT!


Refund policy: All deposits are non-refundable. If you pay in full and withdraw from the course before it starts, a refund of all charges except the deposit fee, will be refunded. If you withdraw from the course after it starts but before 30 days of the course have elapsed we will refund all but the $700 deposit and a $384 fee for the first month of class. If you withdraw from the course after 30 days of it starting no refund will be offered. However, you may apply any non-refundable fees to another certification course in the future).

We have had unprecedented interest in our classes. We encourage you to place a deposit if you are interested in the course.

Do you have questions? If so, please read through our FAQ page.

All payments -- either the full $2850 or the first payment in the payment plan -- must be made upon registration. Payment secures your spot. No spots will be held without payment.

Please note: if you choose the payment plan and do not pay within five days of your due date each month you will be removed from the Certification program. No payments will be refunded, however you will be allowed to join a future Certification Program at a discount equal to the payments you have already made.