About this training

Collective Being’s Trauma-Informed Foundations training is designed to increase safety, accessibility and belonging across community and health services settings. Drawing on five years of facilitation experience with thousands of participants across complex, community, and mainstream settings, this workshop series shares practical, applied and body-centred strategies for embodying trauma-informed practice as a facilitator and a professional.

Our unique approach to trauma-informed practice is body-centred, inclusive, and gender and culture aware. Our aim is that everyone in our community feels safe enough to access and participate in community and health services settings, and that those delivering services to the community feel confident in applied and embodied trauma-informed practice.

Who is this training for?

This training is specifically designed for people who work in community-based organisations and health-care settings. There is no prerequisite knowledge required - all are welcome.

Training dates

• Workshop 1: Saturday 14th October, 1pm - 5pm

• Workshop 2: Saturday 21st October, 1pm - 5pm

• Workshop 3: Saturday 28th October, 1pm - 5pm

Training format

This training is comprised of 3 x 4 hour workshops:  

Workshop 1: Introduction to trauma-informed practice: 

• Trauma theory and science 

• Social, cultural, and political forces of trauma 

• Foundational principles of body-centred, trauma-informed practice 

Workshop 2: Applied trauma-informed practice 

• Applied trauma-informed somatic and mindfulness facilitation techniques 

• Somatic practices for nervous system regulation and embodied safety 

• Embodied practice of techniques and strategies 

Workshop 3: Somatics for facilitator self-care and wellbeing  

• Self-awareness practices 

• Embodied boundary work 

• Care practices for individuals and collectives 

Training Facilitators

This training will be facilitated by Collective Being team members and experienced trauma-informed facilitators, Shannon Powell (they/she) and Jeremy Gay (they/he).

You will also receive: 

• Manual with practical tools, strategies, and somatic practices that you can integrate into your work

  *Please note: 

  • Registrations for this training have now closed.
    Our next training will be in 2024. Contact hello@collectivebeing.org to receive direct updates.