There will never be enough licensed therapists to heal a wound carried by seventy percent of the population. The people already in the room — the teacher, the nurse, the pastor, the officer, the foster parent — are the ones who will do most of this work. The Institute exists to train them, certify them, and hold them to a standard.
The Global Trauma Institute delivers individual education and certification under the Arizona Trauma Institute, an established provider of trauma training and clinical board certifications.
Pre-register now and you will be first to know when enrolment opens.
HOW THIS FITS TOGETHER
Two organizations, two jobs. Keeping them separate is what makes the certification worth holding.
Sets the standard
Defines what Trauma Responsive means, publishes the four tiers, and holds the certification standard on behalf of the whole coalition. UACT does not deliver training and does not certify individuals.
Teaches to the standard
Builds and delivers the curriculum, assesses competence, and issues certification that meets UACT's Trauma Responsive standards. One of several providers that may eventually teach to this standard.
A standard is only credible if the body that sets it is not the only body that can profit from teaching it. UACT publishes the standard openly so that other institutions can build to it — and be measured against it.
THE ROUTE
Each step moves you up a tier. Nobody is asked to commit before they know what this is.
Become Trauma Aware
Understand the epidemic, what it does, and what your options are for going further. Open to every human being.
Become Trauma Informed
The core knowledge and perspective that prepares you for any of the three certifications. The common gateway.
Become Trauma Responsive
Practitioner, Clinician, or Coach. Trained, assessed, and certified to UACT's Trauma Responsive standard.
Knowledge is not enough. Action changes lives.
CHOOSE YOUR PATHWAY
Who you already are decides which one you take. All three meet UACT's Trauma Responsive standard.
For anyone serving others
Education, ministry, human services, corporate, first response, foster care.
For licensed clinicians
Therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and nurses deepening their trauma expertise.
For those who lead
Executives, superintendents, chiefs, senior pastors and consultants building trauma responsive organizations.
Beneath all three: Awareness, free and open to anyone.
OPENING EARLY 2027
Enrolment opens in early 2027. Pre-registration is free, non-binding, and takes about a minute.
That is the whole form. No payment, no commitment, and no obligation to enrol.
Pre-register →Enrolment dates, pricing and curriculum, before they are public.
Pre-registrants are offered places ahead of general enrolment.