Trauma Training

Trauma Training: postgraduate training in trauma and PTSD

Trauma Training is a training provider specialising in trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), part of the ICS Ltd group. Its activity is aimed at professionals seeking postgraduate training, continuing professional development (CPD) courses and clinical supervision, and it also offers therapy services. The company states that its courses are delivered exclusively online, live via Zoom Pro, with no recording.

Training provision and areas of specialisation

The training catalogue includes a Postgraduate Diploma in Trauma and PTSD, scheduled to start in January and requiring an application form. Alongside this programme, the organisation offers CPD courses on subjects such as:

• Borderline personality disorder
• Emotion regulation for trauma and PTSD
• Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for trauma
• Mood disorders: an effective and holistic biopsychosocial approach
• Treatment of traumatic nightmares

In addition to training, Trauma Training provides supervision services to its students and therapy.

Teaching and clinical team

The training and clinical activity is supported by two professionals. Lucia Hall, with an MSc in Mental Health, is a psychotherapist, European psychotraumatologist, lecturer, communication coach, supervisor, clinical hypnotherapist and EMDR therapist. She is accredited as a trauma specialist and treats PTSD and associated conditions such as anxiety, depression, nightmares and flashbacks. Born and raised in Panama, she worked as a social worker in Family and Child Protection units in Detroit (Michigan) before moving to the United Kingdom. She completed her MSc in Mental Health at Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital and King's College School of Medicine/Institute of Psychiatry, with principal training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and cognitive analytic therapy (CAT). She has expanded her specialisation with a Diploma in Trauma and Abuse (Dip. PICT), a Diploma in Christian Counselling (London Bible College, now London School of Theology), an ESTSS certificate in Psychotraumatology, training as an EMDR therapist (adults and children) and as an MBTI trainer (levels 2 and 3). Her additional training includes cognitive processing therapy (CPT), schema therapy, solution-focused therapy, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, cognitive behavioural analysis system of psychotherapy (CBASP), life integration (LI), behavioural activation (BA), written exposure therapy (WET), imagery rescripting and reprocessing therapy (IRRT), prolonged exposure therapy (PET), narrative exposure therapy (NET and KIDNET) and other trauma-focused processes. She is a consultant traumatologist for the insurance and legal sectors and has written several accredited training courses. She belongs to various professional organisations, including APA, BACP, MBACP, EMDR UK, NCP, ISTSS, CNHC and the PSA accredited register, and is a fellow of the NCP for her contributions to the field of counselling and psychotherapy.

Steven Hall, with a BA Hon, holds a Postgraduate Diploma in EMDR from the University of Worcester and a Postgraduate Diploma in Trauma and PTSD, as well as a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. The Covid pandemic prevented him from completing his master's research. He has undertaken additional training in Rapid Resolution Therapy™ and is certified as a pain management practitioner and couples communication coach. Alongside EMDR, his training covers cognitive processing therapy (CPT), imagery rescripting and reprocessing therapy (IRRT), prolonged exposure therapy (PET), Rapid Resolution Therapy™, skills training in affect and interpersonal regulation (STAIR) and trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT). He has taught at colleges and universities for years, teaching counselling and psychotherapy, and is a trained supervisor, a Senior Accredited Member of the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP) and a member of The British Psychological Society (BPS).

Target audience profile

Trauma Training's offering is aimed at postgraduate training and continuing professional development for mental health specialists, as well as student supervision. The company also handles trauma consultancy assignments for the insurance and legal sectors through Lucia Hall.

Format and contact

Courses are delivered live online via Zoom Pro, without recording, according to the information published by the organisation. Trauma Training's base is in Wokingham, Berkshire, and the company provides a telephone number and an email address for direct enquiries.

6 Waterloo Crescent, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 2JJ · Telephone: 07834 470 248 · Email: traumatrainingics@outlook.com