The Trauma-Informed Coach

Trauma-Informed Coach CPD Training

Coaches and Practitioners are more effective and safe if they are trauma-sensitive, trauma-informed and ultimately trauma-skilled.

You can be assured that our trainers at Integrate Training are certified, experienced, trauma-informed and trauma-skilled.

This 18-hour professional development course supports Coaches, NLP & IEMT Practitioners who want to increase their trauma awareness and develop a trauma-informed professional practice. This course is recognised by the Association for Coaching – AC as ongoing coach learning and development training.

The lasting impact and ripple effect of the pandemic, world events and refugee crisis have made the importance of being a trauma-informed society more urgent. Coaches and Practitioners are more effective and safe if they are trauma-sensitive, trauma-informed and trauma-skilled. 

You can develop a deep, compassionate understanding of this multi-layered, complex and highly sensitive subject.

What people say about this course:

“Many thanks for an interesting and absorbing course.  Over the three days, you gave us all a very comprehensive account of current thinking and resources relating to trauma coaching. I feel more confident in shaping my own approach to conflict coaching and am inspired to try out some additional techniques and resources, now that I have a better idea as to how they fit within the therapeutic framework.” CA, UK Mediator, NLP Practitioner and Coach. – Trauma-Informed Coach training course participant.

“I just want to thank you for the last 3 days, it’s been inspiring, interesting and so many lightbulb moments I’ve lost count. I’ve left today feeling revitalised and knowing that I need to make some changes personally to help me professionally. I’m going to have a look at the skills audit and see what I need to focus on.” JC, UK. Service Manager. – Trauma-Informed Coach training course participant.

“I can’t recommend this course enough. Far too many people can’t deal with clients with trauma Joanna Harper will lead you on a voyage of Discovery & help you learn.” AP, UK, Coach and Advanced IEMT Practitioner – Trauma-Informed Coach training course participant.

”There aren’t many comparisons to Joanna as a  ‘gold star’ trainer of trauma-informed coaching.  Her training is well informed by many years of client work, it’s content-rich and up-to-date. This course is a ‘must have’ for any professional who is committed  ‘to do no harm’. As a breathwork specialist myself, I particularly appreciated the fact that Joanna is aware of conscious bias and is explicit about inclusion and diversity in the examples she draws on. Joanna rebalances euro-centric training content by being mindful of cultural and minoritized perspectives and experiences. This is priceless in an ever-growing field of ‘trauma-informed’ trainers.” DP, Breathwork specialist and Coach – Trauma-Informed Coach training course participant.

“I attended Joanna’s first Trauma Informed course in 2020, and it was so rich in information.

Joanna is a trainer who gives you much more than she says she will. She gave me the confidence to ask questions and not feel silly in doing so. She helped the group grow in confidence which in turn meant we all learnt so much more than we ever thought we could.

I attended the course again in June 2022, thinking I would just recap what I knew. But no, Joanna had stepped up the learning, and I came away from the course full of confidence in my ability & with humility too.

Joanna’s style is to help her students grow & to encourage them to study even more. Nothing about this woman stands still; she evolves and helps me to as well.”

AP, UK, Coach and Advanced IEMT Practitioner – Trauma-Informed Coach training course refresher.

“The Trauma Informed Coach course was absolutely superb, one of the best I have attended.  Rich with content and evidence-based learning and practical skills.

I have attended other courses with Integrate Training and really like Joanna’s academic style in providing a whole list of resources to research myself within the areas of interest.  There is also lots of opportunity to question and challenge, which I particularly like.

Joanna has in-depth knowledge and experience around the subject of Trauma, which is evident both during the course and from the detailed manual provided.

A high-quality course, professionally delivered.”

KP, Mindfulness Coach and NLP Practitioner – Trauma-Informed Coach training course participant.

Now available to order!

Joanna’s book The Trauma-Informed Coach: Strategies to support clients when their past prevents progress is now available from all major book sellers.

UK Only order a signed copy here:

Signed copies from Joanna are Now Available!


Trauma-Informed Coach Book



An ideal companion to the Trauma-Informed Coach professional development (CPD) course.

International Endorsements for Joanna’s book:

“From this book, coaches and other mental health practitioners, whether novice or seasoned, will learn effective methods for working with a wide range of clients. Clear, insightful, and compassionate … a must read.”

– Patricia Gerbarg, MD, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry, New York Medical College and co-author of “The Healing Power of the Breath.” USA.

“Trauma is ubiquitous. But not an understanding of its toxic presence in our minds and bodies. Nor how to enable its casualties to build a life of hope and contribution.

In the wake of 9/11, I was mental health commissioner for NYC. A substantial FEMA grant allowed the City to mount a mental health response to this deeply disquieting disaster.  But for all the mental health professionals in NYC, and there were many, very few were skilled in fostering resilience and trauma counseling. Had Joanna Harper’s book, The Trauma Informed Coach, been in print, we could have used it to equip counsellors and coaches with the cardinal skills needed to best serve those in need. It is now. Don’t miss it.”

– Lloyd I Sederer, MD, Former Mental Health Commissioner for NYC; former Chief Medical   Officer for the NYS Office of Mental Health. USA.

“This is such an important book for coaches. Coaching is so valued for its primary focus on the client’s present and future. Yet often issues may be driven by past events, many of which can involve trauma. This book provides an invaluable roadmap for identifying these issues and compassionately navigating a safe and effective route for the client to find their way to solutions. Highly recommended.”

– Dr Phil Parker, Lead lecturer in Coaching at London Metropolitan University and Designer of the Lightning Process. UK.

“A most valuable contribution to the field by Joanna Harper that examines and outlines the different ways of approaching the traumatised individual in a manner that alleviates the suffering that is all too common in our modern world.”

– Andrew T. Austin, Developer of Integral Eye Movement Techniques (IEMT). UK.

“Finally, a detailed practical guide! Recent years have seen many popular books on the evolving, underlying philosophies involved in approaching trauma… but what Harper has created is a rare trinity; comprehensive, in-depth, but, most importantly, applied. She has deftly isolated and delineated models and tools required for contemporary trauma-informed coaching. Hard-won insights from years of impassioned exploration, distilled into a well-structured, must-have toolkit for coaches – this book will save you years of searching!”

– Tom Granger, author of “Draw Breath; The Art of Breathing.”

 “Comprehensive, practical and timely, this book addresses one of the biggest challenges of our time. In our highly and pervasively traumatized world, many people have lost their compass, feel broken into pieces and hopelessly cut off from one another. Joanna proposes a unique, unconventional trauma-informed whole-person coaching approach tapping into her extensive experience and practical coaching wisdom. Undoubtedly, this book is for coaches who need the best, most reliable and inspiring guidance.”

– Jean Bosco Niyonzima, MD, MA, Co-founder and Executive Director, Ubuntu Center for Peace, Rwanda.

“Vital reading for all coaches working with traumatised populations. Whether your clients are veterans of military warzones or familial warzones this book will give you the tools to create a trauma sensitive practice for them all.”

– Charlie Morley, Sleep Coach to military veterans and bestselling author of “Wake up to Sleep” UK.

“This book is an absolute gem for anyone in a coaching and/or supporting role to enhance the quality of your work. Joanna’s years of personal work, practice and wisdom shines through. She offers a clear trauma informed pathway of working intelligently, kindly and safely and beautifully explains the value and importance of compassionate co-regulation and deep listening.”

– Jyoti Jo Manuel, developer of the Special Yoga methodology. UK.

 “What a wealth of practical advice, common sense and expertise all in one place.  As you learn to coach the temptation is to look for policy, practice and processes to follow. Trauma doesn’t fit process. Each person is unique. To be safe around trauma we need a depth of understanding, awareness and options and this book beautifully talks through that, offering grounding and safety for coaches to make wise decisions in their practice. This is the first and only book I have come across of its type and I will absolutely recommend it as essential reading for all new coaches I train as I wish I had had this available earlier in my coaching journey.”

– Dr Suzanne Henwood, Neuroscience Based Coach and Counsellor. New Zealand.

The Trauma-Informed Coach sets out to fill this critical gap and succeeds in doing so. This comprehensive book will give you confidence, knowledge, skills and tools so you can better support your clients and enable their progress towards a richer life. The models included are clever and useful, not only in working with trauma but in coaching practice more widely, while the case studies and story-telling brings the concepts to life.

A must-have for any serious coaching professional.”

– Lara Cullen, author of “How to be a People Person.” UK.

The Trauma-Informed Organisation

Tailored Trauma-Informed Organisation Training

You can develop a compassionate team and organisational understanding of this important multi-layered, complex and highly sensitive subject.

Contact us to discuss your trauma-informed training requirements and needs.

When considering booking a trauma-informed coach course for CPD Training, you can be assured our trainers at Integrate Training are all trauma-informed.

Our Trainers are certified and experienced professional in their area of expertise.

 

Trauma-Informed Coach Training Information

During Coach, NLP Practitioner and IEMT Practitioner Training courses, there is little or no time or scope within the syllabus to explore the impact of trauma on an individual, their relationships and community in depth or detail.

Acute trauma and distress are more easily recognisable. However, the impact of past trauma can be concealed or disguised as a habit or behaviour; for example, the client may make an appointment for help with insomnia or anxiety, which is the symptom, not the cause. For many, the coping strategy is unwanted behaviour, such as smoking or alcohol dependence.

This three-session content-rich workshop is for IEMT and NLP Practitioners, Coaches, and Therapists who want to know and learn more about the impact and effect of trauma and acute and post-traumatic stress disorder on clients.

COMPREHENSIVE TRAUMA SYLLABUS: 

  • Unique coaching models and strategies
  • Trauma defined
  • Clinical definitions of Trauma
  • Effects of trauma
  • Stress Disorders
  • Complex Posttraumatic Stress presentations
  • Medical sequelae of trauma
  • Trauma Response Categories
  • Chronic stress and burnout
  • Activation responses
  • Avoidance responses
  • Affect dysregulation
  • PTSD comorbidity
  • Psychobiology
  • Survival responses
  • Pyscho-neuroimmunology
  • Resilience
  • Research
  • Clinical experience

MAJOR TYPES OF TRAUMA: International perspectives

  • Single Event Trauma
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
  • Multiple and Complex Trauma
  • Developmental
  • War and Refugee Trauma
  • Combat Veteran Trauma

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:

  • Referring on
  • Scope of practice
  • Contracting and boundaries
  • Assessing suitability for coaching
  • Client screening
  • Client resources
  • Supervision

Joanna is an experienced therapist, practitioner, and trainer; she offers a range of training in Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Skilled practices, sharing her years of experience and professional development.

Currently, Joanna is researching for an MSc. in Integrated Health and Social Care with a focus on trauma. In addition to offering trauma-informed practices and teacher training to groups of people in need. 

Testimonials from previous course participants

“I just wanted to thank you for delivering yet again a fantastic workshop focusing on the subject of Trauma, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  You have expanded my knowledge, which will enable me to take important steps forward to helping my clients going forward in this area.  I absolutely loved how you took care of us during the workshop.  You teach in the most wonderful way, where information is easy to digest and you give us the space to ask questions and interact with the group to get diverse learnings.  Also, a big thank you to both Helen and Henrietta for your contribution and sharing your gold dust knowledge and wisdom.  As with any of your courses, I shall be highly recommending this one.  Thank you!”

M H - London, Trauma Informed Coach - Advanced IEMT Practitioner and NLP Master Practitioner

“Joanna covered the topic of Trauma sensitively, deeply and broadly.”

H L - London, Trauma Informed Coach - Psychotherapist

“It was great to be on the course and I am glad I attended. I’ve learned a lot and so so excited to deep dive more into it.”

T P - Oxfordshire, Trauma Informed Coach - NLP Master Practitioner and Coach

Trauma Informed Coach Dates Schedule

Trauma-Informed Coach CPD Certificate Training Online

9th April 2027 @ 10:00 am - 11th April 2027 @ 4:30 pm

FULL – Breath-Body-Mind BBM Level-2 Teacher Course

October 16 @ 2:00 pm - December 6 @ 6:00 pm

Integral Eye Movement Technique IEMT Practitioner Live Online

November 20 @ 12:00 pm - November 22 @ 5:30 pm

Breath-Body-Mind – BBM Online Fundamentals Retreat Style

9th January 2027 @ 12:00 pm - 10th January 2027 @ 6:30 pm

Breath-Body-Mind- BBM Level One Instructor Course

29th January 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 28th February 2027 @ 6:00 pm