THE ADVANCED TRAUMA RECOVERY COACHING CERTIFICATION
Earning your Advanced Certification is a next step in Certified Trauma Recovery Coaching development. You MUST have completed your Initial Certified Trauma Recovery course to enroll in an Advanced Course. The Advanced course builds upon the foundation taught in the Initial CTRC courses. Trauma Recovery Coaching is unlike any other type of coaching. Without the understanding of this methodology, taught in the Initial Course, the Advanced Coaching skills cannot be mastered.
Our CTRC-A coaches can work with more complex cases because they have additional training and supervised skill development. There are other perks, as well:
Being listed ahead of the Initial Certification Coaches in The International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching directory
Demonstrating to potential clients that you have greater education and more experience beyond the initial foundational knowledge
Preferential status for being invited to become a Coach Mentor
The ability to move into the Certified Supervisor Trauma Recovery Coaching training program — which allows you to provide Supervision in 1-to-1 and group formats to private clients as well as having opportunities within the Association to earn an income serving as Practice Group and Supervision Group facilitators and filling paid leadership roles.
Our Advanced Certification Courses are taught Two times a year.
Each Advanced Class accepts no more than 14 students before closing registrations. At this level of education we focus on experiential education, which relies on greater student coach involvement and providing significant opportunity to practice in order to develop more complex coaching skills.
Our Advanced Certification classes are taught online and over the course of three weekends, each held across three months so that there is a three to four week break between each set of classes.
Course Time Commitment
All courses are taught within our Zoom classroom. The Advanced Class is very experiential. Almost all work is done within the course. There are no extra Practice Groups. There is only one homework assignment that is given to complete outside of class. Other “homework” and class projects are completed during the day’s scheduled meeting time.
Course Schedule
Each day of class is a full day. We typically follow this schedule (all times are EST)
Gather 11:00am
Break 12:30pm
Lunch 2:00pm
Reconvene 3:00pm
Break 4:30pm
Dismiss 6pm
Course Content
Books for the course: Nurturing Resilience by Kathy Kain and Stephen Terrell and The Heart of Trauma by Bonnie Badenoch
The class will be a mixture of learning new content, incorporating that content into what you already know, and practicing your coaching skills. Content areas we will cover are:
Teaching our clients resilience
The Neurobiology of Attunement
How to Nurture Right Brained Neurodevelopment in Coaching
Family System’s Theory
Internal Family Systems
Unconscious Contracts Our Clients Might Have
Developing resources to provide to your coaching clients
Advanced Content Creation — developing a marketing strategy that uses article writing and video content creation that establishes you as an expert and gains you a loyal audience - we will write and video tape as part of the course content
Certification Requirements
Completion of the Advanced Certification Course
Obtain 12 Credits of Continuing Education Courses since completing Initial Course
100 hours of client coaching
30 hours of Supervision (25 group, 5 individual)
Written and Oral Examination
Complete the certification requirements within 18 months from course start date
Attendance Requirements
Please note that, unlike with the coursework portion of the Initial Course, there is an attendance requirement for the Advanced Course. You must be present, with your camera on and actively engaged in the class, 80% of the course hours. There are 48 hours of coursework, so therefore you must be present for 38 hours of the class. This is because the course is highly experiential and also depends heavily upon the interaction and discussion amongst the students and instructors. If you are not present for that number of hours you will not receive credit for completing that semesters Advanced Course and will need to re-enroll and repeat it at a later date.
The course will be recorded so if you have to miss a few hours, less than 20%, you can catch up on the course material by watching the course replays.
Dates for Advanced Certification in 2024
Spring 2024 Dates: Saturdays/Sundays March 23/24, April 27/28 and June 1/2
Fall 2024 Dates: August 31/September 1, October 5/6, and November 2/3
Course Tuition
The Advanced Class tuition is $2975. You can pay in full or pay in a deposit of $700 and six installments of $404 ($379 + $25 processing fee). To secure your spot you need to either Pay in Full or pay a $700 deposit. Second and subsequent payments will be due every 30 days, starting the first month of your online course.
All payments -- either in full or the first payment in the payment plan -- must be made upon registration. Additionally, this course is limited to 14 individuals on a first come, first served basis. Payment secures your spot. No spots will be held without payment.
ENROLL IN THE ADVANCED CERTIFICATION COURSE HERE:
For questions about registration, contact info@iaotrc.com
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 you will be refunded all but the deposit and the first month fee. 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).
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 apply your payment to a future Certification Program. Please reach out to info@iaotrc.com for more information.
If you begin the course but drop out before you complete it you must pay a $250 Re-enrollment fee to join a subsequent course.
If you pay in full a 50% refund will be offered up until 30 days before the course begins. No refund will be offered if you withdraw from the course less than 30 days before it starts. However, you may apply any non-refundable fees to another Association course in the future.
CE Credits:
10 CE credits earned at completion of the Advanced Certification Course
Renewal for Advanced Certification Course:
1st Renewal at 2 Years:
Obtain supervision: 25 group hours and 5 individual hours
Obtain 15 credits in Continuing Education Units
Successfully complete an Ethics Review and Quiz
Pay a $100 certificate renewal fee
Submit a copy of your current Policies and Procedures document
2nd Renewal 2 Years & Subsequent 2 Years Beyond:
Obtain 15 credits in Continuing Education Units
Successfully complete an Ethics Review and Quiz
Pay a $100 certificate renewal fee
Submit a copy of your current Policies and Procedures document