Training

Growth-Oriented Trauma Responsiveness

Trauma-Informed Approaches that Inspire Growth and Resilience in Professionals and the People They Serve

GOTR is a comprehensive framework that integrates trauma-informed care principles with positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship, and posttraumatic growth research to empower professionals to foster healing, resilience, and growth—both for themselves and those they serve.

By changing narratives, cultivating mindful attention, and creating relationships grounded in strengths, trust, and mutual appreciation, GOTR emphasizes the cultivation of wellbeing, growth, connection, and meaning in the face of adversity.

We deliver meaningful learning experiences and practical training on trauma and trauma-informed care. Our research-based Growth-Oriented Trauma Responsiveness framework enables professionals to do more than avoid retraumatization, using simple techniques to cultivate resilience, strength, and posttraumatic growth through positive connections that make work more meaningful and effective.

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Trauma-Informed Care Training

Trauma 101

30-minutes

Informational presentation on the definition and nature of trauma and key psychological and behavioral consequences. Brief opportunities for reflection and discussion.

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Understanding Trauma

60-75 minutes

Deeper exploration of the nature of trauma, key psychological and behavioral consequences, and the relationship of trauma to forms of professional distress. Concepts of resilience and posttraumatic growth are introduced. Increased opportunities for reflection and discussion.

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Principles of TI Care

90-120 minutes

Learn and discuss the six principles of trauma-informed care in connection with a deeper exploration of trauma, its consequences, and components of recovery and posttraumatic growth. Participants reflect on the relationships between trauma-informed principles and the specific harms of trauma each is intended to address.

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Growth-Oriented Trauma Responsiveness

Foundations of GOTR

90-120 minutes

Building on knowledge and practice of trauma-informed care principles, professionals learn about the GOTR framework for applying trauma-informed care principles to support resilience, strength, and posttraumatic growth while making the work more enjoyable and connections more meaningful.

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Practicing GOTR

90-120 minutes

After completion of Foundations of GOTR, participants engage in reflections, discussions, observations, and practice to understand and apply the GOTR framework in their interpersonal engagements with people they serve and work with. Observation, discussion, and practice are central to this training.

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Complete GOTR Series

5-6 hours

This comprehensive training package offers a complete experience for participants, allowing them to gain a practical understanding of the psychological impacts of trauma and other forms of suffering, inclluding professional distress, trauma-informed care principles, and their application through the GOTR framewok for continued practice.