Description

Trauma Informed Coaching Diploma Course

The Trauma Informed Coaching course helps you understand how trauma shapes human experience, and more importantly, how to respond with care, clarity and skill. This course, developed specifically for online learning, guides you through the psychological, emotional and behavioural effects of trauma using a practical coaching lens. It gives you the knowledge to recognise survival responses and the tools to create safe, supportive relationships that foster trust and growth.

Many people carry unresolved trauma that affects how they think, relate and act. While it may not always be visible, its influence is often profound. The Trauma Informed Coaching course shows you how to recognise this, respond appropriately and support your clients without crossing into therapy. You will learn how to work with the whole person — not just their goals, but their patterns, defences and emotional world too.

At the start of the course, you’ll build a strong foundation in trauma-informed principles. You’ll see how trauma can emerge during coaching conversations, even when the client’s goals seem unrelated. This insight will help you identify the signals of the survival self, whether they appear as withdrawal, perfectionism, conflict, anxiety or emotional numbness. Rather than becoming overwhelmed, you’ll know how to hold the space and move forward without reactivating distress.

As you continue through the course, you’ll explore how trauma affects the inner world. You’ll learn how beliefs, body responses and thought patterns become shaped by past events. This understanding helps you spot survival dynamics and survival attitudes that might otherwise go unnoticed. At the same time, you’ll develop a trauma-informed approach to communication, reflection and goal-setting. All of this adds depth and flexibility to your coaching practice.

The Trauma Informed Coaching online course also prepares you to work within relational contexts. Whether you support individuals or teams, trauma often plays out in how people connect. The course shows you how to recognise relational triggers and unspoken power dynamics. You’ll also examine attachment patterns and explore how unresolved trauma can affect trust, feedback, group roles and leadership behaviours.

In addition, the course helps you become more resilient and grounded in your role. Coaches often absorb emotional pressure, especially when working with sensitive or reactive clients. The course offers tools to stay centred, reflect ethically and protect your boundaries. You’ll learn how to model emotional regulation and support change while staying within the coaching remit.

What makes the Trauma Informed Coaching Diploma course unique is its blend of theory and application. You’ll gain a clear understanding of trauma’s impact, but also explore models for healing and integration that work in coaching settings. These models don’t pathologise the client — instead, they emphasise strengths, resilience and the human capacity for recovery. This allows you to build an approach that is both compassionate and effective.

Throughout the course, you’ll move at your own pace. As it is entirely online, you can complete it from home, during travel or around your work commitments. The materials remain available at all times through your student account. There’s no pressure to keep up with a timetable — the course fits around your life.

Each unit concludes with a multiple-choice examination. This exercise will help you recall the major aspects covered in the unit and help you ensure that you have not missed anything important in the unit. The results are readily available, which will help you see your mistakes and look at the topic once again. If the result is satisfactory, it is a green light for you to proceed to the next chapter.

The learning journey is structured to build confidence. You’ll begin with awareness and gradually move into application, reflection and ethical decision-making. Each section helps you deepen your understanding and fine-tune your coaching style. Along the way, you’ll notice your own mindset shifting — towards greater curiosity, compassion and patience.

After completing the course, you will receive a diploma certificate and an academic transcript. You will be able to download the certificate and the transcript of the course from the student account free of charge.

By the end of the Trauma Informed Coaching Diploma course, you’ll know how to work with emotional intensity in a grounded way. You’ll understand the difference between supportive challenge and retraumatisation. You’ll feel prepared to listen beyond the words, spot subtle shifts in tone or posture, and ask questions that open new space for healing. Even more, you’ll understand how to bring trauma sensitivity into every part of your coaching — from contracting and goal-setting to closure and feedback.

The Trauma Informed Coaching course gives you the insight to support your clients more fully. It equips you to recognise the survival self, respond to resistance with empathy and keep both yourself and your client emotionally safe. Above all, it helps you build trust, stay ethical and coach with humanity.

Because this is a Trauma Informed Coaching online course, you can return to each section as often as needed. The structure supports independent learning while giving you a clear, steady path forward. Reflection prompts, real-world examples and scenario-based tasks encourage you to apply what you learn as you go.

You don’t need previous trauma expertise to start. What you do need is curiosity, a willingness to grow and a genuine commitment to support others with care. If that sounds like you, then this course offers the depth and flexibility to match your purpose.

Whether you work in life coaching, career mentoring, education, HR or health services, the Trauma Informed Coaching online course helps you meet your clients where they are — with insight, warmth and professionalism.

What you will learn

1:Foundations of Trauma Informed Coaching
2:Understanding the Client World
3:The Inner World of Trauma
4:The Impact of Trauma on Self and Body
5:Models for Healing and Integration
6:Working with the Survival Self
7:Identifying the Survival Self
8:Navigating Survival Dynamics
9:Understanding Survival Attitudes
10:Trauma in Relationships and Teams
11:Navigating Coaching Challenges
12:The Resilient and Ethical Practitioner