Leadership Training
TRAUMA INFORMED LEADERSHIP TRAINING
"I learned I don't have to have an answer and fix people's problems, I can just be present and listen." - Participant
ElevateHer’s Trauma-Informed Leadership Training equips leaders to serve with awareness, compassion, and skill. Grounded in God’s care, participants learn and heal together while developing the capacity to lead from a trauma-informed lens. Through a three-level pathway—Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced—leaders deepen self-awareness, build practical tools, and practice creating emotionally safe spaces. Each level concludes with a capstone project and supervision, preparing leaders to host healing circles and apply trauma-informed practices within their own communities and networks—where real safety, restoration, and sustainable impact can take root.
Introductory fee: $249. Scholarships available upon request.
“This training was so amazing, and I loved every session. It’s taking me through self-reflection, helping me be more present and more intentional with people. I’m learning to make it a true safe space and not react to what people are saying. I even do the grounding exercises with my children.” - Participant
INTERMEDIATE - To deepen leaders’ capacity to understand complex trauma, address sensitive forms of harm, and facilitate healing spaces with greater skill, discernment, and communal awareness, while strengthening their own resilience as caregivers and leaders.
BEGINNER - To equip leaders with a foundational understanding of trauma, including basic definitions, common trauma responses, and a theology of God’s care for those who suffer.
ADVANCED - To equip seasoned leaders to address complex, systemic, and intergenerational trauma, cultivate communal joy and hope, and multiply trauma-healing capacity through coaching, supervision, advocacy, and sustainable community practice.
"I had a friend going through a lot of challenges, and I didn't have the urge to fix their problems, just be present and listen. We did two grounding exercises together." - Participant
Upcoming Training
Beginner’s Leadership Training
To cultivate trauma-informed leaders who, grounded in God’s compassionate presence, learn, heal, and practice together. Through teaching, spiritual reflection, and experiential exercises, participants will develop the self-awareness and practical skills necessary to lead from a place of trauma awareness, hold sacred space for others, and begin preparing to host trauma-informed HealHer Circles and become a leader that leads with awareness.
This Level 1 Beginner Track introduces biblical foundations, psychological frameworks, somatic grounding practices, and leadership skills essential for cultivating communities of safety, belonging, and restoration.
WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?
Pastors, ministers, elders
Nonprofit leaders; community organizers
Emerging HealHer Circle facilitators
Church lay leaders
Ministry volunteers serving vulnerable or traumatized populations
Training Schedule
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Session One
Oct 1, 2026 7PM-9PM (EST)
Introduction and Grounding to prepare for trauma work
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Session Two
Oct 8, 2026 7PM-9PM (EST)
What is Trauma? Theology of Trauma: Disconnection & Reconnection
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Session Three
Oct 15, 2026 7PM-9PM (EST)
Barriers to Healing and Practicing Presence
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Session Four
Oct 22, 2026 7PM-9PM (EST)
Healing postures/practice
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Session Five
Oct 29, 2026 7PM-9PM (EST)
Grief/Facilitating group/practices to trauma informed leading.
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Session Six
Nov 5, 2026 7PM-9PM (EST)
Capstone Project, Integration and Best practices
