EMDR training
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About Trauma Therapist Institute
We Know Why You Do This Work.
And we're here to help you do it well.
You want to help people heal from unimaginable experiences. Lift the burdens they carry. Help them reclaim joy and rise above adversity. Trauma therapy is hard. It's relentless. And it's some of the most important work happening in mental health right now.
We built TTI to give you the tools, training, and community that work makes possible.
Why We Exist
Better Training. Better Outcomes. Better Therapists.
Evidence-Based, Neuroscience-Backed
We train trauma therapists in EMDR, IFS, polyvagal-informed practice, somatic work, and more. Modalities that actually deliver outcomes for the toughest cases. CE-approved and EMDRIA-certified where applicable.
Shame-Free Spaces for Learning
You can ask hard questions here. You can practice new skills imperfectly. You can explore what's not working in your practice without judgment, because growth happens in safety.
An Active Community
You won't do this work alone. Our online community is built for collaboration, mentorship, and renewal. Together, we hold the deeper calling of trauma therapy.
Our Story
TTI Was Built for the Therapists Who Felt Stuck
Trauma Therapist Institute didn't start with a business plan. It started with a clear gap.
Trauma therapists were burning out. Trainings were expensive, gatekept, and often disconnected from how the work actually plays out in the room. Clinicians needed somewhere to go that combined real clinical depth with real human warmth.
So we built one.
What started as a small training company has grown into one of the largest EMDR and trauma training communities in the field. Today, TTI is a team of clinicians, trainers, and consultants who've shaped how a generation of trauma therapists approach the work, all while staying true to the values we started with: accessible education, shame-free learning, and community over hierarchy.
The Ripple Effect
What Trauma Training Looks Like at Scale
When a therapist becomes more effective, their clients heal faster. Those clients change how they show up in their families, friendships, and communities. Healing ripples outward. Here's what that looks like in numbers.
100K+
Clinicians trained at TTI since 2017
150
Average clients each TTI-trained therapist treats per year
15M
People receiving trauma-informed care from TTI-trained therapists annually
~46M
Annual ripple effect of TTI's training on clients, families, and communities
This is what trauma-informed care at scale looks like. We're just getting started.
What We Believe
Trauma Training Should Be Accessible. Period.
We believe in breaking down barriers to quality education. We believe trauma therapists deserve trainings that respect their time, their intelligence, and their wallets. We believe in welcoming clinicians from every background, every clinical style, every learning preference.
We don't gatekeep. We don't price out. We don't pretend to have all the answers.
We do show up with rigorous, neuroscience-backed content. We do build for diverse learning styles. We do make space for the messy, real-world questions that come up in clinical practice.
We don't gatekeep. We don't price out. We don't pretend to have all the answers.
We do show up with rigorous, neuroscience-backed content. We do build for diverse learning styles. We do make space for the messy, real-world questions that come up in clinical practice.
Approach
Shame-Free Spaces for Learning
We believe shame is the enemy of growth. Shame keeps clinicians from asking the hard questions, from admitting when something isn't working, from saying "I don't know yet." So we built our trainings to be shame-free. You can be honest about where you are, what you're struggling with, and what you don't yet understand. That's where real learning starts.
The People Behind the Work
A Team of Clinicians, Trainers, and Educators
TTI is led by a team of practicing trauma therapists, EMDR Approved Consultants, certified trainers, and adult-learning specialists. We're not theoretical. We're in the work, in the room, in the community.Meet the team that built this place and continues to shape it.
Meet the Team
What Sets Us Apart
Why Therapists Choose TTI
There are plenty of trauma trainings out there. Here's what makes ours different.
Shame-Free, On Purpose
Our trainings are built around the radical idea that learning happens in safety. You won't be judged for what you don't know yet. You will be supported in figuring it out.
Neuroscience-Backed and Clinically Sharp
Every program at TTI is grounded in the latest trauma research and built for the realities of clinical work. No fluff, no jargon-heavy theory without practical application.
Accessibility Without Compromise
We've made it our mission to keep quality trauma training affordable and reachable. Payment plans, scholarships, and a deep commitment to never gatekeeping our content.
A Real Community
The TTI community is active, supportive, and full of clinicians who genuinely care about each other's growth. You're not just enrolling in a course. You're joining a network.
Ready to Train With Us?
Find the Program That Fits Where You Are
Whether you're an early-career clinician looking to add EMDR to your practice, a seasoned therapist pursuing certification, or a consultant ready to train the next generation, we have a program for where you are.