Empower healing across cultures.
JOIN THE PROGRAMOur Culturally Sensitive Therapy for Trauma Survivors Training Program, rooted in the ADAPT (Adaptation & Development After Persecution and Trauma) model, is a specialized course designed for professionals who seek to offer effective psychological support to individuals impacted by trauma.
What is the approach?
This program emphasizes the importance of cultural understanding and sensitivity, integrating the ADAPT model's principles to ensure that care is not only empathetic but also respectful and appropriate to the cultural contexts of trauma survivors.
This approach recognizes and incorporates the individual stories and cultural narratives that shape survivors' identities, ensuring therapy is relevant and personalized.
ADAPT is a blend of various evidence-based therapeutic methods, ensuring a holistic and integrated approach to trauma therapy.
The training emphasizes identifying and nurturing the inherent strengths and resilience within trauma survivors, fostering a positive pathway to recovery.
The approach advocates for building supportive communities and connections, recognizing the power of collective healing and social support in the trauma recovery process.
Why join?
This training is an opportunity to make a real difference in your community, enhance personal and professional growth, and become part of a global movement towards accessible mental health support for everyone.
Gain in-depth knowledge and practical skills to provide effective therapy to trauma survivors, helping them navigate and recover from their experiences with the sensitivity they deserve.
Learn how to tailor your therapeutic approach to align with diverse cultural backgrounds, ensuring that your practice is inclusive and respectful of each survivor's identity and heritage.
The ADAPT model trains you to be flexible and responsive to the changing needs of trauma survivors, equipping you with an adaptive toolkit that can be applied in various contexts and situations.
Elevate your professional profile by becoming a specialist in culturally sensitive trauma therapy, a field of growing importance in our globalized and interconnected world.
Efficacy Studies
The efficacy of our approach is supported by studies conducted with trauma-affected populations in vulnerable settings.
In Myanmar, amidst political turmoil and the COVID-19 crisis, Aktion Health, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), along with 60+ organizations successfully rolled out Integrated ADAPT Therapy (IAT) program nationwide, including conflict-affected regions.
In response to the mental health crisis among refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, exacerbated by the pandemic, Aktion Health and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a nationwide initiative to upscale IAT. This program successfully trained over 100 healthcare providers, community and frontline workers.
Faced with a mental health crisis among the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Aktion Health collaborated with UNHCR to implement Group IAT. The program significantly reduced symptoms of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and bereavement among the refugees.
Who is this training for?
Our approach helps build a more mentally resilient and supportive society, tailored to meet the complex needs of vulnerable groups who are integral to community well-being.
Psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and therapists looking to specialize in trauma-informed care.
Individuals working in social services who support trauma survivors, including refugees, asylum seekers, and those affected by conflict.
Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers who encounter trauma survivors in their work and wish to provide holistic care.
Those who work in conflict zones, disaster areas, or with displaced populations and need to offer psychological first aid and ongoing support.
Program
Structure
Our comprehensive training program is designed to prepare you as a certified practitioner in culturally sensitive therapy drawing on the ADAPT model.
Upon successful completion of our blended course, you will receive a certification valid for two years, empowering you to apply your skills across diverse settings.
Our Group Training Program is designed for teams and organizations seeking to collectively enhance their mental health support capabilities. This program fosters a collaborative learning environment, enabling participants to engage in interactive group activities, discussions, and role-plays. It's ideal for creating a shared understanding and approach to mental health support within teams, enhancing the collective ability to address psychological distress in various settings.
This public program brings together individuals in a small group setting, providing an opportunity to learn and practice ADAPT-based strategies alongside peers from diverse backgrounds. While each participant brings their unique perspective, the shared learning environment fosters a sense of community and mutual support. This program is ideal for anyone seeking to develop mental health support skills on a personal level, and to apply these in their daily lives and immediate communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our training programs integrate a variety of globally recognized models to cater to different professional needs. For healthcare and frontline workers, we incorporate models like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based trauma-informed care approaches. Educators benefit from CBT and SEL (Social Emotional Learning) methodologies. Community workers and peer supporters engage with community-based models and motivational interviewing techniques. For managers and leaders, our training includes elements from leadership coaching models and organizational psychology. This diverse range ensures that our approach is aligned with the highest standards of mental health education and practice across various sectors.
We customize our training by employing adaptive program design to meet the unique needs of each professional group, from foundational skills for community workers to advanced leadership training for managers, ensuring relevance and effectiveness. For example, for community workers, we focus on foundational skills using principles from community-based models and peer-support methodologies. Educators' training is tailored with SEL (Social Emotional Learning) and trauma-informed educational practices. Healthcare and frontline workers engage with advanced modules and crisis intervention techniques. Leadership training for managers integrates organizational psychology and leadership coaching models. This adaptive and multi-modal approach ensures our programs are not only relevant and effective for each professional group but also responsive to their evolving needs and challenges.
Our programs emphasize experiential learning through interactive workshops and on-the-job training, blending theory with practical application to equip participants with skills they can immediately implement. Our trainers are MDs and PhDs (trained at world renowned universities and hospitals e.g., Columbia University, Harvard Medical School) with extensive expertise and experience. They are leaders in their fields and developers of innovative mental health treatment models.
Absolutely. Our programs are designed for scalability and can be adapted to fit the needs of large organizations, providing consistent and quality training across all levels of staff. We have helped 150+ organizations worldwide design and implement training programs at the nationwide level.
Yes, we provide ongoing small group coaching and support post-training to reinforce learning, address challenges, and ensure continuous professional development.
We conduct comprehensive competence assessments and detailed progress tracking for each participant, providing a holistic view of their learning journey and ensuring they meet the desired skill and knowledge benchmarks.
The people we serve are at the heart of everything we do.
Elevate global workforces, strengthen community well-being and mental health.
I think the most important take-home message is regarding the effective use of the 5 pillars, as well as the use of sunny/rainy thoughts with our students.
Very useful training for Primary Care Providers, especially non-doctors. The program can help treat mild to moderate symptoms of common mental health problems, which account for the majority of cases we see.
Developing language to identify their emotions is crucially important. A lot of the time, with students who have suffered trauma, too much emotion is automatically identified as being negative for them.
