Healing Trauma
Trauma Recovery Fundamentals CPD
'The Robe, The Ring and The Shoes'
Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd October 2026
Training Venue: Carnmoney Church
258 Carnmoney Rd, Glengormley, Newtownabbey BT36 6JZ
10am - 5pm Each Day
A Two Day (3 Phase) training in the Foundations of Trauma Informed Healing delivered from an Integrated Professional and Christian Perspective. For Counsellors, Pastoral Teams, Social Workers, Teachers/LSA's, Mentors, Parents and Mental Health Professionals at all levels.
This course offers a uniquely integrated approach to understanding trauma recovery by uniting:
• Judith Herman’s three-phase model of trauma recovery.
• The process of 'Returning Home' that we discover in the Prodigal Son Story.
• Bruce Perry’s Neuro-sequential model of 'bottom-up' healing.
• Modern psychotherapeutic approaches and neuroscientific theories - including The Triune Brain, Window of Tolerance, PolyVagel Theory, IPNB, Attachment, Dissociation, AIP/EMDR, IFS/Parts, Somatic Integration and Creative Approaches.
CPD Trainer
Ric Wilton is a Trauma & EMDR therapist and clinical supervisor experienced in working with both adults and young people. He is accredited by the BACP and holds a Master’s-level qualification in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Ric will be joined by a team of qualified mental health practitioners who will support the delivery of the training, as well as facilitate group work and experiential elements of the course.
What You Will Gain:
✓ A clear, faith-integrated framework for understanding trauma
✓ How to identify trauma and differentiate between PTSD and C-PTSD including Developmental Trauma
✓ Practical skills for creating safety, supporting traumatic grief and encouraging reconnection
✓ A Biblical–Neuroscientific Model: Robe (presence), Ring (witness), Shoes (purpose) [see below]
✓ Greater confidence in your role and limits, including when to refer for specialist or clinical care
✓ Opportunities for experiential learning, reflection, and shared wisdom
✓ 14 CPD hours and certificate for those who complete both days
Our Three Phase Approach:
The Robe, The Ring and The Shoes
Phase 1 - Presence - The Robe
(Creating Safety & Capacity)
Discover how to build safety, stabilisation, and emotional capacity—the essential first phase of recovery.
Explore 'the robe' as a symbol of God’s safe embrace and learn practical grounding tools, basic nervous-system regulation, and faith-integrated approaches that nurture calm and containment.
Gain confidence in recognising when someone may need further therapeutic or clinical input.
Phase 2 - Witness - The Ring
(Processing Traumatic Memories & Lamenting Deep Grief)
Understand how traumatic memories are processed in specialist therapy and why pacing, readiness, and containment matter.
Using 'the ring' as a symbol of secure connection and relational honour, we explore 'parts integration' and how Christian lament provides a safe, Biblical container for grief.
Learn how to support lament, and how to recognise when deeper work should be referred onwards.
Phase 3 - Purpose - The Shoes
(Embodied Integration & Reconnection to God, Self and Others)
Explore the final stage of recovery—reconnection with God, self, and others—through the image of 'the sandals' representing renewed kingdom purpose and agency through a redeemed story.
Learn practices that support embodied integration, identity, and spiritual resilience, and know when ongoing struggles may benefit from additional therapeutic or medical support.
Course Fees & Payment Terms
Non Refundable Deposit to Secure Place: £50
Final Balance: £145 to be paid by 31st September 2026
Please remember to pay your deposit in order to secure a place. You will be taken to the payment page after completing the booking form below.
Please Read - This course provides foundational trauma-informed understanding and grounding skills. It does not train participants to conduct specialist trauma memory processing or deliver specialist trauma therapy. Attendees are expected to practise ethically, remain within the limits of their professional competence, and obtain appropriate specialist training and supervision before engaging in complex trauma recovery support.