• Students will define what trauma is, including the different types and diagnoses: post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, and developmental trauma.
• Students will list at least three ways the physiological, emotional, and relational consequences of each trauma diagnosis can affect survivors in daily life.
• Students will describe the importance of studying adverse childhood experiences and list the 7 domains of impairment in childhood trauma; they will list at least 10 physical, mental and emotional health issues they can produce through the life cycle.

• Students will identify and define the concepts of intersectionality, oppression, and embodiment based on existing research.

• Students will name the physical, emotional, and mental impact that systems of oppression have on trauma survivors.

• Students will demonstrate ways to work with trauma survivors through an intersectional lens, and demonstrate examples of respecting diversity, analyzing personal biases, and studying historically perpetuated prejudicial attitudes while minimizing the potential to create and recreate trauma.

• Students will define what trauma is, including the different types and diagnoses: post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, and developmental trauma.
• Students will list at least three ways the physiological, emotional, and relational consequences of each trauma diagnosis can affect survivors in daily life.
• Students will describe the importance of studying adverse childhood experiences and list the 7 domains of impairment in childhood trauma; they will list at least 10 physical, mental and emotional health issues they can produce through the life cycle.

• Students will define what trauma is, including the different types and diagnoses: post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, and developmental trauma.
• Students will list at least three ways the physiological, emotional, and relational consequences of each trauma diagnosis can affect survivors in daily life.
• Students will describe the importance of studying adverse childhood experiences and list the 7 domains of impairment in childhood trauma; they will list at least 10 physical, mental and emotional health issues they can produce through the life cycle.

• Students will define what trauma is, including the different types and diagnoses: post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, and developmental trauma.
• Students will list at least three ways the physiological, emotional, and relational consequences of each trauma diagnosis can affect survivors in daily life.
• Students will describe the importance of studying adverse childhood experiences and list the 7 domains of impairment in childhood trauma; they will list at least 10 physical, mental and emotional health issues they can produce through the life cycle.

• Students will define what trauma is, including the different types and diagnoses: post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, and developmental trauma.
• Students will list at least three ways the physiological, emotional, and relational consequences of each trauma diagnosis can affect survivors in daily life.
• Students will describe the importance of studying adverse childhood experiences and list the 7 domains of impairment in childhood trauma; they will list at least 10 physical, mental and emotional health issues they can produce through the life cycle.

Access to course materials - September 1

Virtual Opening Weekend - First weekend of September (attendance required)

Weekly Modules:

1. Invitational Language
2. Trauma Theory
3. The Yoga of TCTSY
4. The Language of TCTSY
5. Intersectionality, Oppression, & Embodiment
6. Self Care, Community Care, & Collective Care
7. Neuroscience & Interoception Part I
8. Neuroscience & Interoception Part II
9. Attachment Theory
10. Trauma & Memory
11. Choice Making
12. Present Moment Experience
13. Shared Authentic Experience
14. Building a Relationship in TCTSY

Winter Break - Mid-December through Early January

Winter Break - Mid December through Early January

Weekly Modules:

1. Sequencing a TCTSY session
2. Dosage & Titration
3. Non-Coercion
4. Transference & Countertransference
5. Breath & Rhythms
6. Increasing Access
7. Clinical Applications
8. Yogic Applications
9. Working with Children & Adolescents
10. Closing a Practice & Common Challenges
11. Bringing TCTSY to Your Community

Special Project Due - Early March

Graduation - Mid March

The total tuition investment for the certification program is $3,600 USD.

Tuition for 2026-27 is due in full by January 15, 2027.

In an effort to ease students’ financial burden, we have restructured our tuition payment process:

Students may opt for the payment plan, in which tuition will be due in 6 equal installments of $600 using a credit or debit card. Your first $600 deposit will be due within two weeks of acceptance. Upon payment of the deposit, you will be enrolled in an automatic payment plan. Your balance will be deducted every 30 days from your first payment until paid in full.

Students may also opt to pay their tuition in full.

Please note: All payments must be received in USD in order to be processed.

If a candidate withdraws from the certification program prior to June 15th we will issue a full refund.

After June 15th, we must be able to fill your spot before issuing a refund. If we fill your spot by August 31st, CFTE will retain a $250 administration fee. If we cannot fill your spot by August 31st, CFTE will retain administration fees as follows:

*For payments totaling $1,200 or more, CFTE will retain $750 and refund any remaining balance.
* If the candidate has paid $600, CFTE will retain $375 and refund the remaining balance.

There will be no refunds after August 31st. However, a candidate may defer to the following year subject to a reinstatement fee. Full details will be provided upon acceptance into the program.

Please see our complete financial policies here for additional detail.

We offer a maximum of (10) needs-based tuition assistance grants.

Upon acceptance into the program, candidates may send an email briefly describing their need.

Requests must be received by June 1st. Notifications will be made no later than June 15th.

Candidates will receive their grant in the form of a tuition payment refund.

We offer a maximum of (5) five full scholarships as a part of our diversity, equity and inclusion initiative.

The purpose of this scholarship is to expand the reach of the TCTSY program and to address health disparities by engaging professionals who will commit to providing TCTSY services to a range of historically marginalized communities and those contemporarily impacted by oppression-related traumatic stress. As a program, we respect the data that shows individuals seeking care tend to be best served by providers who come from the same or similar community or cultural milieu, especially when considering marginalization, or peoples who have experienced systemic discrimination. We will take this into consideration in our decision-making process.Applicants will be assessed on the basis of their identification with a marginalized community; relevant education, work and/or life experience; financial need and plans to facilitate TCTSY.  Please refer to this document for more detailed information: Purpose, Description and Requirements.

The Scholarship Application Process for 2026-27 will open on January 15th.

Students must first apply and be accepted to the certification program before they can apply for a scholarship. Upon acceptance, a link to the scholarship application will be sent.