Equitable Care Certification

Prerequisites for Registering for the Certification

To ensure participants can meaningfully engage with the material, we anticipate the following from you:

1.        Training in Client-Focused work

Participants should be trained in or be actively in training in some kind of client-centered or client-focused therapeutic work. This training does not need to be traditional (for example, graduate school) but participants should have more than simply an interest in becoming a provider of care. A basic knowledge of working directly with clients is important for properly integrating the coursework.

2.        Basic Understanding of Trauma

Participants should have a foundational understanding of what trauma is. This does not need to be advanced (for example, total understanding of the physiological and neurological processes) but the concept of trauma and somatics (like body-based interventions) should not be entirely new. This entry point ensures that the trauma frameworks introduced during coursework can expand existing knowledge, rather than start from zero. 

3.        Personal Experience in Therapeutic or Self-Reflective Work

We ask that participants have engaged in some form of personal therapeutic, healing or self-reflection work. This could include conventional therapy, community- or culturally-rooted approaches, peer support or other practices that support self-regulation, introspection and emotional awareness. Some lived experiences with inner work is essential for feeling prepared for being directly challenged by the course work.

4.        Active Engagement with Liberatory Politics

Participants should be actively thinking about what interrogating and disrupting oppressive belief systems and rebuilding toward a liberatory politic and praxis (beliefs in action) looks like. This includes curiosity and willingness to examining power, history, personal identity, etc. and the ways colonial systems show up in healing spaces. You do not need to have this all figured out, just a willingness to be in the process.

Accessibility & Discounts

All of our offerings include live captioning. If further accessibility tools are needed don't hesitate to reach out!

We are proud to offer tiered pricing for financial accessibility. If you are Black, Indigenous, or a person of color use coupon code: BIPOC for 25% off.

If you are experiencing financial hardship we offer a Pay What You Can rate. Apply here for our Pay What You Can rate. Please Note: This special rates are only available to QTGNC Black, Indigenous, people of color.