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Level 1: Understanding Trauma

What happened to me, and why am I feeling this way?

4.8 (5) 11 enrolled Beginner English Updated Oct 2026

UCPTH Facilitation Team

Trauma healing and peacebuilding practitioners

What you will be able to do

  • Understand what is trauma
  • Understand causes of trauma
  • Understand types of trauma
  • Understand how trauma affects the body
  • Understand the trauma brain
  • Understand trauma responses

Curriculum

2 modules · 11 lessons · 1h 55m

  • What is trauma? Preview 10 min
  • Causes of trauma 5 min
  • Types of trauma 5 min
  • How trauma affects the body 5 min
  • The trauma brain 5 min
  • Trauma responses 10 min
  • Common trauma symptoms 5 min
  • Trauma myths 5 min
  • Freedom 20 min
  • How we react to danger 20 min
  • What trauma leaves behind 25 min

About this course

Trauma basics, its causes and types, what it does to the body and brain, the reactions it produces, and the myths that get in the way of healing.

Before you start

  • No previous study is needed. Start here.

Your facilitator

UCPTH Facilitation Team

Trauma healing and peacebuilding practitioners

Learner reviews

4.8 (5)

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