Training for Professionals

Deepen your Understanding of Intergenerational Trauma.

Build Relational Capacity in your Work.

Walk Away with Tools that Make a Difference.

Supporting families with insight, compassion, and clarity.

Whether you're a therapist, educator, coach, or caregiver support worker, you're likely supporting people who carry more than just their own stories. At The Elara Institute, we offer training that helps professionals understand the invisible threads of intergenerational trauma — and how those threads show up in behaviour, relationships, and systems.

This is not surface-level training. It’s reflective, relational, and rooted in real-world application.

Upcoming Training and Professional Development

May 26, 2025, LIVE -Understanding Intergenerational Trauma in Work with Children and Youth

Understanding a child’s struggles without understanding their family’s story is like reading a single page from a much longer book. This live, virtual, full-day professional training is designed for therapists, social workers, and helping professionals who want to bring a deeper, more relational lens to their work with children and families. We’ll explore how intergenerational trauma shapes parenting, behaviour, and attachment—and how we, as professionals, can engage caregivers not as barriers, but as partners in the healing process. You’ll walk away with: A clear understanding of what intergenerational trauma is—including social, relational, and biological pathways of transmission Insight into how trauma impacts parenting, and how legacy narratives show up in caregiver responses Tools for engaging parents in ways that build trust, reflection, and relational repair Concrete practices for assessing for intergenerational trauma Strategies for supporting caregivers through parenting-focused interventions that are trauma-informed, without being trauma therapy This training is experiential and collaborative. Expect journaling, discussion, small group reflection, and space for both learning and unlearning. It is grounded in attachment theory, polyvagal theory, and the lived experience of navigating intergenerational healing. Whether you’re new to this lens or looking to deepen your practice, this day will give you both practical tools and the space to reconnect with the heart of your work.

$147.00 CAD

Professional Consultation

Supporting your work with families through the lens of intergenerational trauma. Working with families affected by trauma is complex—and when intergenerational patterns are at play, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, unsure, or stuck. These sessions are designed to offer grounded, reflective support for professionals who want to deepen their understanding of how trauma is passed down, and how healing becomes possible. Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, coach, educator, or parent-support professional, these consultations offer space to think deeply, ask hard questions, and explore the nuance of your work. Together, we might: Explore how intergenerational trauma shows up in your clients or students Unpack family narratives, attachment adaptations, and legacy burdens Reflect on cases involving parenting shame, blocked trust, or emotional cutoff Integrate attachment theory, polyvagal theory, and nervous system literacy into your approach Clarify your role and response when systems miss or mislabel trauma This is not clinical supervision—it’s reflective practice rooted in compassion, curiosity, and complexity. These sessions are as much about you as they are about the people you serve.

$200.00 CAD

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Individual Professional Consultation

Reflective support for professionals navigating intergenerational trauma in their work.

When you're supporting children and families, the echoes of intergenerational trauma often show up—sometimes quietly, sometimes unmistakably. And yet, this layer of complexity is often overlooked in clinical training, supervision, and team discussions.

These 1:1 consultation sessions offer a dedicated space to pause, reflect, and deepen your lens. Whether you’re sitting with a complex case, exploring family patterns, or holding space for parents navigating legacy burdens—this is a place to think aloud, feel supported, and sharpen your relational framework.

Training and consultation that goes beyond check-the-box learning.

At The Elara Institute, we know that meaningful professional development doesn’t come from prepackaged slideshows—it comes from reflective dialogue, lived experience, and practical application.

We offer individualized, relationally-rooted support to professionals, teams, and organizations looking to deepen their understanding of trauma, parenting, and intergenerational healing.

Custom Training & Professional Development

We design workshops, trainings, and educational experiences tailored to the unique needs of your team or audience. Whether you’re a school, clinic, non-profit, or community organization, we’ll collaborate to create learning that’s engaging, grounded, and deeply relevant.

Topics include:

Intergenerational trauma and its impact on families
Working with parents through a lens of compassion, not compliance
Attachment, co-regulation, and trauma-informed caregiving
Burnout, blocked care, and the emotional toll of helping work
Creating neurodiversity-affirming spaces and practices

Available in virtual or in-person formats, ranging from 60-minute workshops to full-day intensives.

Individualized Professional Mentorship

For professionals developing new offerings—programs, workshops, courses, or group interventions—we offer consultation to support alignment, ethical integrity, and relational resonance in your work.

This is especially valuable if you’re:

Designing a parent support program or trauma-informed curriculum
Weaving together theory and practice in a new way
Seeking mentorship from someone with both clinical and lived experience

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