What is the Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor?

The Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Soft Skills & Personal Dev..

How long does this certification take?

The programme is 8 Week and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Intermediate Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

You can enrol by emailing info@leadership.rw, contacting us via WhatsApp at +250 788 000 000, or filling the enrolment form below.

Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor (CTCC) | Online Certification

Executive Summary

Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor (CTCC) delivers a rigorous Intermediate-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing.

This 8 Week programme is structured around recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CTCC holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor

Acronym

CTCC

Who Should Enrol?

Counsellors and Therapists
Coaches and Wellbeing Practitioners
Social and Community Workers
Helping-Profession Practitioners

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior counselling, clinical and practice-leadership roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex counselling functions

Organisational Impact

Design and implement counselling systems that drive performance and measurable results

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to counselling

Global Employability

Qualify for counselling roles across clinics, NGOs, schools, community organisations and private practice worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Crisis Assessment

✦Crisis Stabilisation

✦Emotional Regulation

✦Grief Following Crisis

✦Child and Adolescent Crisis Support

✦Post-Crisis Recovery

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

The full programme, module by module.

Core CurriculumModules 1–20 · specific to Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor · module 20 is the capstone

1

Trauma and Crisis Counselling Foundations

Trauma-informed practice · History and scope of counselling and coaching · Counselling micro-skills: reflecting, paraphrasing and summarising · Career counselling and guidance as a therapeutic practice

2

Crisis Assessment

Organisational maturity, assessment and improvement programmes · Security assessment, vulnerability management and remediation · Risk assessment and safety planning as clinical process · Risk and vulnerability assessment

3

Acute Stress Responses

Clinical supervision: the reflective space that keeps practice safe · The therapeutic alliance and what makes it work · Ruptures in the therapeutic relationship and repairing them · Crisis and reputation communication

4

Trauma Response Patterns

Intake and clinical assessment · Evaluating clinical outcomes · Scope of practice, referral and the clinical boundary · Clinical assessment and shared formulation

5

Crisis Stabilisation

Wellbeing and the biopsychosocial model · Person-centred and humanistic therapy · Psychodynamic approaches · Integrative and pluralistic practice

6

Psychological First-Line Support

Moving from doing to leading: the first-line transition · Choosing an approach: matching modality to person and problem · Creative and expressive therapies: the practice frame · Working with children, young people and their families

7

Grounding Techniques

Threat assessment and analysis · Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) · Solution-focused and brief therapy · Personal therapy and self-awareness

8

Emotional Regulation

Group counselling and dynamics · Online and telephone counselling · Wellbeing at work and in life · Sustaining wellbeing practices

9

Trauma-Informed Communication

Working with trauma histories: safety, pacing and the practitioner’s limits · Environmental impact assessment · Impact assessment and outcome measurement · Situation analysis and diagnostic assessment

10

Crisis De-Escalation

Business case and impact assessment · Relationship management and cross-selling · Data security and confidentiality · Security, confidentiality and integrity

11

Grief Following Crisis

Professional bodies, accreditation and ethical codes · Supervision, ethics and the coach’s own development · Working with resistance, ambivalence and stuck clients · Ethics, supervision and reflective practice

12

Disaster and Community Trauma

Community, nonprofit and volunteer management · Supervision, reflective practice and practitioner sustainability · Risk assessment and safeguarding in practice · Referral, multi-agency work and the client pathway

13

Interpersonal Trauma

Formative and summative assessment · Competency-based assessment · Accreditation and certification · Reflective practice and journaling

14

Child and Adolescent Crisis Support

Child and adolescent development · Confidentiality and information handling · Maturity and capability assessment · Consent, rights and data subject requests

15

Family Crisis Counselling

Designing an HR intervention or policy · Assessment centres, tests and work samples · HR risk, ethics and the confidentiality boundary · Assessment methods: tests, exercises and their limits

16

Trauma Referral Pathways

Referral pathways and advocacy: getting people to the help that exists · Referral and stepped care · Assessment design for learning: testing what was meant to be learned · Working across disciplines: referral, shared care and the client in the middle

17

Post-Crisis Recovery

Continuity, disruption and organisational resilience · Resilience: recovery, adaptability and sustainable performance · Post-disaster recovery: from relief to rebuilding better · Service recovery: complaints, resolution and what restores trust

18

Crisis Documentation

Clinical documentation: notes that serve the client and stand up to scrutiny · Risk assessment and prioritisation · Supplier relationship management and segmentation · Assertiveness: saying no and setting boundaries at work

19

Trauma and Crisis Outcome Monitoring

Threat and risk assessment for principals · Security risk assessment: threat, vulnerability and consequence · Managing a guard force: competence, licensing and supervision · Security risk assessment and proportionate response

20

Trauma and Crisis Counselling Project

Health records, data and confidentiality · People on the plant floor: skills, supervision and shift patterns · Guest experience, registration and front-of-house operations · Collaborative and client-led planning

Professional ElectivesModules 21–30 · common to all GLI certifications · broaden your professional range

21

Strategic Communication and Executive Presentation

Vision, purpose and translating direction into work · Audience-centred communication and message structure · Executive leadership: the board interface and enterprise stewardship · Persuasive structure: framing, evidence and the ask

22

Leadership and Team Effectiveness

Leadership identity, style and the limits of style · Leadership assessment, feedback and continuous self-review · What critical reasoning is and what it is not · Situational and adaptive leadership

23

Analytical Thinking and Evidence-Based Reasoning

Creativity and critical-thinking development · Analytical techniques and bias · Evidence-based improvement · Problem framing: symptoms, definition and scope

24

Professional Decision-Making

Managerial decision-making, bias and decision rights · Escalation and decision-making · Decision support: briefs, options and judgement under pressure · Decision frameworks: criteria, weighting and trade-offs

25

Negotiation, Influence and Stakeholder Management

Negotiation preparation: interests, options and the walk-away · Power, followership and organisational politics · Negotiation: preparation, interests and value creation · Concessions, anchoring and the shape of a bargain

26

Project and Execution Management

Proposals, bids and the business case · Project roles and the project manager · Developing the project business case · Planning, scheduling and personal workflow systems

27

Financial Literacy for Professionals

Financial reporting standards and their application · Financial management for the operating manager · Liquidity, funding and balance sheet management · Management accounting: costing, budgeting and decision support

28

Digital Skills, AI and Technology for Professionals

Digital workplace, collaboration and user support · Productivity, collaboration and workflow tools · Tools for interaction and collaboration · Working with data: quality, interpretation and honest presentation

29

Ethics, Governance and Professional Accountability

Ethical leadership: integrity, tolerated behaviour and moral courage · Ethics, conduct and speaking up · Business development risk, ethics and integrity · AI for managers: adoption, oversight and governance

30

Personal Effectiveness, Productivity and Career Growth

Emotional competence: awareness, regulation and expression · Self-awareness, strengths and the accuracy of self-image · Emotional intelligence and self-regulation · Priority: outcomes, importance and the urgency trap

Every module opens in the learning portal with its full lesson set, worked examples, further reading and video masterclasses. 30 modules · 150 lessons.

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Establish a comprehensive understanding of Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor principles aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards
Apply evidence-based methods to improve counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing
Master counselling theories, models and approaches and assessment, case formulation and treatment planning
Apply therapeutic skills, alliance and communication and specialised populations and presenting concerns in real-world settings
Lead risk management, quality and compliance relevant to your field
Design stakeholder engagement and professional communication strategies
Use data-driven decision-making and performance-measurement tools effectively
Apply internationally recognised best practice to advance your career in counselling

Enrolment Process

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CTCC certification?

The Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor is a professional certification awarded by the Global Leadership Institute. It covers 20 core modules specific to Trauma and Crisis Counselor, culminating in the capstone “Trauma and Crisis Counselling Project”, plus 10 professional elective modules common to all GLI certifications. Candidates study through the online portal, submit the capstone project and sit a final examination; those who pass receive a verifiable certificate carrying a unique certificate ID.

Who should enrol in the CTCC?

This certification is ideal for Counsellors and Therapists, Coaches and Wellbeing Practitioners, Social and Community Workers and Helping-Profession Practitioners, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CTCC certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 8 Week and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CTCC internationally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

What is the cost of the CTCC certification?

The Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 349 and Live Virtual at USD 549. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CTCC certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CTCC?

The Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CTCC?

The Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CTCC while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CTCC?

Graduates progress towards senior counselling, clinical and practice-leadership roles. The CTCC strengthens your expertise in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing and positions you for advancement across clinics, NGOs, schools, community organisations and private practice.

Graduate Voices

What Our Alumni Say

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The curriculum was directly applicable to my daily work. I immediately applied what I learned and saw results within weeks of completing the programme.

Clinical Lead

Private Sector

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GLI's certification is the most practical professional programme I have attended. The international frameworks gave me credibility with my employer and clients.

Senior Counsellor

NGO Sector

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I earned my CTCC while working full-time. The self-paced format made it possible, and the quality of the content is genuinely world-class.

Wellbeing Programme Manager

Government

Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor

Certified Trauma and Crisis Counselor

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

What Our Alumni Say

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