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Trauma informed money training for mental health professionals

Financial distress shows up in the therapy room long before it shows up in a budget. Learn to recognise money behaviour as a nervous system response and work with it safely, without stepping into financial advice.

Certificate training · self-paced online

Trauma and money courses for mental health professionals

Each course is its own program with its own accreditation. Browse all trauma informed courses if you work across more than one role.

Money in the Therapy Room masterclass cover for psychotherapeutic and mental health professionals
WorldwideCertificate
Professional development

Money in the Therapy Room — Working with Fees, Financial Countertransference and the Unspoken Power of Money

  • 75-minute on-demand masterclass with a Statement of Completion
  • Fees, concessions, cancellations and financial countertransference

The clinical conversation many therapists were never trained to have.

1 chapters
When Money Becomes Control masterclass cover — recognising financial abuse and coercive control in therapy
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WorldwideCertificate
Professional development

When Money Becomes Control — Recognising Financial Abuse and Coercive Control in Therapy

  • 2-hour on-demand masterclass with a Statement of Completion
  • Recognise financial abuse and coercive control in therapeutic practice

Learn to recognise what may be hidden in a client’s financial life—and respond without increasing risk.

1 chapters
The Hidden Shame of Money masterclass cover for psychotherapeutic and mental health professionals
WorldwideCertificate
Professional development

The Hidden Shame of Money — How to Help Clients Speak About Debt, Wealth, Spending and Financial Failure

  • 75-minute on-demand masterclass with a Statement of Completion
  • Shame-sensitive language for debt, wealth, spending and financial failure

When clients cannot speak about money, shame often speaks for them.

1 chapters
Trauma Informed Financial Wellbeing Certificate course cover for psychotherapeutic and mental health professionals — Procovo Institute
WorldwideCertificate
Trauma & Money5.0 (3)

Trauma Informed Financial Wellbeing Certificate for Mental Health Professionals

  • Written for psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and mental health teams
  • Evidence-based strategies to build psychological safety around money

A professional development certificate for psychotherapeutic and mental health professionals working with the trauma of money.

5 chapters44 lessons
Trauma and Money Essentials course cover for therapists and mental health professionals
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WorldwideVocational
Trauma & Money

Trauma & Money Essentials

  • For therapists and mental health professionals working with money as survival
  • Trauma-informed, somatic and psychologically grounded approach

For mental health professionals working with money as a survival issue.

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    Inheritance, grief, family dynamics and money in the body — trauma-informed training for the largest wealth transfer in history.

Also training financial advisers, advisors & planners, financial counsellors, money coaches, financial therapists, somatic practitioners and educators & trainers.

Money in the therapy room

Clients often bring money into therapy indirectly: as anxiety, shame, relationship conflict, or a feeling of being stuck. A therapist may feel comfortable working with emotion but less certain about the financial content underneath it. Trauma informed money training gives mental health professionals a safe, scoped way to recognise when money is a survival issue and when to refer to a financial professional.

The training does not turn a therapist into a financial adviser. It gives you language to hold the conversation, frameworks for understanding financial behaviour as a nervous system response, and clear boundaries so you stay within your existing scope of practice.

Trauma informed financial wellbeing without stepping outside scope

The Trauma Informed Financial Wellbeing Certificate is delivered online and self-paced, designed for mental health professionals, therapists and counsellors. It covers the trauma of money model, intergenerational financial patterns, somatic regulation, and evidence-based interventions that rebuild financial resilience without requiring a financial services qualification.

Trauma informed training FAQs

Will this push me outside my scope of practice?
No. The training is explicit about the line between therapeutic work and regulated financial advice, and gives you language for referring on when a client needs an adviser or financial counsellor.
Is it accredited for my registration?
The certificate is professional training rather than an accredited CPD or CEU activity in every jurisdiction. Many associations accept it as self-directed professional development — check your own association's rules before claiming.
What is trauma informed financial wellbeing?
An approach that treats money behaviour as a survival response rather than a knowledge gap, and gives you interventions to rebuild a client's financial resilience safely.
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