Free Q& A Certificate in Working with Trauma – Emerging from Emergency (Online)

This session offers an opportunity to hear more about the course content, structure and learning approach, and to ask questions directly about Jonathan’s way of teaching and working with trauma. Jonathan will outline how the training supports therapists to work effectively with the various types of trauma we see in the therapy room and onsite at critical incidents.

The course provides a comprehensive framework for understanding trauma, drawing on multiple theoretical perspectives including Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Person-Centred, Adlerian, CBT and Jungian approaches. Learning is both didactic and experiential, using the group as a reflective community while maintaining clear boundaries and attention to safety.

During the Q&A, Jonathan will talk about:

• how the course approaches the range of traumatic experiences, from single-incident and multiple trauma to severe and prolonged, developmental, external event-based and everyday trauma
• the integration of neuroscience, evidence-based practice and the New Haven trauma competencies across the five training days
• how experiential learning is facilitated
• Jonathan’s teaching style and how safety, containment and curiosity are held throughout the training
• who the course is designed for and what participants can expect

This session is suitable for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists, as well as advanced trainees.

Cost: This talk is free with no obligation to sign-up to the course. A recording will be available to anyone who registers.

This Q&A session offers a space to explore the course content and Jonathan’s teaching style in relation to your current clinical work and professional development.

Dates of the next online Certificate in Working with Trauma – ‘Emerging from Emergency’ course:

Five Fridays, 10.00-17.00 each day

• 8th May 2026
• 22nd May 2026
• 5th June 2026
• 19th June 2026
• 3rd July 2026

‘Jonathan’s experience with trauma and his ability to impart this knowledge was truly impactful. He engaged gently with the group, modelling how to work with the complex subject of trauma. His ability to quote and retrieve information was done with charisma and even humour at times, which made the weight of the subject easily digestible. Thank you.’  – Cameron, Course Participant July 2025

‘An extremely worthwhile course – choc full of information, theory and absolute pearls of wisdom. Jonathan is a fantastic tutor.’ – Course Participant July 2025

Visit Jonathan’s website to read more about his training and testimonials Jonathan Lake, Therapist

Jonathan has worked as a psychotherapist since 1999 and delivers clinical training at different psychotherapy institutes in London and Brighton. He also provides support as a Critical Incident Responder for events such as terrorist attacks, death in service and more recently supporting families in Israel and Palestine as well as running onsite groups in LA for people who have lost their homes in the recent fires.

Jonathan loves teaching and hopes to do so in an engaging and informed way, to bring out our own wisdom from within through experiential exercises as well as more formal delivery of theory and best clinical practices.

He particularly aims to offer courses and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in subjects that can be overlooked in M.Sc and core trainings in institutes, such as onsite work, trauma-focused therapy, critical incident response, food and therapy, neurodivergence, intersectionality and relationships including polyamory, kink and differing sexual and personal identities.