Teaching TRE • The Certification Program

To qualify for the TRE certification program the trainee must complete an application and include a $25 fee. Level one prepares the practitioner to lead individuals safely through the exercises.

Level I Training Requirements:

  • Attend 3 days of an TRE Training workshop
  • Perform the exercises at home for one month with journaling before beginning any sessions training others.
  • Meet with your trainer to review your journal which can be done by skype or phone, to determine if you are ready to begin giving individual sessions with others.
  • Complete the additional two months of journaling. Contact your trainer when you are ready for additional feedback.
  • During these three months experience 5 individual sessions with your TRE Trainer, these sessions include your journaling material.
  • Guide an individual(s) through four sessions while under the observation of your certified TRE Trainer. These sessions are to improve your skills as a practitioner.
  • Your final session is to assess your competency. You will be guiding another person safely through the exercises and observed by your TRE Supervisor. This can be via video, skype or in person.
  • Upon completion of all these requirements, and approval of your supervisor, you will be certified as a TRE Practitioner. There is a $100 fee and automatic listing on the TRE Practitioners Website.

Required materials for Level One:

  • Berceli, D (2008) (Book)  The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process: Transcend Your Toughest Times. Namaste Publishers, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Berceli, D (2008) (DVD) The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process: Transcend Your Toughest Times, Namaste Publishers, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Berceli, D (2005) (Book) Trauma Releasing Exercises: A Revolutionary new method for stress/trauma recovery. Book Surge Pub.
  • Berceli, D (2005) (DVD) Trauma Releasing Exercises: A Revolutionary new method for stress/trauma recovery.
  • Levine, Peter (1997) Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA.
  • Keleman, Stanley (1985) Emotional Anatomy, Center Press Berkeley, CA.

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