Course 1 Syllabus
The Treasure of ME Being Human
Course Summary
This comprehensive training course provides advanced, trauma-response based education focused
on understanding how severe trauma impacts thought processes, emotional functioning, and
relational patterns. Grounded in current trauma research and informed by lived experience, the
course presents a structured, evidence-consistent framework for recognizing and responding to the
enduring effects of complex trauma.
Participants will develop practical, trauma-responsive skills that extend beyond foundational
awareness to support appropriate, ethical engagement with individuals impacted by severe trauma,
including dissociative presentations such as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Emphasis is placed
on increasing competency, improving interpretive accuracy, and fostering responsible, informed
responses within the participant’s scope of practice.
This course is designed for a broad audience, including mental health professionals, pastors, lay
counselors, trauma survivors, and support persons seeking a deeper understanding of trauma and
the development of appropriate, trauma-responsive interactions. Content is delivered within a
structured educational framework to support both professional development and personal insight.
Participation in this course is for educational purposes only and does not establish a clinical
counseling, psychotherapy, supervisory, or mentoring relationship between participants and
instructors.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Apply an integrated framework (Function, Protection, Emotion) to interpret behavior
2. Differentiate between emotional experience, protective responses, and functional behavior
3. Identify the roles of attachment, shame, and powerlessness in emotional pain
4. Analyze how beliefs form from emotional experiences and shape relational patterns
5. Recognize body-based indicators of emotional states
6. Apply a trauma-response approach to real-life scenarios
7. Demonstrate understanding of emotional regulation and resilience concepts
8. Integrate multiple factors (relational, emotional, physiological) in complex situations
9. Select responses that promote safety, connection, and regulation
Course Structure and Module Outcomes
Module 1: Introduction to Being Human
Introduces the foundational framework of human experience.
Outcomes: Define core concepts of human experience and describe the purpose of the
course framework.
Module 2: The Role of Relationship
Explores the importance of connection in human development.
Outcomes: Explain how relational experiences influence emotional and behavioral
development.
Module 3: Regulation and Awareness
Introduces regulation, attunement, and internal awareness.
Outcomes: Identify signs of regulation and dysregulation and describe the role of awareness
in relational engagement.
Module 4: The Dynamic of Being Human
Presents Function, Protection, and Emotion as a core model.
Outcomes: Differentiate between Function, Protection, and Emotion and apply the model to
interpret behavior.
Module 5: Humans and God
Examines trauma, ACEs, and their impact.
Outcomes: Apply a trauma-response lens to interpret behavior and distinguish trauma
responses from moral judgments.
Module 6: Attachment
Explores attachment as a source of emotional pain.
Outcomes: Identify behaviors linked to attachment needs and interpret relational patterns
through attachment dynamics.
Module 7: Shame
Focuses on identity-based emotional pain.
Outcomes: Differentiate shame from other emotions and identify how shame influences
behavior and identity.
Module 8: Powerlessness
Examines loss of agency and control.
Outcomes: Recognize expressions of powerlessness and apply concepts of agency and choice
to real-life situations.
Module 9: The Body and Emotion
Connects emotional experience to physical awareness.
Outcomes: Identify body-based emotional cues and apply awareness of physical sensations
to interpret internal states.
Module 10: Brain, Regulation, and Healing
Introduces neurobiology and healing processes.
Outcomes: Explain neuroplasticity, neuroception, and the role of relationships in regulation
and healing.
Module 11: Applied Case Studies
Applies the full framework to real-life scenarios.
Outcomes: Analyze complex situations using integrated concepts and select the most
appropriate trauma-response understanding.
Module 12: Resilience and Wholehearted Living
Integrates concepts into practical living.
Outcomes: Apply concepts of resilience, belief formation, and defensive patterns to support
movement toward wholehearted living.