PTSD UK Academy – PTSD UK

The PTSD UK Academy is the educational arm of PTSD UK, the only UK charity dedicated solely to raising awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD, no matter the trauma that caused it. Built on years of lived experience, evidence-based insight, and trusted expertise, the Academy is designed to empower professionals with the knowledge and tools they need to support people affected by trauma.

Offering a range of engaging, accessible training options—both in-person and online—the Academy delivers high-quality, trauma-informed education tailored to a wide variety of sectors, including healthcare, education, emergency services, workplaces, and more.

What makes the PTSD UK Academy different is its foundation in real-world understanding, shaped by tens of thousands of interactions with people living with PTSD and C-PTSD. Our training is informed not only by the latest research and clinical frameworks, but also by the voices and needs of those with lived experience.

Whether through one-off presentations, comprehensive workshops, or bespoke packages, our goal is to help professionals feel confident in recognising the signs and symptoms of PTSD and C-PTSD, responding appropriately, and creating trauma-informed environments where people feel safe, seen, and supported.

As the leading UK charity in this space, PTSD UK is uniquely positioned to deliver training that is evidence-based, emotionally intelligent, and deeply impactful. The PTSD UK Academy isn’t just about learning—it’s about changing lives through understanding.

Please see below for the courses and training currently on offer and coming soon

PTSD Awareness and Trauma Mental Health training (PATH)

Expert-led, evidence-based PTSD and mental health training for workplaces, community groups, and organisations. Raise awareness, foster trauma-informed environments, and support individual wellbeing through interactive presentations and workshops. Available online and in-person

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PTSD UK Online Webinars

Led by experts and informed by lived experience, our live online webinars explore key topics such as understanding PTSD, managing symptoms, navigating recovery, and supporting loved ones. These accessible, informative webinars aim to empower people with practical tools, science-backed insights, and a sense of connection—wherever they are on their journey.

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Trauma Informed Workplace Training

Expert-led, evidence-based trauma-informed workplace training for all organisations and businesses. Help your team understand the impact of trauma, build compassionate practices, and create safer, more supportive environments. Interactive and practical sessions are tailored to your needs and available both online and in person.

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PTSD UK Blog

You’ll find up-to-date news, research and information here along with some great tips to ease your PTSD in our blog.

Fundraising Coordinator

We’re hiring! Fundraising Coordinator Role Every year, hundreds of people do something extraordinary for PTSD UK. They run, swim, cycle, skydive, bake, dance and firewalk, and between them they raise the money that keeps our support and awareness work going

Asking for help is hard

Why asking for help for trauma is so hard – and what helps This guest blog is written by Freya Hickman, founder of the trauma support app remind. Freya lives with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following trauma, and it took

A ghost story

Guest Blog: A Ghost Story We’re incredibly grateful to S.K. for sharing this powerful and deeply personal piece with us. In A Ghost Story, S.K. writes with extraordinary honesty about the years spent living with PTSD – the dissociation, the

Thriving leadership programme

PTSD UK is building a new trauma-informed leadership programme Somewhere right now, a manager is sitting across from someone on their team who is clearly struggling. And quietly, they’re thinking: I don’t know what to say. They want to help.

PTSD Awareness Day 2026

PTSD Awareness Day 2026 This Saturday, 27th June 2026 marks International PTSD Awareness Day and we’d love for you to get involved and help us raise our voice, shout louder and drive towards our mission to help support EVERYONE affected

Things I wish I’d known

Things I wish I’d known – Guest Blog Hannah first connected with PTSD UK in 2023, when she shared her story on our blog and ran the Scottish Half Marathon for us. Three years on from the breakdown that led

PTSD UK Supporters Store

100% of the profits from everything in our online Supporters Store goes directly to our mission – to help everyone affected by PTSD in the UK, no matter the trauma that caused it.

Treatments for PTSD

It is possible for PTSD to be successfully treated many years after the traumatic event occurred, which means it is never too late to seek help. For some, the first step may be watchful waiting, then exploring therapeutic options such as individual or group therapy – but the main treatment options in the UK are psychological treatments such as Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprogramming (EMDR) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Traumatic events can be very difficult to come to terms with, but confronting and understanding your feelings and seeking professional help is often the only way of effectively treating PTSD. You can find out more in the links below, or here.