Trauma‑Informed Workshops
Because life-changing support should be within reach for the people who serve.
Experiential Trauma Work
The Battle Within delivers trauma‑informed workshops that help your team understand trauma, practice emotional regulation, and build connected, resilient cultures. All sessions are facilitated by clinicians with expertise in serving veterans, first responders, and frontline medical personnel. Workshops can be held on‑site at your location or at The Battle Within Campus in Kansas City.
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Who these workshops are for
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First Responder agencies: law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatch
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Military and veteran‑serving organizations
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Hospitals, clinics, and frontline medical teams
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Department of Corrections
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Trauma, Secondary Trauma, and Resilience
Duration: 90 minutes
An engaging, interactive introduction to trauma, including secondary and vicarious trauma, with a focus on how stress impacts emotions, relationships, and behavior. Participants learn core elements of healing, practical emotional regulation tools, and build a shared language for resilience across the team.
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Participants will:
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Understand the nervous system’s response to trauma
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Recognize signs of secondary trauma
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Practice emotional regulation tools to use when distressed or challenged
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Identify supports that strengthen recovery and team connection
Sustaining Yourself in Service
Duration: 3 Hours
A deeper dive that equips participants with knowledge and skills for both personal wellness and workplace support. Through a balanced mix of education, reflective exercises, and practical tools, this session builds confidence and capacity to care for self and others while working in high‑exposure roles.
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Participants will:
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Map personal stress patterns and recovery routines
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Practice grounding and emotion regulation techniques
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Learn peer‑to‑peer support skills and referral pathways
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Create a simple, sustainable plan to show up without burning out
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Grief, Moral Injury, and Healing
Duration: 1-Day
A unique, clinician‑led experience centered on therapeutic processes in an intentional group setting. The day focuses on grief, moral injury, and post‑traumatic growth. Facilitators guide activities that promote healing and connection, with attention to how hidden wounds arise when personal values conflict with what has been witnessed or experienced in service roles.
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Participants will:
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Explore grief and moral injury with language that fits their culture.
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Experience how intentional connection fosters healing.
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Practice tools for meaning‑making and post‑traumatic growth.
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Leave with concrete next steps for individual and team care.
Outcomes you can expect
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Shared understanding of trauma and its impact, including secondary exposure
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Increased confidence using regulation tools during and after critical incidents
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Stronger peer connection and pathways for support
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Practical next steps that reinforce a resilient, service‑ready culture
What Others Have Experienced
"The Battle Within helped me to put a face/name to the years of stuff I've packed away & never dealt with. "Suck it up" has been a mantra for generations but needs to have an action step to deal with the stuff. A vacuum cleaner can only take in so much stuff before it stops working."
"I’m not one to usually sit down and tell a stranger about the demons in my closet, but these instructors really helped me open up by being so caring and understanding to my past, that they didn’t feel like strangers. I was able to let go of a lot of past baggage thanks to this retreat. I strongly recommend this retreat to every LEO and military veteran."
"I’m not one to usually sit down and tell a stranger about the demons in my closet, but these instructors really helped me open up by being so caring and understanding to my past, that they didn’t feel like strangers. I was able to let go of a lot of past baggage thanks to this retreat. I strongly recommend this retreat to every LEO and military veteran."