Purpose

The document describes a training framework that details competencies, skills and attitudes designed to act as recommendations for education and training of psychologists when working with trauma across undergraduate, postgraduate and professional training in the UK, and different areas of professional psychological practice. This framework has not been designed to instruct curricula of undergraduate and postgraduate psychology courses in the UK. Nor do they attempt to provide a prescriptive list for training in psychological trauma. Instead we envisage that these recommendations would inspire those who are responsible for the design and implementation of curricula in UK HE institutions and professional bodies. Professional psychologists may see this as informing their own best practice and similarly for those for whom they have supervisory responsibility. These recommendations can also serve as a means of identifying appropriate training needs for working with psychological trauma at all levels