TBRI Practitioner Training

In-depth training for professionals

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TBRI® Practitioner Training is our most intensive method for teaching Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, equipping you to practice TBRI while working with children, families and systems of care impacted by trauma.

With our accompanying TBRI® Caregiver Training Package, you can go on to train others in your organization.

Slots are limited, so we choose applicants who are in a position to help the most children, based on a variety of factors, including:

  • Your direct impact on children through your profession or other work (such as child therapists, caseworkers, CASA representatives, early childhood & development specialists, and more)
  • Your support system or workplace’s likelihood to be open to the TBRI model
  • Your geographic location in an area where we hope to grow

We wish we could train everyone, and our acceptance decisions are often close, so if we don’t accept your first application, keep trying!

What Training Is Like

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Training Format

You must complete all components of Phase I and Phase II to be recognized as a TBRI Practitioner.

  • Phase I: Online (your pace). Nine units of foundational coursework, completed at your own pace, plus an interpersonal interview, happening in the 10 weeks before Phase II.
  • Phase II: Live (in-person or online). After completing Phase I, you’ll join a group, either in-person or in online video sessions, for five days of intensive training focused on implementing TBRI.

Tuition: $3,500 USD

Financial Assistance / Award Opportunities: Limited award opportunities are available for most trainings, and those opportunities become available upon acceptance into the program.

Continuing Education (CE) Credits

  • Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists Provider #361
  • Texas Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Provider #3263
  • Texas Education Agency Professional Education Provider #501865

2026 Training Dates

Training Dates Location Application Period
April 6 – 10, 2026* Fort Worth (TCU) 9/15/25 – 9/29/25
May 18 – 22, 2026 Fort Worth (TCU) 12/1/25 – 12/15/25
August 3 – 7, 2026 Oklahoma 2/23/26 – 3/13/26
October 19 – 23, 2026 New Orleans, LA 5/28/26 – 6/5/26
November 9 – 13, 2026 Jacksonville, FL 6/15/26 – 6/30/26

* Closed TBRI® Practitioner Trainings

The training dates above refer to Phase II of the TBRI® Practitioner Training session.

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TBRI Practitioner Training | May 18-22, 2026

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