CA Level One
Constructed Awareness® Level One Training
Resourcing Trauma Through Deeper Awareness
Constructed Awareness® Level One introduces clinicians to an experiential, awareness-based approach to understanding and resourcing emotional distress, trauma, and attachment experiences. Grounded in the principles of nonviolence, nonduality, and mindfulness, this foundational training explores how greater awareness of thoughts, bodily sensations, and external senses can support natural processes of regulation, understanding, and change. Through instruction, personal exploration, demonstrations, and experiential practice, participants begin developing ways to recognize clients' orientation styles and introduce awareness-based resources into their clinical work.
Training Format: Four training days held across two separate weekends, allowing time between sessions for reflection and integration.
Level One establishes the foundation for continued exploration of Constructed Awareness®, including preparing clients for the trauma and attachment processing approaches taught in Level Two.
Beginning with Level One, participants are also invited to join our private online CA Clinician Community, where they can stay connected with fellow clinicians, share reflections and resources, and continue conversations between training weekends and beyond. Joining instructions are included in the pre-training materials, and participation is entirely optional.
The Three Principles of Constructed Awareness®
Level One introduces three foundational principles that guide the Constructed Awareness® approach to therapeutic work.
1. Bringing awareness to the client's experience changes their experience.
Rather than relying on effort or willpower to change an emotional experience, CA explores how bringing awareness to what is already happening can create opportunities for change. Clinicians learn to support clients in noticing their experiences with curiosity, presence, and nonviolence.
2. Human experience is constructed through thoughts, sensations, and external senses.
CA explores three building blocks of conscious experience: thoughts, bodily sensations, and external senses. Clinicians learn to recognize how these elements contribute to emotional and relational experiences and how directing awareness toward them can support deeper understanding.
3. People naturally orient their awareness differently.
Individuals tend to direct their awareness more strongly toward particular aspects of experience. Level One introduces the six CA orientation styles and explores how recognizing these patterns can help clinicians identify awareness-based resources that are responsive to each client's experience.
Target Audience
Constructed Awareness® Level One is an introductory training designed for mental health professionals at various stages of their clinical development. No previous training in Constructed Awareness® is required.
This training is appropriate for:
Licensed mental health professionals, including professional counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts.
Mental health professionals currently pursuing clinical licensure.
Graduate students in mental health fields who have reached the practicum stage of their education.
Mental health professionals seeking continuing education and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
If you're uncertain whether your education or professional experience meets the participation requirements, please contact info@constructedawareness.com. We're happy to help you determine whether Level One is an appropriate fit.
Continuing Education Information
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Constructed Awareness Institute, provider #1832, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 4/15/2026-4/15/2029.
Social workers completing this course receive 30 total continuing education credits, including 20 general, eight clinical, and two cultural competence credits.
CUE Management Solutions, LLC
CUE Management Solutions, LLC will award 30 CEs to participants who attend all 30 hours. No partial credit will be awarded. An evaluation will be emailed to attendees at the end of the event and CE certificates will be issued thereafter.
CUE Management Solutions, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0242.
CUE Management Solutions, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CUE Management Solutions, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
The Constructed Awareness Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7787. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Constructed Awareness Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Upcoming Level One Trainings
Explore upcoming opportunities to begin your Constructed Awareness® training experience.
Level One Learning Objectives
At the completion of the program, participants will be able to:
Define a self-regulating resource and a self-awareness resource
Explain three examples of how direct awareness changes a client’s experience
Define the three building blocks of the client’s conscious experience—thought, sensation, and external senses
Use the Emotion Tracker Worksheet to differentiate the three building blocks—thoughts, sensations, and external senses
Use the Constructed Awareness Questionnaire (CAQ)
Identify 10 words that offer clues to how the client’s system is oriented
Differentiate the six orientation styles of the CA typology
Describe how emotions are cultural constructions
Utilize three techniques for bringing direct awareness to each of the three building blocks of the conscious experience—thought, sensation, and external senses
Identify three self-awareness resources
Identify 10 words that indicate the client may be thinking about what they are feeling rather than directly connecting with sensation
Apply one self-awareness resource when working with the sense of sound
Utilize one self-awareness resource when working with the sense of sight
Utilize one self-awareness resource when working with sensations
Practice one method of bringing spontaneous awareness to the client’s experience
Present a thought as a word, as a sound, and as a picture.
Apply one self-awareness resource when working with thoughts
Utilize five relational resources
Apply one boundary resource
Level One Training Agenda
The Level One training consists of four days exploring the foundational principles of Constructed Awareness®, awareness-based resources, and their application in clinical practice.
All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Select a day below to explore the schedule.
WEEKEND ONE
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9:00 – 9:45 — Welcome, Introduction, and Awareness Exercise
9:45 – 10:00 — What Is Constructed Awareness?
10:00 – 10:45 — A Nonviolent and Nondual Approach to Therapy
10:45 – 11:00 — The Transformative Power of Awareness
11:00 – 11:15 — Break
11:15 – 11:30 — Theory of Constructed Emotion
11:30 – 12:00 — What Is an Emotion?
12:00 – 12:30 — Are Emotions Real?
12:30 – 12:45 — Cultural Construction of Emotions
12:45 – 1:00 — Emotion Tracker
1:00 – 2:00 — Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 — Awareness Exercise and Group Discussion
2:30 – 3:30 — The Constructed Awareness Questionnaire (CAQ-T & CAQ-S)
3:30 – 3:45 — Break
3:45 – 5:15 — Practicum
5:15 – 5:30 — Identifying Resources for Each Orientation Style
5:30 – 6:00 — Group Discussion
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9:00 – 10:00 — Group Discussion and Awareness Exercise
10:00 – 11:30 — Awareness of Senses
11:30 – 11:45 — Break
11:45 – 12:15 — Talking with Your Hands
12:15 – 1:00 — Expanding Awareness of Sensation
1:00 – 2:00 — Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 — Awareness Exercise and Group Discussion
2:30 – 3:15 — Tuning Senses and Sensation
3:15 – 3:30 — Break
3:30 – 5:30 — Practicum
5:30 – 6:00 — Group Discussion
WEEKEND TWO
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9:00 – 10:00 — Group Discussion and Awareness Exercise
10:00 – 11:15 — Review of CAQ and Emotion Tracker
11:15 – 11:30 — Break
11:30 – 1:00 — What is a Thought?
1:00 – 2:00 — Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 — The Interpreter
2:30 – 3:00 — Group Discussion and Awareness Exercise
3:00 – 3:15 — Expressing Actual Affirmations
3:15 – 3:30 — Break
3:30 – 5:30 — Practicum: Observing Thoughts
5:30 – 6:00 — Group Discussion and Closing
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9:00 – 9:30 — Group Discussion and Awareness Exercise
9:30 – 11:15 — The Construction of Connection
11:15 – 11:30 — Break
11:30 – 1:00 — Practicum: Relational Resources
1:00 – 2:00 — Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 — Group Discussion and Awareness Exercise
2:30 – 3:00 — Constructing Emotions
3:00 – 3:15 — Spontaneous Curiosity
3:15 – 3:30 — Break
3:30 – 5:30 — Practicum: Constructing Emotions and Spontaneous Resourcing
5:30 – 6:00 — Group Discussion and Closing
Presenter Biography
Tyler Orr, PhD, LPC-MHSP
Tyler Orr is the creator of Constructed Awareness® and President of the Constructed Awareness Institute. A Licensed Professional Counselor and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, he brings an interactive, here-and-now approach to counseling, clinical consultation, and professional education.
His work integrates mindfulness, nonviolence, nonduality, and process-oriented exploration, with an emphasis on supporting personal awareness and meaningful change.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Participants may request a cancellation and refund up to 14 days before the scheduled start of training. Refunds will be issued minus a $100 administrative fee.
No refunds will be issued for cancellations made fewer than 14 days before training begins or for withdrawals after the training has started.
All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing from the email address used during registration.
No partial continuing education (CE) credit will be awarded.
Training Transfers
Participants who need to move their registration to a different training date may request a transfer.
If the transfer is requested more than 30 days after the original registration date, a $100 administrative fee will apply.
A $100 administrative fee also applies to participants who need to make up a missed training day during another scheduled training.
All transfer requests, including requests to make up a missed training day, must be submitted in writing from the email address used during registration.
Disclosure Statement
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
Grievance Policy
All grievances must be submitted in writing using the Complaint/Grievance Policy Form.
For questions or concerns, please contact info@constructedawareness.com.
Accessibility and Accommodations
Constructed Awareness Institute is committed to supporting accessibility and providing reasonable accommodations for participants with disabilities.
If you would like to discuss accommodations for an upcoming training, please contact us at info@constructedawareness.com or 423-244-5918.
We welcome the opportunity to discuss your needs in advance of the training.
Contact Information
Constructed Awareness Institute
P.O. Box 14
Georgetown, TN 37336
423-244-5918
info@constructedawareness.com
Training Dates
Weekend One: September 10–11, 2027
Weekend Two: October 8–9, 2027
Time: 9:00 AM–6:00 PM Eastern Time (ET), each training day
To support greater access to training, tuition has been reduced to $457 through December 31, 2027. Additional scholarships and payment plan options are available below. The content, continuing education hours, and training experience remain unchanged. Previous promotional discounts cannot be combined with this reduced tuition rate.