CA Level Three
Constructed Awareness® Level Three Training
Advanced Trauma Processing in Practice
Constructed Awareness® Level Three builds upon the foundational awareness practices and trauma-processing approaches introduced in Levels One and Two, inviting clinicians into a deeper integration of CA within their therapeutic work.
This advanced training explores how awareness-based resources and interventions can become part of a cohesive, responsive approach to trauma therapy, allowing opportunities for processing to emerge naturally within sessions.
Through instruction, demonstrations, experiential practice, and clinical exploration, participants deepen their understanding of single-event, developmental, and complex trauma. Particular attention is given to recognizing clients' orientation styles, understanding nervous system responses, and responding with presence and flexibility throughout the therapeutic process.
Training Format: Four training days held across two separate weekends, allowing time between sessions for reflection and integration.
Level Three offers clinicians an opportunity to refine their skills while continuing to deepen the personal awareness and relational presence that support their clinical work.
What You'll Explore in Level Three
During this training, participants will explore:
Responsive Trauma Processing: Supporting the natural emergence of trauma responses during therapy while remaining attentive, flexible, and present with clients' experiences.
Advanced Trauma Processing: Deepening their understanding of single-event, developmental, and complex trauma and recognizing distinctions that may inform clinical practice.
Orientation and Trauma: Exploring how mental, sensation, and external orientations influence trauma processing, including responses associated with fixed and fragmented orientations.
Nervous System Dynamics: Recognizing sympathetic and parasympathetic responses and exploring the ways fight, flight, freeze, and dissociation may appear during trauma processing.
Clinical Integration: Bringing CA principles, awareness-based resources, and trauma-processing approaches together through demonstrations, discussion, and experiential practice.
Participants are also welcome to continue connecting with fellow clinicians through our private online CA Clinician Community, introduced during Level One training.
Target Audience and Prerequisites
Constructed Awareness® Level Three is an advanced-level training designed for mental health professionals who have completed the first two levels of the CA training pathway.
Completion of both Constructed Awareness® Level One and Level Two is required before attending Level Three.
This training is appropriate for:
Licensed mental health professionals, including professional counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and marriage and family therapists.
Mental health professionals currently pursuing clinical licensure.
Graduate students in mental health fields who have reached the practicum stage of their education.
All participants must have completed Levels One and Two, regardless of professional experience or credentials.
If you're uncertain whether your education, clinical experience, or previous CA training meets the participation requirements, please contact info@constructedawareness.com.
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 18 general and 12 clinical 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 Three Trainings
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Level Three Learning Objectives
At the completion of the program, participants will be able to:
Describe the three building blocks of the client’s conscious experience—thought, sensation, and external senses.
List the six orientation styles of the CA typology.
Explain a single-event trauma.
Describe developmental trauma.
Explain complex trauma.
Demonstrate two ways to use objects in the external environment to assist in regulating the client during processing.
Explain tuning to process trauma in session.
Identify two ways to initiate spontaneous trauma processing during sessions.
Recite two ways mentally-oriented clients may respond during processing.
Assess two ways sensation-oriented clients may respond during processing.
Assess two ways externally-oriented clients may respond during processing.
Assess two ways clients with fixed orientations may respond to trauma processing.
Analyze two ways clients with fragmented orientations may respond during trauma processing.
Describe the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system responses and their role in trauma processing.
Compare sympathetic and parasympathetic responses during trauma processing.
Recite two ways to tell if clients are transitioning from sympathetic to parasympathetic responses during trauma processing.
Identify two signs of a client exhibiting a fight response during trauma processing.
Identify two behaviors that indicate a flight response in clients during trauma processing.
List two signs of a freeze response during trauma processing.
Describe two signs of dissociation during trauma processing.
Identify two methods to help clients reorient after dissociation during trauma processing.
Level Three Training Agenda
The Level Three training consists of four days exploring responsive trauma processing, nervous system dynamics, orientation styles, and the integration of Constructed Awareness® into clinical practice.
All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Select a day below to explore the schedule.
WEEKEND ONE
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9:00-9:30 — Group Discussion
9:30-10:30 — Understanding CA as a Therapeutic Model for Treating Trauma
10:30-10:45 — Break
10:45-11:15 — Responsive Trauma Processing
11:15-11:45 — Single-Event, Developmental, and Complex Trauma
11:45-1:00 — Demo Video
1:00-2:00 — Lunch
2:00-2:30 — Group Discussion
2:30-3:30 — Practicum
3:30-3:45 — Break
3:45-5:45 — Practicum
5:45-6:00 — Group Discussion
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9:00-9:30 — Group Discussion
9:30-10:00 — Trauma and the Fight Response
10:00-10:30 — Trauma and the Flight Response
10:30-10:45 — Break
10:45-11:15 — Trauma and the Freeze Response
11:15-11:45 — Trauma and Dissociation
11:45-1:00 — Demo Video
1:00-2:00 — Lunch
2:00-2:30 — Group Discussion
2:30-3:30 — Practicum
3:30-3:45 — Break
3:45-5:45 — Practicum
5:45-6:00 — Group Discussion
WEEKEND TWO
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9:00-9:30 — Group Discussion
9:30-10:00 — CA Orientation Theory and Trauma
10:00-10:30 — Trauma and Mental Orientation
10:30-10:45 — Break
10:45-11:15 — Trauma and External Orientation
11:15-11:45 — Trauma and Sensation Orientation
11:45-1:00 — Demo Video
1:00-2:00 — Lunch
2:00-2:30 — Group Discussion
2:30-3:30 — Practicum
3:30-3:45 —Break
3:45-5:45 — Practicum
5:45-6:00 — Group Discussion
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9:00-9:30 — Group Discussion
9:30-10:30 — Trauma and Fixed Orientation
10:30-10:45 — Break
10:45-11:45 — Trauma and Fragmented Orientation
11:45-1:00 — Demo Video
1:00-2:00 — Lunch
2:00-2:30 — Group Discussion
2:30-3:30 — Practicum
3:30-3:45 — Break
3:45-5:45 — Practicum
5:45-6:00 — Group Discussion
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: January 8–9, 2027
Weekend Two: February 12–13, 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.