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Training Overview
Constructed Awareness® (CA) Level One is a live, interactive training designed for therapists who want to integrate mindfulness-based, trauma-informed approaches into their practice.
This foundational training introduces the core principles of CA, including nonviolence, nonduality, mindfulness, and working with the three building blocks that shape human experience. Clinicians begin developing ways to enhance history taking, resourcing, and client self-awareness through greater awareness of thoughts, bodily sensations, and external senses.
Using awareness as the primary catalyst for change rather than relying on willpower, participants explore an empirical and intuitive approach to therapy that supports deeper understanding and responsiveness to clients' experiences.
The skills developed in Level One also help prepare clients for trauma and attachment processing using methods taught in CA Level Two or other process-oriented approaches.
What You'll Explore
In this training, participants will:
Explore how awareness can act as the catalyst for therapeutic change, rather than relying on willpower alone.
Learn to guide clients in expanding awareness of the three building blocks—thoughts, sensations, and external senses—which shape emotional experiences and perceptions of self and others.
Identify and work with client orientation patterns, including mental, sensation, and external orientations, to tailor interventions and support emotional regulation.
Discover the six CA orientation styles and explore how recognizing these patterns can help clinicians introduce resources that deepen self-awareness and promote self-regulation.
Prepare clients for deeper trauma processing work in future sessions using mindfulness-based, trauma-informed resourcing skills.
Interactive Training Format
This live online training takes place via Zoom over four days, spanning two weekends. Participants engage in:
Informative lectures
Live and recorded demonstrations
Hands-on practicums
Collaborative group discussions
The time between training weekends offers an opportunity for reflection and integration of the material.
What Participants Receive
A 65-page handbook
22 additional handouts and scripts
12 guided audio files to share with clients
20 demonstration videos
30 hours of continuing education for therapists
These resources provide practical tools that therapists can begin integrating into their clinical practice. Participants also have opportunities to practice skills live and learn directly from Tyler Orr, the creator of the CA model.
Who May Attend
Constructed Awareness® Level One is an introductory-level 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
This training offers 30 hours of continuing education for eligible participants.
Continuing education is available through the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), and CUE Management Solutions, LLC, which provides continuing education for psychologists.
Psychologists may obtain APA continuing education credits for an additional $50 fee.
For details about provider approvals, credit eligibility, and continuing education policies, please visit:
Level One Continuing Education Information
Learning Objectives and Agenda
Explore the complete learning objectives and four-day training schedule:
Tuition and Payment Options
Pay in Full — $457
Payment Plan — Three Installments
To make training more accessible, we offer the option to divide tuition into three payments.
To enroll using the payment plan, enter the code PAYMENTPLAN at checkout. This will reduce your online checkout total to $0, and we will contact you with a Square invoice to arrange your three installments.
The payment plan covers the full training tuition. Discount codes and scholarships cannot be combined with the payment plan option.Scholarships
To increase access to CA training, scholarships are available for graduate students, provisionally licensed therapists, behavioral health educators, and clinicians working in community mental health and nonprofit settings.
Scholarship Tuition — $247 (regularly $457)
To receive the scholarship rate, enter the discount code that best fits your role at checkout.
STUDENT – Graduate Students
PRELICENSED – Provisionally Licensed Therapists
EDUCATOR – Behavioral Health Educators
CMH – Community Mental Health Clinicians
NONPROFIT – Nonprofit Clinicians
Scholarship codes cannot be combined with other discounts or the payment plan option.
Training Participant Agreement
Before completing your registration, please review the CA Training Participant Agreement and Policies.
The agreement outlines participation expectations, experiential learning requirements, confidentiality, cancellation and transfer policies, and continuing education requirements.
You will be asked to acknowledge and accept these terms during registration.
About the Presenter
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