Allies in Change is excited to announce the upcoming one-day,  “Cultural Humility and Trauma Informed Care in Working with Abusive Partners” training that will be held this January!

Our Cultural Humility and Trauma Informed Care in Working with Abusive Partners training will be held in via Zoom on January 22^nd, 2026, featuring Dr. Chris Huffine.

Topics Include:

• Gain a broader understanding of culture as it manifests in specific individuals along dimensions such as intersectionality and cultural identification
• Deepen their understanding of oppression as identified through implicit bias, microaggressions, cultural supremacy, and racial and historical trauma
• How to actively practice cultural humility in working with abusive partners
• Better understand the more formal definitions of trauma informed care as outlines by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• How to implement and practice trauma informed care within their agencies and with abusive partners

Please review the attached Cultural Humility and Trauma Informed Care in Working with abusive Partners training brochure for further details.

  Agenda:

• Defining culture and how it manifests within individuals through intersectionality and cultural identification
• Consideration of a person’s personal experience with prejudice, bigotry, and oppression including the elements of privilege, dominant culture supremacy, implicit bias, and microaggressions
• Cultural humility defined
• Trauma defined: simple, complex, historical, and racial trauma
• Trauma informed care defined
• The implementation and active practice of cultural humility and trauma informed care with group participants and colleagues 

We also have other one-day trainings coming up providing 6 CEU’s each, and only for $100.00 per training!

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Special Considerations in Identifying and Working with Women in Abuse Intervention Programing

There is extensive evidence indicating that a substantial number of women who are arrested or mandated to abuse intervention do not have patterns of abuse and control. This training will provide detailed information on how to differentiate between women who do and do not truly need abuse intervention programing. The similarities and differences between male and female abusive partners and how to adequately address the distinct needs of female abusive partners will be discussed. This workshop draws on 15 years of experience the staff at Allies in Change has in working separately with women who do and do not have patterns of abuse and control.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Working with LGBTQ+ Abusive Partners

This training will provide an overview of how to work with LGBTQ+ abusive partners both via a specialized group for LGBTQ+ abusive partners as well as if they are being worked with in a typical cis heterosexual abuse intervention group or being seen individually. This will include how to modify existing abuse intervention material to accommodate the distinct needs of LGBTQ+ abusive partners.

You may also refer to our website, www.AlliesinChange.org, for more information on other agency trainings and services, including free trainings!