Courses

Choose your path to understanding.
Explore SAIF courses designed for professionals, survivors, and those supporting them, with learning pathways tailored to different backgrounds and needs.

Healthcare Professionals

Build knowledge of Sexual Abuse Injury and its impact on the brain, body, and sense of self. Develop a stronger foundation for recognising injury and supporting informed care.

Friends & Family

Learn about sexual abuse, its influence on psychological, emotional, relational, and personal wellbeing, and how SAIF can inform therapeutic practice.

Support Workers

Explore an injury-based approach to understanding complex presentations and develop a deeper perspective on assessment and care.

Survivors

Develop practical knowledge of Sexual Abuse Injury and learn how informed, compassionate support can help survivors better understand their experiences.

Psychiatrists

Learn about Sexual Abuse Injury and the ways sexual abuse can affect your life. Gain knowledge that can support understanding, communication, and informed care.

Therapists

Gain a clearer understanding of sexual abuse and its possible effects, while learning ways to approach survivors with greater knowledge, respect, and compassion.

What you can explore.

Understanding Sexual Abuse Injury

Learn how sexual abuse can affect the brain, body, relationships, and sense of self.

Recognising patterns

Develop a framework for understanding patterns that may otherwise remain difficult to recognise.

Survivor-informed knowledge

Build knowledge that reflects the experiences of survivors and supports a more informed approach to understanding sexual abuse.

Applying knowledge

Connect SAIF principles to professional practice, personal understanding, and meaningful support.

Psychological testing & diagnostic evaluations

We provide comprehensive evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults across a wide range of psychological, developmental, and educational concerns. Our clinicians’ specialized training and experience allow us to efficiently identify, prioritize, and address key areas of need.

How to Begin Your Journey SAIF Journey

YOUR PATH TO UNDERSTANDING BEGINS HERE

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Explore SAIF

Learn about the foundations of the Sexual Abuse Injury Framework and its approach.
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Choose Your Path

Select the learning pathway that matches your background and needs.
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Build Your Knowledge

Develop a deeper understanding of Sexual Abuse Injury and its impact.
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Apply Your Knowledge

Use your knowledge to support informed understanding, communication, and care.

Begin your SAIF journey

Whether you are a professional seeking deeper knowledge, a survivor seeking greater understanding, or someone supporting a survivor, there is a SAIF pathway for you.

Frequently
Asked Questions

Questions we often asked

WONSA offers SAIF learning pathways for Health Care Professionals, Therapists, Psychiatrists, Support Workers, Survivors, and Friends & Family.
SAIF courses introduce the Sexual Abuse Injury Framework and provide learning tailored to different backgrounds and needs.
The professional pathways include Nurses, Physicians, Obstetricians, Psychologists, Counselors, Psychotherapists, Therapists, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Residents, Support Workers, and other relevant professionals.
Yes. WONSA provides SAIF courses specifically tailored to Survivors.
Yes. WONSA provides SAIF courses tailored to Friends and Family.

MD. CO-FOUNDER AND CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST