Therapists
Deepen your understanding Become SAIF certified
Sexual trauma can affect how people feel, relate to others and experience themselves. SAIF looks beyond presenting symptoms to help professionals recognise the underlying injury and understand patterns that may otherwise remain overlooked.
Built on ten years of research and experience involving survivors, clinicians and researchers, the programme introduces practical tools, methods and principles for recognising injury levels and informing treatment planning. After certification, apply SAIF in your professional practice with opportunities for guidance and supervision through WONSA’s global network.
Why SAIF?
Understand sexual trauma through an injury-based perspective.
Recognise less-familiar symptoms and trauma patterns.
Connect injury levels with informed treatment planning.
Access professional guidance, peer support and supervision.
What SAIF brings to therapeutic practice
Look beyond symptoms
Develop an understanding of the injuries associated with sexual trauma, including patterns that may be missed when attention centres on symptom management.
Recognise injury levels
Explore practical methods, tools and principles that help you identify injury levels and better understand each person’s experiences and needs.
Inform treatment planning
Bring an injury-based perspective into treatment decisions, connecting your understanding of trauma with the care you plan and provide.
Learn with a community
Connect with professionals through WONSA’s global network, with opportunities to exchange knowledge, receive guidance and access supervision.
Meet Our SAIF Specialists
Meet Our Specialists
Learn from professionals who bring clinical experience, research, observation, and knowledge to the development of survivor-informed healthcare.
The Full SAIF program
Build your knowledge through WONSA’s introductory course, SAI Screening, individual injury-level courses and dedicated learning on dissociation. Study at your own pace, with recorded lectures and live webinars in selected courses.
WONSA Introduction
Explore WONSA’s foundations through a self-paced course with a certificate of completion.
SAI Screening
Develop screening knowledge through self-paced study and recorded lectures, with certification options.
SAI Levels 1–5 and Dissociation
Explore SAI Levels 1–5 and Dissociation with recorded lectures, selected webinars, and certification options.
Explore the Courses
How It Works
Study Online
Access the programme from home and study around your professional and personal commitments.
Build Your Understanding
Start with foundations, then deepen your knowledge through screening, injury levels, and dissociation training.
Connect Through Webinars
Meet teachers and fellow students through monthly webinars, with live teaching in selected courses.
Prepare for certification
Choose when to take your online exam. Monthly exams support certification.
Program Requirements
Therapists and Counsellors
The programme welcomes psychologists, counsellors, therapists and psychotherapists who want to deepen their understanding of sexual trauma and apply an injury-based perspective in practice.
Required Qualification
The minimum requirement is Step 1 Undergraduate Psychotherapy Training (GPU) or a higher qualification, as specified by WONSA for the therapists programme.
Certification
Certification involves an online examination and is paid for separately from the course. Additional fees may apply for access to the professional network.
Who can join the SAIF program? &
SAIF is designed for healthcare professionals who want to develop a deeper understanding of Sexual Abuse Injury and bring this knowledge into their clinical practice.
SAIF Program specifications
YOUR PATH TO LEARNING, CERTIFICATION AND CONNECTION
Study SAIF
Learn at your pace through online courses and webinars, from WONSA’s foundations to sexual trauma injury training.
Get certified
Complete an online exam and list your services in WONSA’s directory. Optional renewal is available with each SAIF release.