We partner with licensed clinicians who:

• Have meaningful experience and advanced training in a defined area of trauma work
• Can teach complex material in a way that supports integration rather than overwhelm
• Value nuance, pacing, and ethical clarity
• Are open to collaboration and CE review standards
• Align with a nervous-system-informed approach to both therapy and teaching

We are especially interested in clinicians whose work reflects identity awareness and intersectional understanding. This includes areas such as religious trauma, queer and LGBTQIA experiences, neurodivergent-affirming trauma work, chronic illness, relational trauma, racialized trauma, intergenerational harm, and the impact of systemic oppression on Black, Brown, immigrant, and historically marginalized communities.

We are committed to elevating voices whose lived experience and clinical depth meaningfully inform the work they teach.

Groundwork works with two types of instructors.

Guest Instructors teach occasional or one-time workshops.

Faculty are recurring collaborators. Faculty help shape the ongoing direction of Groundwork and contribute to both live trainings and our growing on-demand library.

We intentionally limit the number of Faculty each year. This allows us to build real relationships, maintain quality, and keep the platform cohesive.

Faculty align with one of our core pillars:

• Trauma processing with integrity
• Nervous system informed practice
• Identity and intersectional trauma
• Relational and attachment-based trauma
• Ethical and sustainable trauma work

You teach your own material. We provide the structure.

When you teach with Groundwork, you are not responsible for holding everything. We provide:

• NBCC compliance oversight and audit-ready documentation
• Learning objective review and support
• Registration and payment processing
• Marketing and communication
• Hosting and technical production
• Recording and on-demand distribution
• Editorial feedback to ensure alignment with CE standards and pacing

All course content is reviewed prior to delivery to ensure it meets continuing education requirements and reflects Groundwork's values around depth and regulation.

You retain ownership of your original workshop material.

Workshops hosted by Groundwork are recorded. Groundwork retains ownership of those recordings and may offer them as part of our on-demand library under a defined three-year license agreement.

You are welcome to teach similar content elsewhere. Recordings created within Groundwork may not be used independently outside the platform.

Compensation is structured clearly and transparently, based on whether you are teaching as a Guest Instructor or as Faculty.

Live workshops and on-demand offerings follow a revenue-sharing model outlined in your teaching agreement. Faculty partnerships are established through an annual agreement with per-course addendums.

We believe in clarity from the beginning.

Groundwork is not a marketplace of random workshops. It is a curated learning environment for clinicians who want to deepen their trauma work without sacrificing integrity or nervous system health.

If you are looking for a place where your expertise can be shared in a steady, supported container, and where learners are invited into depth at a pace that honors integration, we would love to connect.

If you feel aligned with this approach, we invite you to submit an instructor application. We review applications carefully to ensure strong clinical fit and shared values.

Submission does not guarantee selection. We curate intentionally.

We are building something steady here. And we are doing it thoughtfully!