Beyond Trauma Academy CIC – Lived Experience Meets Professional Excellence

Trauma Recovery | Healing Leadership | Survivor-Led Change

BeyondTrauma Academy CIC is a survivor-founded, award-winning social enterprise redefining trauma support worldwide. We believe healing is possible, leadership is for everyone, and systemic change begins with survivor voices.

Individuals engaged

trauma programme graduates

Peer Community

professionals trained

A Community Interest Company With Global Impact

Who we are

BeyondTrauma Academy CIC was founded from lived experience and built on the belief that survivors deserve more than coping — they deserve freedom beyond trauma.

We are a UK-based, global-reaching organisation dedicated to empowering survivors and equipping the professionals who support them.

At the heart of our work is the Beyond Trauma Advisory Network (BTAN) — a professional membership forum packed with toolkits, guidance, best practice resources, and case support. BTAN is designed to be the go-to hub for anyone working with trauma survivors, offering the knowledge and community needed to create real change.

When professionals are better equipped — survivors heal better.

Beyond BTAN, we also deliver:
🌍 Accredited Trauma Recovery Programmes – life-changing support rooted in lived experience
🌱 Leadership Pathways for Survivors & Professionals – building a movement of trauma-informed leaders
💡 Community-Led Initiatives – systemic reform driven by survivor voices

We are more than a programme, more than a network, and more than a social enterprise.
We are a movement, proving that when survivors lead, the world changes.

Whether you’re a survivor seeking healing, a professional wanting to train, or an organisation striving for impact — you’ll find the tools, community, and support to go beyond trauma.

What makes us difference

At BeyondTrauma Academy CIC, we are not just another training provider or social project. We are creating something that does not yet exist anywhere else — a survivor-led, globally connected movement for healing, leadership, and systemic change.

💜 Survivor-led & Trauma-Informed at Every Level. Our programmes, policies, and networks are not built around survivors — they are built by survivors. This lived-experience foundation ensures every tool, training, and initiative we create is authentic, relevant, and deeply impactful.
📚 The Gold Standard in Professional Support (BTAN). Through our Beyond Trauma Advisory Network, we provide a one-of-a-kind professional forum brimming with resources, toolkits, best practices, and real case knowledge. This isn’t theory — it’s a living hub designed to equip professionals with exactly what they need to better support survivors.
📜 Accredited & Recognised by International Bodies. Our training and programmes carry professional weight, ensuring survivors and professionals alike gain qualifications, credibility, and real-world opportunities to grow.
🌍 Purpose-Driven, Not Profit-Driven. As a Community Interest Company (CIC), every penny goes back into supporting survivors and building initiatives.
🌟 Real-World Impact, Proven Results. From healing journeys that have changed thousands of lives, to influencing government policy and shaping national training standards — our track record speaks for itself.
🚀 Innovation That No One Else Is Doing. We’re pioneering survivor-led initiatives such as: The first-of-its-kind professional trauma forum (BTAN), Scholarships that transform survivors into business leaders, Survivor Action Forums that hold systems accountable, Global partnerships to reach marginalised and war-torn communities.

Support. Facilitate. Transform.

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Our Core Initiatives

The BeyondTrauma™ Recovery Programme

Our flagship, accredited trauma recovery programme — helping survivors move beyond coping into freedom, with proven results and life-changing impact.

Beyond Trauma Advisory Network

A professional membership forum packed with toolkits, resources, case knowledge, and best practice guidance. BTAN equips professionals worldwide to better support survivors.

Survivors in Business Scholarship

A unique pathway for women survivors to train as facilitators, gain a Level 4 Diploma, and launch their own purpose-led businesses with full support.

We've Been Recognised

From petitioning the Welsh Government to successfully advocating for systemic reform, our founder Mayameen Meftahi BEM has spent over a decade at the forefront of trauma recovery and survivor-led change. Her tireless efforts earned her a British Empire Medal for services to victims of trauma, and her work has since influenced training standards across sectors—from grassroots communities to national organisations.

Now, Beyond Trauma Academy CIC stands as a testament to her mission: empowering others to rise beyond trauma. We are proud to have been Awarded by Global Health Pharma for:

our pillars

Survivors in Business

Scholarships for women to become certified facilitators & business owners.

BTAN

A subscription network for trauma-informed leaders & organisations.

Trauma Recovery programme

Delivering our renowned Trauma Recovery programme.

Training & Workshops

CPD-accredited training and workshops that equip practitioners and survivors to go beyond trauma.

SAF

Survivors leading real change and accountability in statutory systems.

Tahara Retreat & Refuge

A unique healing experience and visionary child-safe crisis sanctuary, offering survivors and children a space for protection, renewal, and transformation.

Humans Impacted

Our Impact

Making a Tangible Difference in People's Lives

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Recommend The BeyondTrauma™ Recovery Programme

100%

Feel Equipped To Manage Symptoms of Trauma

95%

Now Understood Trauma And It's Effects

95%

Didn't Understand The Impacts Of Their Trauma Before Joining

80%

Testimonials

Proof That Healing Is Possible

Life changing. If you want to understand the highs and lows of coping after Trauma, this programme gives you the skills to know your emotions and reactions, and to change the cycle. I believe this programme is for anyone with any mental health issues! Very positive but very realistic! 100% recommended.

Helen Programme Participant

This programme has addressed issues that have never been addressed all my life. The programme enabled me to explore my innermost thoughts, concerns and battles that were embedded so deep, that it was difficult to recognise that they could impact so drastically on my present.

Anonymous Programme Participant

About Our Founder

BeyondTrauma Academy CIC was founded by Mayameen Meftahi BEM from Mayameen’s lived experience of surviving child sexual abuse. Her journey from trauma to healing inspired a mission: to create a survivor-led organisation that transforms trauma into empowerment — for individuals, professionals, and communities worldwide.

Before publicly sharing her story, Mayameen had already begun shaping change behind the scenes. She delivered a TEDx talk and lectured at The Queen’s Nursing Institute, advocating for trauma-informed care while maintaining her anonymity.

In 2018, Mayameen made the courageous decision to waive her anonymity. After her father was released from prison having served only six out of ten years — despite being refused parole for two years — she realised the system was no longer able to protect her. Determined to protect herself, her children and break the silence, she stepped forward publicly, turning her lived experience into a powerful catalyst for change.

Since then, Mayameen has become a visible advocate for survivor-led reform:

🏛 Successfully campaigned for the UK’s first-ever child refuge for victims of sexual abuse, with the motion passed in Wales

📺 Featured in a Channel 5 documentary raising awareness of child sexual abuse

🎖 Awarded the British Empire Medal for services to victims of trauma

Her lived experience, combined with professional expertise, fuels BeyondTrauma Academy CIC’s unique approach: blending healing, leadership, and systemic change. Mayameen’s vision is clear — survivors should not only survive, but thrive, and the systems around them should be equipped to make that possible.

“I founded BeyondTrauma Academy CIC so that survivors can lead, heal, and create change — and so that professionals have the tools and support to do the same.”

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