Trauma-informed Circle Facilitation Training for Psychological Health Professionals

Would you like to confidently facilitate groups? Do you see the need for a support group or want to encourage connection and community within your workshops? This training will give you the skills to manage group dynamics using a trauma-informed approach.

For those wanting to run a talking circle or support group, this experiential training will teach you about:

• The arc of a circle
• Key components to create a safe container
• Strategies around managing talking and sharing
• How to use Listening Partnerships 
• Journaling and somatic practices to increase inclusion and comfort in the group setting 
• 'Clean Language' to support participants feeling heard.

Please note this is not training in group therapy.

Handouts will be included | Please bring lunch with you.

Tessa Venuti Sanderson, PhD, is the co-author of Circle Holding: A Practical Guide for Facilitating Talking Circles and the co-host of Circle Holding podcast, interviewing diverse group facilitators. She has run a women's circle for 10.5 years and also runs talking circles for new mums, tweens and teens, those in perimenopause, and yoga teachers. Tessa runs a monthly Reflective Professional Circle and teaches somatic practices on the Holistic Human Counselling training. She hosts an annual 'Art of Holding Space' retreat in October. She is a specialist in Yoga for Trauma and is the author of nine books.

www.tessavenutisanderson.co.uk