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GROUP Facilitation & Training
Group training and workshops offer unique opportunities for shared learning, creativity, collaboration, social interaction, and collective growth. I draw from my experiences as an educator, clinician, community organizer, performing artist, and athletic coach to deliver effective and memorable experiences that yield sustainable positive outcomes. My facilitation style is flexible and inclusive which helps to engage multiple learning styles, social dynamics, and levels of comfort with group activities. I will work hands-on with you to identify group strengths and uncover root-cause challenges to help tailor the intervention to your group's needs.
WORKSHOP EXAMPLES
Diversity & Inclusion:
Macroaggressions, internalized racial oppression, power & privilege, racial identity formation, implicit and explicit bias, white guilt, imposter syndrome, xenophobia, and in-group/out-group dynamics are carefully confronted and explored through the experiences of the participants. Carefully crafted activities that are designed to manage preexisting threats to productive and inclusive dialog facilitate an organic approach to understanding diversity lives. This workshop is designed to build value in the recognition of individual and cultural differences, while embracing our collective human identity.
Exploring Disparities in Mental Health:
An engaging dissection of disparities in healthcare specifically pertaining to mental health that disproportionately impact disenfranchised communities. Participants explore the root causes of disparity, psychological implications from multiple lenses, and aim to challenge misconceptions in order to provoke solution-oriented thought.
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What is Trauma?
Designed for entry level youth workers with limited experience working with complex trauma, this workshop provides an overview of the neurobiological basis of trauma and explores trauma informed care from cognitive behavioral and humanistic lenses. Elements of psychological first aid, and compassion fatigue reduction are employed to manage intense emotions felt by both those being served and their providers.
Barber Shop Talk:
“Barber shop talk” is a metaphor commonly understood by men in communities of color as a safe space, where men can explore complex emotional topics that effect their daily lives. This workshop brings the metaphor to life by recreating this unique, comfortable, stereotypically masculine atmosphere, which allows men of color to process freely while engaging in healthy banter. At its conclusion men will engage in a conversation about cultural and gender-based stigma related to mental health.
Amazing Grace:
A group dialog series with aging adults that explores intense emotions through a narrative therapeutic approach. Music associations and symbolic learning is used to allow aging adults to connect with experiences that have had profound impacts on their lives. As they reflect on their stories, they explore the challenges of operating in a generation that is rooted in cultural norms that are often inconsistent with their own.
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Past Training Locations have included: Suffolk University, Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Harvard University Psychiatry Department, Bradley-Hasbro Research Center/Brown University Psychiatry Department, William James College, Whittier Street Health Center, Boston Housing Authority, Freedom House, Cambridge Community Center, McLean Hospital, Hampton University, Cambridge Health Alliance, Tufts Medical Center, Boston Arts Academy, Boston Public Schools, Hartford High School, Trinity College, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Snowden High School, The Cotton tree Foundation in Trinidad and Tobago, International Council of Psychology conference -Montreal, Canada and the Metheru School - Thika, Kenya.