unlock your team’s potential
Cultural change lives in the collective body. The space between us is fertile ground for projects, play, interpersonal growth, and revolutionary shifts – if we know how to tend it. As a consultant and trainer of over a decade in the non-profit, creative arts, mental health, and social enterprise fields, working with groups is one of my most beloved offerings. I curate transformational experiences designed to take your team to the next level as individuals, teammates, and pathbreakers.
Over time, I have woven together skills grown from expressive arts, trauma-informed expertise, clinical mental health experience, and somatics to develop a facilitation style that is gentle, boundaried, accessible, and fiercely compassionate. I believe that group and organizational wellness goes far beyond a “mindfulness seminar” and lectures about the importance of “self-care.” Organizational wellness is about fostering the capacity of individuals to come together as a group that is more than the sum of its parts – it’s about finding that magical rhythm where each member’s needs can be held in alignment with the needs of the whole. A training or facilitation with me is the place where professional development meets personal growth.
TRAININGS
I provide trainings to groups and organizations on the topics of wellness, mental health, trauma-informed practices, equity & diversity, and conflict resolution. Some examples of trainings I offer regularly in group settings include:
Loving Fire: Embodied Conflict Resolution Levels 1-3 – An experiential workshop on understanding conflict through the lens of trauma and the nervous system, as well as practical tools for conflict de-escalation. Learning outcomes include skills for managing one’s own emotions, de-escalating conflict with others, understanding conflict from a systemic and trauma-informed lens, and powerful strategies for relational conflict healing. Half a day to multiple days based on your needs. Given more time, we are able to progress from Basics (Level 1) to Intermediate (Level 2) to advanced (Level 3).
Holding Fire: Loving Justice For Leadership – An experiential training for managers, directors, executives, and other leaders on holding space, responsibility, and conflict with grace, strength, and skill. This workshop focuses specifically on the high level of interpersonal and organizational pressure placed on those in decision-making positions, as well as the complex interaction of trauma, power dynamics, and embodied ethics. This workshop provides leaders with the psychological and somatic skills needed to move gracefully through situations that demand a high degree of nuance and emotional complexity. Half a day to 2 full days based on your needs.
Loving Justice & Organizational Conflict Approaches – A 2-3 hour workshop for leaders, managers, group facilitators, activists and advocates in the social movement space on interweaving Restorative and Transformative Justice philosophy with organizational policy and practices when it comes to dealing with conflict and harm. This intro-level workshop provides participants with the skills needed to understand the intersections of conflict, harm, power and privilege in group settings. Participants will also be introduced to frameworks for understanding conflict, harm, and restorative approaches that can be used to inform policy development.
Transformative Leadership For Polarized Times – A half-day or day-long workshop focused specifically on trauma-informed approaches for facilitating conversations on highly charged or polarizing topics. This workshop is ideal for leaders, managers, and facilitators who wish to hold group space for dialogue on “hot topics,” politically charged conversations, and issues-based conflict, especially in organizations focused on social change. Based in depth psychology, complexity frameworks, and the Processwork school of transformational change work, the frameworks, strategies, and practical skills provided will greatly enhance participants’ ability to navigate and transform challenging group dynamics.
Weaving Strong Webs: Psychological Safety and Social Change – A half-day or day-long immersive learning experience focused specifically on understanding and applying psychological safety on the levels of policy, leadership, and interpersonal relationships. Grounded firmly in organizational psychology, systems theory, and anti-oppressive thinking, this workshop equips participants with the tools and competencies needed to understand, evaluate, and provide basic education to others on psychological safety in groups with a high degree of nuance. Participants will also leave with practical strategies and tools for improving and enhancing psychological safety in their own contexts on the levels of policy, process design, and group facilitation.
The Cure Grows Near the Poison: Trauma Informed Community Development – A presentation on the various meanings of “trauma informed practice” and a resilience-based approach to creating and nurturing workplaces and communities
I can also develop a custom training based specifically on your group’s needs.
FACILITATION
When was the last time you attended a meeting that was actually inspiring, fun, or meaningful? It’s my mission to help workplaces, collectives, and community groups rediscover the values and affinities that brought them together in the first place. By cultivating a brave space of playfulness, dignity, respect, and deep care, we can co-create an organic conversation that goes much deeper than you might have ever believed to be possible. I am available for:
Visioning & Strategic Planning – Developing the mission, mandate, values, and strategic goals of your organization in a way that reflects soulfulness and authenticity
Retreats – Making team or group retreats truly restorative as well as educational and bonding
Group Coaching – Working with a small team or department to enhance communication and role clarity, solve problems, and develop leadership skills and socio-emotional intelligence through a somatic lens
Organizational Change – Supporting your organization in moving through big changes such as mergers, dissolutions, and policy shifts with mutual respect and attention to individual and collective wellness
Conflict Resolution – Bringing in specialized skills to assess, manage, and resolve conflict. Visit my Conflict Resolution Services page for more info
Custom designed group processes and events based on your specific needs.
For training & facilitation rates and booking details, please contact kaicheng@ariseembodiment.org