Transformative Practices for Group Processing in Spiritual Communities (Session 1)

June 29, 2022

Date: August 3, 2022

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom

Webinar

Small groups are some of the most powerful and transformative spaces for processing, reclaiming narratives, and experiencing connection. Group facilitation is a necessary skill for congregational ministers, chaplains, and spiritual care providers as they accompany those processing traumatic experiences.

This web series, hosted by the Trauma Responsive Congregations project, aims to:

-Underline the importance of group processing and practicing it in spiritual spaces and communities
-Highlight practices and models of group facilitation, especially with layered traumatic experiences in the room
-Call attention to what helpful facilitators do–cultivate relationships of trust, practice use of self that centers the those in need, listen deeply, create containers for big feelings, and resource share tools that allow people to leave a processing space and carry on to the next moment.

Join us for a conversation with Can We Talk‘s Rev. Liz Walker, Colleen Sharka, LICSW, and Director of the Trauma Responsive Congregations Project, Dr. Shelly Rambo. Can We Talk Community Conversations on Trauma and Healing, is the main outreach of the Cory Johnson Program for Post-Traumatic Healing, part of the Social Impact Center, an independent 501(c)3 ministry of Roxbury Presbyterian Church.

The Trauma Responsive Congregations Project is generously supported by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Learn more at LillyEndowment.org.