“What a startling lesson—To learn to simply listen and truly hear; both what is being said and what is not. To honor each other and ourselves.”
   ~ Team Building Workshop Participant

A dynamic, innovative facilitator, Jody Raven tailors her training workshops to the needs of each organization. Below are just a few of the services that have hired Jody to train their staff:

 

Ministry of Community & Social Services—Victims of Violence Programs, Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, Elizabeth Fry Simcoe County, Shoniker Clinic, York Region Abuse Program, Women's Centre of York Region, Toronto Western Hospital, Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hospital

 

Jody offers trainings to organizations that are looking to expand their knowledge base and comfort with the following;

 

Trauma counselling including dissociation, PTSD and working with ritual abuse survivors
Integrating body-based work into counselling practice
Working with sexuality issues
Working with challenging people, boundary-based work
Welcoming LGBT people, and LGBT specific sensitivity training
Vicarious trauma and caring for caregivers
Team cohesion and conflict resolution

 

Jody was the clinical consultant for the YMCA Youth Substance Abuse Program for 10 years. She offered both individual and group clinical consultation to the Toronto and Peel programs.

Consultation is an essential part of preventing burn-out, unnecessary mistakes and boundary issues in practice. Jody's 23 years of working within the public sector in a wide variety of settings, gives her a unique ability to offer clinical support to service providers. Jody’s 28 years of counselling and therapy practice help her provide skilled and sensitive consultation to counselors in vital roles with highly stressed people.

 

Contact: (613)332-2356 or 2615 or sacredpathcentre@sympatico.ca