Workshops & Training

Creating safer spaces for artistic risk, learning, and expression.

We offer customized trauma-informed workshops and training for educators, artists, and leaders across the performing arts and education sectors. Whether you’re teaching, directing, coaching, producing, or performing — we provide tools to support trauma-sensitivity, psychological safety, emotional regulation, and consent-forward practice.

Each workshop is grounded in research and tailored to the unique needs of your role and setting.

For Arts Educators

Teachers, Professors, Principals, Teaching Artists, Drama Instructors, & Education Departments

Universally designed to meet the realities of busy educators and shifting classroom dynamics.

  • Trauma-informed classroom and rehearsal practices

  • Safety planning and emotional regulation for student artists

  • Supporting student disclosures and navigating boundaries

  • Creating co-regulation and closure protocols

  • Embedding universal design and flexibility into performance-based learning

For Directors, Coaches & Facilitators

Directors, Acting Coaches, Voice & Movement Coaches, Workshop Leaders, Mentors

Brave performances happen in spaces of trust and care.

  • Directing through a trauma-informed lens

  • Facilitating emotionally charged material with safety and sensitivity

  • Coaching without crossing boundaries

  • Tools for managing disclosures and maintaining professional relationships

  • Modelling ethical, flexible leadership in rehearsal settings

For Theatre Schools, Colleges & University Programs

Faculty, Staff, Program Coordinators, Policy Leads, and Student Affairs Teams

Build a learning culture that prioritizes care without compromising creative rigour.

  • Staff training on trauma-informed teaching and student support

  • Revising curriculum and program structures with student wellbeing in mind

  • De-roling and aftercare protocols for emotionally demanding content

  • Consent-forward approaches to directing, casting, and performance assessments

  • Workshops for students, peer leaders, and orientation programs

For Arts Organizations & Leadership Teams

Executive Directors, Artistic Directors, Company Managers, Boards, Policy Makers

Hold space for artistry and humanity.

  • Directing through a trauma-informed lens

  • Facilitating emotionally charged material with safety and sensitivity

  • Coaching without crossing boundaries

  • Tools for managing disclosures and maintaining professional relationships

  • Modelling ethical, flexible leadership in rehearsal settings

For Artists, Actors & Student Performers

Emerging Artists, Youth Ensembles, Acting Students, Young Creators

Artists need safe containers to take brave risks.

  • Understanding trauma and its impact in creative spaces

  • Navigating intense emotional material with self-awareness

  • Consent in ensemble work, intimacy, and character exploration

  • Peer-to-peer relational safety and support strategies

  • Knowing your rights in a rehearsal room

For Voice, Music & Movement Coaches

Voice Teachers, Choir Directors, Conductors, Vocal Coaches, Movement Instructors, & Somatic Practitioners

Train students to be expressive and resilient—without retraumatization

  • Consent-forward warmups and embodied work

  • Navigating physical and vocal triggers

  • Supporting students with trauma histories through safe vocal and movement exploration

  • Addressing performance anxiety and shame with compassionate pedagogy