Crowd Sourcing : The Healing Power of Groups, Tuesday, 12-10-24 (Live Webinar)

Delve into the meaning and application of shared experience as we explore the unique benefits of group work with therapist and life coach, Shira Sameroff, LCSW! Participants will identify ways to foster safety, mutual support and empowerment of participants in a group, as well as draw upon clinical-based exercises to integrate a deeper comprehension of group dynamics, tools, and purposeful activities for effective facilitation. Awareness and skill in addressing the dynamics of oppression (racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.) that may present in interactions among participants and with the facilitator will also be studied. Concrete facilitation and group leadership skills will be explored, along with thoughtful discussion around how and why groups are so meaningful for practitioners and participants alike.

Shira Sameroff, LCSW is a therapist, coach, consultant and teacher who’s practice is rooted in decades of work with individuals and groups of diverse identities, ages and life stories in a wide array of settings. Her professional roles have included, fifteen years on the leadership team of a community-based social work agency, therapy, personal and professional coaching and training, teaching, community organizing and transformative decluttering.
Shira weaves together a range of therapeutic healing modalities including IFS (Internal Family Systems), somatic, nature-based and anti-oppressive practices. She offers professional development for individuals and organizations around themes including group facilitation, supervision, giving and receiving feedback, tending to self as a practitioner and trauma-informed and oppression-informed therapy.

The heart of Shira’s work is helping humans reconnect with themselves, each other and the natural world to enable deep individual and collective healing. Her approach is collaborative, intuitive, creative and full of heart and is rooted in her own lived experience of healing, learning and emerging.