Peer-Led Support Groups: Facilitation Skills for Healing Circles

$10.00

CEU Units Available: 1.0

This course empowers Peer Support Specialists to lead trauma-informed, culturally responsive support groups rooted in collective healing and mutuality. Participants will explore best practices in establishing group safety, managing emotional intensity, navigating complex group dynamics, and sustaining wellness as facilitators. The training emphasizes emotional regulation, co-regulation, nonmaleficence, and accessible facilitation practices across different cognitive styles and cultural contexts.

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Learning Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  1. Establish safe and inclusive group spaces using healing-centered agreements.
  2. Facilitate trauma-informed and culturally humble peer-led discussions.
  3. Navigate emotional intensity and apply co-regulation techniques.
  4. Respond to group dynamics such as silence, conflict, and reenactment.
  5. Maintain facilitator wellness and adapt groups for accessibility and equity.