Trauma-informed engagements in high-need environments
Learn strategies for cultivating safe, collaborative, empowering spaces for your team and the communities you serve.
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course overview
Every decision we make is shaped by a clear sense of purpose. Our journey has been anything but ordinary. Through every step, we've focused on staying true to our values and making space for thoughtful, lasting work.
Available in a variety of formats:
60-minute Lunch & Learn session
2-hour Comprehensive Training
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A framework for supporting people navigating mental health challenges and destabilizing or traumatizing experiences.
Insights on the impacts of various forms of trauma and factors that can help mitigate those impacts
Strategies for cultivating a safe, collaborative, empowering environment for both staff and community
Tools and strategies for individual and community care
You’ll leave with:
Resources + Recognition
GetSomeJoy’s 4R Framework for Trauma-Informed Engagements
Trauma-Informed Engagements Exploration Workbook and Resource Guide
Joy Report Newsletter with additional tools for thriving and joy-infused community building
GetSomeJoy’s Self-Love and Recovery Literary Therapy Exploration Workbook
Schedule a meeting to bring this training to your community
Let's discuss your community's unique needs and discover how our GetSomeJoy@Work Solutions can support your community wellness goals.
How our trainings bring joy to your community
What to expect from GetSomeJoy’s programs and experiences:
Led by skilled facilitators
Accessible, ready-to-use creative wellness tools + strategies
Engagement + resources for staff, leaders, and communities you serve
Virtual, In-Person, and Hybrid engagements
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
“I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for the time, care, and expertise you shared during GetSomeJoy’s trauma-informed engagements Training. I have already been receiving wonderful feedback from staff who felt the content was not only informative but also meaningful and supportive.
GetSomeJoy’s willingness to shed light on these important topics helps ensure that our campus remains a place of safety while also encouraging our team to care for their own well-being. The balance of practical safety guidance with attention to healing hearts and minds truly resonated with many of us.
On behalf of the Directors and myself, please accept our sincere gratitude for the thoughtful work you put into your presentation and for the impact it is already having on our staff and community.”
— Brittany Collins-Rogers, HR Generalist. Society of St. Vincent de Paul
additional trainings + experiences
Mental Health First Aid
This interactive training teaches community members a framework and skills to recognize and respond to mental health and substance use challenges.
5-30 minutes
topics vary
add-on resources available
Literary Therapy Writing Program
Hire a dynamic speaker that will engage, challenge, educate, and inspire your attendees. Bring a memorable, trauma-informed, joy-infused perspective to your conference or event.
Potential topics:
Joy-infused leadership, education, mental health care, or community building
Write Your Way To Clarity: Literary Therapy as a creative wellness tool for qualitative research and community building
Navigating grief and loss through creative wellness strategies
Creating Space for Joy at School/Work
We can also collaborate on a presentation/talk that meets your needs.
20-90 minutes
topics vary
add-on resources available
Literary Therapy Wall Exhibit + Resource Table
A traveling public installation that invites participants to reflect and write about what they're doing to getsomejoy. Setup the Wall in a public space to invite community members to reflect + share responses, art, stories, and resources.
Exhibit Includes:
Bright yellow, double-sided Literary Therapy Wall (1 or 2 available)
3 sets of Literary Therapy Postcards
Connection to Peer Support Group + wellness resources
Print or digital griefKit guides
Fried chicken stickers, pens, markers
GetSomeJoy staff
1-hour to several days
topics vary
add-on resources + virtual edition available
ADVENTURES IN JOY: A CLIENT CASE STUDY
A participant at the Midwestern CBO Summit celebrates recent victories as part of a GetSomeJoy Awards Ceremony during the conference’s morning plenary. (photo: Kollin Benson)
Spreading joy @ NMAC’s regional cbo leadership summit series
In the fall of 2025, GetSomeJoy launched a partnership with NMAC, a leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS, to bring sustainable creative wellness strategies and joy to their regional CBO leadership conference series in Houston, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Detroit.
Collaboration elements:
Conference Grounding
Breakout Sessions
Interactive Literary Therapy Wall Exhibit + Resource Table
Presentation + Panel Discussion
GetSomeJoy has collaborated with these organizations + others
GetSomeJOy@work Testimonial
“GetSomeJoy@Work helped us pause, breathe, and show up better for ourselves and each other. It gave us practical tools to prioritize mental health and connect more deeply as colleagues.”
- Ayanna F. - VP of Housing, National Urban League
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