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Workshops & Retreats

Go deeper. Whether your team gathers for two hours or two days, these sessions support you in navigating overwhelm and trauma—offering concrete strategies for renewed purpose.

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Experiential Spaces to Navigate Overwhelm and Trauma, Sustain Purpose, and Build Connection

These workshops and retreats are designed with your needs in mind—whether you are navigating secondary trauma or structural supremacy and systemic oppression. Each gathering offers a welcoming, grounded space that speaks directly to the real-world challenges you face in both your professional roles and personal lives.

Rooted in the principles of trauma stewardship, every session combines practical strategies with space for reflection, connection, and restoration. Workshops may be offered as follow-ups to keynotes or delivered as stand-alone experiences. Formats range from brief, targeted intensives to extended retreats, depending on your needs and goals.

Recent offerings have included:

  • Organization-wide workshops on recognizing and responding to decision-fatigue and cognitive overload
  • Trainings on intergenerational trauma
  • Sessions on how to overcome overwhelm and transform trauma
  • Customized programs tailored to your needs
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Why These Gatherings Make a Difference

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Rooted in real-world experience

Laura works with you directly, meeting you where you are with insight into your environment and the pressures you face.

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Tools for the long haul

You’ll leave with practices you can actually use—methods for processing what you carry and reconnecting with what sustains you.

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Facilitation that inspires trust and action

Laura’s guidance blends compassion, cultural fluency, and honesty. She’ll help you name what’s hard and understand how to move forward with clarity and care. Plus, you’ll laugh more than you expected!

Who We Work With

Laura has facilitated workshops and retreats for a wide range of organizations confronting trauma, crisis, and systemic challenges.

Brooklyn Defenders: BDS
Head Start
Los Angeles Sparks
The Supreme Court of Ohio
Amazon
Who we work with

Praise from Attendees

Professionals across disciplines describe these sessions as essential, enlightening, and inspirational.

I was introduced to the concept of trauma stewardship when I skeptically attended one of Laura’s trainings. I was concerned that it was going to be a discussion about the difficulty and hazards of our work that would end up being a glorified venting session. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Laura is a veteran of the work that we do and has a personal understanding of the cost associated with helping others through trauma. I left the training with real tools and a true respect for Laura’s ability to teach. Knowledge and wisdom don’t often travel in the same person. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is willing and able to impart a great deal of both.

Louis Gill
Executive Director, Bakersfield Homeless Center
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We’d love to hear from you.

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Tell us what you’re envisioning—we’ll help shape a workshop or retreat that supports your goals, context, and community.

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