Mission Statement
Our mission is to create transformative workshops that empower individuals to heal their core traumas and embrace a life of wholeness and authenticity. Guided by collaboration, we foster safe and inclusive spaces where diverse experiences are honored and shared. With deep respect for each person’s journey, unwavering integrity in our approach, and genuine care in every interaction, we provide compassionate support for profound healing. Through dedicated service, we strive to inspire lasting growth and resilience, helping individuals reclaim their inner strength and build lives of purpose and connection.

Collaboration
As a core value, collaboration means fostering an environment of open communication, mutual support, and shared purpose. Our workshop team works together seamlessly, valuing diverse perspectives and leveraging collective strengths to create transformative healing experiences. We prioritize active listening, constructive feedback, and a spirit of partnership, ensuring every team member’s voice is heard and contributions are valued. Through collaboration, we build trust and unity, enhancing our ability to support participants in their healing journeys with excellence and compassion.

Respect
Respect as a core value means honoring the inherent dignity, individuality, and experiences of every team member and participant. Within our workshop team, we cultivate an atmosphere where differences are embraced, opinions are valued, and communication is kind and constructive. We demonstrate respect by actively listening, maintaining professionalism, and treating each other with empathy and fairness. By fostering mutual respect, we create a foundation of trust and understanding that enhances our ability to work together and support the healing journeys of those we serve.

Integrity
Integrity as a core value means committing to honesty, accountability, and ethical behavior in all aspects of our work. For our workshop team, this includes staying true to our mission, delivering on our promises, and ensuring our actions align with our words. We approach each task with authenticity and transparency, making decisions that prioritize the well-being of our participants and uphold the highest standards of professionalism. By embodying integrity, we build trust within our team and with those we serve, creating a safe and reliable space for healing and growth.

Care
Care as a core value means approaching our work with compassion, empathy, and a genuine commitment to the well-being of both our team members and the participants we serve. Within the workshop team, we prioritize creating a supportive and nurturing environment where everyone feels valued, understood, and empowered. This includes being attentive to one another’s needs, practicing self-care to sustain our energy and presence, and extending kindness in every interaction. By leading with care, we cultivate the trust and safety necessary for deep healing and transformation.

Service
Service as a core value means dedicating ourselves to making a meaningful, positive impact in the lives of those we support. For our workshop team, this involves approaching our work with humility, selflessness, and a commitment to the highest level of excellence. We actively seek to understand and meet the needs of our participants, ensuring that every aspect of their experience is guided by compassion and intention. By embracing a spirit of service, we create workshops that empower healing, transformation, and growth, leaving a lasting legacy of care and support.

We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to participate fully. This space has been intentionally designed to honor and celebrate the diversity of all participants, including differences in ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, disability, and lived experiences.

We recognize that each of you brings unique perspectives and strengths, and we are dedicated to creating a supportive atmosphere that prioritizes safety, accessibility, and mutual respect. To achieve this:

• We encourage open-mindedness and active listening as we learn from one another.
• We embrace inclusive language and practices to ensure no one feels excluded or marginalized.
• We have taken steps to make this space physically, cognitively, and emotionally accessible to all.

If you have specific needs or concerns that we can address to make your experience better, please let us know. Together, we can build a community of trust, learning, and growth.

A trauma-informed workshop is a learning or training experience designed to acknowledge, understand, and respond to the potential impacts of trauma on participants. It is structured to create a safe, supportive, and empowering environment that minimizes the risk of re-traumatization while promoting healing, learning, and growth.

The Liberation workshops are all trauma informed. Dr. Ellis is a doctorate level psychologist that designed these workshops to support the fluctuations of the nervous system. An emphasized part of the workshop culture is tracking and moving with the nervous system, not overriding it. There is a thorough registration process to assess any mental health concerns. At the start the workshop the agreements for the field are discussed openly and participants can request the agreements prior to the workshop. Safety is paramount in designing and maintaining the workshop cohesion. Another emphasized part the workshop is having as many choice points as possible and empowering people to choose what is best for them each step of the way. Before every exercise and immersive experience, the participants choose anonymously the level of intensity at which they would like to participate 1) observing participation, 2) moderate level of participation, 3) fully resourced level of participation. Participants can take a break if needed during the workshop. There is a two month aftercare program to support participants in integrating the workshop content into their daily lives.

Key principles of a trauma-informed workshop include:

1. Safety: Ensuring physical, emotional, and psychological safety for all participants.
2. Trustworthiness and Transparency: Clear communication and consistent practices to build trust.
3. Collaboration and Mutuality: Emphasizing shared power and decision-making between facilitators and participants.
4. Empowerment: Focusing on strengths and fostering participants’ sense of agency and resilience.
5. Cultural Humility: Recognizing and respecting the diverse backgrounds and experiences of participants, including how trauma may manifest differently across cultures.
6. Understanding Trauma: Recognizing the prevalence and impact of trauma, and ensuring workshop content and delivery do not inadvertently trigger distress.

Liberation workshops have been trauma informed since 2023 and will continue to be fully trauma informed. Workshops conducted by Liberation workshops prior to this were not fully trauma informed.

What is the format?

The exercises are hands on activities, role-playing, scenarios, and games designed to engage individuals in actively exploring past experiences through creative expression.

The lessons in this workshop are comprehensive and very applicable to life challenges. Lessons are designed to ensure participants deeply understand and engage with the material in a meaningful way.

The immersive experiences are practices with deeper intention and time allocation. These experiences are body centered, introspective, challenged personal narratives, prompt self reflection, utilize creative expression, explore subconscious patterns, confront deeply held beliefs, and facilitate emotional engagement.

You will learn evidence based tools that are practiced daily and throughout the aftercare program. These tools aid in deprogramming the nervous system of outdated beliefs and support your nervous system for optimal integration.