An In-Person Experiential Workshop for Mental Health Professionals - Now Booking for 2026
Somatic Skills
for
Hope & Renewal
Bring this restorative somatic workshop to your organization, clinic, or professional community. This experiential workshop is designed to help clinicians and mental health professionals reconnect with their own sense of hope — in their bodies, their work, and their lives — while building sustainable practices for renewal.
What Workshop Participants Are Saying:
In today’s world, it’s easy to lose hope.
You got into this work because you believed things could be different for the people you serve. But somewhere along the way, the weight of collective suffering began to dull that belief.
You sit with despair all day long, and somewhere between sessions you wonder if you've lost access to the very thing you most want to offer your clients: hope.
You're still showing up. Still doing the work.
But you feel depleted, disconnected — not quite present in your body, not quite certain of the path forward. You want to feel renewed, but you're not sure where to start.
You’re Feeling:
Hope fatigue and a growing sense of cynicism you never expected
Difficulty accessing or modeling genuine optimism for your clients
Disconnection from the meaning and purpose that once fueled your work
A longing for renewal — and not knowing how to find your way back to it
The weight of collective suffering settling into your body with no clear outlet
What Your Team Will Experience in This Workshop
This experiential workshop invites clinicians to turn toward their own bodies first — using somatic and creative practices to release what's depleted them and actively foster their own sense of hope — before exploring how to bring these skills into their clinical work.
Morning Experience (3 hours):
Participants will journey through embodied practices designed to release, restore, and renew — using guided movement, breathwork, creative expression, and intentional reflection to reconnect with hope from the inside out.
Afternoon Reflection Session (1 hour):
Participants will reflect on their morning experience and explore practical applications for client work — including how to adapt somatic hope-fostering practices for different clinical populations and settings.
What's Included in This Workshop:
Guidance: Live demonstration of breathwork, floor work, guided movement, and creative practices oriented toward hope and renewal
Release: Exercises to identify and physically let go of what has been weighing on your nervous system — making room for something new
Resources: Practical somatic tools clinicians can use immediately — both for their own renewal and to foster hope in the clients they serve
Expertise: Facilitated by a somatic and creative arts therapist with over 15 years of experience
Community: An in-person retreat experience to connect with colleagues and enjoy the benefits of co-regulation
Renewal: Multi-discipline approaches — including music, poetry, and creative arts — to restore your spirit and remind you of your place in the larger story of human connection
MEET YOUR WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Hello friend,
I’m Kim.
(she/her) A fellow journeyer in caring for the whole self to show up with love and strength in the world.
Growing up, I felt I had a purpose and calling to do good in the world, but right along side this drive I also felt distant from my body. I didn’t have the words to describe my ambition or my embodied disconnect. The message I internalized from the outside world was to use my brain to “be smart” and “be a good student”. My body was for utilitarian purposes: get up early to go to school (I’m so dutiful!) and run that mile in gym class (I really didn’t like that).
Meanwhile, I was attracted to performing arts and immersive experiences that made me FEEL! Feel emotions but also feel like maybe I was more than a person that just accomplishes tasks. I could feel glimpses of being an integrated, wondrous, multidimensional human who had impact!
Is it too much to want to be connected to all of myself to show up whole-hearted in the world?
In college I chose to study dance and theater. I felt myself drawn to art with a purpose. From there I eventually found my way to a graduate training in dance/movement therapy and counseling.
In my holistic, embodied coursework I learned how to use expression and movement first in service of storytelling in college, and then in service of healing in grad school. Have you ever just followed a pull from inside and been so pleased with where it takes you? Cue a bundle of self discovery!
For over 15 years I have been an embodied therapist for those who want to connect not just in their mind but also hear the call in their bodies and hearts for deeper connection and understanding with themselves.
The interest in mindbody connection has skyrocketed in the past several years from people with an eager thirst to know more.
I want to help you go deeper. I’ve created Somatic Skills for Hope & Renewal as a space to learn new embodied and creative practices that help you release what has depleted you, reconnect with what enlivens you, and carry that renewed sense of possibility forward — into your life, and into your clinical work.
Your longing for renewal is not a sign of weakness. It is a call your body is making to come home to yourself.
You can gain new somatic tools to support your own hope — and the hope of those you serve.
More praise for the Somatic Skills Workshop:
Workshop Content Overview
This experiential workshop is facilitated in a trauma-informed, retreat style using elements of Polyvagal Theory, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Dance/Movement Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Interpersonal Neurobiology and more to foster recuperation, cultivate renewal, and rekindle a sense of possibility — in body, mind, and spirit.
Morning Session (3 hours):
Experiential learning where clinicians participate in somatic practices for their own nervous system renewal — including guided movement, breathwork, floor work, and creative expression oriented toward releasing what weighs us down and fostering hope from within.
Afternoon Reflection (1 hour):
Processing the morning experience and exploring practical applications for client work, including adaptation of hope-fostering somatic techniques for different populations and clinical settings.
Workshop Fee: Starting at $1,000
Payment schedule: 50% deposit to secure date, 50% final payment one week before workshop
Suitable for groups of 10-30 mental health professionals
Your Organization Provides:
Workshop venue with adequate floor space for movement
AV equipment (projector, microphone, internet access)
Communication to participants about required items: yoga mat or blanket, favorite notebook, art supplies (colored pencils, markers, etc.)
Kim Provides:
All workshop facilitation and content delivery
Handouts and additional art materials
Evidence-based, continuing education appropriate content
Q&A time
Opportunity to schedule additional support
Workshop Investment & Requirements
“Kim has a calm, supportive presence, which I find very grounding. I trust her and have confidence in her perspectives and approaches. Kim is creative and shares her knowledge in an engaging, easy to understand way. She creates an environment that encourages learning, exploration and self-development.”
-Joanna Gardy, LMHC
“Kim understands the gap between the somatic approaches and traditional verbal therapy. She has tools and a vision to help practitioners on either side to close the gap. I admire her passion!”
— Yu-Ling Hu, Board Certified
Dance/Movement Therapist
What Other Experts Are Saying:
Who Should Host This Workshop?
This workshop is perfect for:
Mental health clinics and private practice groups
Hospital behavioral health departments
Community mental health organizations
Professional development programs for clinicians
Graduate training programs in mental health fields
Professional associations seeking continuing education offerings
Mental health professionals (therapists, counselors, social workers, etc.)
Comfortable with experiential learning and body-based practices
Seeking both personal renewal and professional development
Interested in expanding their clinical toolkit with somatic approaches
Participants should be:
Request Workshop Information
Ready to bring this restorative workshop to your organization? Complete the form below and Kim will be in touch within 2 business days to discuss your specific needs.
Support your team's well-being while renewing their sense of hope.
As mental health professionals carrying the weight of others' pain, your team deserves a dedicated space to restore their own capacity for hope — and to discover how that renewal transforms the care they give.