Group learning/experiencing is POWERFUL. It can also be unpredictable, vulnerable, and messy. This five-day training is designed to support facilitators in building groups that are grounded, responsive, and trauma-informed. We do this by attending to our own nervous systems, learning edges, and multi-faceted humanity.
What We'll Explore Together
In this training, we focus on you - the person holding the container - the bodies within the group, and the group field, itself.
You’ll learn:
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What it means to be trauma-wise in a group setting and how to include this in your awareness as you bring forth your offering
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The role and responsibility of the facilitator — what is and what is not yours to carry
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How to build connection and support participants in feeling included and safe-enough to be present to the group experience
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When to follow your agenda — and when to step back and allow what’s emerging
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How to respond when things begin to fragment, derail, or fall apart
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Ways to work with moments of discomfort, rupture, or activation (yours and others’)
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How to forgive yourself quickly for “weird moments," tend the impact and keep going
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How to thoughtfully close a group — integration for yourself and for the participants
This five-day program blends:
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Trauma-informed theory
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Group healing frameworks
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Practical facilitation tools
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Guided reflection
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Experiential practice
There will be space to bring your real questions, challenges, and experiences into the learning. Each day includes teaching, discussion, and practices you can immediately apply to your work.
February 9 - 13, 2026
Cost: $600 - $1200 sliding scale
How the Training is Structured
Open House
An overview of the course and a first look at the content we'll be diving into together!
Friday, January 16th
2pm-3pm ET
FREE, in person
Come meet dev.
Ask your questions.
Get a feel for the space.
Offer input on what would serve you most.
get a taste
Meet Your Facilitator
dev bry,
MA, CHT, CMT
dev has been working therapeutically and facilitating groups for close to 20 years. she received an ordination from the IM School of Healing Arts in 2004 and received her master’s degree in Somatic Psychology in 2007. she is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and has extensive training in a variety of body-oriented healing modalities, including Somatic Experiencing, trauma resolution therapy, and Biodynamic Cranio-Sacral Therapy, a gentle hands-on alignment of the body's subtle inner rhythms.
in essence, dev is a dancer, a mother, a community builder.
she is the founder and executive director of HoneyRoot, an organization devoted to Somatic Education in service of Embodiment, Relationships, Social Justice and Intergenerational Community.
in addition to supporting the re-awakening of the body wisdom and honoring the power innate in birth, assisting couples in the spiritual dance of relationships is one of dev’s greatest gifts and deepest passions.