Safe Spaces aren't just created - They're HELD.
Your Decompression Space Specialists
Our ever-expanding services provide you the options you need to make your workplace or event as socio-emotionally accessible as possible. We appreciate being your trusted specialists in creating Safe Spaces for your team & event attendees.
Active Listener Staffing
Our roster of trained & experienced Active Listeners use a Peer-Based Lens and their unique lived experiences to support service users -- creating a de-medicalized space of acceptance, sharing, and camaraderie.
Training
Want your Team trained on Active Listening? Our Training Facilitators add various skills to your toolbox, including:
• The Basics of Active Listening
• Mindful De-Escalation Skills
• Public Speaking for Anxious Minds
Consultations
Accessibility goes beyond one-time commitments, events, or policies. We enable this value by crafting your needs into a custom proposal that can boost the social, emotional, and cognitive accessibility of your workplace.
HELD Decompression Spaces
This signature offering brings Decompression Spaces, or our "HELD Spaces" to your event. Accompanied with decompression tools, activities, and resources, it is a must-have in any space discussing sensitive materials.
Workshops
As big believers in Creative Coping, our Artist Facilitators host various workshops boost mastery & wellness:
• The Mindful Arts - An Exploration
• Collage and Collections
• Re-Constructing Narratives (Poetry)
Group Benefits
We understand you work year-round at impactful ventures, which may take a toll on your own wellness. Our Group Benefits Plans empower staff & volunteers to have access to our Active Listeners as-needed.
What Our Partners Say:
Volunteer Coordinator, Vancouver Poetry House
"They were instrumental in helping spearhead our active listening initiatives. Having them as part of our team truly helped make the festival run so smoothly, as they were consistently present, positive, and enthusiastic; and used their skills to offer solutions to help improve our active listening program."