WORKSHOPS
Workshops at The Essence of You
Whether you prefer to explore in your own time or connect with others in a shared space, Jen's workshops are designed to support deeper self-understanding, self-connection, and confidence in who you are.
Jen's self-paced workshops offer you the opportunity to explore meaningful themes at your own pace, with guidance, psycho-education and reflective practices you can return to whenever you need.
Each month, Jen also offers live, interactive workshops, creating space to learn, reflect, connect, and explore alongside others. These workshops invite conversation and shared reflection, offering the opportunity to relate to one another's experiences and discover new perspectives in a supportive environment. If you're looking for something more tailored, private workshops can also be arranged for your group, community, or organization.
Across all workshops, you can expect a blend of psycho-education, guided self-reflection, and experiential exploration.
Jen invites you to become more aware of your thoughts, feelings, patterns, and inner world—and to explore how the topic is personally showing up in your life. While workshops are not therapy and don't offer the same individualized feedback as Jen's individual or group therapy sessions, they are intentionally designed to help you pause, reflect, and move towards a deeper connection with yourself. In her live workshops especially, Jen facilitates meaningful discussion and safe connection, while guiding the space with care so that each participant has room to explore what feels most relevant to them.
Self-Paced Workshops
Nervous System Reset
Feeling triggered, stressed, or overwhelmed? This short but powerful workshop gives you practical tools to calm your body, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with your Self-energy — that calm, grounded, compassionate presence within you.
Through polyvagal-informed techniques, Somatic Awareness, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and other therapeutic modalities, you’ll learn to recognize when your system is activated, bring safety back into your body, and create the conditions for integration and lasting change.
You’ll receive a downloadable handout with grounding practices and reflection prompts to help you continue this work anytime, anywhere.
Communication Skills for Respectful & Empowered Relationships
By the end of this workshop, you will understand yourself, your parts, and your communication style on a deeper level. You’ll learn to recognize how triggers, core beliefs, and body sensations shape your interactions, and you’ll be introduced to actionable strategies for communicating assertively and respectfully from a grounded sense of Self.
We’ll explore how to build stronger, more authentic connections while protecting your energy, and how to use somatic practices to ground, discharge, and re-anchor into Self energy. Throughout the workshop, you’ll also practice staying empowered while navigating difficult conversations and potential conflict.
Empowered Boundaries: Reclaim Your Voice
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to identify personal triggers and recognize unhealthy dynamics; including codependent patterns, so you can clearly see which boundaries need to be set.
You’ll explore how to create and maintain both spoken and unspoken boundaries and practice effective communication techniques for expressing them, even in challenging situations.
We’ll also cover how to navigate expectations from family, friends, and colleagues, and how to connect with triggered inner parts, such as the inner child, to transform past experiences into present empowerment.
Jen offers a variety of online and in-person workshops throughout the year, giving you the opportunity to explore meaningful topics in a flexible and accessible way.
Workshops can be a supportive complement to your current therapy, an introduction to a particular topic, or a place to begin if you aren't ready or able to commit to ongoing therapy. You don't need to be a current client to attend—and those already participating in Jen's individual or group therapy sessions are always welcome to join.
Private Workshops can also be arranged for your own personal, community, or professional group. Scroll down to learn more.
Upcoming Groups
Online & In-Person
Private Workshops
Private Psycho-educational Workshops can be arranged for your own personal or professional group either Online or In-Person.
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When you arrange a private workshop with Jen, you pay a set fee instead of the typical rate per person. This is for the workshop duration only, we do not charge extra for our time spent customizing the workshop content for you.
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You get to select your own group (you choose how many people, there is no minimum number and no limit!)
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You choose the topic. You are also welcome to request a different topic of your choice that is not listed to suit the needs of your private group! In the past we have merged different workshop topics together, and created entirely new workshops based on the needs of the participants.
Frequent workshop topics are listed below.
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You choose the duration, and you choose how you want the workshop to be presented - Online or In-Person.
Jen can present the workshop in an interactive format with space and time for questions and discussion, or it could be purely psycho-educational format with minimal interaction. (People do gain the most from the questions and interaction so we would encourage you to consider this, but it is your group and it is up to you!)
Popular Workshop Topics
Embodying Leadership
Reclaiming Your Identity & Releasing Guilt in Motherhood
Coping with Anger & Rage
Managing Anxiety
Managing Emotions
Preparing for an Empowering Birth + Postpartum
Body Image
(Common sub-topics: Self-Esteem, Emotions + Intuition, Sexuality, Mindful Eating)
Resiliency Workshops for Birth Workers
(Common sub-topics: Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, Anger + Powerlessness)Em
If you’re ready to book a Private Workshop, please fill out the Request Form
Jen will be in touch with further details regarding your request.