What to expect

  • Understand how your values influence your work

  • Identify your triggers, biases, and other red flags in your work

  • Develop your own personal "advocate identity" and mission statement.

Agenda for the training

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  • 10:00 Introduction to the Course and Inro to Embodiment
  • 10:30 The interpersonal dynamic of the helping relationship 
  • 11:15 Break
  • 11:30 Social Dominance and Savior Mentality 
  • 12:00 Mastering our Distorted Thinking and Bias
  • 12:30 Break
  • 1:30 Flows of Compassion
  • 2:00 Building stronger relationships with ourselves and others
  • 2:30 Reframing Trust
  • 2:45 Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance 
  • 3:15 Mission Statements
  • 3:30 Wrap Up
  • 4:00 End 

About the Book and Program

To support survivors of violence, advocates must be compassionate, emotionally regulated, and resilient. Through the process of embodiment, advocates can develop deep self-awareness and heal their own wounds, biases, and trigger points. By doing so, they can avoid causing more harm than good in their work with vulnerable populations. The Embodied Advocate book and training program involves five components of embodiment: (1) Interpersonal responsiveness, (2) Mind-body awareness, (3) Emotional regulation and distress tolerance, (4) Mindfulness and cognitive control, and (5) Cultural consciousness and identity development. Each component helps the advocate to integrate their mind, body, emotions, and cultural values, leading to better support for the clients they serve. Target Audience: Victim advocates, family advocates, and child advocates who respond to cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abuse, and other forms of power-based violence.

Sometimes advocates have some lessons to unlearn to become the effective advocate they want to be. Sometimes, we have some wounds to heal, some of those wounds are from way back in childhood. We have biases to heal and assumptions to correct. The Embodied Advocate is a program designed to help victim and survivor advocates bring a healthier version of themselves to their work so that they may better serve their clients. We don't just help people develop skills, we develop advocates.

Do the inner work to become an embodied advocate

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

  • Notice one’s unique body signals that indicate they are in distress.

  • Develop awareness of the power dynamics that exist between advocates and their clients.

  • Articulate one’s cultural values and identify when they clash with a client’s needs.

  • Challenge thought distortions and biases.

  • Practice coping skills to regulate one’s own emotions and tolerate distress.

  • Craft a unique mission statement to guide one’s work.