Bespoke Group Facilitation
Facilitating process, supervision groups and change management using expressive modalities and action methods tailored to your team’s needs.
Welcome to Glisten's Bespoke Group Facilitation, a unique and transformative service that empowers teams through Action Methods, Social Presencing Theatre, 3D and 4D mapping and Sociodrama, teams can engage in dynamic simulations to gain new perspectives and problem-solving skills. My facilitation of process and supervision groups go beyond traditional methods, incorporating action methods, sociodrama, guided meditation, playback theatre, and symbolic objects.
At Glisten, I believe in the power of creative expression to foster collaboration within groups. My carefully crafted sessions provide a safe and supportive space for participants to explore their emotions, thoughts, and experiences through various expressive mediums. Through action methods and sociodrama, teams can engage in role-playing and dynamic simulations, gaining new perspectives and problem-solving skills.
Group Process Examples;
Creative clinical supervision
Process Groups
Gentle and supportive space following a workplace incident
Mental health & wellbeing (workplace, classroom, college)
Organisational culture exploration
Change management & Organisational Development
Theatre Process & Group Work Facilitator
I have supported a range of collaborative artistic projects with a mental health focus, including working on new theatre, dance, and music projects as a Dramatherapist and Group Process Facilitator. Facilitating an in-depth therapeutic process for a range of client groups and devised therapeutic performances and workshops.
As a graduate from CTC Creative Supervision, with a focus on Hawkins & Shohets’ 'Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision', some of the techniques for creative supervision include using small world objects, art making and sculpting, constellation work and role-play. In my work in theatre, I incorporate specialist skills such as expressive modalities, theatre action methods and sociodrama to emotionally support actors and cast members process difficult subject matters and scripts.
Empower your group with Change Management
Experience the power of expressive modalities and innovative techniques. Empower your team to flourish and thrive, cultivating a harmonious and resilient environment. Let's embark on this transformative journey together, creating a brighter and more connected future for your team. Schedule your free online consultation today.
Group Facilitation Project Example Jan 2020
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Consideration for the mental well-being of workers during times of crisis, and the importance of prioritising and protecting their mental health, is essential when addressing the long-term risks of stress, burnout, depression, trauma, and other mental health challenges amongst professionals. In this challenging recovery phase of the pandemic, the needs of workers cannot be overlooked if we are to recover, heal and begin to move forward.
Prior to the pandemic, threats to mental health ran deep within Irish communities and were far reaching in both rural and urban areas alike. Sadly, the pandemic has added an additional layer to this, affecting thousands of individuals who have been traumatised by the sudden death of a loved one that they could not visit in hospital, during national and regional lockdowns, those left vulnerable to substance use or relapse, long periods of isolation and loneliness, and the loss of cathartic rituals when honouring someone’s death – workers have bore witness to much of this trauma over the past two years.
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Over the course of a 4–6-week programme Glisten will consider potential approaches with workers for overcoming these challenges to their mental wellbeing, by exploring the value of practicing self-care strategies in and out of the workplace, and organisational measures to help protect and support the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce.
* Through a series of reflective workshops Glisten will discuss the mental health impacts on professionals during times of crisis and other challenging working conditions (against a backdrop of the current COVID-19 pandemic).
* Providing a brief overview of the elevated risk of stress, burnout, and some of the mental health challenges experienced among workers.
* Introduce approaches for protecting and promoting the mental health of workers through self-care and other evidence-based interventions.
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* Week 1 ‘Stress, Burnout, and Mental Health Challenges Among Workers’
* Week 2 ‘Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Injury’
* Week 3 ‘Vicarious Traumatisation’
* Week 4 ‘Stigma Amongst Workers’
* Week 5 ‘A Intervention: The Importance of Practicing Self-Care’
* Week 6 ‘Introducing the Recovery Phase’
What to expect from Group Facilitation
Following an initial online consultation to understand the needs of your group;
A welcoming, non-judgemental, confidential and safe space.
A dynamic creative programme bespoke to your team’s needs.
An individualised mental wellbeing toolkit provided to every team member, aiding their progress in the workplace. This toolkit comprises self-regulation techniques along with the introduction and sustenance of positive coping strategies.
Option for me to travel to your team or a pre-determined space for programme duration.
Opportunities to work with a variety of art forms and to learn different work and team related perspectives through embodied learning.
Enhancement of your knowledge of theatre in the process, exploration of the role of improvisation and action methods as an alternative intervention to problem solving.
Encouragement to be innovative, creating clear links with a wide range of theatre and improvisational methodologies, enabling you and your colleagues to respond effectively to different needs in a variety of settings.
Encouragement to develop your interests and to follow your inspiration using the dramatic art form to create original models of working.
Learn about group dynamics and team culture to encourage effective and meaningful group dialogue and to bring the best out of the team.
I work with a wide range of clients from charities, government bodies and the private sector and facilitate both within organisations, and for groups of external stakeholders.
Glisten aims to facilitate positive change, enhance well-being, and foster professional development through creative clinical supervision, process group work, and change management solutions.