Psychologically Safe Listening Circles

How do you adequately support your team through difficulty, crisis, or trauma? What framework exists to help employees process the personal and collective impact of emotionally charged events?

Listening circles, facilitated by Exude’s Mental Health Expert, Dr. Charryse Johnson, are a powerful coaching tool that can support individuals and teams that are struggling. Offering listening circles to your employees provides a positive way to safely connect with each other while also feeling heard, seen, and supported.

Themes and topics for each listening circle session can be customized to meet the Client’s needs and requests. Some examples of topics are grief, vicarious trauma, managing “mental load,” selfcare/burnout prevention, healthy support systems, and nourishing mind and body.

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Key Features of the session include:

• The session will center around the anchoring topic of choice, offering a supportive environment to express and reflect upon personal experiences and feelings associated with this complex emotion.
• Participants will engage in a series of structured questions and prompts with zero pressure to share. This format is intended to enable non-judgmental listening to the experiences of others, fostering a sense of empathy and connection.
• The core of this session is to provide and receive empathy and compassion. It’s an opportunity to step into a humanistic space of understanding vs. solely problem solving.
• What is shared in the Listening Circle stays within the group. This confidentiality is key to creating a trusting environment where participants can freely express themselves.
• This is more than a conversation; it’s a chance to listen intently and connect on a deeper level. The focus is on hearing and understanding each other’s perspectives, providing a unique opportunity for emotional and psychological growth.

Session length: 1 hour
Delivery format: Virtual (onsite requests available for additional fee)

NOTE: We recommend offering this as series available throughout the year for continued support and connection. We also have an add-on 3 or 4 week daily text program that can be offered after each listening circle to provide reinforcement & support to participants.

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