LEAP
The Learning, Engagement, and Action Program
Flexible Trainings for Real-World Workplace Challenges
10 Trauma-informed workshops that help teams grow through conflict, grief, change, and disconnection - all without overhauling your schedule.
Evidence Based + Mission Driven
LEAP sessions are grounded in behavioral science and CTSE’s mission of building resilient, effective teams by addressing the influences of trauma & stress.
Choose the Sessions That Fit Your Team’s Needs:
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Conflict Resolution
2 HRS
Conflict isn’t failure - it’s a sign that something matters
We teach teams how to embrace conflict rather than fear it.
Ideal For:
Emerging leaders, peer-led groups, or any workplace where tension gets ignored or communication breaks down.
Overview:
Understand the core causes of conflict and how it escalates
Gain evidence-based tools to de-escalate and resolve tension
Practice skills in a low-stakes, supportive environment
Take and use these lessons in any relationship
The Impact:
Participants leave better able to approach difficult conversations, reduce reactivity, and work through disagreements constructively at work, at home, or in the community. This session focuses on skill-building, making them more resilient towards conflict in the future.
Disaster Recovery: Healing & Hope
3 HRS
When disaster strikes, recovering takes work
But it is possible.
Ideal For:
Teams, communities, or individuals navigating the aftermath of a violent incident, natural disaster, accident, or other traumatic event. This session is especially valuable in the weeks or months following a crisis.
Overview:
Begin with connection and shared presence
Learn accessible, evidence-based tools to manage trauma and grief
Participate in structured opportunities to share, reflect, and unburden
Leave with language, practices, and a roadmap to move forward
The Impact:
Participants gain tools to navigate uncertainty, create space for grieving, restore stability, and begin healing, as individuals and together. We meet the survivors where they are and while based on lessons from past disasters, each session is custom-tailored to the unique experience of your group.
Active Listening: Key to Connection
2 HRS
Listening isn’t passive
It’s a powerful tool for trust, clarity, and collaboration
Ideal For:
Any team or group looking to reduce miscommunication, build trust, and increase day-to-day effectiveness.
Overview:
Explore why listening is difficult and can disrupt relationships
Learn evidence-based skills to both listen and show that you're listening
Practice in real time through engaging, connection-focused activities
Leave with new tools to improve your connections with others
The Impact:
Participants gain a deeper understanding of how powerful listening can be, and how rare it actually is. They’ll feel more equipped to navigate conflict in a way that reduces stress and builds meaningful relationships at work and beyond. The tools are simple, memorable, and immediately applicable.
Embracing Uncertainty: Building Resilience
2 HRS
The road ahead isn’t always clear
Resilience makes all the difference.
Ideal For:
Teams navigating change management, rapid growth, restructuring, or ongoing ambiguity. Especially impactful for groups that need to stay connected and adaptable under stress.
Overview:
Explore why uncertainty triggers stress and how biology plays a role
Learn skills to stay grounded and confident in unpredictable situations
Use stories from history to reframe fear and strengthen group perspective
Participate in activities that build courage, connection, and adaptability
The Impact:
Participants walk away with greater emotional awareness, stronger group cohesion, and a toolkit for facing the unknown with clarity and confidence. This session is fun, interactive, and surprisingly uplifting - even for those most resistant to change.
Bias, Prejudice & Discrimination
3 HRS
A shame-free approach to seeing clearly
And reducing harm.
Ideal For:
Organizations seeking to foster inclusion, improve team culture, and build awareness and understanding without blame.
Overview:
Explore how lived experience shapes bias, and how bias can lead to discrimination
Learn practical, evidence-based tools to recognize and interrupt bias
Take part in an engaging quiz and group discussion to deepen awareness
Leave equipped to examine your own assumptions and navigate others with care and compassion
The Impact:
Participants walk away with a clear, compassionate understanding of how bias shows up in everyday life. The session is designed to lower defensiveness and build real perspective. No shaming, no lecturing, just tools that work. Expect meaningful conversation, personal insight, and a lasting shift in how your team sees each other.
Healthy Relationships: Tools for Connection
2 HRS
Stronger teams are impossible without
Stronger relationships.
Ideal For:
Any group looking to strengthen connection, trust, and emotional wellbeing. Ideal as an introductory session or as a foundation for deeper trauma-informed work.
Overview:
Uncover the building blocks of healthy (and unhealthy) relationships
Learn simple, research-backed tools to increase trust, empathy, and connection
Participate in thoughtful group activities that inspire insight and conversation
Leave with new language and strategies for healthier relationships, personally and professionally
The Impact:
Participants leave feeling more connected, self-aware, and empowered to build stronger bonds across their lives. This session touches on emotional and physical wellness, and creates a foundation for more advanced topics in communication, boundaries, and resilience.
Identifying Misinformation
3 HRS
How false beliefs take hold
And what we can do about it.
Ideal For:
Teams navigating information overload, public communication, or high-trust environments. Especially valuable for those in healthcare, education, leadership, or any setting where clarity matters.
Overview:
Explore why the brain is wired to believe certain types of misinformation
Learn practical tools to question, verify, and share information more responsibly
Engage in self-assessments and compare common examples without blame
Leave more confident in your ability to identify and avoid false or misleading claims
The Impact:
Participants develop sharper critical thinking and greater media literacy in a non-political, non-shaming environment. This session improves team communication, builds trust, and helps individuals become more curious, self-aware, and discerning in the face of uncertainty.
Building a Healthy Board of Directors
2 HRS
Stronger bonds
Make stronger missions
Ideal For:
New, seasoned, or transitioning boards, either nonprofit or for-profit. Designed to support trust-building, role clarity, and conflict resolution in high-stakes group decision-making for institutions facing the challenges of stress and trauma.
Overview:
Clarify the role and purpose of a board
Learn practical, evidence-based tools to strengthen collaboration and direction
Work through realistic board scenarios that reveal gaps and build trust
Leave more aligned, more inspired, and better equipped to lead
The Impact:
Participants will come away clearly understanding what their role is and isn’t as a board member, and possessing new tools for governance and communication that they can start using immediately.
Supporting Caregiving Professionals
2 HRS
Helping the helpers
Stay grounded, resilient, and well.
Ideal For:
Nurses, teachers, therapists, doctors, social workers, and those caring for family. Especially effective in high-stress, emotionally demanding environments. Those looking to balance their desire to care with your own needs.
Overview:
Explore what it really means to be a caregiver and how it impacts your mind and body
Learn simple, evidence-based tools for daily stress, burnout, and emotional overload
Examine the helpful and harmful ways we cope, and how to shift toward healthier patterns
Leave more self-aware, better supported, and ready to sustain your work
The Impact:
This session offers a realistic, energizing reset for those who give everything to others. Designed to fit the pace of caregiving professions, it delivers clear tools that are easy to remember and apply right away. Participants walk away feeling seen, supported, and equipped to care for themselves while caring for others.
Navigating Loss: Effective Grieving
3 HRS
Grief isn’t a problem that needs fixing
It’s an experience to navigate with care.
Ideal For:
Teams or individuals coping with recent or collective loss, or working in grief-adjacent roles (healthcare, education, crisis response, etc.). Especially valuable for leaders, HR teams, or anyone supporting others through grief.
Overview:
Explore why grief is necessary and why so many of us avoid it
Learn simple, evidence-based tools for managing emotions, expectations, and support systems
Share personal experiences or simply listen, both are welcome and healing
Leave with clarity, connection, and support on your path forward
The Impact:
Participants gain a clearer understanding of what grief really is and how to navigate it without shutting down, minimizing, or bypassing. This training provides accessible & compassionate tools that help you make room for loss and continue on with optimism and resilience.
You’re in Good Company
United Federation of Teachers
Spokane Public Library
Providence Health
Thrive International
New York City Office of Labor Relations
Volunteers of America
Brown University
U.S. Navy
Eastern Washington University
Girl Scouts
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington
YWCA
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