Join us for PERSPECTIVE
When people are asked to sit with the complexities of sexual harm or relationship abuse as part of their work or volunteering they need a special kind of support. This work is done best when people feel nurtured, supported and connected with colleagues.
If you're looking for ways to help avoid burnout, improve connections and encourage personal and professional growth we'd love to help you with that.
Join us for REST
This work needs moments of silence.
It needs deep rest.
It needs time feeling connected to colleagues.
It needs celebration and ritual.
It needs moments when you feel thoroughly nurtured.
Join us for CEREMONY
"Justice is what love looks like in public"
Cornel West
As part of our exploration into healing from injustice we have developed a ceremony to act as a way of honouring our collective pain, rage, grief and hope. This ceremony is an alternative to our broken justice systems. It's a place to recognise the injustice we all hold, whether that is through lived experience of abuse, being impacted by the abuse of our loved ones, by the injustice we bear witness to in our work and activism or the injustice of living in a society that is failing to protect people from harm.
Let us take your teams through this simple but profound process so they can experience what is possible when we make space for each other and discover the justice that is possible in community.
Join us for ADVENTURE
There's nothing like an adventure to inspire, to get creative, to build relationships and to help us return home that little bit changed.
Whether you're looking for an away-day or an extended visit that incorporates learning, wellbeing and team building come and join us in beautiful Pitlochry and discover why we felt called by this land.
Our experiences can include...
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Group circle: help your team feel grounded, heard and connected.
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Forest retreats exploring nature-based feminism.
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Mini-foraging course: feel connected to nature and discover the ways in which nature sustains us and supports our healing.
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Ending celebration: celebrate and honour someone's service to your organisation.
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Our healing from injustice ceremony: discover the justice that can be created in community.
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Team training: our workshops can help your teams explore sex and intimacy after sexual abuse or get curious about how perpetrator psychology can be present in their work with survivors.
We will tailor-make an experience for your team, collaborating with our local venue and accommodation partners to find an option that suits your needs and budget.
Pitlochry is 90 mins from Edinburgh airport and has direct trains to Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.
Get in touch to talk to us about your visit hello@consentcollective.com
Join us for LEARNING
Can't come to us?
Let us bring the energy of these hills to you
Our online personal development programme for your teams
We can support your teams as they grow in the work by offering them a space to reflect, share, grow, and feel connected to their colleagues. Our programme of four group circles can be delivered over a month or spread throughout the year, adding a rich ingredient to your CPD programme. Circle provides people with a space to pause, connect, and reflect.
Each circle is held online by Nina and Cynthia. They are 90 minutes long, can accommodate up 40 people and they centre on a particular theme. Our recommended series has the following four circles:
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Circle 1: Belonging
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Circle 2: Trust
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Circle 3: Anger and rage
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Circle 4: Endings
However, you can tailor your programme, adding sessions or swapping them to include other themes such as
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Power
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Conflict
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Justice
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Healing
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Grief and loss
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Failure
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Pleasure and joy
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Boundaries
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Gratitude
Contact us if you'd like to discuss how a programme of circles could support your team development.
"I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for the Circle Session yesterday; it really was wonderful to have that space to talk and listen (and especially the silences) to sit with myself. What was so refreshing/reassuring was to know that I was not alone in the things I was struggling with"
Our resources can support your work
Online resources for all of your clients
A webpage of engaging video resources
Give your clients, staff and volunteers access to a password-protected webpage of our online video resources. From psycho-educational material, through to cooking shows and our podcast game show, our videos can be used to support clients before, during, and after therapy and to supplement internal training and team days.
Our videos cover topics such as the impact of trauma, justice, feminism, sex and relationships after sexual abuse, and activism.
Get a flavour of our content by watching the videos below.
Consent Collective Cooking Show:
Vietnamese Bun and Complementary Justice
Special fundraising edition of our podcast gameshow: How to be good in bed
"We're using this resource by hosting regular lunchtime watch sessions for staff who now feel more equipped to have these conversations with service users"
Online courses
How do people heal from trauma?
'How do people heal from trauma?' is a online course for survivors, therapists and support workers.
This is your user-guide to trauma.
Blending the latest science with ancient wisdom this learning retreat will help you understand the lay of the land so that you can navigate your own path and support others on their journey too.
Using video, illustration, worksheets, and even a cooking show the material is designed to give people a firm foundation in understanding what trauma is, how it impacts people, and the many ways in which people heal. Whilst therapists and support workers may choose to go through the pre-recorded content over a 2-day period, all users will have access to the material for at least one year, ensuring they can go through the content at their own pace.
"I'm a counsellor at a specialist support service for survivors and I've experienced many trauma training's over the years. Nina's presentation was one of the most cohesive I have ever experienced. I felt she drew together the science about what is happening in the body when trauma occurs and then followed it through into the behaviours and experiences that we might encounter in working with our clients as a result.
I happened to have 2 clients booked in after the training sessions and what we covered in the training was instantly recognisable and relevant to me in the work with my clients. I felt that the training had given me clearer insight and direction as to how I could work through the effects of the trauma"
Other courses to support your work
Self-help book
The courage to be me
The courage to be me is an illustrated book that is designed to help people who've experienced sexual abuse understand themselves and their experience better.
First published in 2014 this book has supported 1000s of people on their journey of courage, hope and self-compassion. This resource is freely available online or you can bulk-buy copies directly from us to include as part of your welcome pack for new clients.
Now available in Spanish too.
"The best book on the subject I have ever come across"
"Right in front of me were my own feelings and fears that I dared never speak of, that I held in me because I thought it was only me who felt that way... suddenly it wasn't just me anymore and that is why this book is so special"
