Workshops and Support Programs

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Our workshops and support programs can be brought directly to your agency, hospice, care home, or community setting. Each session is facilitated by our certified End-of-Life Doulas and Holistic Grief Practitioners and can be tailored to meet the needs of your staff, residents, or community members.

We offer both in-person and virtual sessions, ranging from 60 to 120 minutes, with options for half-day or full-day retreats. All workshops are designed to foster reflection, compassion, and emotional wellness in environments of care.

To discuss scheduling, customization, or pricing, please contact us at info@holdingspacecollective.ca — we’d be honored to create a meaningful experience for your team or community.

Duration: 90 minutes

Caregiving often means holding stories, emotions, and losses that are rarely spoken aloud. This 90-minute reflective workshop offers caregivers, long-term care staff, and group home teams a quiet, restorative space to explore the deeper emotional impact of their work.

Through guided journaling, mindfulness, and gentle ritual, participants are invited to acknowledge the unseen grief that accumulates over time — grief connected to resident transitions, client losses, ongoing change, and the emotional weight of care.

This workshop supports participants in:

• Exploring personal and professional grief in a safe, structured environment 
• Honouring loss, remembering those they’ve supported, and acknowledging emotional fatigue 
• Practicing grounding and reflective exercises to nurture inner calm 
• Reconnecting with meaning, purpose, and the heart of their caregiving work 

This session is conversation-based, flexible, and ideal for regular team wellness offerings.

Duration: 90 minutes

This supportive session creates a compassionate gathering space where staff caregivers can process grief, share experiences, and release emotional fatigue. Designed for teams in long-term care, group homes, and community support sectors, this circle blends conversation, mindfulness, and gentle ritual in a warm, accessible format.

Participants are invited — but never required — to speak about their experiences. The focus is on connection, shared understanding, and the opportunity to be witnessed without judgment.

This workshop supports participants in:

• Expressing grief and emotional strain in community
• Feeling seen and supported by peers
• Practicing grounding and mindfulness techniques 
• Finding small moments of peace, clarity, and renewal during demanding work
• Strengthening a culture of compassion and emotional wellness within teams 

This session is conversation-based, flexible, and ideal for regular team wellness offerings.

 This five-session program offers children a safe and creative space to explore feelings of love, loss, and remembrance through story, art, ritual, and play. Guided by Holding Space Collective’s End-of-Life Doulas and Holistic Grief Practitioners, children learn to name emotions, honor memories, and find comfort in connection. With the help of Freddie Fox — a gentle symbol of courage and care — participants discover that love continues to live in the heart, even after loss. 

 A Compassionate Teaching Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
This six-session educational program helps adults with developmental disabilities gently explore life, death, and grief in a safe, inclusive, and supportive setting. Guided by Holding Space Collective’s End-of-Life Doulas and Holistic Grief Practitioners, participants learn through conversation, sensory activities, and ritual that love and remembrance can bring comfort and connection. The program encourages honesty, curiosity, and emotional expression — helping individuals find peace, understanding, and meaning through the natural cycles of life and loss. 

Our workshops and support programs can be brought directly to your agency, hospice, care home, or community setting. Each session is facilitated by our certified End-of-Life Doulas and Holistic Grief Practitioners and can be tailored to meet the needs of your staff, residents, or community members.

We offer both in-person and virtual sessions, ranging from 60 to 120 minutes, with options for half-day or full-day retreats. All workshops are designed to foster reflection, compassion, and emotional wellness in environments of care.

To discuss scheduling, customization, or pricing, please contact us at info@holdingspacecollective.ca — we’d be honored to create a meaningful experience for your team or community.

Participants feel confident offering calm, grounded support during difficult transitions.

Audience: Caregivers, agency staff, volunteers, community partners
Focus:

• What it means to “hold space” at end of life 
• The doula role vs clinical roles
• Emotional, spiritual, and relational support 
• Understanding comfort measures, presence, non-judgmental 

Participants learn safe, compassionate language for difficult conversations.

Audience: Support workers, mental health staff, educators, hospice volunteers, caregivers
Focus:

• How to start conversations about death, dying, grief
• Scripts and phrases that help instead of harm 
• Reducing fear and stigma around death 
• Cultural considerations in communication
  

Participants gain tools to support families while avoiding burnout.

Audience: Agency staff, long-term care staff, PSWs, community workers
Focus:

• Understanding family dynamics under stress
• Guiding families through anticipatory grief
• Navigating conflict, fear, and uncertainty 
• Setting boundaries while remaining empathetic
  

Staff learn accessible ways to support clients through loss.

Audience: Community Living agencies, group home staff, day program staff
Focus:

• How grief shows up differently
• Trauma-informed and disability-informed grief support
• Visual tools, social stories, routines, and sensory safety