Testimonials

As a front-line organization working with families and individuals in crisis, our team members sought training to help with self-regulation and tools to support clients during moments of stress and escalation. Laurie has conducted organizational CRM training, and her tools are regularly used by our staff. It is nice to have a common language among our team. Laurie is an extremely effective teacher who keeps the room engaged. She is organized and flexible and builds trust in the room easily.

-Naomi Spence, Co-Executive Director, The Hunger Coalition

We have found that key elements of any new program or approach we explore and seek to implement are applicability and accessibility. The Community Resilience Model is applicable- both broadly and specifically- to the work we do with students and teachers. It is also accessible, which is as much a reflection of the model as the facilitation and presentation of the model. Laurie does an exceptional job of presenting CRM and connecting people to it. She shows how CRM is valuable not by marketing it but by connecting people to its strengths. The organizational training and support have been important parts of making this successful.

– Harry Weekes, Headmaster, The Sage School

Laurie is an excellent presenter and the Community Resilience Model (CRM) workshop is beneficial for both individuals and teams. The CRM is designed to help individuals and groups increase their ability to cope with stress, trauma, and adversity. It’s a practical and accessible tool that can be used by non-profits, schools, and teams to improve their ability to support each other and those they serve. By using the CRM, our staff and students learned how to recognize their own and others’ stress responses, develop coping strategies, and build resilience. This helped create a culture of support and understanding within our organization.

– Gary Thompson, Leadership Coach and Collaborative Facilitator, Redfish | Bluefish, Inc

We worked with Laurie to train the staff of the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience. The training was thoughtful, informative and interactive. We have integrated the work into our team culture as well as our community work.

– Nate Twitchell, Former Executive Director, Future Roots

Laurie is an expert practitioner who is highly skilled at facilitating groups while also adept at establishing deep, compassionate connections at the individual level. Her passion for supporting individuals, groups, and organizations shines through in her work. Laurie excels at translating well-established and cutting edge therapeutic modalities into understandable, usable, and actionable practices for her clients.

– Morgen Hartford, Owner, Clear Sol Solutions

Laurie is a phenomenal trainer who brings in specific, applicable, and relatable stories and examples to enhance and deepen the learning of life-changing wellness skills. Laurie is incredibly organized, effective, and supports people to deeply understand and learn the basic science of the brain and nervous system as well as the skills. I always learn something new from Laurie and appreciate her depth of expertise she brings, not just as a teacher but as a social worker, therapist, and experience in organizational settings. Thank you so much, Laurie, for your incredible work and for sharing your expertise and knowledge.

– Kelly Purcell, Founder of Ground. Connect. Empower.

I had the great pleasure of hosting four CRM trainings throughout our region to different community groups and organizations. Whether the participants took the class for personal enrichment or as someone who works with others, each group has walked away with a valuable understanding of the biological responses to stress and trauma, as well as, an understanding of how to utilize the CRM skills to bring balance back to the body and mind. I regularly hear back from participants as to how they have been able to impactfully incorporate CRM skills into their daily lives.

– Tiffany Dobbs, St. Luke’s McCall Community Health Manager

CRM has spontaneously been brought up by staff this week in a wide variety of conversations – thank you for supporting staff and students in so many ways!!!

This was one of the best presentations/ training I’ve attended! Your honest, competent, non coercive delivery is very much appreciated. What a great way to start this (whacky) new school year.

Thank you for the training! It was probably my favorite training I have had! You did a nice job keeping us engaged and I really enjoyed the presentation! PS: almost all the staff I have talked to said the same thing! We all appreciate this!

Your presentation today was great. You are an awesome presenter. I love listening to podcasts and I felt like I was listening to one when you were presenting.

After doing several training sessions this week, on very short notice, Laurie, you rocked! Such a professional, dynamic, and authentic speaker you are. I believe CRM is integral to our work and to me, and will hopefully keep me as sane and resilient as I can be in these insane times.

THANK YOU for the great CRM training yesterday! I’m super excited to continue this training and work as I feel it is so essential for all!

I really enjoyed the presentation you did for us last week. It has helped me monitor where I am at better and take some actions to help me get back into my “resiliency zone” so I can stay focused on and make progress towards the goals I have. I still have a lot of work to do, but the presentation was really helpful and included some really empowering tools.

I have talked with so many staff that are having incredible anxiety regarding this pandemic. These tools are something anyone can relate to, and I will definitely will be able to pass them on.

I wanted to say thank you so much for your presentation today. There were some awesome takeaways for me personally and professionally. I came in with a lot of stress, and you but you turned my frown upside down and got me back “in my zone.” Best meeting yet!

Your presentation was amazing and really resonated with me. I love how real you are!

Thank you, it was a great presentation! You have a great sense of humor which made the topic sometimes funny and more effective for me! Cheers to you! One more thing to add to my GRATEFUL list at the end of the day. I have really been enjoying the training and I find I have been able to apply it in many situations — both personally and professionally. It is quick and effective and also a compassionate way to help my [students, staff] to acknowledge their feelings without becoming overwhelmed in the moment.

Professional Development has usually been a waste of my time. CRM has not been this. Thanks for bringing CRM to us and giving us tools to help our students, our own kids, and even ourselves.