Circling-Facilitation Group Coaching
For Coaches, Therapists, & Other Facilitators

 

 

 

 

“This was, for me, such an incredible and valuable experience. I really appreciated Josh’s incisive attunement, and also the opportunity to circle with others … and grow as a result of their perceptiveness. I [now] have more space to be myself – with myself and others, and to offer something similar when Circling – a slow, deeply attentive presence.”
Svetlana, Registered Psychotherapist
(read full testimonial and others below)

 

 

Hey! Want to skip the details? Here are the need-to-knows:

 

	TL/DR: (More details below… obviously 😉)
	What: in-the-moment feedback & support on your Circling facilitation, in an 8-week group format. Who for: coaches, therapists, & facilitators who are trained in Circling facilitation (even if you don’t use it). (Not trained? Check out Relational Coaching with similar benefits.) Why: boost your confidence & skills, see your blind spots, tap into that Circling “magic”, and transfer gains to your professional role. When: eight 2.5 hr sessions, dates TBA. How much:  920 / Early🦜 = 800. Payment plans available. (Details under ‘Cost‘ below.) Questions? / How to apply: use contact form below.

 

 

This unique type of group “field” coaching is for coaches, therapists, and other facilitators who have trained in the practice of Circling (even if you don’t use it specifically).

 

I give you in-the-moment feedback and support in the specific places you tend to get stuck, bored, lose confidence, or just work harder than you need to, as it’s happening.

 

Whether you:

• • are newly trained and trying to find your groove,

  • have lost “that loving feeling” (woah woa-oh 🎵),

  • occasionally get stuck with particular clients or situations,

  • or want to take your facilitation to the next level (“RAWWHHW!” 🐥)

, I think I can help you.

 

 

( To be eligible, you need to have completed a formal Circling training or possess equivalent competency in leading a ‘birthday’ or ‘focus’ style Circle. )

 

 

Specific capacities I’m training you in:

• • Presence & attunement with clients (& yourself)

  • Trusting and fully welcoming clients as they are

  • Getting ‘right’ with your own experience

  • Revealing your experience to clients (AKA “safe & effective use of self”)

  • Getting into flow and trusting your intuition

 

 

“Exactly what I was looking for. I walked away with stronger circling and facilitation skills. I learned an enormous amount about myself as well. I was able to work through multiple blocks that hinder my ability to show up as a strong facilitator.”
Vanessa Weseman, Breathwork Coach / Connection Specialist
(read full testimonial and others below) 

 

 

Common benefits reported by clients:

• • More present and attuned with their clients or participants

  • Asking edgier questions and more comfortable with their genuine curiosity

  • Feel more embodied (ie. more fully IN their body)

  • More confidence in general (including that they bring value)

  • More confidence & courage to reveal their experience

  • Learned a lot about themselves

  • More self-acceptance and owning who they really are

  • More comfortable being more themselves (their true selves) with clients

  • More risk taking and playfulness

  • Reduced need to care-take

  • More awareness of unconscious agendas

 

 

Some of the challenges my clients come to me for:

• • Bored & uninspired
    • • Loss of natural spontaneity, curiosity, enjoyment

      • Feeling drained after sessions

  • Often stuck, unsure what to do

  • Strong pressure to “do it right”
    • • and fear of being seen doing it wrong

  • Self-consciousness: Feeling inept, insecure, fearing judgement,

  • Nervousness, fear, anxiety, low-level nervous-system activation
    • • Making it harder to be present with self and client(s)

  • Feeling removed from clients

  • Feel like they’re wearing a mask
    • • Managing how they’re seen to be liked, approved of, etc

      • Feeling awkward or anxious inside, but controlled on outside

 

 

The program will consist of individual training Circles, group exercises, and partner practice between sessions to develop key skills and hone your self congruence. 

 

How training Circles work: you Circle someone in the group, and along the way we call “time-out” to take a closer look at those “stuck” places, where I offer support and feedback.

 

While I may occasionally offer specific techniques, the majority of our work will be looking at the “inner game” of your facilitation. Ie. what’s getting in the way, within you, of your natural gifts and capacities coming online and doing their thang 💃🏋🏿‍♂️.

 

For more on how I do this, check out this 11 min overview (& walk through the woods with me 🌲🌳):

 

 

 

 

There will be eight 2.5 hours sessions (including breaks). Dates TBA.

 

 

“Josh has a certain mastery at training others to Circle and a knack for noticing very subtle dynamics, especially when someone might be holding back or something might be slightly incongruent ¬… He points to it in a way that is non-threatening.”
Jennifer Ludders, Communications Coach and Facilitator
(read full testimonial and others below)

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Cost:

 

Early Bird Fee:  800, if paid by ____ [TBA]

(or 3 payments of 280)

 

Regular Course Fee:  920, if paid after

(or 3 payments of 322)​

 

 

(Currency: US if you live in US, UK, or EU. Canadian for everyone else.)

 

 

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Have questions? Ready to apply? Use the form below and I’ll get back to you shortly:

 

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Testimonials

 

 

“I feel a lot of gratitude for this experience and for Josh’s facilitation. Josh has a certain mastery at training others to Circle and a knack for noticing very subtle dynamics, especially when someone might be holding back or something might be slightly incongruent¬—both within the individual and the group. He points to it in a way that is non-threatening.

I appreciate his embodied way of teaching—both in terms of leading from his own very rich somatic experience, but also in terms of revealing and walking his circling talk. I really liked how Josh made sure everyone had a voice and often if a question was posed, he asked if anyone else had thoughts or experiences around it before answering it himself. I could consistently feel his care.

It felt like a really safe space to push edges and to explore new terrain and be held lovingly. I really appreciated Josh’s astute awareness of and pointing to subtleties of each person’s process, both within the circle and without. I learned so much both when I was in the driver’s seat as well as when others were.

Overall, I experience Josh as highly skilled, warm-hearted and full of integrity as a course leader and human being. It was a great, safe space to explore deeper aspects of Circling facilitation, push edges and allow your shit to come up to help transform it. It was a great learning experience, both as a place to bring questions and especially for experiential learning.”
Jennifer Ludders, Communications Coach and Facilitator

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Jordan Allen, Co-founder of Circle Anywhere
(Note: Jordan didn’t take the group program)