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The workshop series

17 ninety-minute sessions, peer-facilitated, for groups of six to twelve.

On this page

  1. How it runs
  2. What to ask for
  3. Who each deck is for
  4. The 17 sessions, in order
  5. See a session before you run one

How it runs

Free to host. Delivery is currently volunteer. There is no fee to arrange.

Ninety minutesOne session, one tool, every week. Session one runs 105.
Six to twelve peopleBelow six the pair work collapses. Above twelve you cannot watch the room, and watching the room is the job.
In person or onlineBoth work. Online changes the crisis procedure, and the facilitator handbook says how.

One tool per session, and every one of them belongs somewhere on the same loop — which is what makes seventeen sessions a series rather than a list.

THE UNIVERSAL COPING LOOP One loop. Seven stages. Run it whenever you are overwhelmed. 1 NOTICE 2 NAME 3 GROUND 4 NARROW 5 ACT 6 CONNECT 7 RECOVER SELF-REWARD LOOP Name it. Acknowledge the difficulty. Credit the effort. Affirm forward. 1 NOTICE Something has shifted — a body signal, an emotion, a change. 2 NAME Put it into words. “I notice…” or “This is…” 3 GROUND Return to the body. Feet on floor. One slow exhale. 4 NARROW Shrink it to one step. Not the whole thing — the next thing. 5 ACT Take the one step. Do it now. 6 CONNECT Reach out. You regulate faster when not alone. 7 RECOVER Close the loop. Credit the effort. Affirm forward.
The Universal Coping Loop: a seven-stage ring — Notice, Name, Ground, Narrow, Act, Connect, Recover — with the Self-Reward Loop at the centre and a legend.

What to ask for

A single 90-minute session

The easiest place to start. One tool, one room, no commitment beyond the ninety minutes.

The six-session core

The standard offer. Covers the whole framework and sits alongside comparable programmes that run six to eight weeks.

The full seventeen

The complete catalogue, for programmes that want the entire arc. This is what to draw from, not the opening ask.

Who each deck is for

Roughly half are delivered peer-to-peer — shared lived experience — and half as education. A host organisation is entitled to know which before booking, so it is stated here.

CSA Z1003, the national standard for psychological health and safety in the workplace, names thirteen psychosocial factors. This is the individual skills layer under it: not a conformance product, and it certifies nobody against the standard.

DeckWho it is forHow it is delivered
Referral PitchHost organisations — clinical, community and workplaceThe ask before a delivery
The Clinical BridgeOTs, vocational rehab, physio clinicsEducation
The Practice Layer: Regulation Under Z1003HR, leaders, unions, JOHSCEducation
System Navigation & Identity RebuildingDisability nonprofits, peer networksPeer-to-peer
Holding Space Without Burning OutCaregivers, family groupsEducation
Frontline RecoveryPublic-facing teamsPeer-to-peer
The Next Small Step at SchoolEducators, parents, youth programsEducation
Book Overview KeynoteLibraries, events, mediaEducation
The Workbook WorkshopFacilitated client sessionsPeer-to-peer
Beyond the TradeConstruction unions, trades, occ-rehabPeer-to-peer
The Operational ResetFirst responders / PSPEducation
Executive Load & AgencyInclusive employers, DEI leadsPeer-to-peer
The Line Doesn't End HereSeniors' organizations, community centresEducation
The Next Small Step on CampusBC post-secondary wellnessEducation
Tools, Not TalkMen's groups, unions, trades adjacentPeer-to-peer
Agency in RecoveryRecovery community orgs, supportive housingEducation
Pain, and the Next Small StepCommunity pain programmes, occ-rehab, injured-worker groupsPeer-to-peer

The Referral Pitch is not a delivery — it is the conversation before one. It carries the referral form and the scope boundaries agreement.

17 decks in the portfolio — the master pitch, and 16 cut from it for a named audience. Every one of them draws on the 17 sessions above, which are a different seventeen.

Find yours by profession

Six audiences — peer support, workplace, clinical, education, caregiving, community — and the decks written for each.

Who it is for →

The 17 sessions, in order

Each is ninety minutes and teaches one tool. The handout is free and readable now — you do not need the deck, the room or anybody's permission.

See a session before you run one

Watch the sessions

All 17 recorded, with the handout for each and the protocol shorts. Recorded and finished; not yet uploaded.

The recordings and handouts →
Ask about running the series

Nothing is booked through this site and there is no form. It is one person reading the mail.