One-Hour Workshops
Grounding Kits
Suicide Prevention for Parents
Suicide Prevention for Individuals
Understanding Grief
What We Offer
Grounding Kits: Practical Tools for Calming the Mind and Body
Presented by: In Her Name
Recommended group size: 6–25 participants
Suitable for: Businesses, schools, churches, community organizations, support groups, and wellness programs
Workshop purpose
This interactive workshop introduces grounding techniques and teaches participants how to create a personal grounding kit. Participants will learn how grounding can help them reconnect with the present moment when they feel anxious, overwhelmed, emotionally distressed, distracted, or disconnected.
Learning objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Explain what grounding is and how it may help during emotional distress.
Recognize situations in which grounding techniques may be useful.
Practice several sensory and breathing-based grounding exercises.
Identify items that can be included in a grounding kit.
Create a small personal grounding kit for future use.
Understand when additional support from a mental health professional may be needed.
Suicide Prevention for Parents: Know the Signs and Start the Conversation
Presented by: In Her Name
Audience: Parents, guardians, caregivers, foster parents, and adults who support children and teens
Recommended group size: 6–25 participants
Suitable locations: Schools, churches, businesses, parent organizations, community centers, and youth-serving organizations
Workshop purpose
This workshop equips parents with practical, compassionate tools to recognize possible suicide warning signs, begin difficult conversations, respond to a child who may be at risk, and connect the child with appropriate help.
The central message is:
Parents do not need to be mental health professionals to make a difference. They need to notice, ask, listen, and act.
Learning objectives
By the end of the workshop, parents will be able to:
Explain why suicide-prevention education is important.
Distinguish warning signs from broader risk factors.
Recognize changes in a child’s words, emotions, and behavior.
Ask directly and calmly about suicidal thoughts.
Respond without judgment, panic, blame, or dismissal.
Take immediate steps to help keep a child safe.
Identify professional, school, community, and crisis resources.
Begin creating a family safety and support plan.
Suicide Prevention for Individuals: Know the Signs, Start the Conversation, Save a Life
Presented by: In Her Name
Audience: Adults, employees, educators, faith communities, volunteers, college students, community members, and anyone interested in learning about suicide prevention
Recommended group size: 6–25 participants
Suitable locations: Businesses, schools, colleges, churches, community centers, nonprofit organizations, and support groups
Workshop purpose
This educational workshop helps participants recognize possible suicide warning signs, respond compassionately to someone who may be struggling, and connect that person with appropriate support.
The central message is:
You do not need to be a mental health professional to make a difference. You can notice the signs, ask the question, listen without judgment, and help someone connect with support.
Learning objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Explain why suicide-prevention education is important.
Distinguish warning signs from broader risk factors.
Recognize concerning changes in a person’s words, emotions, and behavior.
Ask directly and compassionately about suicide.
Respond without judgment, blame, panic, or dismissal.
Identify steps to take when someone may be in immediate danger.
Connect someone with professional, community, and crisis support.
Understand the importance of reducing access to potentially lethal items.
Recognize the need to care for themselves while supporting someone else.
Understanding Grief: Supporting Yourself and Others After Loss
Presented by: In Her Name
Audience: Adults, employees, educators, parents, faith communities, volunteers, caregivers, and community members
Recommended group size: 6–25 participants
Suitable locations: Businesses, schools, churches, community centers, nonprofit organizations, healthcare settings, and support groups
Workshop purpose
This workshop helps participants understand grief, recognize the many ways it can affect a person, develop healthy coping strategies, and learn how to support someone who is grieving.
Although the workshop may include grief following a death, it can also address grief associated with divorce, illness, caregiving, job loss, relocation, estrangement, infertility, loss of independence, and other major life changes.
The central message is:
Grief does not follow a schedule or a single path. We do not have to “get over” our loss; we can learn to carry it with support, compassion, and love.
Learning objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Explain what grief is and identify different types of loss.
Recognize how grief can affect emotions, thoughts, behaviors, relationships, and the body.
Understand that there is no single timeline or correct way to grieve.
Identify common myths and unhelpful expectations about grief.
Practice several healthy coping and grounding strategies.
Respond compassionately to someone who is grieving.
Recognize when grief may require additional professional support.
Create a personal grief-support plan.
“Suicide prevention starts with all of us; learn the warning signs.”
Dr. Michelle V Boodoo
Contact us to Book a Workshop Today
Bring mental health education and compassionate support to your workplace, school, church, or community organization. In Her Name offers interactive workshops on suicide prevention, grief, and grounding techniques. Contact us today to schedule a workshop for your group.