The Full Circle Approach

I see the role of the facilitator as creating the space for us to discover together, and supporting the group process with sensitivity and care. I recognise everyone’s unique contributions and presence, generating learning collectively, subverting the top-down approach to education.

Central to all my work is…

• Participation and embodiment - Experiential, active learning is a powerful way to generate personal and social change. Techniques using creativity, making, movement and play run through all my workshops, programmes and trainings.

• Adaptive and responsive - As a trauma-informed practitioner I centre the needs of the participants in the space. I use co-production methodologies and create bespoke programmes to fit each client’s unique context.

• Cycles and reflection - Moving between theory, action and reflection - seeding ideas, nurturing them, and observing their growth - allows participants to integrate their unique experiences and consider how their learning can be applied.

My guiding values are…

• Critical thinking and radical imagination - I am committed to deconstructing social norms, understanding ourselves as part of wider power structures and questioning the status quo. I believe in people’s capacity to imagine different futures and make change happen.

• Empathy and connection - I aim to create safer spaces for dialogue and to build relationships across difference. I hope to enable people to better understand and learn from each others’ perspectives, rather than contributing to politics of division and individualism.

• Pleasure and empowerment - My work focuses on developing genuine agency, recognising our interconnectedness, and follows the principles of Active Hope. I use Joy as my compass, inspired by the writings of bell hooks, adrienne maree brown and Audre Lorde.