NEW Inner Circle Series: From Resistance to Responsibility
Dear Reader,
Last month, I told you something new was on the way for Yorke Consulting Trainings and our Inner Circle Gatherings …
Well, here it is! 🎉
FOUR Advanced Trainings. ONE New Inner Circle Series. LOTS of opportunities to grow
This fall, I’m excited to offer FOUR 8-hour Advanced Training options designed to help you strengthen your facilitation skills, deepen participant engagement, and become even more intentional about how you facilitate behavior change.
Whether you’re facilitating a BIP, anger management, parenting, youth, or another behavior-change program, these topics offer practical strategies you can put to work right away.
And if you’re using Yorke Consulting curricula, they go even further—building on the principles and strategies introduced in our Hybrid Fidelity Training.
CHOOSE THE TRAINING THAT FITS WHERE YOU WANT TO GROW...
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AND HERE’S WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER…
The Advanced Trainings and our Inner Circle Gatherings will complement one another this fall.
The trainings give you opportunities to dig deeper into the concepts and strengthen your skills, while Inner Circle gives us a place to keep the conversation going, learn from one another, and apply those ideas to the real people and challenges showing up in our groups.
AND SPEAKING OF INNER CIRCLE…
This fall, we’re doing something a little different.
Rather than exploring a completely separate topic each month, our next four Inner Circle Gatherings will build on one another as we take a closer look at a challenge almost every "behavior modification" group facilitator encounters:
FROM RESISTANCE TO RESPONSIBILITY----A Four-Part Inner Circle Discussion Series
Together, we’ll follow the progression:
Resistance → Readiness → Motivation → Action
And we’re starting with a challenge I know you’ve encountered…“WHY SHOULD I CHANGE?”
Understanding Participant Resistance
We’ve all heard some version of it:
“I don’t have a problem.”
“She/He is the reason I’m here.”
“I’m just doing what the court told me to do.”
It’s easy to label these participants as simply resistant.
But what if resistance isn’t the end of the conversation?
What if it’s where our work begins?
During this month’s Inner Circle, we’ll look beneath the defensiveness, minimization, blame, and “I don’t need to be here” thinking.
We’ll explore how our responses as facilitators can unintentionally increase resistance—or create an opening for introspection, personal responsibility, and eventually, change.
Some of the questions we’ll tackle together include:
- What does resistance actually look and sound like in our groups?
- Could what we call “resistance” sometimes be ambivalence, fear, shame—or simply not yet seeing a reason to change?
- How do we maintain accountability without getting pulled into arguments and power struggles?
- What can we do when a participant seems determined to prove that everyone else is the problem?
And, as always, Inner Circle isn’t about me simply giving you the answers.
Bring your experiences. Bring your questions. And bring that participant who has you wondering, “Okay…what do I try next?” 😉
We’ll learn from one another and leave with practical ideas you can take right back to your groups.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING…
Over the next four Inner Circle Gatherings, we’ll follow the change process together:
📅 SEPTEMBER 17th — RESISTANCE “Why Should I Change?”
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📅 OCTOBER 15th — READINESS “Maybe I Need to Look at This Differently.”
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📅NOVEMBER 19th — MOTIVATION “I Have My Own Reasons to Change.”
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📅 DECEMBER 17th — ACTION “Now What Am I Going to Do Differently?”
Each conversation will build on the one before it as we explore how facilitators can help participants move beyond simply attending a program and saying the right things toward developing their own reasons—and taking responsibility—for meaningful, lasting change.
And remember…Inner Circle Gatherings are ALWAYS FREE!
Come join the conversation. Bring your questions, share what’s happening in your groups, and connect with other facilitators who understand the challenges of doing this work.
All Inner Circle Gatherings are from 1pm-2pm PST
I hope to see you there!
Nada
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