Interested in Leading Life-Changing Workshops?
- Do you enjoy working with girls, youth, and parents?
- Do you love the idea of making a big impact through small groups?
- Are you a social worker, therapist, school counselor, or life coach looking for a meaningful and lucrative side hustle?
- Or are you a parent re-entering the workforce—ready for a career offering flexibility, fulfillment, and great income?
If you answered yes to any of the above, becoming a Certified Wise Girl Workshops Facilitator might be just what you’re looking for!
Our next Facilitator Training is happening March 13–14, 2026 in beautiful Petaluma, CA.
This training is only open to providers outside of Sonoma and Marin Counties.
🤝 Experiential, In-Person Facilitation
Our facilitator training is offered in person, allowing for your own group process to naturally emerge. This hands-on experience is a core part of your development as a leader.
“Experience is everything when it comes to facilitation.”
By participating in the group training yourself, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how workshop dynamics unfold, how trust is built, and how transformation happens over time. Your own lived experience during training becomes a powerful foundation for the work you’ll do with youth and families in your own community.
What You’ll Learn
Working from the Wise Girl Workshops Expert Facilitator Guide
Our comprehensive Expert Facilitator Guide is the heart of our training and ongoing support for facilitators. It’s designed to give you the tools, confidence, and structure to run meaningful, impactful workshops—while staying grounded in Wise Girl Workshops’ core values.
In addition, our facilitation is in person allowing for your own group process to emerge. Remember, experience is everything when it comes to facilitating. Through your own lived experience, you’ll understand more thoroughly how the process of workshops and its impact unfolds.
🗂 Workshop Logistics
Learn how to set up, structure, and maintain a smooth, engaging, and emotionally safe workshop environment.
We’ll walk you through:
- How to set the tone from day one
- Best practices for welcoming new participants
- Organizing materials, snacks, and space flow
- Managing attendance and communication with families
- Creating a flexible structure that keeps girls engaged
“When the environment feels intentional and calm, girls feel safe enough to open up. Structure doesn’t restrict magic—it makes space for it.”
🧠 Understanding Psychology and Human Development
Gain foundational knowledge in social-emotional development, tailored to the unique needs of girls in grades 1–12.
This section includes:
- Developmental stages and needs (early elementary to high school)
- How identity, self-esteem, and friendships evolve
- Common challenges girls face at different ages
- Trauma-informed practices and emotional regulation tools
“You don’t have to be a therapist to understand what’s going on under the surface. With the right lens, every behavior becomes a clue.”
🎙 Facilitator Skills
Build the presence, confidence, and intuition it takes to guide a group with care and authority.
We focus on:
- Leading with warmth and clarity
- Creating connection through inclusive language
- How to hold space for big feelings and real conversations
- Redirecting and managing group energy with grace
“Facilitating is not about having all the answers. It’s about showing up, listening deeply, and being a steady guide in the storm.”
💼 Business and Marketing of Workshops
Learn how to grow your workshops into a thriving, sustainable offering in your community.
We’ll teach you how to:
- Set your rates with confidence and clarity
- Use Wise Girl branding while building your local presence
- Create outreach materials and connect with schools and families
- Run registration, payments, and communications professionally
“You can create a mission-driven business that changes lives—and pays you well for your time, energy, and expertise.”
Want to join us in helping the next generation thrive? If so, please send me a message to let me know you’re interested!