Offerings & Events
Communion, ceremony, and enlightenment are integral to the healing path.
We believe that being with and having others be with us is profoundly powerful.
In community, we are lean into and transform in ways that we cannot — or don’t want to — do alone.
In collaboration with our community of healers, practitioners, and guides Shelterwood Collective offers:
Gatherings & Experiences to cultivate connection, creativity, and vitality
Process & Therapy Groups to foster brave, support spaces for communal grow
Workshops & Trainings to raise awareness and deepen learning
Rituals & Retreats to protect sacred space to integrate mind, body, and spirit
We invite you to gather, commune, and grow with us.
Peer Play Therapy Consult Group with Chessie Snider
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington State Play Therapy Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Supervision Circle with Andrew Fontana
IN PERSON | FOR MEMBERS
Supervision is not only a requirement for licensure, it’s a vital relational practice — one that shapes how clinicians learn to think, feel, and work in the presence of others. Our Supervision Circles are intentional, intimate, and accessible spaces for associate-level therapists seeking high-quality supervision within a communal learning environment. This circle, supervised by Andrew Fontana, is designed to support clinical development, ethical discernment, and professional identity formation through collaborative, intergenerational mentorship.
The Clinic: Limbic Resonance with Abby Wong-Heffter, LMHC
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With Abby Wong-Heffter we will explore how first relationships inform how we move through the world. Learn how we can support and shift these early imprints in the therapeutic dynamic. This clinic will focus on the nuances of emotional attunement, attachment, and trauma. We will also explore how learning narrative and relational patterns can aid in movement and transformation.
Greenhouse: Working on Your Practice
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Greenhouse is a business development offering for healing practitioners designed to foster connection, collaboration, and skill-building. These experiential workshops offer an opportunity to locate your entrepreneurial identity, development business acumen, and actualize an aligned and thriving practice.
Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immersive experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our 15 credit hour training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.
Skillshare- Witnessing: Attuning to BIPOC Nervous Systems
FOR MEMBERS | VIRTUAL
Join Tolu and Gitika for this month’s lunch-and-learn style workshop focused on centering and attuning to the BIPOC experience in our current moment. Tolu and Gitika will share from their lived experiences and labor as mental health professionals; and offer a nervous-system aware practice that supports true healing and liberation in solidarity with BIPOC peoples.
The Clinic: Psychoanalytic Passions with D. Michael Louderback, LMHC
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With D. Michael Louderback we will delve into a psychoanalytic way of working with the complexity of the human experience. This clinic will guide you through the psychoanalytic process, from understanding unconscious patterns to facilitating deeper insights and curiosity in your clients and yourself in the process.
Autumn Re-wilding Retreat
Embark on a journey back to your primal self amidst the untouched beauty of nature. This retreat comes after the Fall Equinox and the cyclical change in season is an invitation to let go of what is no longer serving us. We will look toward the natural world to reconnect with our own spirits through sound baths, forest meditations, cacao ceremonies, holistic healing through saunas, breath work, yoga, and more.
Skillshare: Confidentiality & Documentation: Centering Trust & Protection
Join us for this month’s Skillshare, Confidentiality & Documentation: Centering Trust & Protection—a lunch-and-learn conversation on recent changes in healthcare law and what they mean for our work as healers. We'll explore evolving confidentiality guidelines, potential risks in clinical practices, and how to navigate these shifts with discernment, care, and a commitment to equity. Come ready to learn, reflect, and share strategies for protecting both our clients and ourselves.
Cultural Awareness | Practicing therapy with Cultural Humility
Join us for an enriching and thought-provoking session on Practicing Therapy with Cultural Humility, led by Gitika Talwar, PhD—a Licensed Clinical-Community Psychologist in Washington State. With deep personal and professional experience working with international students, immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented individuals, Dr. Talwar brings both compassion and expertise to this timely conversation.