Sound, Story & Expression: Experiential Training for Helping Professionals

$465.00

Next Cycle: Wednesdays from 6-8pm on February 11th, 25th and March 11th, 25th, 2026
Location: Telehealth. Link will be sent post-registration.
Providers: Malia Burris [therapist & sound healer] and Sir Dominique Jordan [Hip Hop and Spoken Word Artist, Educator]

Description
A consecutive, four session professional creative wellness training for helping professionals in mental health, education, and community care.

Module 1: Sound, Story & the Creative Nervous System

  • Foundations of sound-based nervous system regulation

  • Rhythm, breath, and voice as pathways to emotional regulation

  • How creativity impacts the brain and supports clinical goals

  • Intro experiential: sound + spoken word blend

  • Immediate take-home tools for anxious or dysregulated youth/young adults

Module 2: Sound & Expressive Arts for Emotional Regulation

Lead: Malia (Dominique supporting)

  • Safe and ethical use of sound in clinical and community settings

  • Trauma-informed sound facilitation

  • Sound + visual art: texture, tone, color, vibration

  • Guided sound experience + reflective integration

  • Practical applications for teens, young adults, and high-anxiety clients

Module 3: Rhythm, Voice & Story-Based Expression

  • Rhythm as emotional language

  • Elements of spoken word + poetic storytelling

  • Hip-hop informed creative practices

  • Identity, agency, and narrative in trauma healing

  • Creative activities clinicians can replicate with youth/young adults

Module 4: Integration, Creative Rituals, & Applied Practice

  • How to structure creative sessions in clinical/educational settings

  • Combining sound, rhythm, story, and visual expression

  • Facilitating beginnings and endings (rituals, openings, closings)

  • Small group practice + feedback

  • Building a culturally responsive, imagination-based toolkit

This final session brings everything together and highlights equal partnership.

Training Outcomes

  • Trauma-informed creative regulation tools

  • Simple sound practices for session use

  • Rhythm + voice exercises for emotional expression

  • Visual expressive arts processes

  • Narrative + story-based interventions

  • Culturally responsive creative approaches

  • A replicable 4-session framework for groups or youth programs

Next Cycle: Wednesdays from 6-8pm on February 11th, 25th and March 11th, 25th, 2026
Location: Telehealth. Link will be sent post-registration.
Providers: Malia Burris [therapist & sound healer] and Sir Dominique Jordan [Hip Hop and Spoken Word Artist, Educator]

Description
A consecutive, four session professional creative wellness training for helping professionals in mental health, education, and community care.

Module 1: Sound, Story & the Creative Nervous System

  • Foundations of sound-based nervous system regulation

  • Rhythm, breath, and voice as pathways to emotional regulation

  • How creativity impacts the brain and supports clinical goals

  • Intro experiential: sound + spoken word blend

  • Immediate take-home tools for anxious or dysregulated youth/young adults

Module 2: Sound & Expressive Arts for Emotional Regulation

Lead: Malia (Dominique supporting)

  • Safe and ethical use of sound in clinical and community settings

  • Trauma-informed sound facilitation

  • Sound + visual art: texture, tone, color, vibration

  • Guided sound experience + reflective integration

  • Practical applications for teens, young adults, and high-anxiety clients

Module 3: Rhythm, Voice & Story-Based Expression

  • Rhythm as emotional language

  • Elements of spoken word + poetic storytelling

  • Hip-hop informed creative practices

  • Identity, agency, and narrative in trauma healing

  • Creative activities clinicians can replicate with youth/young adults

Module 4: Integration, Creative Rituals, & Applied Practice

  • How to structure creative sessions in clinical/educational settings

  • Combining sound, rhythm, story, and visual expression

  • Facilitating beginnings and endings (rituals, openings, closings)

  • Small group practice + feedback

  • Building a culturally responsive, imagination-based toolkit

This final session brings everything together and highlights equal partnership.

Training Outcomes

  • Trauma-informed creative regulation tools

  • Simple sound practices for session use

  • Rhythm + voice exercises for emotional expression

  • Visual expressive arts processes

  • Narrative + story-based interventions

  • Culturally responsive creative approaches

  • A replicable 4-session framework for groups or youth programs