If you are inspired by our work, we encourage you to get involved!
Your support enables us to provide transformational programming for incarcerated men and women, law enforcement officers, healthcare workers
and other community members. Join us in our mission to promote communication, enhance well-being, build community, and foster compassion.
Your support enables us to provide transformational programming for incarcerated men and women, law enforcement officers, healthcare workers
and other community members. Join us in our mission to promote communication, enhance well-being, build community, and foster compassion.
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Giving and Receiving Compassion
Our end of the year appeal is to join us in providing support and resources to friends and neighbors returning from incarceration. Please consider helping us distribute Leaving Prison Behind: A Council Before I Go inside prisons throughout California -- and receive a copy of your own as a gift!
This powerful and beautiful illustrated novella weaves the words and stories of system-impacted individuals, and those who support them. It's an outgrowth of our work inside 28 California state prisons, as well as our Council Reentry Program, and tells a moving story of one man's last night of incarceration, amassing a compendium of resources, ideas, references and practices intended to support the challenging journey home. Please consider a donation to support our Leaving Prison Behind Campaign -- or make a general donation to help us sustain the inspiring, transformational work of this organization. Your generosity is deeply appreciated!! |
POWER Receives National CertificationCenter for Council's Peace Officer Wellness, Empathy & Resilience (POWER) Training Program is an innovative new compassion-based interactive curriculum for police and correctional officers that utilizes mindfulness practices and council to train officers to support wellness, relationality and improved police-community relations. In September 2022, POWER received the National Certification Program Seal of Excellence.
In her Medium article, Camilla Patterson offers a deep dive into this dynamic program that combines council training with mindfulness activities to support self-awareness, self-regulation and communication skills. Learn more about Center for Council's experience bringing POWER to seven cohorts of LAPD officers; click HERE to read the article. And, if you have not yet watched it, we've got a powerful video of LAPD officers talking about their experience of POWER - watch the video HERE. Contact us about how you can support bringing POWER to more law enforcement agencies. |
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Continuing Education Credits for
Council Training Level 1 Workshops Center for Council's Council Training Level 1 Workshop has been evaluated by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and has received the Continuing Education Provider Approval (CEPA) seal of approval. This course now offers 16 Continuing Education credits for Mental Health Professionals (LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs). Contact us to learn more. |
NEW BOOK - Become a Recurring Donor and Get a Copy!
Where Compassion Begins is the new book by our Executive Director, Jared Seide. Check out the enthusiastic response to its publication and get a copy today by becoming a monthly recurring donor -- our gift to you! Or, if you'd prefer, copies can be ordered via Amazon or through select independent bookstores. It's also available in Spanish, eBook format or audiobook. For more information and to order a copy click here!
Social Connection Councils
At Center for Council we believe that your ability to do good in the world is directly related to well-being. Take care of yourself, so you can take care of others at our Social Connection Councils. These sessions are a great way to learn about and experience council practice.
Register for one of our sessions - or become a monthly donor for unlimited access.
Sign Up Now
At Center for Council we believe that your ability to do good in the world is directly related to well-being. Take care of yourself, so you can take care of others at our Social Connection Councils. These sessions are a great way to learn about and experience council practice.
Register for one of our sessions - or become a monthly donor for unlimited access.
Sign Up Now
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For those eager to explore a more in-depth study of the practice of council, our council training workshops offer experiential study and training at a variety of levels. Join us for an immersive workshop in the greater Los Angeles area, or explore customizing a workshop for your organization or community. Learn the practice of council by signing up for a workshop that fits your schedule and your interests.(CT1 is now certified by CAMPFT/CEPA for Continuing Education Credits for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs!) |
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Beyond Us & Them
Center for Council’s latest initiative, Beyond Us & Them, celebrates a powerful vision
of compassion and community and provides a platform to create change through
evidence-based training programs that have been shown to promote empathy,
humanity and resilience. Learn More Here
Donate
Our organization relies on support from donors like you to bring our compassion-based
programming to incarcerated men and women, law enforcement, healthcare workers,
educators and community leaders. A donation of any size is greatly appreciated. We love
recurring donations as they are the most supportive to our sustainability!
Donate Now
Our organization relies on support from donors like you to bring our compassion-based
programming to incarcerated men and women, law enforcement, healthcare workers,
educators and community leaders. A donation of any size is greatly appreciated. We love
recurring donations as they are the most supportive to our sustainability!
Donate Now
Stay in Touch
We would love to stay in touch and keep you updated on our programs, offerings and impact!
We also like to provide helpful resources and tools for your own compassion-based practice.
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We would love to stay in touch and keep you updated on our programs, offerings and impact!
We also like to provide helpful resources and tools for your own compassion-based practice.
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Testimonials
- Peace Officer Wellness, Empathy & Resilience (POWER) Training participant |
- Prison Council Initiative participant |
- Organization Wellness Project participant |
