━ Part One of the Mentored by Dinah MSW Restorative Practices Mentorship
Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices &
Circle Facilitation Training
Learn trauma-informed restorative practices and how to facilitate restorative circles through training, guided practice, and direct mentorship with De’Nisha Beasley, LMSW, MA.
Open to people from all professional backgrounds. You do not need to be a therapist or have previous restorative-practices experience.
October 7 – November 11, 2026
Five live online sessions + one five-hour in-person practicum
The online learning community opens October 7. The first live training session will be held Saturday, October 10.
$750 per person | Limited to 12 participants
Certificate of Participation available upon completion of all six sessions, including the in-person practicum.
━ Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices & Circle Training
What Are Restorative Practices?
Restorative practices are intentional ways of building relationships, strengthening community, and responding to conflict or harm through dialogue, accountability, and repair. They help people consider how their actions affect others and participate in strengthening or restoring relationships.
Restorative practices begin before something goes wrong. They include the ways we listen, communicate, establish shared expectations, create belonging, and build trust in our everyday interactions.
Part One focuses on this proactive foundation: building relationships and community, understanding the impact of trauma, and learning to facilitate connection-building circles.
Responding to conflict and harm through accountability, repair, and reactive restorative processes is the focus of Part Two which is not included in this training.
━ Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices & Circle Training
What Is a Restorative Circle?
A restorative circle is a structured, facilitated conversation that creates opportunities for people to speak, listen, reflect, and connect. Circles can be used in workplaces, schools, ministries, organizations, and communities to strengthen relationships and explore shared experiences.
Using a trauma-informed approach considers how people’s experiences may affect trust, comfort, and participation. Facilitators prioritize choice, clear expectations, respectful boundaries, and opportunities to participate without pressure to disclose personal experiences.
━ Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices & Circle Training
More Than a Class: The First Step in Your Mentorship
I created this experience to share what I know and practice as a restorative practitioner and therapist. Together, we’ll explore how to build stronger relationships, create community, and facilitate circles that give people meaningful opportunities to connect.- De'Nisha "Dinah" Beasley, LMSW, MA
This is the foundational training within my restorative-practices mentorship. I’ll teach you the concepts, explain how I use them, and guide you as you begin putting them into practice.
You’ll experience circles as a participant, practice facilitating with feedback, lead a circle independently, and return to discuss your experience. Our final session gives you space to ask questions, reflect on challenges, and receive mentorship around what you’re learning.
━ Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices & Circle Training
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
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Trauma & Relationships: Understand how trauma can impact communication, trust, connection, emotional responses, and relationships. Learn how a trauma-informed approach can support dignity, choice, connection, respect, and emotional safety.
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Trauma-Sensitive Communication: Develop practical skills including presence, nonverbal communication, validation, choice, nonjudgment, emotional regulation, active and reflective listening, paraphrasing, thoughtful questions, and communication that supports connection and healthier relationships.
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Building Restorative Relationships & Community: Learn how restorative practices can be used proactively to strengthen relationships and intentionally build community. Explore relationship-building, connection, expectations, trust, belonging, and restorative environments.
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Restorative Circle Facilitation: Learn how to plan, prepare, structure, and facilitate proactive restorative circles, determine purpose, develop meaningful questions and prompts, guide participation, facilitate reflection and connection, and lead a circle from opening to closing.
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Participants who complete all six sessions, including the in-person circle practicum, will receive a Certificate of Participation in Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices & Circle Facilitation.
Part One focuses on proactive circles that build relationships and community. Conflict, harm, accountability, repair, and reactive restorative processes are addressed in Part Two.
━ the schedule
Your Six-Session Experience
Fifteen hours of training and mentorship: Five two-hour online sessions and one five-hour in-person practicum. All times are Eastern Time.
October 7 | Online Community Opens
Welcome, Orientation & Community Introductions
Receive access to the online learning community, watch the prerecorded welcome and orientation, review the training materials, and introduce yourself to the cohort virtually.
October 10 | Online | 10AM-12PM (Saturday)
Foundations of Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices
Explore the restorative approach and how trauma can affect relationships, trust, communication, and engagement.
October 14 | Online | 6-8 PM (Wednesday)
Restorative Communication & Connection
Practice listening, validation, reflection, thoughtful questions, and communication that supports relationships.
October 21 | Online | 6-8 PM (Wednesday)
Building Restorative Relationships & Community
Explore trust, belonging, shared expectations, and practical ways to create a restorative environment.
October 28 | Online | 6-8 PM (Wednesday)
Preparing to Lead a Circle
Learn circle structure, preparation, purpose, prompts, participation, and intentional closing.
November 7 | In-Person in Metro Detroit | 10 AM-4 PM (Saturday)
Circle Practicum
Experience circles, practice facilitation, and receive guidance and feedback as you apply what you’ve learned.
November 11 | Online | 6-8 PM (Wednesday)
Mentorship, Reflection & Consultation
Return after independently facilitating a circle to discuss your experience, ask questions, reflect on challenges, and receive guidance on your next steps.
━ OPTIONAL ADD-ON
The Love That Heals Book-Based Circle Facilitator Training
Expand your restorative-practices training by learning how to facilitate structured reflection circles based on De’Nisha’s upcoming book, The Love That Heals: Restoring Your Relationship with God, Yourself, and Others.
Add-on participants will receive first access to the book before its public release in November, along with in-depth instruction on its research-based psychoeducational and social-emotional content. You will learn how to use the book to plan and confidently facilitate proactive restorative reflection circles that encourage meaningful conversation, personal reflection, connection, and community-building.
These circles are educational and relational. They are not group therapy, mental-health treatment, or a substitute for professional care.
Available only to participants enrolled in the Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices & Circle Facilitation Training.
Add-On Price: $250
━ Restorative Practitioner | Licensed Psychotherapist | Curriculum Developer | Mentor
Meet De’Nisha
De’Nisha (Dinah) Beasley, LMSW, MA
De’Nisha Beasley is a restorative practitioner, licensed psychotherapist, and curriculum developer with more than 20 years of professional experience. Her work brings together trauma-informed care, relationship-building, professional education, and community engagement.
She has developed curricula and provided training and consultation across healthcare, education, law enforcement, and community settings. Her experience includes curriculum development through UCLA and the Surgeon General of California. as well as training in workplace mental health, human trafficking, and trauma-informed responses to sexual assault.
Through Mentored by Dinah MSW, she shares her knowledge and practical experience with people who want to bring restorative approaches into their own work and communities.
“I believe healing happens in relationships. I created this mentorship to teach what I know, give you room to practice, and support you as you learn to bring restorative practices into the spaces you serve.”
━ have queries?
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this training for?
This training welcomes people from all professional backgrounds, including educators, therapists, ministry leaders, supervisors, healthcare professionals, community organizers, and others interested in leading trauma-informed circles.
Do I need a clinical license or previous experience?
No. We begin with the foundations. You do not need to be a therapist or have previous restorative-practices training.
Is this training or mentorship?
Both. This is Part One of the restorative-practices mentorship within Mentored by Dinah MSW. It combines structured teaching with guided practice, feedback, and consultation with De’Nisha.
Is it online or in person?
It is hybrid. Five live online sessions take place from 6:00–8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The five-hour in-person practicum takes place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Do I need to attend the in-person session?
Participants may attend the online sessions without completing the in-person practicum; however, the full program fee of $750 still applies. A Certificate of Participation will only be issued to participants who complete all six sessions, including the in-person practicum. Participation because it provides an opportunity to practice facilitating circles and receive direct feedback.
How much does it cost?
The cost is $750 per person for the six-session training and mentorship experience.
Will I practice leading a circle?
Yes. You’ll practice during the in-person practicum, independently facilitate a circle, and return for reflection and consultation during the final online session.
Will this teach me to mediate conflict or facilitate circles after serious harm?
Part One focuses on proactive circles that build relationships and community. Conflict, harm, accountability, repair, and reactive restorative processes are addressed in Part Two.
Is circle facilitation the same as group therapy?
No. This training teaches restorative facilitation and relationship-building. It does not qualify participants to provide mental-health treatment or practice outside their professional role.
What if I cannot attend a session?
Please contact us before registering if you anticipate a scheduling conflict. Recordings and makeup sessions are not guaranteed. Missing a session does not qualify you for a refund or credit.
Is my registration refundable?
Payments are non-refundable for participant cancellations, withdrawals, or missed sessions. Separate refund provisions apply if the organizer cancels or changes the program. Please review the full Cancellation, Refund & Attendance Policy before registering.
━ ready to start?
Begin Your Restorative Practices Mentorship
Learn the foundations. Practice leading circles. Receive guidance as you bring these skills into your work and community.
$750 per person | October 7 – November 11, 2026 | Limited to 12 participants
━ start your journey
Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices &
Circle Facilitation Training Registration
Register for Part One of the Mentored by Dinah MSW Restorative Practices Mentorship with De’Nisha Beasley, LMSW, MA. This experience welcomes people from all professional backgrounds.
The program includes five live online sessions and one five-hour in-person practicum. The total cost is $750 per person.
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