Leah Rockwell, LPC Consulting
Outside of her clinical work with adults, Leah offers consulting services for schools and teachers, teaching educators how to recognize, regulate, and react to students in mental distress so that they can do so with confidence and calm without compromising their own well-being.
Drawing upon her years of experience in independent schools and her training as a school counselor, Leah works with educators (global program directors, coaches, and residential life professionals) on creating programming that is trauma-informed. Taking a collaborative approach, she equips teachers with tools to become competent and confident in their role as “first” first responders to student mental health issues while safeguarding their own mental health and resilience.
While your school counselor is there to focus on the emotional well-being of students, my focus is on YOU, the teacher.
Student mental health has never been more challenged; but who’s supporting teacher well-being? That’s where I come in.
I teach teachers how to recognize, regulate, and react to students in emotional distress so that they can do so with confidence and calm without sacrificing their OWN well-being in the process.
Utilizing my experience in independent schools and my training as a licensed professional counselor and somatic practitioner, I will give you concrete tools that you can use to:
Recognize your own strengths and patterns when under stress
Build your resilience so that you can confidently set and hold personal and professional boundaries
De-escalate a situation by bringing down the “emotional temperature” of a student in distress
Re-engage a student with the here and now
Create safety and stabilization until you can get a student to a higher level of care
Stabilize a student and get comfortable “holding” them, as needed
Design programming for students that is “trauma-informed” and provides both the structure and freedom for ALL parties to have the best chance at a successful experience
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Trainings for overnight program leaders
Traveling domestically or abroad, taking students off campus can be daunting. I offer consulting in best practices for designing trauma-informed approaches to experiential programming and advice on how you can help if things go sideways.
Trainings for residential life personnel
Whether you’re a dorm parent, a student advisor, a dorm head or a dorm dean, the likelihood of encountering a student in mental distress is high. Trainings in stabilization and grounding can help.
Trainings for teachers
Teachers are de-factor “first first responders,” often fielding student mental health issues they’re unprepared to handle. I give teachers skills to respond effectively and with compassion.
Recent collaborations on trauma-informed programming for educators
Mini-course for Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG) entitled Supporting Student Mental Health on Overnight Programs
Get in touch.
Based on your school’s needs and budget, I am happy to offer customized virtual or in-person trainings for small or larger groups. Please reach out for quotes.