Sanctuary Five Day Virtual Training
Monday, August 29 – Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 10 am – 5 pm Est. daily
The Sanctuary Institute’s Five Day Training is a dynamic learning experience in which leaders from an organization receive didactic instruction in the concepts of the Sanctuary Model as well as skill building and practice in using the tools over the course of four days. The fifth day is spent with a small group of leaders and faculty to outline a timeline and specific structure for consultation with your site to maintain a consistency in meeting milestones across the whole organization.
Training is open to organizations only.
Cost: $2,500 per person (group discounts available)
For an additional cost, we will provide CEUs to New York States License Mental Health Counselors.
For Non-New York State LMHC, you must follow your state requirements for Continuing Education Credits.
For group pricing contact Alicia Peak apeak@jdam.org
Lead Facilitators
Danisha Bonner
Danisha Bonner joined the Sanctuary Institute in 2016. She has worked as a licensed counselor through the state of Ohio for over fifteen years. Throughout her life, she has worked and served in various capacities, touching the lives of countless individuals. Her career has taken her to elementary, middle and high schools, residential group homes and correctional facilities, and the campuses of colleges and universities in both mental health and substance abuse. She has had the privilege of working with individuals and families to assist with servicing their mental health needs and to provide stability in their lives. Her services to the community locally and across the country include establishing and facilitating programs geared towards youth and young adults, and programs with specific focuses on pre-teen and adolescent girls, and women. She has worked and taught in various settings for personal and professional growth and enrichment for over twenty years. Her training as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Training Supervisor, and her passion to see people live balanced and successful lives, has been displayed in her professional and personal endeavors. Danisha holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a minor in Professional Education and a Masters of Arts Degree in Clinical Counseling, also from Xavier University. She is an Adjunct Professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Oh and a consultant and faculty member of The Sanctuary Institute in Yonkers, NY.
Phyllis White-Thorne
Phyllis White-Thorne joined the Sanctuary Institute at Andrus in 2015 as a per diem faculty to support leaders in organizations in culture change in the practice of trauma-informed care. For the past few years she has worked primarily with schools helping them to create and sustain trauma informed environments that mitigate the effects of trauma and provide safe, nurturing environments that support the healing, growth, development of students and staff, and the families they serve,
In 2013 she retired from her job as Manager of Public Information and Government Affairs at Con Edison where she was a company liaison to community and government leaders and not-for-profit organizations. Phyllis worked for Con Edison for 43 years, during which time she created and organized many programs and partnerships to enhance and support the education of children and adults, especially in underserved communities. She believes that education is the key to personal fulfillment and to improving the quality of life in our communities. Her passion is to support the education and the development of others, and to assist them in achieving their goals, and living purpose driven lives.
Phyllis Chairs the Board of the North Brooklyn YMCA, and serves on the Board of the YMCA of Greater New York. She is Co-chair of the Board of Bridge Street Development Corporation. Phyllis Chairs the Education/Scholarship Committee of the New York Metropolitan area chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), and represents the Northeast on the AABE National Scholarship Committee. She is also a founding member of the Cardinal McCloskey Charter School Board of Directors. The School will open its doors in September 2019 implementing the Sanctuary Model.
Phyllis has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Iona College, and a Master of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) from Mercy College.
The Sanctuary Model of Trauma-Informed Care
We cannot hope to heal the clients we serve if we do not first heal the environments in which they receive care. A trauma-informed service setting is itself a community, and therefore as vulnerable to the effects of trauma, chronic stress and adversity as the patients/clients they treat. Successful trauma-informed interventions look at both clients and the organization itself as vulnerable to the effects of trauma.
For more information contact: Alicia Peak Sanctuary Institute Program Associate
Email: apeak@jdam.org Office Mobile: 914.327.9217