Confidence Cohorts.
OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAM
for working with clients with body image distress
Join a cohort and build authentic confidence you can rely on when working with people with body image distress.
What you will learn:
Confidence is a skill you can hone and we’ll teach you how to build your confidence bank account and develop a confidence filter;
How to use specific confidence building techniques for developing your confidence muscle both personally and professionally;
How to create and use a toolbox for working with people with body image distress; and
What to do when you don’t know what to do in response to your clients with body image distress.
Program Format.
Hybrid - Virtual & in-person (Raleigh NC)
Cohorts are hand-picked and comprised of 4-6 people
3 COHORT WORKSHOPS that each blend teaching content, interactive small group activities, and experiential learning
1 Workshop on Confidence
1 Workshop on working with Body Image
1 Workshop on implementation and execution of the confidence and body image skills learned in workshops #1 and #2.
2 INDIVIDUALIZED MENTORING SESSIONS with Ashley Emmons
A private chat group dedicated to your cohort where you can build community and get peer support.
HAES-Aligned, eating disorder informed, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and culturally sensitive experience
What to Expect.
“I found even our first conversation SUPER valuable and found myself pulling from some of what we talked about with a client that same day.”
Complete Your Interest Form. Start thinking about your relationship with confidence as you fill in your interest form. Have questions? Ask them here. Once submitted, get ready to schedule your Interest Call.
Interest Call. We’ll review your interest form then reach out to schedule your interest call. In the interest call, we’ll answer any questions you have (put them in your interest form!), share details about the program, and ensure we place you in the best cohort for you!
Individual Mentoring Session #1. A laser-focused one-on-one with our body image confidence expert, Ashley Emmons. Leave your first mentoring session ready to start filling your confidence bank account.
WORKSHOP #1 | Confidence Fingerprint. It’s hard to be confident when you don’t know what your confidence looks like. Develop your individual confidence fingerprint in this 2 hour workshop that blends instructional guidance with small group dynamics to create a uniquely impactful experience. Your fingerprint consists of your confidence bank account, your individual values around power and leadership, developing your “confidence filter,” visualization skills, and creating a regular practice that strengthens your confidence muscle.
WORKSHOP #2 | Body Image Skills. When your client is expressing distress around their body and you don’t know how to respond, this can be a real barrier to deepening your relationship with them. In this 2 hour workshop, cohort participants will learn how to work with clients with body image distress through education, tangible techniques, vulnerable conversations, and new ways to approach body image topics. With your confidence fingerprint as your foundation, you’ll create a toolbox of activities, phrases, and other go-to’s for when you don’t know what to do.
WORKSHOP #3 | Execution Workshop. Practice doesn’t make perfect. But it does give us information about what is working and what isn’t. Now that you have been practicing your confidence fingerprint in conjunction with your new body image skills for at least one month, connect with your cohort to fine tune your execution of concepts learned in the workshops so you can continue doing courageous body image work with your clients. Learn how to respond with confidence in the face of mistakes and old thought patterns.
Individual Mentoring Session #2. Post Programming follow-up includes a one-on-one mentoring call with Ashley, where you’ll have a final opportunity to troubleshoot, fine tune, and celebrate your newfound confidence.
Weekly support via chat group. Connect with peers and get support via Q&A when you run into confidence snags.
Who it’s for.
Professionals who want to learn how to confidently approach body image distress with their clients through a HAES-aligned, eating disorder informed, culturally sensitive, approach.
This includes therapists, social workers, interns, coaches, registered dietitians, psychologists, psychiatrists, physical therapists, fitness professionals, yoga teachers, and other allied-health professionals.
Although your own relationship with your body might show up during your cohort experience, Confidence Cohorts is designed to teach you how to be a more confident person and professional.
Confidence Cohorts is a good fit for you if:
You have never really considered confidence building to be a skill before, but that now that you have, you’re super interested in the idea.
You know what it feels like to be confident in your work, but you can't seem to find that confidence right now or you can’t find it on a consistent basis.
You have a sense of confidence in some areas of your work or life, but struggle to access confidence when it comes to clients with body image distress.
You feel a little intimidated by doing body image work with your clients.
Sometimes you find it hard to separate your own experience of your body from body image work with clients.
You're excited to build a toolbox of skills and activities for working with clients with body image distress.
You're ready to invest in your long-term confidence as a provider.
Now Enrolling 2024.
Spring Cohort | In Person | May - July - FULL
Fall Cohort | In Person | August - November - Now Enrolling
2025 Waitlist | Now Enrolling
What People are Saying.
“If someone is on the fence about joining Cohorts, I would tell them that they will start thinking about confidence in a whole new way that is really tangible. And that they will come away with new confidence in general and in particular for how they work with and approach clients. The intimacy of the group is something you will not get in most other places and is really worthwhile.” - R
“The small group created a sense of safety that we don’t get in other places. As therapists, this is the type of space we need! - S
After this program, “I feel more confident about myself/have greater self-worth” - B