Offerings & Events

Communion, ceremony, and enlightenment are integral to the healing path.
We believe that being with and having others be with us is profoundly powerful.
In community, we are lean into and transform in ways that we cannot — or don’t want to — do alone.

In collaboration with our community of healers, practitioners, and guides Shelterwood Collective offers:
Gatherings & Experiences to cultivate connection, creativity, and vitality
Process & Therapy Groups to foster brave, support spaces for communal grow
Workshops & Trainings to raise awareness and deepen learning
Rituals & Retreats to protect sacred space to integrate mind, body, and spirit

We invite you to gather, commune, and grow with us.

The Grove: A Community Reading Circle
Jan
27

The Grove: A Community Reading Circle

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

The Grove is curated by collective member, Jill Arndt. Jill is a mental health therapist in Fremont, Seattle. She specializes in working with relationships. She is excited to offer this circle to the community as a fellow journeyer in life! Books offer a space for us to connect and to process (or simply be) with others in the daunting questions we often face as humans who are constantly in relationship with ourselves and others.

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Grief Club
Jan
28

Grief Club

VIRTUAL | FOR EVERYONE

Grief Club is a community-focused book club and writing circle centered around grief and loss. It is a gentle approach to grief exploration, tending, and support, geared at helping people feel less alone in their grief.

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Improv for Stress
Jan
28

Improv for Stress

In person

This event is for anyone looking to learn about themselves and get out of their head. Build more confidence, form new connections, and cultivate collaboration in the context of playful, spontaneous interactions. It’s great for practicing flexibility and sitting with ambiguity in a safe setting. 

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Subverting Supremacy Culture in our Practice: Part 2
Jan
30

Subverting Supremacy Culture in our Practice: Part 2

FOR PRACTITIONERS

Working with people means navigating power, race, and trauma. This workshop helps you notice supremacy culture in the room and resist it. Due to the way Christian nationalism works in the US - this workshop will engage Christian supremacy and its manifestations of racialized heteronormativity that affects all bodies- regardless of religious or non-religious status. Learn embodied, relational tools to strengthen your practice and reduce harm.

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Virtual Cacao Circle
Feb
4

Virtual Cacao Circle

VIRTUAL | FOR EVERYONE

Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN for a Virtual Cacao Circle. This is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with your heart from home. The gathering invites an intentional pause and includes gentle embodiment practices to support presence and connection.

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Consult Circle with Shelley Green
Feb
5

Consult Circle with Shelley Green

VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS

This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.

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The Clinic: Supervision Edition
Feb
6

The Clinic: Supervision Edition

HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS

The Clinic: Supervision Edition is a live, supervision-centered clinic featuring a panel of experienced supervisors offering real-time case consultation. Rooted in a developmental frame, this clinic centers moments of uncertainty, transition, and complexity in clinical work. Participants are invited to observe, engage, and expand the supervisory field through dialogue and shared curiosity.

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Collage Party
Feb
14

Collage Party

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Join us in community, conversation & creativity. Create a collage (or collages) that are inspired, but not limited to, the topic of community love. What does community love mean to you? What does a loving community look like? What type of community do you wish to see and create?

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Creative Healers Hub
Feb
15

Creative Healers Hub

  • In Person - The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS

A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.

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Death Cafe
Feb
15

Death Cafe

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.

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Drawing from Dreams
Feb
18

Drawing from Dreams

VIRTUAL | FOR EVERYONE

Step into the mysterious realm of dreams through an art-based exploration of your inner world. Guided by art therapist Angela Amos, this workshop invites you to explore an art-based dream interpretation process through guided meditation, surprise images, and written self-reflection. BYOD (Bring Your Own Dreams)

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Consult Circle with Shelley Green
Feb
19

Consult Circle with Shelley Green

VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS

This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.

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Collective Wisdom: Artificial Intimacy — AI, Technology, and the Future of Relating
Feb
20

Collective Wisdom: Artificial Intimacy — AI, Technology, and the Future of Relating

HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS

As AI and technology increasingly shape how we relate, this spring’s Collective Wisdom dialogue invites healing practitioners into a grounded, interdisciplinary conversation about Artificial Intimacy: AI, Technology, & the Future of Relating/. Together, we’ll explore how these tools influence our nervous systems, relational patterns, and capacity for genuine human intimacy—without fear or idealization.

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From Survival Mode to Steady: Practical Tools to Regulate Your Nervous System
Feb
21

From Survival Mode to Steady: Practical Tools to Regulate Your Nervous System

  • In Person | The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Feeling stuck in survival mode? This 1-hour workshop explores how your nervous system responds to stress and how that affects sleep, digestion, gut health, and hormones. Learn practical, sustainable tools to regulate stress and feel more grounded.

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Making Space
Feb
22

Making Space

  • In Person | The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art, snacks, and drinks. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.

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Kinnected: Facilitated Support Group for BIPOC Folks
Feb
25

Kinnected: Facilitated Support Group for BIPOC Folks

FOR BIPOC | VIRTUAL

Kinnected is a virtual support group for BIPOC folks to learn tools and practices to heal while being in relationship with others.  This group is for people who are interested in deepening their relational skills by learning in community with other BIPOC folks from across the U.S.

We are anticipating beginning in late February 2026. Join our waitlist to be notified when our support group opens up.

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Supervision Circle with Andrew Fontana
Feb
27

Supervision Circle with Andrew Fontana

IN PERSON | FOR MEMBERS

Supervision is not only a requirement for licensure, it’s a vital relational practice — one that shapes how clinicians learn to think, feel, and work in the presence of others. Our Supervision Circles are intentional, intimate, and accessible spaces for associate-level therapists seeking high-quality supervision within a communal learning environment. This circle, supervised by Andrew Fontana, is designed to support clinical development, ethical discernment, and professional identity formation through collaborative, intergenerational mentorship.

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Return to the Table
Mar
1

Return to the Table

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Return to the Table is a 10-week experiential and communal journey with grief, where weekly sessions help participants build a practice that transforms their relationship with grief using emotional processing and food-centered rituals.

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Consult Circle with Shelley Green
Mar
5

Consult Circle with Shelley Green

VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS

This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.

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Creative Healers Hub
Mar
15

Creative Healers Hub

  • In Person - The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS

A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.

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Consult Circle with Shelley Green
Mar
19

Consult Circle with Shelley Green

VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS

This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.

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Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
Mar
27

Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training

HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS

Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immersive experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our 15 credit hour training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.

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New Year, New Notes
Jan
26

New Year, New Notes

VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS

Join us for our very first Resource Share, a new Shelterwood Collective series offering practical tools and expert guidance to help sustain our businesses.

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Making Space
Jan
25

Making Space

  • In Person | The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art, snacks, and drinks. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.

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Subverting Supremacy Culture in our Practice:  Part 1
Jan
23

Subverting Supremacy Culture in our Practice: Part 1

FOR PRACTITIONERS

Working with people means navigating power, race, and trauma. This workshop helps you notice supremacy culture in the room and resist it. Due to the way Christian nationalism works in the US - this workshop will engage Christian supremacy and its manifestations of racialized heteronormativity that affects all bodies- regardless of religious or non-religious status. Learn embodied, relational tools to strengthen your practice and reduce harm.

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Cacao + Breathwork
Jan
22

Cacao + Breathwork

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN for an offering that combines ceremonial cacao with a guided conscious connected breathwork journey. Experience emotional release, listen inward and reconnect with your inner wisdom.

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Creative Healers Hub
Jan
18

Creative Healers Hub

  • In Person - The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS

A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.

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Greenhouse: Bookkeeping & Taxes
Jan
16

Greenhouse: Bookkeeping & Taxes

HYBRID | FOR MEMBERS

Greenhouse is an experiential business development workshop for healing practitioners. Our January workshop will offer best practices for bookkeeping to set you off to a good start in 2026 and orient you to the terrain of tax filing for small businesses.

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Somatic Cacao Circle
Jan
15

Somatic Cacao Circle

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN in a space of deep nourishment, connection, and self-expression. Through the heart-opening medicine of cacao, guided meditation, sound healing, movement, and community, these somatic circles offer a rare opportunity to reconnect—with yourself, with others, and with the wisdom of your body.

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Rooted Reflections Tarot
Jan
8

Rooted Reflections Tarot

  • In Person - The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.

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Good Grief
Jan
7

Good Grief

A healing space to share and process your grief. All types of loss are welcome. Drawing from the creative arts, drama therapy, ritual, and somatic practices, this 6-week, in person group container offers a unique alternative to healing that privileges authentic expression.

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Somatic Cacao Circle
Dec
18

Somatic Cacao Circle

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN in a space of deep nourishment, connection, and self-expression. Through the heart-opening medicine of cacao, guided meditation, sound healing, movement, and community, these somatic circles offer a rare opportunity to reconnect—with yourself, with others, and with the wisdom of your body.

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Drawing from Dreams
Dec
17

Drawing from Dreams

  • In Person - The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Step into the mysterious realm of dreams through an art-based exploration of your inner world. Guided by art therapist Angela Amos, this workshop invites you to explore an art-based dream interpretation process through guided meditation, surprise images, and written self-reflection. BYOD (Bring Your Own Dreams)

View Event →
Creative Healers Hub
Dec
14

Creative Healers Hub

  • In Person - The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS

A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.

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A Dash of Madness: Introduction to Human Narcissism
Dec
12

A Dash of Madness: Introduction to Human Narcissism

HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS

This workshop explores the unconscious roots of narcissism from a psychoanalytic perspective, highlighting how narcissistic patterns arise as coping mechanisms across all backgrounds. Participants will examine the societal and internal forces that drive narcissistic behavior, along with the roles of neglect, trauma, and shame. The workshop aims to deepen clinical insight and offer alternative approaches to healing and self-awareness.

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Rooted Reflections Tarot
Dec
11

Rooted Reflections Tarot

  • In Person - The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.

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The Clinic: Limbic Resonance with Abby Wong-Heffter, LMHC
Dec
5

The Clinic: Limbic Resonance with Abby Wong-Heffter, LMHC

HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS

With Abby Wong-Heffter we will explore how first relationships inform how we move through the world. Learn how we can support and shift these early imprints in the therapeutic dynamic. This clinic will focus on the nuances of emotional attunement, attachment, and trauma. We will also explore how learning narrative and relational patterns can aid in movement and transformation.

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Greenhouse: Working on Your Practice
Nov
21

Greenhouse: Working on Your Practice

HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS

Greenhouse is a business development offering for healing practitioners designed to foster connection, collaboration, and skill-building. These experiential workshops offer an opportunity to locate your entrepreneurial identity, development business acumen, and actualize an aligned and thriving practice.

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Somatic Cacao Circle
Nov
18

Somatic Cacao Circle

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN in a space of deep nourishment, connection, and self-expression. Through the heart-opening medicine of cacao, guided meditation, sound healing, movement, and community, these somatic circles offer a rare opportunity to reconnect—with yourself, with others, and with the wisdom of your body.

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Death Cafe
Nov
16

Death Cafe

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.

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Altar Workshop
Nov
15

Altar Workshop

  • The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

Join us on Saturday, November 15, from 3 - 4p in The Apothecary for an Altar Workshop guided by Kat Larson. Together, we will explore self-awareness and self-love, and discuss how we can all feel safe and worthy as we turn our attention inward and view the altar as self.

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Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
Nov
14

Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training

HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS

Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immersive experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our 15 credit hour training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.

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Rooted Reflections Tarot
Nov
13

Rooted Reflections Tarot

  • The Apothecary at Shelterwood Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE

A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.

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Skillshare- Witnessing: Attuning to BIPOC Nervous Systems
Nov
10

Skillshare- Witnessing: Attuning to BIPOC Nervous Systems

FOR MEMBERS | VIRTUAL

Join Tolu and Gitika for this month’s lunch-and-learn style workshop focused on centering and attuning to the BIPOC experience in our current moment. Tolu and Gitika will share from their lived experiences and labor as mental health professionals; and offer a nervous-system aware practice that supports true healing and liberation in solidarity with BIPOC peoples.

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Creative Healers Hub
Nov
9

Creative Healers Hub

The Creative Healers Hub is a monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.

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