A 2.5 Day Experiential Workshop for Helpers & Healers

Practice Presence.  Understand the Science.  Transform how you Show Up 

The most important tool

you bring to your clients isn’t found in your clinical applications tool box. 

The most important tool you bring to your clients is YOU. 

Our clients, patients and students arrive with one goal:

To feel better.

Something is causing enough stress in their lives that they are calling uncle,

throwing up the white flag,

and saying ‘please help me.’ 

Yes! Sign Me Up Now!

You have a lot of great tools.

Tools that really help people!

Having a toolbox full of tools to draw from when working with suffering people is really helpful.

But ultimately our clients don’t feel better when you give them the perfect tool.

Clients feel better when they feel felt.

We’ve known for a long time

that the relationship

is the most important predictor of positive client change.

Being present with clients is the most powerful tool that amplifies all the other tools you already have. 

But very rarely does anyone actually define relationship.

How can we be deliberate and intentional about cultivating resonance, relationship, and presence if we aren’t sure what those things are?

Or what they feel like?

Relational Resonance

The mutual influence of interacting systems on each other that allows two or more entities to become a part of one functional whole.

~Dan Siegel, MD

Joining with another without losing oneself in the other (merging) or remaining too separate (not touching).

~Robyn Gobbel

Yes! Sign Me Up Now!

Hey there! I’m Robyn!

I’m a therapist, educator, trainer, consultant, and now- author!

I’m a little obsessed with studying the relational brain and then teaching everyone who will listen alllllllll about it.

Understanding what’s underneath behavior has changed everything- at work and at home.

I started studying relational neuroscience in 2011, including:

  • Hundreds (thousands?!) of hours of reading and personal study
  • Mindsight Institute with Dan Siegel, MD
  • IPNB Immersion with Bonnie Badenoch, PhD
  • In-depth consultation with Bonnie Badenoch PhD and Juliane Taylor Shore LPC-S, LMFT-S of IPNB Austin

and many, many more (1000 hours!) of trainings and study

I previously taught the Science of IPNB in the Foundations of IPNB Post-Grad Certificate program at Portland Community College

and served on the Global Association for IPNB (GAINS) Board of Directors.

Relational Neuroscience is at the heart of everything I do.

Founder & Creator of:

  • The Baffling Behavior Trianing Institute
  • Being With: Professional Immersion Program- a year-long neuroscience based certificate program for professionals who work with parents
  • The Club- a virtual community for parents of kids with big, baffling behaviors
  • The Baffling Behavior Show podcast

Author of:

  • Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies that Really Work- my USA Today Best Selling Book for Parents and endorsed by Stephen Porges, PhD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
  • Chapter on Interpersonal Neurobiology in The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children (edited by Ana Gomez and Jillian Hosey)

 To bring our authentic & regulated selves into our work

we need these 3 things

1 ~ An understanding of the neurobiology of being human

both ourselves and our clients

2 ~ A toolbox full of tools

that emerge from the resonant in-between space

3 ~ A deep connection to ourselves

& strong energetic boundaries

In this highly experiential training

you’ll have the opporuntunity for self- exploration through journaling & non-dominant hand drawing.

No art experience is needed. All humans are creative! You can use the supplies offered- or not. You’ll choose. There’s not right or wrong.

This two and a half day event

will excite your geeky brain science loving parts, deep diving into things like

polyvagal theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and memory reconsolidation theory.

But even better than that

throughout our 2.5 days together you’ll experience 

the same felt sense of safety & connection that you want to offer your clients.

Your brain will learn lots, but your body will learn more.

Here’s what you can expect!

We’ll move in out and of

full group lecture & discussion

small group connection

individual experiences of self-exploration through non-dominant hand drawings and journaling

 We’ll prioritize felt safety by

slowing down

consistently reassessing consent

welcoming all parts of you

…well unless it’s a part that’s negatively impactinging someone else’s experience, like throwing spit balls

Yes! Sign Me Up Now!

ALL THE DETAILS YOU NEED

When:

July 14 – 16, 2025

9-4:30 on Monday & Tuesday

9-12pm on Wednesday

Where:

15 N. Main Street

Rockford, MI

approximately 15 minutes north of Grand Rapids, MI

These are the Days event space

Schedule:

Monday

8:30 – Registration begins

9- Workshop Begins

12pm- Lunch on your own

1:30- Workshop Resumes

4:30- Day Concludes

Tuesday 

9- Workshop Begins

12pm- Lunch on your own

1:30- Worshop Resumes

4:30- Day Concludes

Wednesday

9- Workshop Begins

12pm- Workshop concludes

Rockford MI is a beautiful, historic downtown with many green spaces. We are approximately 45 minutes from Lake Michigan. I intend to plan some additional excursions that will be optional during your time in town, including Wednesday afternoon after the workshop concludes.

Fee:

Early Bird: $625 (registration between 05/13 & 06/20/2025)

$675 (registration after 06/21/2025)

Registration fee includes all materials as well as coffee, tea, and nourishing snacks through the day.

All other meals and housing/transportation are the participants responsibility

CEs:

This is a personal development experience with a focus on your professional role.

Because of this, we cannot offer CEs.

Cancellation Policy: 

Registration is refundable (minus a $25 cancellation fee) prior to 06/13.

Between 06/13 and 07/01/2025, cancelled registration is eligible for a 50% refund.

Registration is non-refundable (no refund given) after 07/02/2025.

***Registration is transferrable- you are responsible for finding you own colleague to fill your registration. We will refund your payment minus $25 after your replacement has completed the registration process, including paying the fee in full***

Lodging:

Lodging and other travel expenses are the responsibility of each attendee.

Sponsor: 

WHERE WE’LL BE

FAQs

Nope!

In fact, technically, you don’t have to be a professional to attend this workshop. However, please note that we will be approaching resonance and presence through a professional paradigm. As long as you’re aware that’s the lens of the workshop, anyone is welcome.

No. This is a live, in-person event only.

Daily lunch will be on your own.  The workshop will be held in a small, vibrant downtown with many restaurants within blocks.

We offer a long, 90-minute lunch to give attendees time to leave for lunch.

We will have healthy snacks and beverages throughout all three days.

No, this experience is completely separate from Robyn’s parent coach trainings. Anyone is welcome. The workshop will be applicable to anyone in relationship, though we will be approaching the workshop through a professional lens.

If you’d like an in-depth training to support your work with parents and caregivers (including access to a parent course and dozens of additional resources) consider applying for the Professional Immersion Program that Rose and Robyn teach based on Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors

Robyn previously taught this experiential workshop in 2023 in Bloomington IN and in 2024 in Detroit MI for Race Matters under the name “The Neurobiology of Being With.’

Presence in Practice is the same experience- renamed and expanded.

Nope! Although Robyn is best known for her work with kids and families, she has extensive experience working with folks of all ages. This experiential workshop will be applicable to anyone in a relationship. We will be approaching the workshop through the lens of working with folks professionally, but all are welcome.

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