Liberation Series: Survival was the Job: Reclaiming Safety, Identity, and Flow After Workplace Harm
A closed healing space for femmes and people who experience or have experienced marginalization, discrimination, impacted by discrimination, chronic stress, or chronic harm within institutional or workplace settings.
Reclaim your agency and reconnect with your whole self in our 6-week Survival was the Job Workshop Series—designed for femmes and people who experience or have experienced marginalization, discrimination, or chronic harm within institutional or workplace settings.
This transformative, somatic-centered series meets weekly on Wednesdays from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM beginning Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Rooted in liberation-based values and community care, this offering blends psychoeducation, embodied practices, and reflective creative exploration to support you in rewriting your relationship with work.
Week 1 | March 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM — Welcome & Naming the Wound
Begin building trust, community, and shared language as we explore what workplace trauma is and how it shows up emotionally, mentally, and in the body. Participants begin naming the ways work has shaped their nervous systems, identities, and sense of safety.
Week 2 | March 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM — Beyond Burnout: Understanding Survival at Work
Deepen awareness of how systems, power, and identity shape our experiences of stress and harm. Participants explore the difference between burnout and workplace trauma and begin recognizing their own survival responses in professional spaces.
Week 3 | March 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM — The Cost of Survival
Identify the protector parts and coping strategies that have kept us functioning in harmful or high-stress environments. Through reflection and gentle processing, participants begin to grieve what has been lost—rest, creativity, belonging, or authenticity—in the name of survival.
Week 4 | March 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM — Grief, Release, and Disenfranchised Loss
Make space to honor losses that often go unrecognized in work settings, including loss of safety, trust, identity, or hope. Participants explore how grief lives in the body and practice letting go of what no longer serves their healing.
Week 5 | April 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM — Reconnecting with the Body & Boundaries
Re-establish connection to the body’s cues for safety, capacity, and truth. Participants explore boundaries as embodied, self-honoring practices that support agency, clarity, and sustainable engagement at work and in life.
Week 6 | April 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM — Renewal, Integration & Flow
Integrate insights from the series through reflection, ritual, and water-inspired imagery of movement and change. Participants clarify what they are releasing, what they are reclaiming, and how they want to carry themselves forward with greater wholeness.
This is an interactive, experiential workshop that incorporates somatic check-ins, creative expression, and optional reflection practices each week. Participants will be invited to share within a supportive space rooted in values of non-judgment, agency and mutual care.
This series is designed for femmes and people who experience or have experienced marginalization, discrimination, or chronic harm within institutional or workplace settings. This may include (but is not limited to) harm related to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, immigration status, class, caregiving status, or other identity-based power differences.
Participants may be navigating:
– Workplace discrimination, retaliation, or microaggressions
– Chronic stress or trauma related to inequitable systems
– Loss of safety, belonging, or identity tied to work
– Nervous system overwhelm, shutdown, or hypervigilance connected to professional environments
This space centers those most impacted by systemic harm. It is not appropriate for individuals seeking general stress management or professional optimization without attention to power, identity, and accountability.
The cost is $400 for the entire series ( $50 per session) or take advantage of our Sliding Scale Services at $320-$400 (only $40-50 per session) for those who need it.
Spaces are limited to maintain intimacy and connection — reserve your spot today.
The Liberation Series at LBT are workshops with creatives that offer a holistic lens towards healing and wellness. This series is not group therapy or a substitute for work with a mental health provider.
If you have any further questions about the workshop, please don't hesitate to reach out to our business office at: office@liberationbasedtherapy.com
Bianca Shaw, LMSW, CPC (she/her)
Bianca Shaw (she/her) is a Licensed Master Social Worker and Certified Professional Coach who holds space for individuals and communities to move from survival into thriving. With a deep belief that healing is about reclaiming joy, embracing authenticity, and honoring connection, Bianca supports adults, older adults, and groups—especially Black/Afro-Caribbean immigrants and LGBTQIA+ clients—as they navigate burnout, life transitions, identity exploration, anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges.
Bianca earned her MSW from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and is trained in restorative justice circle keeping through the Community Justice for Youth Institute. As a certified coach through Blooming Willow Coaching, she blends somatic awareness, coaching tools, and community-rooted practices into her work.
