OUR APPPROACH TO LEARNING
Learning is a communal practice rather than an individual achievement.
Expertise develops through curiosity, relationship, accountability, and sustained reflection. We're shaped by one another and by the systems we live in, and transformation is always iterative.
We keep learning, reflecting, adjusting, and going, guided by the belief that healing is a collective practice and that none of us is free until all of us are free.
Our trainings are led by counselor educators, clinical supervisors, researchers, and community practitioners.
Offerings include:
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Continuing education for licensed mental health professionals
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Intensive trainings in trauma, ethics, multicultural counseling, clinical supervision, group psychotherapy, assessment, and relational practice
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Experiential learning in advanced clinical practice, facilitation, leadership, and supervision
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Year-long fellowships integrating coursework, supervision, mentorship, and community-based practice
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Consultation, mentorship, and learning communities for clinicians at every stage
NOW ENROLLING
Join us this season
TRAINING - 4 CEUs
Chronic Shame and Clinical Frameworks for Dismantling It
With Phoenix Rosewood, PhD, LMHC
Shame often enters the counseling room before it has language. Explore its assessment, neurobiology, wisdom, and impacts, and leave with tangible tools for integration and repair in your own practice.
When: Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 10am–3pm ET (1-hour lunch)
Where: In person in Northampton & online
Cost: Funded · CEUs +$35
CEUs: 4, pending approval with MaMHCA and NASW
About This Training WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: -Recognize the behavioral, relational, cognitive, emotional, and physiological presentations of shame in counseling spaces -Use shame-aware assessment that attends to culture, identity, power, and relational safety -Apply trauma-informed and polyvagal-informed concepts that support regulation, choice, and connection -Recognize the protective function of shame without reinforcing shame-based beliefs -Bring shame-aware interventions to case formulation, treatment planning, and rupture and repair FORMAT: Trauma-aware, didactic, experiential, and discussion-based, with expressive-arts elements. You choose how to participate: observing, writing, drawing, small-group discussion, case formulation, or role play. There's no requirement to disclose trauma or personal history. COMFORT: Light snacks, coffee, tea, water, and seltzer provided. Plenty of restaurants and cafes nearby for lunch.
THERAPY GROUP - BEGINS JAN 2027
Beyond Good Intentions
A psychotherapy group for male* caregivers examining what we carry and what we choose to pass on.
You believe in equity. You care about justice. And still, you sometimes hear yourself sounding like the person you said you would never be. This isn't a parenting class. It's a relational therapy group to practice vulnerability, accountability, and honest communication in real time.
When: Online Mondays, 7:45–9:00pm ET
Format: Closed group · 8 weeks · 75 min · 10 people
Cost: $40–$75 per session, sliding scale
Led By: Phoenix Rosewood, PhD, LMHC
*Man" and "male" refer to one's self-determined gender identity and/or expression: trans, nonbinary, or cis.
Is this group a fit for me? You might be a good fit if you are: -A self-identified man*, trans, nonbinary, or cis, actively parenting or caregiving for children under 18 -Noticing a gap between your values and your behavior -In any family configuration: partnered, divorced, single parenting, or co-parenting across households -Curious about therapy or group process (no prior therapy needed) -Open to exploring feedback from trusted loved ones
Support that lasts longer than a workshop
ONGOING PROGRAMS
For clinicians who want sustained mentorship, intentional community, and deeper integration of theory and practice.
FOR CLINICIANS
Clinical supervision + consultation
Intersectional, transfeminist supervision grounded in the Integrative Developmental Model, for clinicians at any stage.
FOR CLINICIANS
Fellowships + internships
For clinicians seeking sustained mentorship, intentional professional community, and deeper integration of theory and practice. Fellows engage in readings, seminar discussion, consultation, live practice, and a culminating project that integrates the year's learning.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Certificate programs
-Developmental trauma
-Clinical supervision
-Research, consultation & program evaluation
Frequently requested topics
WORKSHOPS FOR YOUR TEAM
Workshops and trainings for universities, agencies, and practices, tailored to your team.
Supervision
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Broaching power and identity in supervision
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Focusing as a creative, culturally responsive approach
Gender justice
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Preparing clinicians to work with TNG folks
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The counseling ethics behind pronoun use
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Counseling gender and sexual minorities
Trauma + sustainability
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Rupture and repair in counseling
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Counselor burnout through an ecological systems lens
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Trauma-informed practice for counselor educators
Counselor education + ethics
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Staying in the room is the work: rupture, repair, and multicultural reckoning
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Talking about money and ethics
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How anti-DEI legislation affects the counseling profession
COST + ACCESS
Support for the cost of training
If equitable, socially just mental healthcare is the goal, the people who want this training most have to be able to get it. Cost is often what stops them.
The Community Learning + Education Fund
The Community Fund helps cover the cost of trainings, fellowships, and advanced education at the Ruby Institute. Specialized, high-quality training is expensive, and cost keeps a lot of people out, including people thinking about going back to school. We believe socially just mental healthcare depends on the people who want this training most being able to get it.
The fund is made up of 5% of Ruby Institute profits, gifts from community members and fellow trainers, and small local grants. You can request up to $75 toward any training. If the fund runs out, we pause applications until it’s replenished.
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