SPEAKING FOR HEALING, RESTORATION & GROWTH

Meaningful conversations that help audiences reflect, heal, and move forward with greater understanding and hope.

As a speaker and educator, Shetress Woods draws from her kingdom values and clinical experience to facilitate meaningful conversations about subjects that are often difficult to discuss openly. She brings together psychological insight, practical guidance, and a faith-informed perspective on healing and personal growth. Through her presentations, she offers audiences thoughtful insight, encouragement, and meaningful opportunities for reflection that support greater self-understanding, emotional well-being, healing, and personal empowerment.

A THOUGHTFUL, TRAUMA-INFORMED EXPERIENCE

Each speaking engagement is designed with care and customized to reflect the audience, setting, and goals of the event. Shetress creates an atmosphere that is compassionate, engaging, and emotionally responsible while making complex subjects understandable and relevant.

Participants are invited to:

• Develop greater insight into emotional and relational experiences

• Reflect without pressure to disclose personal experiences

• Gain practical guidance that can be applied beyond the presentation

• Recognize the strength, freedom, and empowerment that can emerge through healing

• Leave with encouragement, hope, and meaningful next steps

SPEAKING TOPICS

Her Body. Her Voice. Her Choice.

A Trauma-Informed Journey Toward Bodily Autonomy, Self-Expression, and Self-Determination After Sexual Trauma

Reclaiming Pleasure After Sexual Trauma

Original Presentation

Reclaiming Pleasure Together After Sexual Trauma

Extended Presentation

Creating Safety, Communication, and Intimacy When One Spouse Experienced Sexual Abuse in Childhood

Grieving What Sexual Trauma Took

Behind Closed Doors: When Intimacy Is Used as a Weapon

Reclaiming Your Safety, Voice, and Body

A Trauma-Informed Journey Toward Safety, Self-Expression, and Bodily Autonomy After Intimate Partner Abuse

Are You Giving Away the Oil You Need?

Original Presentation

Recognizing the Boundaries You Were Conditioned to Surrender

Are You Giving Away the Oil You Need?

Extended Presentation

Reclaiming the Boundaries You Were Conditioned to Surrender

ADDITIONAL SPEAKING PRESENTATIONS

Shetress also offers specialized presentations addressing grief, healing after loss, and the effects of bereavement in professional settings.

Healing Is Not Betrayal

A compassionate presentation examining the guilt that can accompany healing, joy, and moving forward after loss—while affirming that healing does not erase love or diminish the significance of the person who died.

Healing From Loss in the Workplace

A workplace-focused presentation that helps organizations understand how grief can affect employees, teams, communication, and well-being while offering practical guidance for creating a more compassionate and grief-informed workplace.

These presentations may be adapted for grief summits, funeral homes, faith communities, community organizations, professional events, and workplace audiences.

WAYS TO ENGAGE

Keynote Presentations

Engaging 60–90 minute presentations designed to educate, inspire reflection, and deliver a meaningful central message.

Half-Day Workshops

Interactive 3–4 hour experiences that allow for deeper teaching, guided reflection, practical application, and audience engagement.

Full-Day Professional Trainings

In-depth educational experiences for organizations and professionals seeking trauma-informed instruction, practical tools, and opportunities for applied learning.

Virtual Presentations

Professionally facilitated virtual keynotes, workshops, and educational conversations for organizations and audiences across the country.

AUDIENCES & SETTINGS

Presentations may be customized for conferences, women’s gatherings, faith-based organizations, funeral homes and grief-support communities, mental health and helping professionals, nonprofit organizations, workplaces, and community events.

ABOUT SHETRESS WOODS

Shetress Woods is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Grief-Informed Professional, trauma-informed clinician, and Florida Qualified Supervisor with 18 years of clinical experience. Her work is grounded in compassion, clinical understanding, and a commitment to helping individuals and communities engage difficult subjects in ways that support healing, restoration, and meaningful growth.

BRING A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE TO YOUR AUDIENCE

Speaking engagements are customized according to the audience, presentation format, event goals, and level of preparation required. To discuss an upcoming event, submit a speaking inquiry through the Contact page.