R2 Finding Light in the Darkness - Woody Pollock (6/3/25, 10AM-12PM)

This training explores critical issues all humans face when dealing with significant loss.

Professionals in the human services field regularly work with the experiences of loss, grief, and morning. The ability to work constructively with our own feelings allows us to room to be supportive of clients and co-workers while empowering ourselves; honoring the loss, and being able to step forward into the light.

A bout the Trainer:

Woody Pollock attended the University of Idaho and LIOS Graduate College of Saybrook University. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Communications and a Masters in Psychology with a concentration in Systems Counseling.

Woody specializes in working with youth, adults, and diverse populations in a therapeutic counseling setting. He has extensive background in alternative and experiential education, working with youth as a mentor and vocational teacher, and with adults as a facilitator for leadership and group development. He’s also a community trainer for national curricula, delivering evidenced-based parenting, prevention, and mental health programs across the state.

Currently running a successful counseling practice in West Seattle, Woody also provides support to the Vashon Island School District teaching Healthy Living and leading student support groups.

Caregiving for a person with special needs is an enormously rewarding endeavor filled with satisfaction, caring, and love. It is also an ever-changing field filled with challenges and pitfalls that can test our ability to perform duties with empathy and compassion for others and ourselves. Maintaining a caring relationship and being available for another often means opening ourselves up and exposing our own human vulnerabilities. If we can cultivate an approach to caregiving that includes an openness to learning from our failures we are often rewarded with increased ease in our duties, more joy in our day, and healthier relationships.