Reimagining Wellness in Systems, Spaces & Leadership

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Whether you’re leading a wellness initiative, planning a campus event, or guiding an ERG—there’s a growing need for spaces that centers healing, equity, and collective care.

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Philicia Ross, LCSW, brings over a decade of clinical experience, social work leadership, and trauma-informed facilitation to organizations ready to go beyond performative care. Together, we can co-create spaces where authenticity, accountability, and restoration meet.

Let’s make care real—not just visible.

Supporting Mission-Driven Organizations

Let’s Build Something Intentional Together

Why Work with Philicia

Philicia partners with equity-focused teams and institutions across industries, including:

  • Colleges & Universities – DEI offices, Women’s Centers, HBCUs, community colleges, and culturally-rooted programs

  • Nonprofits & Advocacy Orgs – Racial justice, mental health access, gender-based violence, and Black maternal health

  • Corporate ERGs – Especially Black, Women, LGBTQ+, Disability & Chronic Illness groups across tech, healthcare, and education

  • Conferences & Events – Mental health, wellness, DEI, and social work summits

  • Social Impact Brands – Wellness startups and mission-aligned teams seeking sustainable, culturally-anchored wellness strategy

Philicia offers a range of experiences that meet people where they are—and move them toward alignment, healing, and collective growth.

Workshops & Trainings:

  • The Aligned & Liberated Framework

  • Reclaiming Rest & Navigating Survival Mode

  • The Aligned and Liberated Life in Practice (Training Series)

Speaking Engagements:

  • Chronic Illness & Collective Grief

  • Emotional Liberation for Black Women

  • Healing-Centered Leadership in High-Achieving Spaces

Consulting & Facilitation:

  • Culturally-rooted Healing Justice for Organizations

  • Trauma-Informed Care Strategy for Equity Teams

  • Wellness Programming for BIPOC Communities & Staff

Philicia’s approach is heart-centered and systems-informed. She blends clinical expertise with lived experience, making her a trusted partner for:

  • Creating emotionally safe and expansive spaces

  • Addressing burnout, grief, and survival mode in teams

  • Supporting Black & POC staff with culturally-responsive care

  • Offering strategic insight rooted in healing justice, not just optics

When organizations partner with Philicia, they leave with more than a good event—they leave with tools to sustain the work.

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Ready to Bring This Work to Your Team?

Submit an inquiry using the form below or email philicia@villageofsoundmind.co to explore speaking, training, or consulting opportunities.

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