Claudia Roodt

I am the founder and CEO of Designed to Connect Life Academy.

I am Claudia Roodt, I am a clinical social worker with 32 years experience. I am a Trauma informed, restorative, safe circle and holding space trainer and facilitator. I believe my role is to be a witness to the journey of people into the discovery of the healer within themselves. I do this by holding them in
a safe space, whilst they discover their path of moving from stuck to unstuck, from powerless to powerful, from victim to authentic self.

I render the above services through one to one counselling, family conferencing, group work and circle work and training of communities on circle
work and the art of holding space.

I believe we need a true restorative model for this world. The start of this journey was to develop a Safe Circle/The Art of Holding Space training course,
which runs over 4 days, which is based on the philosophy of a Self Healing Community Model. The aim is to train everyone in a community who is
interested in discovering their authentic true self, to become Trauma Informed Safe Circle/Holding Space mentors so that communities are moved from crime
driven, trauma driven to self and collective healing. This model aims to increase the capacity of a community to reduce adversity. They will experience
the security and connectedness that comes from healthy relationships and being part of a strong community that reaches out to all of its members across
cultural differences to care for each other and they will have those experiences pass on to their children.