Podcast Group Facilitation withHeather Fossen and Kevin Kelly About the Episode Date: November 29, 2021 Episode 13: Group Facilitation with Heather Fossen and Kevin Kelly Summary Group facilitation is a common task for a peer recovery specialist. A skilled facilitator acts as an architect, pilot, and guide leading a group toward its intended purpose. Within the profession of peer support, group facilitators seek to create an environment that inspires, informs, and integrates the topic at hand, by encouraging empathy, creativity, and engagement among group members.  Heather Fossen is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, a Crisis Intervention Team instructor, a Copeland Center Certified WRAP Facilitator, and has facilitated extensive workshops at Visions day program for the local community services board in Culpeper. Kevin Kelly serves as a Certified and Registered Peer Recovery Specialist, a Copeland Center Certified WRAP Facilitator, a Qualified Mental Health Professional, and a Crisis Intervention Team trainer/presenter at Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services located in Glen Allen.