Services
At Johnson Mapenzi Consulting Group, services are designed to be both healing-centered and results-driven. We partner with organizations to build trauma-aware, equity-rooted practices that help people, teams, and systems move from survival to sustainable belonging.
Training and Workshops
Trauma-aware training and learning spaces that build shared language, practical tools, and cultures of care.
Trauma Awareness Training (T.A.T.)
Immersive, healing-centered training that helps your team understand trauma as an ecosystem shaped by history, systems, and power—and respond in ways that reduce harm and build trust.Workplace and leadership workshops
Sessions that integrate trauma awareness, emotional intelligence, and equity into leadership, supervision, and team communication so that staff feel seen, supported, and accountable.School, youth, and CVI trainings
Trainings tailored for educators, youth workers, and community violence intervention teams that center the lived realities of Black, Brown, and historically marginalized communities.
Consulting and Strategy
Thought partnership and implementation support to align your programs, policies, and systems with trauma-aware, healing-centered values.
Program and initiative design
Co-design of initiatives in education, workforce, public health, or community safety that are responsive to trauma, rooted in equity, and grounded in real community needs.Organizational culture and change
Support for leaders who want to build cultures of psychological safety, healing, and accountability, spanning policy review, practice shifts, and staff engagement.Community and systems consulting
Partnerships with local governments, cross-sector collaboratives, and community-based organizations to reimagine systems through a trauma-aware lens.
Healing-Centered Spaces and Facilitation
Spaces that make room for truth-telling, grief, imagination, and collective healing.
Healing circles and grounding spaces
Facilitated spaces for staff, partners, and community members to process what they carry, practice regulation, and reconnect to purpose.Reflective dialogues and retreats
Gatherings that combine storytelling, reflection, and strategy so teams can align around shared values while tending to their own healing.Talks and thought leadership
Keynotes, panels, and community conversations that connect trauma awareness, healing, and equity to the realities of work, policy, and everyday life
Explore our offers more in-depth below!
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Trauma-Informed Career Coaching
"When we say career coaching, we mean soul recovery. Our goal is not placement, it's reclamation."
— Aaron Johnson, FounderWe center healing and resilience in every resume, interview prep, and career coaching session. This is not just about getting a job, it is about reclaiming agency in spaces that were not built for everyone to thrive.
What we offer:
. 1:1 coaching intensives
. Small-group coaching for program cohorts
. Drop-in resume clinics with healing-centered facilitation
Who this serves:
Individuals impacted by systemic harm, justice-impacted professionals, career changers, and those reentering the workforce -
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Workforce Readiness Workshops
"We don't prepare people for jobs, we prepare them for justice, for joy, and for futures they can shape on their own terms."
— Lauren Jacobs, Managing DirectorThese workshops build dignity into every skill set and move beyond “job readiness” to help people step into their power, prepare for what is next, and speak the language of both resilience and the real world. Every session is interactive, healing-informed, and grounded in cultural relevance.
Popular workshop topics:
. Writing resumes that reflect your power
. Workplace boundaries and mental wellness
. Job readiness for people with records
. Financial resilience for first-gen professionals
Who this serves:
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Corporate Training and Employee Resource Groups
We partner with companies that recognize culture is not built by policies alone, but by how people feel, heal, and grow at work. Our trainings move beyond compliance checklists to cultivate belonging, resilience, and accountability across teams.
What we offer:
. Trauma-informed leadership development
. ERG coaching and strategy support
. Workplace wellness and psychological safety training
. Healing-centered organizational culture transformation
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Community Violence Prevention Consulting
“Public safety does not start with policing, it starts with possibility. And possibility is rooted in community.” — Alfred L. Garner II, MSW, VP of Therapeutic and People Services
We walk alongside organizations working to disrupt cycles of violence by helping them build trauma-aware, healing-centered systems. Our consulting is rooted in the lived realities of communities most impacted by systemic harm and centers dignity, agency, and public health.
What we offer:
. Trauma awareness training for frontline violence interrupters and community workers
. Program design and strategy for CVI-aligned initiatives grounded in harm reduction
. Systems and policy coaching to integrate healing-centered practices
. Narrative development to help CVI teams share their impact through storytelling and data
. Strategic consulting for ecosystem-based violence prevention
. Development of community-based referral systems
. Support with public safety planning and program evaluation
Who this serves:
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Community-Driven Support & Technical Assistance
“We don’t offer technical assistance. We offer tender accountability, the kind that grows programs from the inside out.” — Aaron Johnson, Founder
We walk alongside nonprofits, funders, and coalitions to co-create strategies that reflect the needs of the people they serve. Whether it is data storytelling, strategic planning, or narrative shift work, our TA supports programs, people, and partnerships rooted in equity and healing.
Popular services:
. Strategic planning for workforce or safety initiatives
. Equity-rooted narrative and communications support
. Impact storytelling and data coaching
. Workshop design and healing-centered facilitation
We help funders and nonprofits build trauma-aware systems through tender accountability and community-centered strategy.
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Resume Writing & Rebranding Support
"Resumes aren't just where we list what we've done. They're where we remind the world who we are."
— Aaron Johnson, FounderOur resume and rebranding sessions are designed for individuals who have been overlooked, underestimated, or systemically shut out, and for those ready to reclaim the narrative of their work and worth. These are not traditional career services; they are healing-centered interventions that honor your lived experience as leadership.
What makes this different:
. Culturally responsive and trauma-informed
. Rooted in narrative justice and personal agency
. Focused on clarity, confidence, and alignment, not just formatting
. Especially supportive for career changers, justice-impacted individuals, and nonprofit leaders seeking purpose-driven pivots
Who this serves:
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Speaking Engagements & Keynotes
"Speaking isn't performance. It's partnership. We show up to tell the truth, hold space, and leave people with tools they can use the moment we step off the stage."
— Aaron Johnson, FounderSpeaking at JMCG is a form of strategy—a way to activate agency, build connection, and spark transformation. Our team of practitioners, educators, and systems disruptors bring lived experience and deep technical expertise to every stage, panel, and podium.
Our team regularly speaks on:
. From harm to healing: trauma-informed pathways to equity
. Healing is hiring: rethinking workforce development
. Beyond outreach: CVI as public health and liberation
. The resume is political: designing pathways with purpose
. Reimagining readiness: workforce, wellness, and what comes next
Who this serves:
Youth practitioners, nonprofit leaders, policymakers, government agencies, grassroots organizers, and movement spaces
“Because peace is a VERB, and so is Justice.” - Aaron Mapenzi Johnson, Founder
