Speaking, workshops & partnerships

Healing narratives. Clinical insight. Community impact.

As a speaker, C.P. brings clinical depth, personal conviction, and community-centered frameworks to every engagement, bridging the gap between policy, practice, and lived experience.

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C.P. in the room

Launch season, on the record.

Two launch panels and a live radio hour, with judges, clinicians, corrections officers, and the young men from the book in the same room.

Books & Books launch panelAugust 11, 2026 · Coral Gables, FLLaunch panel at Books & BooksWith Michael “Rondo” Bonilla (REFORM Alliance), Dan Wynne, KP, and Kathie Klarreich (Exchange for Change). Corrections officers, formerly incarcerated people and recovery advocates in the audience.Watch the panel → C.P. Handler speaking at JFX, ClevelandSeptember 15, 2026 · University Heights, OHCleveland launch and panel at JFXModerated by Judge Francine Goldberg. With Ben Wenger, LISW-S; Elder De’Bora Brooks; and Mike-Mike “Reese,” who met C.P. inside at sixteen. Hosted by Tabitha Rose, Life to Paper.Read the Cleveland Jewish News story → NPR Ideastream interviewSeptember 14, 2026 · NPR Ideastream, Cleveland“Sound of Ideas” live segmentOn systemic issues in Ohio juvenile detention, with Mike-Mike and Ben Wenger.Watch the interview →
From the events
Books & Books, Coral GablesAugust 11, 2026
The launch panel at Books & Books Panelists at Books & Books C.P. with a reader after the panel C.P. with flowers after the Books & Books launch
JFX, ClevelandSeptember 15, 2026
The JFX panel on stage C.P. Handler speaking at JFX The audience at JFX C.P. with Mike Mike and friends at JFX
Who she has spoken to

Federal agencies, classrooms, and the kids themselves.

C.P. Handler with U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel after a suicide prevention training
Suicide prevention training for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
C.P. Handler with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and chaplains
On the road with U.S. Customs & Border Protection peer support officers and chaplains.
C.P. Handler and Dolph speaking to teenagers in Cleveland
C.P. and Dolph, one of the young men from the book, speaking to teenagers in Cleveland.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Suicide prevention training for DHS personnel.
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)
Trauma-informed training for frontline officers.
Administrators & teachers, Cleveland
Workshops on recognizing and responding to trauma in students.
Teenagers, Cleveland
Speaking alongside Dolph, one of the formerly incarcerated young men from the book, to teenagers in Cleveland.
Social workers & nonprofit agencies
Trauma-informed trainings for clinicians, case managers and the organizations that serve justice-involved families.
Four ways in

Choose the shape that fits your community.

For clinicians, educators, courts, congregations and the people who live with the system every day. Every format can be adapted for your setting and audience.

20–50 guests
Community Healing Circle
An intimate conversation using the book as a framework for discussion and healing.
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75–150 guests
Panel Event + Book Talk
A moderated panel with local voices, followed by a reading, signing and reception.
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Half day · 30–60
Practitioner Training Workshop
Trauma-informed practice for social workers, case managers and clinicians working inside systems.
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25–75 youth
Youth Empowerment Session
For justice-involved and at-risk young people: honest, direct, and built around their voices.
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Topics
Juvenile justice reformTrauma-informed practice inside institutionsPost-incarceration and re-entryHealing in systems built for controlEMDR & BrainspottingWorking with parents and teensBurnout and PTSD in helping professionsSuicide prevention
From the room

What audiences said after.

★★★★★

“I was at the edge of my seat the whole time!! What a panel!!”

Rivka
Books & Books launch
★★★★★

“It was a wonderful, special event with the most amazingly diverse audience! You did an incredible job on the book.”

Hudy
Books & Books launch
★★★★★

“Tonight was really amazing!! So impressed and proud of what you’ve accomplished!”

Ranya
Books & Books launch

“Handler shows what becomes possible when a clinician shows up with emotional courage, consistency, and unconditional regard.”

David A. Singleton
Former Executive Director, Ohio Justice & Policy Center; Professor, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law

“This book tells the truth. C.P. was one of the people who believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself.”

One of the young men in the book

Let’s plan something for your community.

Tell us the setting, the audience, and the date you have in mind.
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