Transformation: Healing, Empowerment, and Second Chances

At Whole Systems Learning, transformation isn’t just a word. It is the heartbeat of everything we do. We believe that healing from trauma is the foundation of lasting change. Our comprehensive transformation programs use culturally grounded, evidence-based strategies to support youth and adults on their journey from surviving to thriving.

Through 7 powerful healing interventions, WSL creates space for our participants, especially young men of color affected by violence, incarceration, or foster care, to reconnect with themselves, their families, and their futures

Our Core Programs

  • Know Thyself

    A cornerstone of our transformation model, this program helps reduce PTSD and depression while boosting self-efficacy, emotional well-being, and more than 35 protective factors essential to lifelong success. Participants learn to build self-awareness, resilience, and a strong sense of purpose.

  • HipHopHeals

    Music becomes medicine in this therapeutic group experience that explores the impact of complex trauma: interpersonal, generational, historical, institutional, and environmental. Through guided lyric writing, music production, and healing circles, youth and adults process rage, grief, shame, and dissociation while building trust, voice, and emotional literacy.

  • Emotional Intelligence

    This therapeutic workshop teaches participants how to identify, understand, and regulate their emotions, which are essential skills for success in relationships, school, and employment. Participants learn empathy, impulse control, and how to navigate challenges with confidence.

  • Conflict Resolution

    A skill-building experience designed to reduce community violence and interpersonal harm. Participants learn practical tools for de-escalation, communication, boundary setting, and peaceful problem solving.

Make It

A Comprehensive Commitment to Healing

  • Youth Track: 88 hours of workshops and Empowerment Circles focused on trauma connected to gang involvement, with mentorship and healing rooted in cultural connection and self-worth.

  • Adult Track: 96 hours of intensive group workshops designed to reduce trauma symptoms and increase protective factors, purpose, and peer support.

Participants also receive individual therapy from practitioners of color with lived experience who understand the systemic and personal impacts of trauma.

Intensive Case Management & Reentry Coaching

Through our Reentry Intensive Case Management Program, participants receive one-on-one support that blends mentorship, resource navigation, healing, and goal-setting. We walk with each participant through the full reentry journey—restoring dignity and reclaiming futures.

Wraparound Support Services

WSL supports the whole person by connecting participants to housing, healthcare, education, and employment opportunities. Our housing navigation services ensure no one walks their healing journey alone or unhoused.

This is what real transformation looks like: young men and women confronting their pain, reclaiming their power, and walking boldly into a new life.

Contact us.

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New York, NY 12345