Team building for real workplaces
Improv Team-Building Workshops in Scranton, PA
Build better communication, active listening, adaptability, and connection through interactive improv experiences designed for the workplace.
SteadyRise Counseling brings professional improv training and psychology together to create engaging team-building experiences for businesses, nonprofits, schools, professional organizations, and community groups throughout Scranton and Northeastern Pennsylvania.
More Than a Comedy Workshop
What if your team could practice communication instead of just hearing about it?
Improv gives people a chance to practice skills that matter in real workplaces: listening, responding, adapting, collaborating, building on ideas, and navigating uncertainty.
These workshops are not about putting people on stage or asking them to be funny. They are interactive experiences designed to help people connect, communicate, and think differently together.
The improv is the tool—not the test.
What Your Team Will Practice
Every session is built around skills that carry back into the workplace.
Active Listening
Good communication starts with actually listening. Improv exercises give participants opportunities to pay attention, respond to others, and stay present.
Adaptability
Work rarely goes exactly as planned. Improv helps teams practice responding to changing information without freezing or becoming overly attached to the original plan.
Collaboration
Participants learn to build on ideas rather than immediately shutting them down, creating opportunities for more collaborative problem-solving.
Communication
Improv encourages people to communicate clearly, pay attention to verbal and nonverbal cues, and respond in the moment.
Connection
Shared experiences can help teams build familiarity, trust, and a stronger sense of connection.
Thinking on Your Feet
Participants practice staying engaged and responding when they don't have a prepared answer.
Workshops for Organizations, Not Performers
You do not need to be an actor, comedian, or performer to participate. Our workshops are designed for everyday professionals who want to communicate better and work more effectively with the people around them.
- Businesses and employers
- Leadership teams
- Nonprofit organizations
- Schools and universities
- Professional associations
- Community organizations
- Staff retreats
- Employee wellness programs
- Team-development programs
- Conferences and professional-development events
No acting experience required. No comedy experience required. No one is expected to perform a stand-up routine.
Why SteadyRise?
SteadyRise brings together two areas that are rarely offered together: professional improvisational training and education in psychology, counseling, and interpersonal communication.
Ross Capoccia, MA, LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor, founder of SteadyRise Counseling, and an improv performer and student. He has received improv training through Upright Citizens Brigade stationed out of New York City and Los Angeles, Scranton Improv & Comedy, and Electric City Improv.
As a licensed professional counselor with a master's degree in psychology and training in active listening, Ross brings a behavioral-science perspective to the way these workshops are designed.
The goal isn't simply to make people laugh. It's to use the principles of improv to create opportunities to practice communication, adaptability, connection, and collaboration.
Professional Improv Training + Psychology + Counseling = A Different Kind of Team-Building Experience
Choose the Experience That Fits Your Organization
Improv for the Workplace
An interactive introduction to improv principles that helps teams practice listening, communication, adaptability, and collaboration.
Best for: Staff meetings, team-building events, retreats, and employee development.
Active Listening Through Improv
A workshop focused on one of the most important—and most overlooked—workplace skills: truly listening to the people around you.
Best for: Communication training, leadership development, healthcare teams, education, and professional organizations.
Think on Your Feet
An interactive experience focused on adaptability, responding to uncertainty, and staying engaged when things don't go according to plan.
Best for: Leadership teams, entrepreneurs, sales teams, rapidly changing workplaces, and professional-development programs.
Workshops can be customized based on your organization's goals, group size, available time, and setting.
Workshops Beyond Improv
SteadyRise also offers educational workshops focused on mental health and workplace wellbeing.
Potential topics include:
- Burnout and workplace stress
- Boundaries without burning bridges
- Mental health at work
- Managing stress in demanding workplaces
- Personal growth and psychology
- Communication and relationships
- Mental health for entrepreneurs
- You don't have to be falling apart to benefit from therapy
These sessions pair naturally with our counseling services, like individual therapy and couples therapy, for team members who want support beyond a single workshop.
Built Around Your Organization
Every organization is different. A workshop for a group of healthcare professionals may look different from a workshop for a university organization, nonprofit, leadership team, or small business.
SteadyRise can customize workshops around your organization's goals, including:
- Team building
- Communication
- Leadership development
- Employee wellness
- Staff retreats
- Professional development
- Onboarding
- Organizational events
- Conferences
- Community programming
Workshops can range from approximately one-hour interactive experiences to longer customized programs.
Serving Scranton & Northeastern Pennsylvania
SteadyRise Counseling is based in the greater Scranton area and provides workshops for organizations throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. We regularly work with groups from Scranton, Dunmore, Wilkes-Barre, Clarks Summit, Moosic, and Dickson City, and we're glad to bring a workshop to organizations across Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, and the surrounding NEPA communities. If your team is nearby, reach out and we'll talk through what's possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Bring Something Different to Your Team?
Whether you're planning a staff retreat, professional-development event, team-building activity, or employee wellness program, SteadyRise can create an interactive experience around the skills your organization wants to strengthen.
Tell us a little about your organization and what you're hoping to accomplish. We'll start the conversation from there.