Peace through Reconciliation

Transform Conflict Into Lasting Collaboration

Restorative Hope, LLC helps individuals, teams, and organizations resolve intractable conflict before it costs relationships, productivity, and trust.

Through non-violent communication training, we build the leadership and collaboration skills that turn friction into forward motion, led by U.S. Army veteran and conflict resolution specialist Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D.

  • U.S. Army Veteran
  • Ph.D., Conflict Analysis & Resolution
  • Mediation & Conflict Transformation Trained
  • 20+ Years Experience

20+

Years in Conflict Resolution

8

College Scholarships Awarded

100%

Free Youth Mentoring Training

4

Advanced Degrees Held by Our Founder

Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D., founder of Restorative Hope, LLC
Meet the Founder

Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D.

U.S. Army Veteran · Conflict Resolution Specialist · Facilitator · Researcher · Author · Mentor

Sonia founded Restorative Hope in 2015 to help individuals, teams, and organizations resolve intractable conflict through non-violent communication training. She brings five degrees, published research, and more than twenty years of practice to every engagement.

What We Offer

Programs built on two decades of practice

Every program traces back to the same conviction: conflict, when understood, becomes an opportunity to learn and reconcile.

Workshops & Facilitation Training

Rigorous, compassionate group facilitation training built on the Skilled Facilitator Nine-Step Problem Solving Model, from half-day sessions to multi-day intensives.

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Youth Mentoring

A free conflict-resolution mentoring academy that trains youth and young adults to lead nonviolent conflict resolution in their own communities.

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College Scholarship Program

The Restorative Hope College Scholarship Program provides textbook funding to graduating seniors facing economic hardship.

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Dissertation Coaching

One-on-one coaching for doctoral candidates, from topic selection and literature review through methodology, data analysis, and defense.

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Client Feedback

Trusted by teams who choose collaboration over conflict

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Sonia Galloway transformed the way our leadership team handles conflict. We walked away with real tools, not just theory.

HR Director, Regional Employer

Our students came away with real strategies for de-escalating conflict, and the confidence to use them.

Workshop Participant, Youth Mentoring Program

“We all understand conflict is a natural part of life. However, when understood, conflict can become an opportunity to learn and reconcile our differences.”

Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D., Founder, Restorative Hope, LLC

Every stronger community begins with one conversation.

Schedule yours today, or reach out about facilitation training, a youth mentoring partnership, or supporting our scholarship recipients.