Group Workshops & Trainings

Participants will engage in a variety of creative art therapy interventions to help reduce stress, engage in healthy conflict/resolution and promote team building, resiliency, vitality and communication.

This workshop spends time exploring the research and science of vicarious trauma and it's impact on the body and mind.  Participants will be presented with dydactic and hands on experientials tools (such as Polyvagal Theory, Heartmath, Havening and Tonine) and learn how to minimize intense life/work stressors, co-regulate more effectively with patients/clients and maintain healthy personal and professional boundaries.  

HealthRHYTHMS® is a fun, evidence-based whole person strategy which promotes socialization and ensures a healthy non-strenuous workout. On a deeper level it uses the drum as a tool for communication and personal expression by building bridges while fostering nurturing, support, camaraderie, self-respect and respect for others. To learn more about Healthrhythms empowerment drumming please visit https://www.remo.com/experience/post/healthrhythms/

This nourishing sound journey will help repair, restore and renew the body, mind and soul. Participants are lead through a guided meditation to help prepare the body for a soundscape comprised of improvised instrumental textures, dynamics, tempos and rhythms.  In addition to sound,  participants will be invited to join in collaborative guided imagery, deep listening, and vocal toning.

Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) is a therapeutic process based upon humanistic and transpersonal psychology that uses music to create an environment to facilitate personal insight that provides answers and guidance for significant life issues. To learn more about GIM please visit https://www.ami-bonnymethod.org

The Havening Technique uses a range of touches on the upper body and involves counting, visualization, and eye movements. The approach aims to help individuals cope with stress, trauma, anxiety, and physical pain. The practice focuses heavily on self-compassion, kindness, and self-care. To  learn more about Havening please visit https://havening.org

The HeartMath system empowers people to self-regulate their emotions and behaviors using a combination of breath work and guided imagery to reduce stress, increase resilience, and unlock their natural intuitive guidance for making more effective choices.  To learn more about Heartmath please visit https://www.heartmath.com

Female iarticipants are invited to collaboratively explore, express, integrate and heal fractured “divine feminine parts” of the “self “which have historically been silenced and oppressed by patriarchal/white supremacist cultures and systems.  Multi-modal interventions draw inspiration from cultural myths, fairytales, ancient symbols dreams and popular culture and include creative writing, lyric analysis, drawing, painting, sculpting, dance/movement, journaling, storytelling, and guided imagery.

Psychoeducation is an evidence-based practice that integrates psychotherapeutic and educational interventions to create a flexible holistic framework that stresses health, collaboration, and adaptive coping that is empowering to the individual. Participants will be encouraged to share current life stressors to help normalize parenting challenges, engage in supportive dialogues and help build community.

Educators of Infant Massage teach parents and caregivers how to engage in nurturing touch and non-verbal communication to promote healthy attachment and assist children in feeling loved, valued, and respected. To learn more about Infant Massage please visit https://www.infantmassageusa.org