WORKSHOPS
Workshops for Women:
Saturday, September 21, 2019
9:00 am – 12:30 am
Nature offers us opportunities to connect with our deepest wisdom and gain clarity and stillness often lost from the busyness of the week. Come join other like-minded women and recharge yourself on this mini-retreat where we will meditate with horses, walk mindfully through woods, or the recently constructed labyrinth, and create a nature mandala.
Workshops for Youth
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Workshops for Parents
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2019 Expressive Therapies Summit, NYC
The Handstitched Self: Exploring Self-Parts & Affect Regulation Through Dollmaking
Executive Conference Center – 1601 Broadway, enter on 48th Street
Thursday, November 8th, 10:00 am – 5:15 pm
Mindy Jacobson-Levy, MCAT, ATR-BC, LPC
Brigette Potgieter, LCSW
Dolls have played a varied and vital role in the daily lives of people of all cultures throughout history. They have been used for connection, communication, protection, and projection.
In the clinical setting, creating hand-sewn forms can be used for self-discovery and processing uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. In this daylong master class, we will explore how the intersection of psychological theory, neuroscience, and the tradition of handmade dolls provides an effective framework for healing and transformation.
Participants will be guided through the process of creating a self-doll. They’ll be asked to identify a feeling that is asking “to be heard.” Dialoging in pairs will aid in the development of a drawing that will guide the evolution and enhancement of their 3-dimensional hand-sewn dolls using a cornucopia of textures, color, and ephemera.
Clinical applications for individual and group work will be illustrated through lecture and slides of case material. There will be ample time for discussion regarding how and when to use this technique with clients of all ages and abilities in daily clinical process.
For more info visit: Expressive Therapies Summit 2019, NYC
Equine-Informed Practices for Enhanced Safety, Respect & Connection in Therapeutic Relationships HorseAbility – SUNY Campus – Old Westbury, New York
Friday, November 9th, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Brigette Potgieter, LCSW
Pamela Zamel, Ph.D., Ed.M.
Horses are not socialized in human niceties or stories. They are masters at responding to internal and external stimuli, not just words, and we have a lot to learn from interacting with them.
In this outdoor master class, participants will work alongside horses to engage in activities that will help them improve – through body language, breath work, and mindfulness – key skills that are essential to psychotherapy, including establishing personal safety and communicating respect.
Throughout this introductory day, we’ll discuss and explore the importance of the three-brain system in equine-facilitated therapy and how it can engender comfort or distress.
Together, with the horses, we will experience how the head-, heart-, and gut-brain system affects the shifts of connection and disconnection between Self and Other, confirming that connection is a co-created, embodied experience between Self (therapist) and Other (horse or client).
We will practice a number of body-based, equine-therapy techniques – including non-descriptive tracking, conscious aligning, and purposeful regulation – that will enable us to build more resilient relationships in our daily clinical work. As Linda Kohanov, equine therapist and author, suggests, “Think of your body as the horse that your mind rides around on.”
Please Note: Session will be held at the HorseAbility Center for Equine-Facilitated Programs on the Old Westbury campus of SUNY. There is an additional $50 facility fee. Bring layers, including boots and gloves, for this active – and potentially wet and muddy – outdoor experience. Indoor space is available in case of seriously inclement weather.
Registrants will be responsible for their own travel to the site, but roundtrip travel by the Long Island Railroad (the Ronkonkoma line) to the Hicksville, NY, station can be easily reached from Penn Station (34th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues), and we will travel together from there. Roundtrip fare (not included with registration) runs approximately $25.
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