A few ways in...
For Clients
- Adults & Children
You don't have to make your story "easier" to hear.
We offer Drama therapy, somatic and creative-arts based sessions, group events and workshops year round.
Sessions are with Alicia Stephen, MA, RDT and her team of trainees and interns.
Individuals. Couples. Families. Groups. Intensives. Retreats
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For Therapists,
Healers & Clinicians
You don't have to do this work alone and without support!
We offer Workshops, Trainings and CE's(coming soon) in trauma-centered drama therapy.
We also offer engaging monthly gatherings and events for clinicians, creative arts therapists and healers.
Workshops, Retreats, Certifications, Trainings, Community Gatherings
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For Schools & Organizations
Truth-telling, connection and play builds stronger communities.
We offer Trauma-centered training for staff and Tier 1, 2 & 3 interventions.
We asses the needs of your organization and customize creative arts based interventions for you.
Year-Long Programming · Consulting · Staff Trainings · Strategy · Workshops
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at the edge
this time,
let my grief overtake me.
let it wash over the places
I have spent a lifetime
trying to keep dry.
let me weep
with the weight of all that was lost,
and all that never came to be.
and like the rocks
that meet the ocean
again and again,
may I soften
with every encounter...
not into something smaller,
or something less,
but into something
that no longer needs
sharp edges to survive.
and when we sit at the edge,
you and I,
and the waves come crashing
again
again
again
may I learn
that I can be changed by this water
not erased,
not washed away —
A TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM
A One Day Gathering in the Bay Area in collaboration with CIIS. The Symposium will include - experiential workshops, panel discussions, performances and more.
CEUs will be offered. Details coming soon.
Trainings, Workshops & Courses
Embodied, experiential trainings grounded in Trauma-Centered Psychotherapy, drama therapy, somatic psychology and the creative arts.
Drama Therapy Trainings for Working with Trauma
In Person Trainings
The "Let's Talk Trauma"
Series
In Person Trainings & Online
Course 1. When Words are not enough.
~ Tools & Techniques for the Practicing Therapist.
A learn-by-doing course featuring six embodied techniques that bring movement, creativity, playfulness and embodiment into trauma work.
Mar - 2027
Course 2. Terrains & Territories: Trauma Maps ~ Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Therapist.
Four embodied mapping techniques that begins with art workssheets for exploring the body, family, social world and trauma schemas.
Mar - 2027
Course 3. When Trauma Disrupts Childhood Awe ~ Play-based techniques with the Traumatized Child
3 techniques that are embodied, play-based using drama therapy for working with children (4-9 years old) impacted by trauma.
Mar - 2027
Course 3. When Trauma Gets Between You & Me
~ Embodied Techniques for Working with Couples
3 techniques that are embodied, play-based using drama therapy for working with children (4-9 years old) impacted by trauma.
Mar - 2027
Course 1. When Words are not enough.
~ Tools & Techniques for the Practicing Therapist.
A learn-by-doing course featuring six embodied techniques that bring movement, creativity, playfulness and embodiment into trauma work.
Mar - 2027
Course 2. Terrains & Territories: Trauma Maps ~ Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Therapist.
Four embodied mapping techniques that begins with art workssheets for exploring the body, family, social world and trauma schemas.
Mar - 2027
Course 3. When Trauma Disrupts Awe ~ Play-based techniques with the Traumatized Child
3 techniques that are embodied, play-based using drama therapy for working with children (4-9 years old) impacted by trauma.
Mar - 2027
"Trauma is not just what happend to us, but what happens inside us in the absence of an empathic witness"
Gabor Maté