LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

October 3, 2009
Saturday, 2 - 4 pm
Draw From Within: Art Therapy
Art Beyond Cornell
Willard Straight Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. Art therapy integrates the fields of human development, visual art and the creative process with models of counseling and psychotherapy. Through a lecture and creative arts therapy experience, participants are introduced to the topic and profession of Art Therapy. Basic information is provided on the requirements to become an art therapist and career opportunities in the field.

September 16, 23, 30, and October 7, 2009
Wednesdays, 4:45 - 6:15 pm
Creatively Coping With Stress TM
Workshop Series
Cornell Minds Matter
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Come ready to explore the stress in your life from a creative and innovative perspective. Workshop participants will be lead through a variety of deep relaxation, guided imagery, and art experiences to help manage and cope with life’s challenges effectively. Learn about stress and ways to relieve tension and revitalize energy at school or home. This workshop series utilizes a ‘hands-on-format;’ however, absolutely no previous art experience is necessary to attend, or benefit from this program.

Workshop Series Outline

Week #1
September 16

What is stress?
Word game / Definition

How does stress affect us?
Physically, mentally, emotionally, & behaviorally

Creatively explore your personal stressors

Group discussion…

Week #2
September 23

What is the Relaxation Response?
Diaphragmatic Breathing
The Stress Breaker

Progressive Relaxation
The Stress Breaker

Ways To Relax…
Play, breathe, and relax with clay

Week #3
September 30

A Good Stress Manager
Resources For Coping With Stress
Setting Priorities and Creating Balance
Break Time: What's fun for you?

Cut, tear, and paste: The magic of collage
Images of stress
Images of relaxation

Week #4
October 7

Guided Imagery
Creative Mandala Experience
Using the circle to make
order out of disorder

Group discussion …

Wrap-up and closure
Resources for Audio Cassettes, CD's
Video's and books on stress reduction
Recommended reading

August 24, 2009, Thursday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Creatively Coping With Stress TM
South Central Regional Library Council
Ulysses Philomathic Library
Trumansburg, New York

Come ready to explore the stress in your life from a creative and innovative perspective. Workshop participants will be lead through a variety of deep relaxation, guided imagery, and art experiences to help manage and cope with life’s challenges effectively. Learn about stress and ways to relieve tension and revitalize energy at work or home. This workshop utilizes a ‘hands-on-format;’ however, absolutely no previous art experience is necessary to benefit from this program.

May 2, 2009, Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Creatively Coping With Stress TM
445 Ferguson Road
Freeville, New York
Cost: $65 - $85 sliding scale. (Lunch, refreshments, and materials included.)
To register, please call (607) 844-3465 or for more information e-mail phbaron@pennyhbaron.com.
Click here for brochure.

Come ready to explore the stress in your life from a creative and innovative perspective. This workshop will uniquely integrate information on how to reduce and manage stress effectively with personally empowering creative exercises. Learn to relieve tension and revitalize energy at work or home. Enhance your health and well-being.

This program will help you:

Understand how stress effects you physically, mentally, emotionally, and behaviorally.

Define what stress means to you and explore the coping skills you possess to become a good stress manager.

Learn mini 'stress breakers' that use deep breathing, relaxation, and guided imagery techniques to relieve tension and revitalize energy.

Utilize personally empowering creative exercises that will assist you in identifying positive solutions to challenging stressors.

Experience a supportive, nourishing, and energizing group environment.

Creatively Coping With Stress TM (CCWS) programs began in 1985 as a vehicle for participants to maximize their individual creative abilities when coping with the stressors and challenges of life. Lectures, seminars, and workshops have always emphasized current knowledge, research, and techniques from the field of stress management.

Today, eighty percent of all illnesses are considered to be stress related or aggravated by stress. Because of this, it is vitally important that each one of us takes time out to consider how stress may be effecting us physically, mentally, emotionally, and behaviorally. CCWS programs give individuals a chance to gain a better understanding into what stress is and their unique response to the stressors of life.

CCWS programs do not 'overstress' participants with too much information and too few positive solutions. Programs are designed with a balanced, holistic perspective in mind. The atmosphere is relaxing, creative, experiential, and playful where participants learn by doing. This is especially important in dealing with stress because research has found that individuals who best control their stress use just this active, rather than passive approach. Control, however, need not be rigid. A creative perspective towards one's life opens up options and possibilities around stressful situations not originally considered by that individual.

April 17, 2009, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Creative Arts Therapies Conference
The Symbolic, Perceptive, Intuitive, Relational,
Inspiring, Therapeutic Aspects of the Creative Arts Therapies
Academy of the Holy Names
Albany, New York
www.consultationcenteralbany.org

Workshop-Session III: Crossing the Bridge to Health: A Creative and Symbolic Journey
Through a lecture and experiential format participants learn how the creative and symbolic process can be an important source of healing for our body, mind, and spirit when faced with an illness or physical problem. Come ready to envision ways to enhance your own health and well-being.

March 12, 2009, Thursday, 5:45 pm - 8:00 pm
"Celebrate Creative Arts Therapies Week"
Borg Warner Room
Tompkins County Public Library
Ithaca, New York

Throughout the USA, during the second week in March, creative arts therapists will be sponsoring special workshops, exhibitions, career days and other events to share their work with the public, and with other professions. The Creative Arts Therapies include art therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, poetry therapy and psychodrama. These modalities are applied in rehabilitative, psychiatric, medical, community and educational agencies. The objectives of the creative arts therapies are to foster health, communication and expression; to enhance self-awareness; to promote the integration of emotional, physical, social and cognitive functioning; and to facilitate positive change in human experience and behavior.

Presenter Penny H. Baron will discuss the profession of creative arts therapies and the use of arts modalities and creative processes for personal growth, therapy, and rehabilitation. After an introductory lecture, participants will be guided through a creative arts therapy experience to enhance self-expression and awareness. Handouts and materials provided. *No previous art experience is necessary. Space is limited: Pre-registration is suggested.

This program is free and open to Mental Health Professionals and the general public. For more information and to register, contact The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County at:

Phone: 607-273-9250, E-mail: info@mhaedu.org.


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