ART AS THERAPY

This workshop aims to deepen participants’ personal and collective experiences of chaos and coping with it through movement and other artistic tools.

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As therapists, we meet clients on a daily basis who express feeling chaos or being in chaotic states through their behavior and functioning. We also experience chaos ourselves in different life situations and learn over time how to manage and improve our coping skills. 

Following a grounding warm-up, emphasizing participants’ personal strengths and safety, we will open the heavy and rough-feeling door called chaos. Through experiential activities we will examine the patterns of chaos as well as the behavioral and emotional patterns of participants in chaotic situations.

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In the face of the muddled and disparaging feelings often associated with chaos, we will seek the order within. This process will lead participants to open the second door in this workshop. The recovery door opens to different paths of coping strategies, hope, and empowerment. Alongside the creative exploration we will discuss the recovery model, chaos theory, and a model of change. Finally, participants will acquire practical tools for working with chaos in the recovery paradigm.

Talia Bendel-Rozow, M.A, DMT, accredited supervisor by YAHAT

I am a dance/movement therapist and psychiatric rehabilitation specialist in Israel. I have received my MA degree in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University and a B.Ed specializing in adapted physical education from Israel prior to that. I am currently a doctoral student in the Expressive Therapy program at Lesley University (USA). Over the last 14 years, I have been working as a DMT with people in recovery from mental illness, incorporating experiential activities and the arts into the recovery approach to mental health. Additionally, I facilitate experiential workshops for health care professionals and provide supervision in DMT and psychiatric rehabilitation.

Email: tbrozow@gmail.com