Last Chance for Teenage Drama Workshop, NYC

[Guest guest]

Only a few spaces left for this workshop on Drama Therapy with Adolescents!FEB 20th, 9am -3pm“Teenage Drama”: Action Techniques for Therapeutic Engagement of AdolescentsWhen: Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Where: 190 N. 10th St., Suite 301burg, Brooklyn 11211(between Bedford and Driggs)Fee: $150***CE APPROVED - 6 CECsCredit hours are accepted for professional art therapists, dramatherapists, social workers, professional counselors, and child life

specialists.***Register for this workshop and the " Art Therapy with Adolescents " training and get $75 off.Learn more:  http://nycreativetherapists.com/adolescent-trainings-art-therapy-drama-therapy-package

This highly experiential and playful one-day workshop will provideparticipants with practical tools for introducing drama and actiontechniques into their clinical work with hard to reach adolescents.Adolescents can be challenging, bringing endless amounts of life

“drama” into the therapist’s office. We will explore how drama therapyand action based techniques can successfully harness this energy andreinforce positive self-expression.Through experiential methods participants will embody and explore

issues central to the adolescent experience, common transferencedynamics between client and therapist and concrete obstaclesparticipants experience in their day-to-day work. Bringing elements ofhumor and playfulness into the therapy space in order to gain new

perspective for both client and therapist will be emphasized.Specific techniques proven to be effective in engaging adolescentswill be demonstrated, such as the use of video making, mask andmonologue work, structured and improvisational theatre games and story

work.Participants will gain:- Knowledge and experiential understanding of developmental andemotional issues central to the adolescent experience.- Perspective on how to playfully navigate transference dynamics that

commonly exist between resistant teens and clinicians.- Practical and concrete tools to incorporate in their work.- Information and tips on utilizing drama in conjunction with otherartistic and expressive approaches.

For more info and to register go to:http://nycreativetherapists.com/%E2%80%9Cteenage-drama%E2%80%9D-action-techniques-therapeutic-engagement-adolescents

Hope to see you there!Sincerely, 

Mark Beauregard, RDT, LCATwww.markbeauregard.com