Workshops

Self care for therapists and wellness practitioners — one day workshop

In a small, intimate group we begin to explore what self care means for us as caring professionals, through an embodied relational Gestalt lens. This is an invitation to awaken our curiosity, to deepen our understanding of our needs, practice listening with our whole selves, respect our felt boundaries, and try on some supports that may have been missing for us, even as we care for others in our lives. Our toolkit is diverse and the day may include expressive arts therapy, parts work, use of metaphor, mindfulness, physical support and group feedback for emotional processing, among others.

Outcomes may include:

• Processing things we have been carrying around past their expiration date
• Discovering unmet needs
• Feeling tired or drained
• The emergence of uncomfortable and/or tender feelings
• Experiencing support in a new way from ourself and our community
• Ideas for how we can support ourself better during our work and personal time
• Connection with other caring professionals and/or our natural environment
• Movement out of being stuck and toward change