Viva Center
Beyond words - Begin healing
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Creativity and Embodiment for Trauma Transformation
January 17 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Experience the power of art for healing through movement, storytelling, and justice-driven practices.
Arla Patch is a visual artist, creativity midwife, award-winning author, and activist.
In this dynamic and captivating workshop, she will walk us through a number of specific healing processes that involve the power of creativity.
Art is a tool for transforming trauma and experiencing embodied healing. If you are seeking new applications for your clinical practice or skills for your own life, this workshop will provide you with fresh movement and nature-based tools.
Arla’s practices have been applied with incarcerated women, at-risk teens, survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse, and women who have faced breast cancer. Her interest in healing and justice also led her to work with Indigenous peoples on a truth commission and as a member of the Coalition of Natives and Allies.
I don’t usually engage in virtual presentations to any great extent, but Holistic Presentations for Growth is different. There’s a warmth of intimacy in this group that encourages and inspires participation through a mutual love of learning and a compassionate investment in what it means to be human. – J.B.
For Clinicians: The HPG workshop series is approved by the D.C. Board of Social Work for ten 1.5-hour workshops from Sept – June for a total of 15 CEUs if you attend all workshops. CEU certificates are emailed upon request in July. There is a requirement of 2 CEU credit hours or more for a certificate.
About The Presenter
Arla Patch is a teaching artist, author, social justice activist, color consultant and co-founding member of the Coalition of Natives and Allies. By the time she was 21 she had been around the world twice and lived in Europe and Southeast Asia. Her own family of origin created the opportunity for healing from trauma and as an artist, creativity was a powerful tool for healing. After 30 years in Maine, she has returned to Bucks Co. PA, to be near her son, daughter in law and two grandchildren.
About Holistic Presentations for Growth
Holistic Presentations for Growth (HPG) is a community-based workshop series hosted and sponsored by The Viva Center. We foster an environment of inclusivity, respect, and curiosity. We believe that by coming together with open minds and hearts, we can collectively learn and grow. Presentations take place once a month Sept – June with different membership options available.