New York Creative Arts Therapists/Art Spa

Join us in Manhattan for the first of our Spring 2019 CE trainings:

Into the Shadows: Creative Interventions with Children and Adolescents after
the Death of a Loved One
Saturday, March 30, 2019
1:00 - 4:00pm
3.0 CEs for NYS LCAT, LCSW, LMSW, LMHC

Location: The Drama League of New York, 32 Avenue of the Americas, NYC
Offered by: New York Creative Arts Therapists PLLC
Instructor: Rebecca Versaci, MA, LCAT, RDT, CCLS
FEE: $95 REGISTER ONLINE at https://nycreativetherapists.com/CEU

This workshop will explore the use of therapeutic intervention for children and adolescents who have experienced the death of a loved one. The workshop with include a didactic component in which the presenter will review the aims of treatment for grieving children and adolescents as well as developmental considerations for children of different ages. The training will include hands-on and experiential learning to familiarize participants with some specific play-based therapeutic interventions that can be used with bereaved children and adolescents.

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Please join us this Thursday for an embodied writing / yoga workshop, taking place near our Bushwick location at SOLID GOLD YOGI. 7-8:30/$20. No experience with writing or yoga required!

Please join us this Thursday for an embodied writing / yoga workshop, taking place near our Bushwick location at SOLID GOLD YOGI. 7-8:30/$20. No experience with writing or yoga required!

Are you a drama, music, or dance therapist with at least 4 years post graduate experience looking to work with the most comprehensive creative arts therapy practice in NYC? Come work with us! We are hiring for a PT weekend position. Please click this link to apply: https://nycreativetherapists.com/employment
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Please join us this Thursday in Bushwick for a healing blend of yoga and story telling from the inside out. In collaboration with SOLID GOLD YOGI. Sign up here:

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Sign up today! Join us next Thursday for Yoga and Storytelling from the body- In Bushwick. https://www.solidgoldyogi.com/solid-gold-workshops/

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