Embodying Recovery: Exploring a Roadmap for Thriving
Save the Date! Saturday June 13-Sunday June 14, 2026 At Boughton Place – 150 Kisor Road, Highland, NY 12528 Most of the attention given to treating Substance Use Disorder […]
The Grief Journey: Navigating the Waves of Grief and Loss
Grief is often misunderstood. We live in a society that expects us to quickly get over grief and yet grief has no timeline. Grief cannot be rushed or “fixed” and […]
Hope in Action: Psychodrama as a Catalyst for Change
Center for Creative Action Strategies and Psychodrama Singapore Jennifer Salimbene, TEP, Regina Sewell, PhD, TEP, Sharmini Winslow, TEP January 6-9, 2026 Singapore Reignite your creativity, deepen your skills and bring […]
Embodying Recovery: A Roadmap for Thriving Across a Lifetime
Map created by Ruth Riddick, CARC, RCP/f, RTR-S Sobriety Together Your client got sober! That’s great. What’s next? The goal is recovery. SAMHSA defines recovery as “a process of […]
Motivational Interviewing 101©
“Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence*.” Stephen Rollnick and William R. Miller Motivational Interviewing is […]
Working with Clients’ Defenses and Ambivalence: Psychodrama Meets Motivational Interviewing©
“Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.” * […]
Bridging Divides
To thrive, we need to belong. We need to feel connected to others who share similar beliefs, values, and/or experiences. We need to feel like we are part of a […]
Why I Became a Psychodramatist©
True confession: When I started out, I didn’t want to be a therapist. I was an activist and I wanted to save the world. I wanted to be an academic […]