Embodying Recovery: A Roadmap for Thriving Across a Lifetime (in Manhatten)
Join Center for Creative Action Strategies psychodramatists Jennifer Salimbene and Regina Sewall at Exponents in Manhattan where we will embody and experience the Stages of Recovery model mapping the recovery journey across a lifetime. With sociometrist, recovery educator and […]
My Heart is Hurting. Your Heart is Hurting. Psychodrama Can Help.
The news is inescapable. Violence and senseless cruelty abound. As I write this, 92 countries are currently involved in conflicts beyond their borders. 110 million people are either refugees or […]
Embodying Recovery: Exploring a Roadmap for Thriving
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 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 […]
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 […]