tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62626127544503133782024-03-08T03:54:41.741-08:00suzanneblogSuzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-77405310170149517072013-10-15T06:58:00.000-07:002013-10-15T06:58:30.718-07:00Gentle Nia Class at Laughing Dog YogaGentle Nia Class will be held at<br />
Laughing Dog Yoga, Wellesley, MA<br />
<a href="http://www.ldyoga.com/">www.ldyoga.com</a><br />
for details about directions and class fees<br />
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Begins November 8, 2013, 11am-NoonSuzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-50134415834726487402013-10-15T06:45:00.000-07:002013-10-15T06:45:19.613-07:00New Nia Class for People with Cancer and their Caregivers
I am pleased to announce a new Nia class. <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Nia for people with cancer and
their caregivers is a collaboration between Facing Cancer Together and the West
Suburban YMCA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Caring for yourself during your
cancer experience is important for health and well-being. Through
expressive movement to inspiring music, Nia helps you to face the
challenges of cancer. Nia promotes joy, strength, balance, energy, and
relaxation. Individual attention is paid to each person, making the class safe
for mixed levels of ability and wellness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Cost for this class is $10
per session. A package of 6 sessions for $50 is also
available. For information about attending this class, please call FCT at
617.332.5777<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">DAY: Tuesdays, beginning
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<span style="color: black;">Led by: Suzanne L. Cohen,
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<span style="color: black;">Studio Location: West
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Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-80863621672339222062013-10-15T06:38:00.000-07:002013-10-15T06:38:09.403-07:00New Gentle Nia Class
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<span style="color: #5a5a5a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Health and Wellness Psychology builds from principles and theories of psychology,
biology, health, and social sciences. Health psychologists are concerned with
promotion and maintenance of health; and the prevention and treatment of
illness across the lifespan. In addition to being a Licensed Psychologist, I am a senior instructor of The Nia Technique <a href="http://www.nianow.com/">www.nianow.com</a>.</span></div>
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illness and symptoms, including pain, lupus, cancer, arthritis, multiple
sclerosis, fibromyalgia, eating disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders</span></li>
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such as sensory awareness, expressive movement, breath work, meditation,
guided imagery, affirmations,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
journaling</span></li>
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approaches and makes referrals to Nia yoga, tai-chi, acupuncture,
therapeutic massage, physical therapy, and occupational therapy</span></li>
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living system, with the understanding that physical disease has powerful
emotional and psychological components; when these components are
addressed, physical health and wellbeing improve<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-64522161313822738602012-02-08T08:35:00.000-08:002012-02-08T08:35:46.256-08:00NSGP Experiential Group June 8, 2012<br />
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Integrating
the Mind, the Body and the Emotions in an experiential process group<o:p></o:p>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">This group meets for three sessions, morning, afternoon, and early evening on June 8, 2012 at Simmons College. There is a maximum of 12 participants.</span></ol>
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Traditional group therapy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>addresses cognitive and emotional processing
and focuses on understanding and meaning making.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sensory experience is a third domain that can
be utilized in group therapy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
experiential process group we will learn to access present experience from all
three domains (cognition, emotion, and somatic experiences), and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will see how<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>contributions from these three domains deepen self-awareness,
interpersonal connection, and group cohesiveness.</div>
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<br /></div>Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-18894967135242596882012-02-08T08:30:00.000-08:002012-02-08T08:36:02.237-08:00Workshop in NYC March 8, 2012I will be giving a workshop on March 8 from 2:30 to 5 pm at the Sheraton Hotel, Midtown Manhattan. Please see <a href="http://www.agpa.org/">www.agpa.org</a> to register. Here is the detailed schedule:<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Your Body is Your Supervisor: Using body awareness and
expressive movement (The Nia Technique) to explore therapeutic dilemmas in
groups</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">I. Introduction (20 mins) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>objective #1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Names, your interest
in mind/body integration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Review
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participants in sensation focused body awareness<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and discussion:(15 Minutes)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>objective #1, 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Discussion to
include:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>word or phrase to describe what
you are experiencing in your body, what you notice or noticed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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down, from place of body awareness, a group issue or problem that comes to
mind, a dilemma, an experience that is interesting, puzzling, that causes you
to feel unsettled, which you�d like to explore today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Experiential movement to music with three levels of
intensity:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>easy and calm music and
movement, more intense<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rhythms, and
quiet and relaxed music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Focus on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>body
sensations, emotions, energy in and out of the body; where energy flows and
where it gets stuck; access felt sense, whole body experience <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or problem that participants wrote down earlier. (20 mins) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>objective # 1, 2, 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Focus on the body’s way of experiencing the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice any sensations and emotions, images,
thoughts, etc., that connect with the whole of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any emotions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In pairs, participants discuss their dilemma and listen with body awareness
for insights and discoveries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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including principles of somatic psychology and application to therapy groups
and leadership. Wrap Up with questions and answers; reviewing reference
material for further study (30 mins) Objectives 1, 2, 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-12620470529871233952012-02-08T08:20:00.000-08:002012-02-08T08:36:15.074-08:00Ongoing Consultation Group for Psychotherapists 2012<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sensation
Focused Experiential Psychotherapy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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I am offering an ongoing consultation group for
psychotherapists that focuses on integrating the body into the therapy process,
Sensation Focused Experiential Psychotherapy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Traditional psychotherapy relies on verbal expression almost
exclusively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This consultation group <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>incorporates movement, body awareness, and
verbal communication in a group format.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Group members meet for 90 minutes. The focus of the first segment of the
meeting will be sensory based awareness and movement. The group will<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>transition into presentation of case material
and self-study so that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>members can
develop their own ways of integrating the body into their psychotherapy practices.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The goal is for participants to develop
embodied attunement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be
readings and homework assignments to supplement our work together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By participating in this group, you will learn to assist
yourself and your clients in individual, couples and group psychotherapy: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">to approach life and
relationship issues in new ways,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>when traditional talking-only psychotherapy has been of limited
value for desired changes<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to explore relationship difficulties with
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facilitate emotional expression <o:p></o:p></li>
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and awareness of sensations<o:p></o:p></li>
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anxiety and depression at a physiological and emotional level and
develop<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>somatic resources <o:p></o:p></li>
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The group will meet every other Wednesday, from 3:30-5 pm in
my Wellesley office. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a limit of
6 members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Membership requirements: all master’s and doctoral level
professionals: nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, alcoholism counselors, school
counselors and school psychologists, marriage and family therapists, expressive
arts therapists, and psychologists; students in advanced training
programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An individual session is required before
joining at no additional charge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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About the group leader:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a psychologist and have been
in private practice for over 30 years, working with individuals, couples and
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a Certified Group
Psychotherapist and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy
Association.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have supervised and
consulted <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the Northeastern Society
for Group Psychotherapy Training Program, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
and Harvard Medical School Residency Program; and faculty of both AGPA and NSGP
institutes and conferences, leading workshops on somatic psychotherapy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I authored a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>paper entitled “Coming to our Senses:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the application of somatic psychology to
group psychotherapy” which was published in the International Journal of Group
Psychotherapy, July, 2011.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For the past twelve years I have taught classes and led
workshops in The Nia Technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
led therapy groups that integrate body awareness and expressive movement with
dynamic psychotherapy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For fees and more information, please feel free to contact
me by phone or e-mail. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As we approach the fall and winter in New England we notice
changes in the weather, light, and temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our bodies respond to these changes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">There are several things we can do to stay healthy during
the fall and winter to avoid colds, sleep better, and have more stable moods.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">LIGHT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Start using a light box for 10-20 minutes each morning at
the beginning of September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The light is
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only are the days growing
shorter, but also the sun is lower in the sky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are preparing for daylight savings time to be over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some of us, light boxes help the most
during these months of transition, from September to December. For others they
help most during the short days of December through March. I have found the
best light box to be the Verilux Happy Light at </span><a href="http://www.verilux.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">www.verilux.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We get Vitamin D from sunlight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of us in the Northern Hemisphere have
low levels of vitamin D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
recommended that we take 1,000 mg vitamin D per day, for both men and
women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Our noses are exposed to much dryer air in fall and
winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nasal irrigation daily with a
mild saline solution can help with nasal congestion and can help prevent
colds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A neti pot works well, as do<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>similar products you will find at CVS and
Walgreens. Use distilled water only.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Dry skin, itchiness, and reactions to dry skin can be
prevented by using a light moisturizer after you shower or bathe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feels good and your skin will be happy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wearing shoes that have a good heavy sole will help in
slippery weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep your feet happy
with moisturizing and using a foot file on rough heals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There are many ways to be active during fall and
winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Physical activity has been
associated with reduced depression and anxiety, as well as improved cognitive
functioning and mood.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Walking outdoors except in extreme
weather can be continued throughout the winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yak Trax, sold at EMS and REI, are great for walking in icy streets and
sidewalks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trekking poles with tips for
city walking will help with balance and also will give you an upper body
workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The MagneTrainer is a mini-bicycle
that can be used indoors in bad weather for both legs and upper body; an
inexpensive alternative to bigger and more cumbersome exercise equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Nia is a great, fun, indoor
activity that will keep you active and energized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See </span><a href="http://www.niaboston.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">www.niaboston.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">
for classes, teachers, and locations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are classes at Laughing Dog Yoga<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><a href="http://www.ldyoga.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">www.ldyoga.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>right next door to my office on Linden Street
and at Fitness Club for Women across the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Join a gym.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also referred people to Fitness
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">8 glasses of hot or
cold water, herbal tea, or diluted fruit juices each day will keep you well
hydrated and will help with energy, skin, digestion, reducing cold symptoms, and
will prevent headaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I drink a glass
of Emergen-C with 12 ozs of water—it <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>gives me my daily vitamin C and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>electrolytes each day. I also drink diluted apple cider vinegar (the unfiltered kind, Bragg's, can be found at Whole Foods. This is a refreshing drink and is a tried and true folk remedy for overall health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Somatic sensations
are physical experiences arising from our nervous systems through our muscles,
joints, skin, viscera, and our bodies as a whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sensations are messages from the body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can develop awareness by paying close and
sustained attention to our sensory experiences without<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>judging them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Once we are able to pay attention, we listen, hear, and trust these
messages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can rely on them for
insights about ourselves, for guidance <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in making wise choices, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and in caring for ourselves. In our
relationships, we can empathize with others more effectively as we imagine what
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Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-16363077641570207092011-08-18T13:34:00.000-07:002011-09-13T15:47:56.979-07:00Eastern Group Psychotherapy Plenary and WorkshopGroups of the Body, Groups of the Mind: Neuroscience and Attachment Theory Come to Life<br />
Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society Plenary: November 18 and 19, 2011<br />
Group psychotherapy continues to evolve and group leaders continue to develop. Their interventions are guided by professional training, the latest research in neuroscience and attachment theory, and their own lived experiences. This plenary will explore how each of us develops a way of working that is both personally comfortable and clinically effective, and how we keep learning even after we have found the theory and practice that is the best fit for us.<br />
Two expert clinicians will demonstrate their answers to these questions, each taking a demonstration group from the same moment of crisis, offering a snapshot of the same moment developing in different ways. Their approaches—Mentalization-Based Treatment (grounded in the work of Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman) and Somatic Psychology as applied to group psychotherapy—are psychodynamic approaches that focus attention in ways that may be quite new for many of us. Quite different from one another, each approach offers clinical understandings and interventions that are accessible and readily incorporated into our ongoing clinical work.<br />
The leaders, the group members, and the audience will have the opportunity to notice the similarities and differences in the two experiences. The group leaders will share with us how the development of their treatment approaches evolved from the matrix of theory, education, life experience, creativity, mentorship, practice setting, personal treatment, and perhaps even pure serendipity.<br />
Demonstration group leaders: <br />
Suzanne L. Cohen, EdD, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Wellesley, MA, and <br />
Steven Krugman, PhD, CGP, Private Practice, Boston and Newton, MA.<br />
Discussion facilitator: Barbara R. Cohn, PhD, ABPP, LFAGPA, Associate Professor of Medical Psychology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.<br />
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Plenary co-chairs: Sherry Breslau, PhD, CGP, Private Practice, and Peter J. Taylor, PhD, SEP, CGP, FAGPA, Past-President, EGPS.<br />
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Contact <a href="http://www.egps.org/">www.egps.org</a><br />
Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-82884233525977401952007-09-16T10:51:00.000-07:002007-09-16T10:52:31.257-07:00Nia PoetryJoy for No Reason<br />By Danna Faulds<br /><br /><br />I am filled with quiet<br />joy for no reason save<br />the fact that I'm alive.<br />The message I receive<br />is clear--there's no time<br />to lose from loving, no<br />place but here to offer<br />kindness, no day but this<br />to be my true, unfettered<br />self and pass the flame<br />from heart to heart. This<br />is the only moment that<br />exists--so simple, so<br />exquisite, and so real.Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-68918670858128885452007-09-11T19:07:00.000-07:002007-09-11T19:08:01.352-07:00My Summer Vacation Nia DiaryJuly 11, 2007<br /><br />What I Am Doing on my Summer Vacation<br /><br />I am a convert. I have crossed over from the life of the mind to the life of the bodymind. I am now a true believer. <br /><br />During my July vacation I hiked familiar trails in Maine, in the Camden Hills. Every trail felt new to me, every step I took was grounded and efficient. Going up, going down, finding my way through rocks and tree roots, climbing onto and over slabs of granite, sensing the slippery, wet stones after a rain shower, everything was easy, like floating. What accounted for my delight? My ability to connect to the earth through my base, my feet, legs, and pelvis. My own tree trunk. My experience with The Nia Technique over the past 8 years has brought me to this place of dynamic ease, dancing through life.<br /><br />Yesterday, a day at home: my stomach is in a knot and I feel stuck in this state. I’m not really trying to distract myself from it, knowing it is necessary for me to be feelings these feelings. I’m here for some reason I do not understand as yet. I decided to watch a DVD of a new Nia routine which I wanted to learn. I spent a few minutes moving along with the class as I watched. One of the moves was from tae kwon do, pushing the heal of my right hand forward as I stepped back with the right foot into a bow stance. I exhaled with a loud “heeeett” as I pushed the breath out of my lungs. That simple gesture and sound changed my mood. All the fear and anxiety that I had been internalizing had a place to go. I repeated the movement a few times, totally engaged, feeling my energy return. My mood shifted, as did my thoughts, from depressive and dark to optimistic and joyful.<br /><br />This simple transformation has sparked an idea. How habitual is it for me to internalize my feelings? Wasn’t that what I was taught growing up? I was the little girl who was told to sit with her hands folded in school. I so wanted to move and express myself that I resorted to singing to myself, at a low whisper. Of course, my mother got a call from the school that I was singing when I was supposed to be quiet. Because I was a good little girl, I stopped. Internalizing, keeping quiet about what was going on inside of me was taught at home, too. My mother told her friends, “Suzy never gives me any trouble.” Internalizing and containing was taught to me when I became a therapist. Listen, don’t laugh or cry or show your fear or horror over what you hear. Be a transference object. Keep yourself out of it.<br /><br />Today I taught a Nia class. I chose to focus on the base, the feet, legs, and pelvis. I felt such joy this morning as I prepared. I chose music by Candy Dulfer, a female saxophonist with her own brand of funky music called “Girls’ Night Out:” expression of joy, fun, playfulness, aggression, sexuality, sensuality. “Sultry” was the pearl, the word on this hot and humid day that embodied the movements. My students, who are all middle-aged like me, come to class to express, to feel their bodies move, to bring outside what is locked inside. In the process we become fit, we sweat, we are spontaneous.<br /><br />Come dance with me sometime. Give yourself the opportunity of a lifetime, to express, to ex-ternalize, to bring what is inside out, to breathe, to be funny, sad, angry, afraid, and let yourself and everyone see. Let your face shine, be wholly yourself, all of you, body, mind, emotions, spirit, energy.Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262612754450313378.post-36541688337800765082006-12-29T17:03:00.000-08:002006-12-29T17:04:21.874-08:00Signing onI am initiating a blog in order to post articles, update classes, and communicate about my Nia classes, workshops, and NiaPsychotherapy.Suzanne L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704025684641496764noreply@blogger.com0