Gentle Nia Class will be held at
Laughing Dog Yoga, Wellesley, MA
www.ldyoga.com
for details about directions and class fees
Begins November 8, 2013, 11am-Noon
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
New Nia Class for People with Cancer and their Caregivers
I am pleased to announce a new Nia class.
Nia for people with cancer and
their caregivers is a collaboration between Facing Cancer Together and the West
Suburban YMCA
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.
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
DAY: Tuesdays, beginning
October 22, 2013
TIME: 10:30-11:30 AM
Led by: Suzanne L. Cohen,
Licensed Nia Practitioner and Psychologist
Studio Location: West
Suburban YMCA, Newton, MA
New Gentle Nia Class
New Class
Gentle Nia
Movement Medicine for Health and Wellbeing
Suzanne Cohen, Nia Instructor
Fridays, 11am to Noon
Beginning November 8, 2013
Nia is a sensory-based movement practice that
draws inspiration from dance arts, martial arts and healing
arts. This gentle Nia class
is for people of all
ages and abilities; and those coping with or recovering from injury
or illness who would like a gentle movement experience.
Soul-stirring music is the foundation for movement that each
person can adapt to individual needs.
Nia activates and
expands our capacity for personal healing and well-being; in Nia
we move the way our bodies were meant to move, with
ease, joy, balance, and pleasure.
The instructor of Gentle Nia is Suzanne L. Cohen.
She has been
teaching Nia and using it for her
own personal growth and healing for 15 years. She is a
Licensed Psychologist and integrates Nia with her psychotherapy practice.
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
Health and Wellness
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 www.nianow.com.
Dr.
Suzanne Cohen:
- Empowers you to discover the healing forces within you
- Works with you to promote health of the body, mind, and spirit
- Addresses your issues from psychodynamic and interpersonal perspectives
- Assists you in managing physical illness and symptoms, including pain, lupus, cancer, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, eating disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders
- Teaches alternative approaches, such as sensory awareness, expressive movement, breath work, meditation, guided imagery, affirmations, and journaling
- Is well versed in other approaches and makes referrals to Nia yoga, tai-chi, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, physical therapy, and occupational therapy
- Sees each individual as a whole
living system, with the understanding that physical disease has powerful
emotional and psychological components; when these components are
addressed, physical health and wellbeing improve
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
NSGP Experiential Group June 8, 2012
-
Integrating
the Mind, the Body and the Emotions in an experiential process group
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.
Traditional group therapy addresses cognitive and emotional processing
and focuses on understanding and meaning making. Sensory experience is a third domain that can
be utilized in group therapy. In this
experiential process group we will learn to access present experience from all
three domains (cognition, emotion, and somatic experiences), and will see how
contributions from these three domains deepen self-awareness,
interpersonal connection, and group cohesiveness.
See www.nsgp.com to see brochure and register
I will also be one of three discussants for the special presentation at the conference.
Workshop in NYC March 8, 2012
I will be giving a workshop on March 8 from 2:30 to 5 pm at the Sheraton Hotel, Midtown Manhattan. Please see www.agpa.org to register. Here is the detailed schedule:
Your Body is Your Supervisor: Using body awareness and
expressive movement (The Nia Technique) to explore therapeutic dilemmas in
groups
I. Introduction (20 mins) objective #1
A. Names, your interest
in mind/body integration. Review
schedule of workshop.
B. Didactic
presentation of somatic psychology
II. Guiding
participants in sensation focused body awareness and discussion:(15 Minutes) objective #1, 3
A. Discussion to
include: word or phrase to describe what
you are experiencing in your body, what you notice or noticed.
B. Each person write
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.
II. Movement to Music
(15 mins) Objective #2
Experiential movement to music with three levels of
intensity: easy and calm music and
movement, more intense rhythms, and
quiet and relaxed music.
III. Meditation (10 minutes) Objective #2
Focus on body
sensations, emotions, energy in and out of the body; where energy flows and
where it gets stuck; access felt sense, whole body experience
IV. Focus on the issue
or problem that participants wrote down earlier. (20 mins) objective # 1, 2, 3
Focus on the body’s way of experiencing the problem. Notice any sensations and emotions, images,
thoughts, etc., that connect with the whole of it. Any emotions.
In pairs, participants discuss their dilemma and listen with body awareness
for insights and discoveries.
V. Discussion,
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
VII. Evaluations (10
mins)
Ongoing Consultation Group for Psychotherapists 2012
CONSULTATION GROUP FOR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS:
Sensation
Focused Experiential Psychotherapy
I am offering an ongoing consultation group for
psychotherapists that focuses on integrating the body into the therapy process,
Sensation Focused Experiential Psychotherapy.
Traditional psychotherapy relies on verbal expression almost
exclusively. This consultation group incorporates movement, body awareness, and
verbal communication in a group format.
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 transition into presentation of case material
and self-study so that members can
develop their own ways of integrating the body into their psychotherapy practices.
The goal is for participants to develop
embodied attunement. There will be
readings and homework assignments to supplement our work together.
By participating in this group, you will learn to assist
yourself and your clients in individual, couples and group psychotherapy:
- to approach life and
relationship issues in new ways,
when traditional talking-only psychotherapy has been of limited
value for desired changes
- to explore relationship difficulties with
the added information from the body
- to access emotions and
facilitate emotional expression
- to enhance body attunement
and awareness of sensations
- to relieve symptoms of
anxiety and depression at a physiological and emotional level and
develop somatic resources
The group will meet every other Wednesday, from 3:30-5 pm in
my Wellesley office. There is a limit of
6 members.
- Winter/Spring 2012 dates: Feb 15, 29; March 14, 28; April 11, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, 20.
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. An individual session is required before
joining at no additional charge.
About the group leader:
I am a psychologist and have been
in private practice for over 30 years, working with individuals, couples and
groups. I am a Certified Group
Psychotherapist and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy
Association. I have supervised and
consulted 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. I authored a paper entitled “Coming to our Senses: the application of somatic psychology to
group psychotherapy” which was published in the International Journal of Group
Psychotherapy, July, 2011.
For the past twelve years I have taught classes and led
workshops in The Nia Technique. I have
led therapy groups that integrate body awareness and expressive movement with
dynamic psychotherapy.
For fees and more information, please feel free to contact
me by phone or e-mail.
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