THE INNER STAGE

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Back to School, What Was It Like?"
2015-09-10 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about what our school experiences were and how they affected us as children. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "The Double Bind...How Do We Get Out of It?"
2015-08-13 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about ways we feel trapped in our lives due to our childhood experiences, and how to free ourselves. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Inter-Dependence vs. Co-Dependence"
2015-07-09 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about healthy and unhealthy dependence on others. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Fathers…Who We Are & Where We Came From"
2015-06-11 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
In time for Father’s Day, Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about our relationship with our fathers. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Mothers…Who We Are & Where We Came From"
2015-05-14 18:30 - 20:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
In time for Mother’s Day, Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about our relationship with our mothers. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Planting the Seeds of Rebirth"
2015-04-09 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about renewal and personal growth. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Healthy Boundaries…What Are They?"
2015-03-12 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about how we develop healthy boundaries for ourselves. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "What Is Love and What Is Addiction?"
2015-02-12 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about love addiction and its root causes. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Onsite Workshops Intensive Group Leader
2015-01-17 - 2015-01-22, 2014-10-17 - 2014-10-21 | Onsite Workshops, 1044 Old Highway 48 N., Cumberland Furnace, TN, 37051, United States
Valerie will be running an individual intensive at Onsite Workshops in Cumberland Furnace, TN.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "New Beginnings...Getting Unstuck"
2015-01-08 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop focused on starting the new year by freeing ourselves from any places we feel stuck inside. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Looking Forward to the New Year"
2014-12-11 18:30 - 21:00 | NY
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop focusing on saying goodbye to 2014 and looking toward goals for the New Year. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of the Holidays"
2014-11-20 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
PLEASE NOTE THIS WORKSHOP IS THE 3RD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH!
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop about the stress that the holiday season can place on us. Family visits for Thanksgiving, Christmas/Chanukah, and New Year’s Eve can challenge all of us, but for those in recovery, they can test our sobriety.
This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Keeping It Simple"
2014-10-09 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop based on the recovery phrase “Keeping It Simple.”
This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Letting Go and Letting God"
2014-09-11 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Valerie will run an open psychodrama workshop based on the recovery phrase about having faith: “Let go and let God.” It will take place on the anniversary of 9/11/01, so any related trauma work will be explored.
This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama or recovery experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Looking Back Without Staring"
2014-08-14 18:30 - 21:00 | CATA, 122 W. 26th St. Suite 701, New York, NY, 10001, United States
How do we balance working on old traumas without getting stuck in the past? Come find out at our monthly Thursday night workshop. This psychodrama workshop is open to all, no previous psychodrama experience is necessary.

Open Psychodrama Workshop at CATA - "Embracing Change in My Recovery"
2014-07-10 18:30 - 21:00 | NY
Valerie is hosting a new, low cost, monthly open psychodrama workshop at CATA on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:30PM – 9PM.
The first of the series will be entitled Embracing Change in My Recovery.
All are welcome, no psychodrama experience is necessary!

Caron Foundation Thursday Night Psychodrama Workshop
2014-05-08 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Valerie will be facilitating the Thursday Night Live Psychodrama workshop at the Caron Foundation. The topic will be My Mother’s Voice Inside of Me, How Does It Sound?

Onsite Workshop Intensive Group Leader
2014-03-21 - 2014-03-25 | NY

Onsite Workshops Intensive Group Leader
2014-01-24 - 2014-01-28, 2013-10-18 08:30 - 2013-10-22 15:00 | NY
Valerie will be running an individual intensive at Onsite Workshops in Cumberland Furnace, TN

Our Best Intentions at Performa 13
2013-11-12 18:30 - 2013-11-23 20:00 | NY
Valerie will be a moderator for Israeli video/performance artist Einat Amir’s premiere of Our Best Intentions, an interactive theatre performance, commissioned by Artis and premiering at Performa 13. There will be ten nightly performances between November 12 – November 23.
Our Best Intentions invites audience members to take part in an intimate participatory performance combining elements from psychotherapy, theater and art. As individuals walk into a space divided into four domestic areas — a family lounge, a bedroom, a study, and a dining room – each participant selects a vest featuring an array of labels, such as “mother,” “doubt,” “addiction,” “lover,” and so forth. Under the direction of four moderators, the performance becomes a collaborative session wherein participants are encouraged to use personal stories and memories to confront unresolved issues, form momentary and intimate connections with strangers, and reveal themselves in unexpected ways.

Our Best Intentions is an unpredictable series of interactions between moderators and audience members that seeks to contrast the individual/internal experience of therapy with the more dramatic devices of performance. As the action moves through the demarcated space, the audience is both active and passive, taking turns to watch other rooms and participate within their own, adding to the climatic, often emotional rollercoaster ride of different scenes that will unfold in the space.
See more at: http://www.artiscontemporary.org/features_detail.php?id=293#sthash.YeWlkFmd.dpuf
About Performa 13 – Founded in 2004 by art historian and curator RoseLee Goldberg, Performa is the leading organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth-century art and to encouraging new directions in performance for the twenty-first century. Performa 13 is the only biennial dedicated to commissioning, presenting and exploring new visual art performance across disciplines. For three weeks, November 1 – 24, 2013, Performa and a consortium of innovative organizations will band together to transform New York City into an international platform for celebrating live art.

The Mind-Body Connection at Massage Space NYC
2013-11-01 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
This Friday Night Forum at Massage Space NYC will explore the mind-body connection, and ways for practitioners to be aware of the emotional component of massage therapy. This experiential workshop will help practitioners discover the way trauma gets stored in our bodies on a cellular level and how there is a physical component to releasing it. Participants will engage in their own emotional processes in a safe and nurturing environment so they can be better equipped to handle the emotional experiences of their clients on the massage table. There will be time to process the stress of how to manage energetic transferences from clients to therapists, counter-transference issues, and the importance of self-care as a practitioner.

Caron Foundation Thursday Night Psychodrama Workshop
2013-07-11 18:00 - 20:00 | NY
Valerie will facilitate a psychodrama workshop entitled Sober Summer Fun – Learning How to Play in Recovery at the Caron Foundation in NYC.

NYU Silver School of Social Work Creative Arts Therapy Panel
2013-05-01 17:30 - 18:30 | NYU Silver School of Social Work, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Valerie will participate in a Creative Arts Therapy panel to discuss psychodrama and possible future career opportunities for Silver Social Work School students.

The Inner Stage Workshop - Stage Fright! (and How to Manage It)™
2013-04-22 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Stage Fright! (and How to Manage It)™
Actors and performers will explore what causes performance anxiety in a safe and confidential environment. Any historical issues will be worked through to free actors to enjoy their performances fully. Relieve yourself of the burden of fear and relish your time in the spotlight!

Moving Exiles: The Bridge Between Internal Family Systems & Psychodrama
2013-04-12 10:00 - 13:00 | 71st Annual Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama Conference, Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 22202, United States
Moving Exiles: The Bridge Between Internal Family Systems & Psychodrama – 71st Annual Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama Conference
Presented by Valerie Simon, LCSW, PAT and Adrienne Glasser, LCSW, RDMT
We will explore the Internal Family Systems [IFS] concept of “unburdening exiles” and how it relates to psychodramatic method. In IFS, exiles are wounded internal children or traumatized parts that are frozen in time. An overview of IFS leads to spontaneous therapeutic movement sequences from various internal parts. We conclude with a full psychodrama, working with all parts from an IFS perspective, including exiles. We will combine many modalities such as movement, mind/body awareness, IFS, and psychodrama.

Onsite Workshops Intensive Group Leader
2013-03-22 09:00 - 2013-03-25 15:00 | Onsite Workshops, 1044 Old Highway 48N, Cumberland Furnace, TN, 37051, United States
Valerie will facilitate an experiential therapy intensive at Onsite Workshops in Cumberland Furnace. TN.

The Inner Stage™ Workshop - Taming the Inner Critic™
2013-02-25 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Taming the Inner Critic™
Actors and performers will explore why the toughest critic to our performances is often ourself. In a safe and confidential environment, actors will let go of the harsh internal voice that prevents us from enjoying our roles and performances. Break free from the inner critic and find your positive and supportive inner voice!

NY SAG-AFTRA Conservatory
2013-02-15 10:00 - 12:00 | NY SAG-AFTRA North, 360 Madison Ave. at 45th St, 14th fl Boardroom, New York, NY, United States
The Inner Stage™ at NY SAG-AFTRA Conservatory is an introductory experiential workshop created by Valerie Simon to help professional actors access their creativity and spontaneity using psychodrama. Valerie guides Conservatory members to remove any emotional blocks so they can manifest more authentic performances and face challenging roles with confidence.
