Valerie will present an experiential workshop at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. The workshop will focus on utilizing experiential warm-ups with couples, spectrograms, locograms, social atom and trauma timeline.

How do you feel about change? For many, change can be daunting. Sometimes we need to take small steps to feel comfortable with change. Please join us for this open psychodrama workshop where we will explore strategies to embrace change in our lives. No previous psychodrama experience is necessary. Please register via Eventbrite link below: […]

Valerie will present an experiential workshop at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. The workshop will focus on psychodramatic techniques of doubling, role reversal and empty chair with couples.

Growing up with dysfunction, sometimes we carry shame inside that harms us. In this open psychodrama workshop, we will explore self-compassion and practice making peace with all parts of yourself. No previous psychodrama experience is necessary. Please register via Eventbrite link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/releasing-toxic-shame-tickets-54166140384?aff=erellivmlt 

Creator of psychodrama, Jacob L. Moreno, once said, “The body remembers what the mind forgets.” In this open psychodrama workshop, Valerie will lead the group through incorporating our bodies in recovery to recognize signs of unexpressed feelings. No previous psychodrama experience is necessary. Please register via Eventbrite link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-body-remembers-what-the-mind-forgets-tickets-54166198558?aff=erellivmlt

Valerie will be presenting a workshop called Utilizing Action Methods in Treatment of Addictions at the Social Work in the 21st Century City: Practice Innovations and Beyond Conference sponsored by the NASW. While there is no one treatment approach that is right for everyone, in this experiential workshop attendees will explore why action methods like […]

When we are working on recovery, sometimes we can forget how to play as adults. Awaken your inner child in this open psychodrama workshop where we will engage in play as a group. No previous psychodrama experience is necessary. Please register via Eventbrite link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-to-play-in-recovery-tickets-54166336972?aff=erellivmlt 

Valerie is pleased to offer a valuable training opportunity at NYU. In this three-hour, interactive and experiential workshop, she will explore psychodrama, the premier experiential therapy method that was created by psychiatrist JL Moreno, a former NYU instructor, in the 20th century, and examine what JL Moreno already intuitively knew several decades ago about treating trauma. This workshop […]

The trauma timeline is a paper and pencil exercise that can be shared with clients to help them construct a detailed history of their painful life experiences. In this experiential workshop, Valerie will explore the basic structure of the trauma timeline, plus ways to utilize action methods to help clients work through these life altering […]