For five days and four nights in the rolling hills of Magliano-in-Toscana, Italy, Valerie Simon, LCSW, PAT, and Claudia Palmira will help you uncover the sober pleasures of bringing true, authentic joy to your life. Through daily reflection, psychodramatic work, self-exploration, and creativity, you will discover how to guide your inner self to outward joy […]
Sometimes our early life experiences were so traumatic that they color how we view ourselves in the world. How do we shift from feeling like a victim to owning our lives? In this psychodrama workshop, we’ll creatively break free from feelings of helplessness and learn to empower ourselves as adults. No previous psychodrama experience is […]
Valerie leads the monthly meeting for Onsite alumni. Onsite alumni groups are an opportunity to reconnect and serve as a refresher to the life-changing moments that occurred during an Onsite Workshop. Anyone who has attended an Onsite program is welcome.
"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow" – Melody Beatty. What are you grateful for? Join us for this open psychodrama workshop where we’ll pause and explore reasons to be thankful. Learn to cultivate gratitude for even our greatest challenges that can become our greatest teachers. […]
Valerie leads an individual intensive at Onsite Workshops in Cumberland Furnace, TN. For more information visit Onsite.
Sometimes we don’t give ourselves enough time to review our year and reflect on all of our progress in recovery. Join us for an open psychodrama workshop that will allow us the space to celebrate our accomplishments and look ahead to what we hope to develop in the upcoming year. No previous psychodrama experience is […]
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth – not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha. Embrace 2019 as a new beginning. Please join us for the first open psychodrama workshop of 2019 to welcome the New Year. No previous psychodrama experience is necessary. Please register via Eventbrite […]
Do you create barriers between yourself and others in an effort to avoid emotional intimacy? Is this a frustration in your life? In this open psychodrama workshop, we will explore barriers that may affect our ability to give and receive love, and how to work through it. No previous psychodrama experience is necessary. Please register […]
Have you discovered your true voice or do you say and do what you think others want you to do? Do you want to seek peace within your inner self? In this open psychodrama workshop, we will tune in to discover what your authentic voice sounds like when it speaks. No previous psychodrama experience is […]
Valerie will be on a panel of experiential therapists discussing the efficacy of psychodrama. Valerie will then do a 60 minute demonstration where participants will learn about the three-part method of psychodrama and it’s history. She will train the audience about the basic elements of psychodrama and two of the fundamental experiential techniques - the […]
