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Adam D-F. Stevens (they|them), MA, RDT/BCT, is a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT)and Board-Certified Trainer who works with queer, POC, and neurodivergent youth in transforming their loss, grief, and trauma into unapologetic, abundant joy and empowerment. Adam serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Creative Arts Therapy/Applied Theatre Programs at Antioch University in Seattle, and Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. They are the Artistic Director for NYU’s Collideoscope Repertory Theatre Company, CRTC. CRTC’s mission is to advance racial justice and healing through performance. Adam is a doctoral student in the NYU’s Educational Theatre PhD Program. Adam is the Secretary for the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief, NACG where much of their work includes bringing a multicultural, social justice, and creative lens to grief and bereavement work. Additionally, they sit on the Board of Directors for the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) as the current President. Adam's superpowers are rooted in the fantastical forces of creativity and love.

The Alchemy of Expression: Transforming Trauma and Grief into Unapologetic and Abundant Joy

:Abstract

Creativity is a radical force—one that turns pain into power, grief into reclamation, and trauma into unapologetic joy. In expressive arts therapy, we wield movement, sound, image, and narrative as tools of liberation, transforming wounds into portals of resilience and possibility. This workshop dives into the transformative role of artistic expression in dismantling oppression, reigniting vitality, and forging pathways toward collective healing. By embracing the fullness of our experiences, rage, sorrow, ecstasy, and hope, we move beyond survival into a future where joy is abundant, healing is revolutionary, and art itself is an act of resistance. Together, we will redefine healing not as an endpoint, but as a continuous, defiant act of creative renewal.

Learning Objectives:

Identify key principles of expressive arts therapy that facilitate the transformation of trauma and grief into creative resilience and joy.

Explore how movement, sound, image, and narrative can be integrated into therapeutic practices to foster emotional processing and healing.

Examine the role of artistic expression in shifting from survival-based coping to a flourishing, joy-filled existence.

Apply strategies for cultivating unapologetic and abundant joy in clinical and community settings through creative interventions.

Reimagine healing as an ongoing, creative process of resistance and renewal, both individually and collectively.

 20.06.2025 הסדנה תתקיים ביום שישי 

התכנסות בשעה 09:00

עד השעה 13:30

עלות - 250 ש"ח מחיר מלא

200 ש"ח מחיר לחבר.ת יה"ת

להרשמה ותשלום - לחצ.י כאן

מרכז - פסגות - חולון - האיזמל 1, חולון

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