Creating New Performances of Growing Older: A Short-Term Group led by Helen Abel and Rochelle Schwartz

Join Helen Abel and Shelley Schwartz for a 4-week social therapeutic group. Drawing on their expertise in leading meaningful conversations and creating environments for growth, Helen and Shelley invite you to explore and reshape how we relate to aging—and how others relate to us.

Together, we’ll discover and improvise creative ways to experience aging, respond to illness and physical changes, give and receive care, and continue developing throughout our lives.

This group is open to anyone interested in shifting the experience of aging from one marked by loss, fear, and stigma to one rooted in joy, connection, and growth.

Sessions held virtually, on Zoom, on Saturdays, September 13th, 20th, October 4th and 11th (at 1PM Eastern US Time - click dates for times in your part of the world)

Leader Biographies

Helen Abel loves to help people create new ways of dealing with the challenges of everyday living, including growing older. Her 40 years of experience as a social worker and social therapeutic life performance coach ground her work at Life Performance Coaching. Helen is an active member of Reimagining Dementia. She has come to believe that she can most effectively help people develop by supporting them to use their capacity to create, perform, and play.

Rochelle (Shelley) Schwartz has worked as a therapist, specializing in mental health and community wellness through creative group modalities. She is an Associate of the East Side Institute where she earned a certificate in group facilitation. Rochelle is also an Executive Administrator with experience supporting leadership teams in the natural products industry, tech startups, and nonprofits. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and Writing from NYU and a Master’s in Creativity Development from the Pratt Institute.