The Practice of Method: A Practical Introduction to the Artful Craft of Social Therapeutics

 At some point, I wanted more than a 'helping' role. I wanted to help people help each other to grow. I wanted to foster a growth community—a development community.

Rachel Mickenberg, LCSW

Day 1 - THE PRACTICE OF METHOD

Saturday, November 7 | 11:30am - 3:30pm (Eastern U.S.)

Explore and extend your social/relational clinical skills at this practical (developmental for you!), interactive workshop led and directed by social therapist, Rachel Mickenberg. Through a series of performance-based exercises -- and alongside fellow curious practitioners, healers, coaches, teachers and group facilitators -- sensuously practice building social therapeutic environments. Develop an artful, “walking along-side-of” therapeutic posture that relates to clients as the social creators of their lives and their emotional repertoire. Come away with a familiarity of key social therapeutic practices, including: performance, creative imitation, conversational activity, and keeping a focus on the group.

Day 2 - A RADICAL THERAPY FOR TURBULENT TIMES

Sunday, November 8 | 1:00 - 3:00pm (Eastern U.S.)

Then on Sunday, participate in a conversation with social therapeutic coaches and their clients and learn about the impact of this approach.

A limited number of scholarships are available for this offering (lowest registration price for the event is $60). For scholarship requests, write to clobman@eastsideinstitute.org. Include why you are interested in this practicum, and why you are asking for a scholarship.

Rachel Mickenberg, LCSW, is a social therapist, clinical mentor and educator. She co-founded the High School for Public Service in Brooklyn, NY and there built a youth mental health program open to all students. Currently, in her private practice, she leads groups with young people, families and adults. She is also a co-leader, with Drs. Hugh Polk and Jessie Fields of the Institute’s Creating Our Mental Health online workshops — open, monthly conversations generating community well-being and engaging understandings of mental health, psychiatric diagnoses and emotional distress. Rachel leads the Social Therapeutic Group Study Program and participants' clinical training and supervision.