Contact us to schedule this event with a link to my email address. Introduction to use of creative arts methods to facilitate heath and healing (drama, dance, music, art, literature) – body, mind, heart, and spirit. Individuals will identify goals for individual well-being and identify obstacles to meeting those goals and experience how creative arts […]
Contact us to schedule this event with a link to my email address. Health Educator, lifestyle consultant, fitness/yoga instructor and psychodramatist Linda Ciotola joins social worker, singer/songwriter and experiential therapist Kathy Amsden to provide an informative, fun and hands-on experience of putting Wellness Into Action.
Contact us to schedule this event with a link to my email address. For Eating Disorder clients, the struggles with food, weight, and appearance reflect the inability to voice feelings and emotional pain. The body becomes the battleground for this war of self expression. Clients become silent and “stuck” in self destructive patterns in an […]
Overview: This consultation group will explore members’ questions and concerns about applying action methods in their settings of choice. We expect to address issues such as: Ways to introduce and explain the rationale for using action methods in individual and group settings.
Contact us to schedule this event with a link to my email address. ONGOING WORKSHOP
1. CARDIOVASCULAR (AEROBIC) EXERCISE: 3-5 Times per week 20-60 Minutes per session At 60-85% of Maximum Heart Rate – This is called the Target Heart Rate Zone.
1. Avoid “all or nothing” thinking. Keep the American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines* as a goal, but remember, every little bit helps. A 5 minute walk is better than 5 minutes of sitting. Little by little we go far. 2. Don’t think of exercise as “one more thing to do”, rather, think of being […]
1. Practice positive self-talk: “I am worthy of healthy behavior. I deserve to take time to exercise.” 2. Avoid “all or nothing” thinking. For example, don’t say, “I only have 10 minutes for exercise – why bother?” Every 10 minutes helps to build a regular routine and relieve stress.
By Linda Ciotola, M.Ed., TEP co-author with Karen Carnabucci of “Healing Eating Disorders With Psychodrama and Other Action Methods – Beyond the Silence and the Fury” “Anorexia is both the result of a protest against the cultural rule that your women must be beautiful. In the beginning, a young woman strives to be thin and […]
Contact us to schedule this event with a link to my email address. In our book on healing eating disorders we emphasize the benefits of a holistic approach to the treatment of issues such as disordered eating, body dissatisfaction, related mood disorders and more. Action methods which involve the body as well as the mind, […]