Reflections from Blue Mountain Retreat – Psychodrama Intensive
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Excerpt from Behind the Scenes at Laurel Psychodrama Training Institute (BHS-LPTI), Spring 2022 Edition
Notes from Cathy: Emerging from Covid Isolation into Healing Connection at the 2022 LPTI Psychodrama Intensive
Twelve participants joined guest trainer, Linda Ciotola, trained auxiliary ego, Will Halm, and me to co-create the LPTI Psychodrama Intensive, March 10-14. After having to cancel last year, the team was excited to be able to meet in person at Blue Mountain Retreat Center in Western Maryland. Our host, Blue Mountain proprietor, chef extraordinaire and massage therapist, Beth Ehrhardt, provided all the comforts of home and more–delicious, nutritious family-style meals, relaxing facilities and grounds, and on-request massage therapy sessions.
Happy 101st birthday psychodrama !
Happy 101st birthday psychodrama !
THE INTERSECTING METHODS MODEL OF HEALING TRAUMA. INTERVIEW WITH L.CIOTOLA. PARTS 1, 2 AND 3.
This is a short segment of one of several video interviews designed to provide education on using action methods ( experiential ) in clinical , therapeutic, and educational settings . See this free segment below.
Wholistic View of Pain Management
While pain management often focuses primarily on easing physical pain, there are other aspects of pain management that need to be addressed as well. Chronic physical pain creates a vicious cycle of stress responses and increased inflammation- worsening physical pain and the perception of it. In addition, physical pain – and sometimes the pharmaceuticals used to treat it – can contribute to alterations in mood as well as disturbances in eating and sleeping patterns.
Loss of ability to maintain usual activities can impact job performance and relationships and impair self-esteem and such self-care practices as physical activity , hobbies, healthy food preparation and general self-sufficiency and well-being. Depression resulting from chronic pain can lead to a feeling of loss of one’s faith and absence of comfort from spiritual resources.
Food for Thought
There is increasing evidence that the US Dietary Guidelines are under question by a growing number of scientists, doctors and nutritionists. Dr. Mark Hyman, formerly of Canyon Ranch, now at the Cleveland Clinic, found through his personal experience with mercury toxicity what happens to the brain under a toxic load from poison. In addition, his recovery journey unveiled how a number of brain disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s, autism, Parkinson’s, MS and other what he calls “broken brain” disorders are associated with insufficient fat in the diet. Parallel to this, other research has been uncovered showing that a high sugar, high refined carbohydrate diet not only contributes to diabesity but is “poison” to the brain.
Creative Conversations in Somatic Psychotherapy
Interview for the US Bodypsychotherapy Assn .
June 2007: Linda Ciotola
Linda Ciotola, M.Ed., CHES, (ret.), CP/TEP is a Certified Clinical Psychodramatist, health educator, fitness and yoga instructor.
The following is a transcript of the original audio, which is part of the Creative Conversations on the USABP website (www.USABP.org). Please note that this conversation was meant to be a spontaneous ex-change, not an edited piece. For better or worse, the transcript retains the unedited quality of the conversation.
Linda Ciotola: Mindful Witness
ActivePause.com August 2017
Linda Ciotola is a Certified TEP: trainer-educator-practitioner of psychodrama, group psychotherapy, and sociometry; and an accredited Certified Trainer in the Therapeutic Spiral Model ™ of psychodrama used specifically for working with trauma survivors. She is Co-Leader and Developer of the Therapeutic Spiral Bodyworkshop specifically designed for healing body-based trauma issues and a Certified Health Education Specialist (Ret.) with 45 years experience in education, group facilitation, and lifestyle counseling. Linda holds ACE (American Council on Exercise) certifications as a Personal Trainer, Fitness and Yoga Instructor, Health Coach and MINDBODY Specialist. She was honored in 2008 with the Zerka Moreno Award for outstanding contributions to the field of Psychodrama. She is co-author with Karen Carnabucci of Healing Eating Disorders with Psychodrama and Other Action Methods – Beyond the Silence and the Fury. She presents widely at regional, national and international conferences.