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Subject: Workshop/Retreat for Katrina Animal
Rescuers
Getting Closure and Building Community:
A Workshop/Retreat for
Katrina Animal Rescuers
Hello All!
;I am happy
to report that based on your feedback and interest, I will be offering this
workshop/retreat on June 4th in Arlington, Va., with a possible evening
portion on June 3rd.
The cost will be $85 per person and this will
include all supplementary materials and art supplies for therapeutic art
activity.
Many of you expressed interest in the
workshop/retreat already but I now need to get a better idea on the number of
attendees, as this will determine the exact location.
I will send
out a more formal agenda once I have secured the locale. For those of you
who would like more information before committing, please feel free to email me
directly with any questions or requests. (piapia adelphia.net).
Please be clear that this is not therapy but rather
psycho-educational in nature with community building and therapeutic activities
offered.
Below is a more detailed description of the
workshop/retreat and I have attached the initial letter to rescuers that
prompted me to create this forum for all of you.
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Please let me
know if you plan to attend so that I can reserve a space for
you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
In Kinship,
Pia
(piapiaadelphia.net)
Pia Salk is a clinical psychologist and
co-founded Animal Rescue New Orleans with Jane Garrison and David
Meyer.
Getting Closure and Building Community:
A Workshop/Retreat for Katrina Animal Rescuers
The focus of this workshop/retreat will be
on the grief and rage still felt, issues of reintegrating to the world around
us, ways to cope, ways to garner support, what to do now, how to get help, how
to remain effective and so forth.
The purpose is be multi- fold:
-to provide a safe and contained forum to express feelings
-to offer a
sense of closure
-to re-establish our connection to one another
-to
re-energize for the work that is ahead and so important to all of us
-to
create a memorial for the animals
Some presentations will be more
academic in nature (e.g. a speaker or 2 who have published on grief and
animals), while others will offer more interactive exercises (voluntarily) and
have a healing component using art and journaling exercises as tools.
There will also be opportunities to share feelings and coping strategies.
Please send any questions to
piapiaadelphia.net
Important
Note: This is not therapy and should not be considered as such.
While some exercises would certainly be R16;therapeutic,’ they are not
meant to replace actual therapy or the professional services of a psychologist,
psychiatrist or other mental health professional.
Dr. Pia Salk
Revolution begins
with an individual
Be
kind to animals!
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