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Lifestage Inc.

Lifestage, Inc is a training and consulting company that has offered professional development workshops and classes and workplace wellness programs for the past 25 years, specializing in creative, experiential methods that are firmly grounded in scientific evidence. We are highly trained in experiential methods, including psychodrama, Applied Improvisation, and Interactive Theater in clinical and education settings, and train health care, medical, education and business professionals in applications of these methods.
Lifestage, Inc, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0270. All the training workshops listed below are approved for Continuing Education hours for social workers.
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CANCELLATION POLICY: If Lifestage cancels an event for any reason, fees are refunded in full. Lifestage will refund the full fee to a participant who cancels up to 48 hours before the event. Within 48 hours of the event the fee less $25 will be refunded. Fees are not refunded for no-shows, but if pre-registered participants are unable to attend and contact Lifestage, their fees will be credited to a future event of their choice.

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Fios TV did a segment about (mostly) TRUE THINGS and the intersection between storytelling and mental health.

(mostly) TRUE THINGS storytelling show

July 14, 2017, 9:30 pm (mostly) TRUE THINGS has been selected for StoryFest, an always-sold-out festival of storytelling shows at The Pit Loft, 154 W 29th St., New York. Storyfest 2017 | Peoples Improv Theater
Saturday Sept 16, 2017 at The Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, NY
Mon Sept 25, 2017 at Classic Cafe in Malvern, IA
Sat Oct. 7, 2017 at The Pit Loft in NYC. Tickets
Watch videos of stories told in recent shows on Vimeo

UPCOMING CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES IN 2017

Lifestage, Inc, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0270. All the training workshops listed below are approved for Continuing Education hours for social workers.

Breaking Through Barriers To Change Through Applied Improvisation

Tuesday July 11, 2017 1-5 pm
at Lifestage, Inc, 496 Smithtown Bypass Suite 202 Smithtown, NY.
$65 REGISTER ONLINE

As agents of change in peoples' individual lives as well as in groups and communities, social workers expertly support and facilitate the creation of something new - a new state of mind, approach to a problem or sense of self. In this workshop, learn games and exercises for use in groups, classes and individual work. These are powerful tools that therapists and educators in any area of practice can use to share information in a highly engaging way and provide hands-on interpersonal, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills. READ MORE AND REGISTER ONLINE

STORYTELLING AND IMPROVISATION INTENSIVE: The Creative Process of Attitude Change

Wed July 26, 2017 10 am - 5 pm
at Lifestage, Inc, 496 Smithtown Bypass Suite 202 Smithtown, NY.
$100 6hours of CE for social workers approved by NYS REGISTER ONLINE

This workshop will be a deep dive into the parallels between the creative and change process. The experiences will focus on understanding the stages of both, cultivate thinking and relationship skills that are essential to the change process, engage the thinking, emotional and imaginative brain and redirect fear of the unknown. We will discuss research into both storytelling and improvisation as effective methods for consciousness-raising, information-sharing, shaping attitudes and social-emotional skill development. READ MORE AND REGISTER ONLINE

Jude Treder-Wolff writes for Medium.com Follow her by clicking here Medium.com@judetrederwolff

Do Stories Shape Our Reality Or Does Reality Shape Our Stories? Yes.

We are always forming stories about what other people are thinking, why someone is behaving the way they do, and what our part in narrative might be. Whether they are true are not, those internal stories guide our perception in important ways. As Joan Didion writes "we are the stories we tell ourselves." read article.

The Therapeutic Benefits Of Telling Your Stories

The creative effort and emotional courage it can require to develop our storytelling skills can have substantial reward. Research shows that storytelling builds stronger social bonds and an uptick in that intangible but psychologically powerful sense of being heard and understood by others.read article

Cultivate Creative Courage With The Improviser's MindSet

If we think of our ideas, plans and desires in life as seeds that require some degree of creative courage to take root, developing an improviser?s mindset is like what a gardener uses to prepare the soil and maintain the conditions for growth. Through the creative experience of improvisation-whether that is playing improv games or learning how to build complex scenes-we cultivate a skill set and way of connecting with other people that allows exploration of ideas and a story to unfold in real time. We can experience what it is like to take creative risks and move through the emotional discomfort of change in a way that is engaging and fun. read article