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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.

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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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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.

(mostly) TRUE THINGS storytelling show
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.

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STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY

Friday Oct. 13, 2017
The Magnet Training Center 22 W. 32nd St. (between 5th and 6th Ave) 10th Floor, New York, NY
$75 4hours of CE for social workers approved by NYS REGISTER ONLINE

Resilience - the ability to adapt to unexpected change, cope creatively with adversity and thrive in the face of difficult circumstances - is an essential mind and skill set that can be learned over the course of one's lifetime. Creative experiences that strengthen skills associated with resilience form a foundation for telling a story of personal transformation.In this workshop we will explore how storytelling skills promote communication skills essential to psychological resilience, the power of story to inspire and sustain hope for individuals and communities and creative techniques for tapping creative energy that drive transformation. READ MORE AND REGISTER ONLINE

Good Games For Great Relationships: Strengthening Interpersonal Communication Through Applied Improvisation

Sat. Oct. 14,2017 1-5 pm
at Lifestage, Inc, 496 Smithtown Bypass Suite 202 Smithtown, NY.
$65 4 CEUs for social workers approved by NYS (Provider #0270) REGISTER ONLINE

Relationships are the infrastructure of our lives, and communication is the glue that holds them together. This workshop will provide background about the effective use of improv games in clinical and educational settings to promote healthy, positive interpersonal connections and teach immediately useful relationship skills. READ MORE

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

Creating A Climate For Communication in Science and Medicine Through Improvisation

Applied Improvisation is a creative method for getting very smart people who do important work to improve their ability to convey knowledge and expertise to the people impacted by it. But it is fundamentally a way to become better at all human interaction. In every area of life, we are always impacting and being impacted by others. Alan Alda - who provided the keynote address at the 2017 Applied Improvisation World Conference in Irvine, CA - created the Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science at Stonybrook University where he uses improv games and exercises he learned years ago to develop as an actor to train scientists, doctors and researchers to be more effective communicators. read article

Fearful of Change? Improv Can Help

The more threatened and fearful we tend to be, the harder it is to say ?yes? to what is new and unfamiliar. We may recognize that change is always just around the corner. We might even know that change can be exactly what we need. But there are fears that must be faced and skills for facing them can be learned. read article

IMPROV RULES: Social-Emotional Development From The Classroom To The Consulting Room Through Applied Improvisation

This is the handout created for a workshop given at the Applied Improvisation Network World Conference at the University of Irvine-CA in August 2017. The skills that produce improv "magic" - where what happens onstage is so connected and inspired that it seems to have been written and rehearsed in advance - are the same skills we use to in groups and classes where important learning will take place. These skills begin to develop from the very first, most basic exposure to the games and exercises through which we learn the rules that guide improvised interactions. These rules can only be learned through direct social-emotional experience, and because every experience we have changes our brain, the kinds of skills cultivated through improv training translate into strengthening substantive and essential relationship and thinking competencies.. read article