Redefine Therapy Expressive Arts Retreat

April 26-28, 2024
Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center
Villa Maria, PA

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Join us for our Annual Expressive Arts Retreat!

We are thrilled to be back in our retreat home at Villa Maria Education & Spirituality Retreat Center in Western Pennsylvania for the Redefine Therapy Expressive Arts Retreat, formerly called the Dancing Mindfulness Facilitators and Friends Retreat. Join us for this unique retreat experience that is known for its ability to bring together outside-of-the-box thinkers, feelers, and doers from a variety of professions. Select CE credit hours are available for our pre-retreat workshop this year. Retreat directed by Dr. Jamie Marich.
 
Special guests scheduled: Rev. John Michael Thornton, Dr. Kellie Kirksey, Spiral Rhythms Ensemble, Leah Hartman, and other guests TBA
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Jamie Marich playfully dancing and posing for the camera

Pre-Retreat Workshops

April 26, 2024

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“Going With” The Cycle of Death and Rebirth in EMDR, Clinical, and Wellness Work

PRESENTED BY Dr. Jamie Marich
& Rev. John Michael Thornton

In this full-day workshop, Dr. Jamie and Rev. John Michael Thornton reflect on Six major global religions, most notably Hinduism and Buddhism, espouse teaching on the cycle of death and rebirth—colloquially known as reincarnation.

9:00am-4:30pm, April 26, 2024
Cost: $75.00 (as retreat add-on, includes CEs)
Cost: $95.00 (as stand-alone course, no CEs)
Cost: $135.00 (as stand-alone course, CEs required)
Lunch is included at all price points.
6 CE credit hours available
For More Information & to Register as Stand-Alone

Feeling the Call to Facilitate?

We are now accepting proposals!

Have you been thinking about crafting your own retreat session, leading a dance chapel or yoga session?  If so, submit your proposal! 

 With this being the tenth anniversary of the retreat, we are especially interested in proposals and presentations that can show the evolution of Dancing Mindfulness as a practice and as a complete expressive arts therapy approach.

 

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Pictured: Dr. Jamie Marich & Irene Rodriguez

Retreat Package Options (April 26-28, 2024)

Pre-Retreat Workshop Options Add-ons (April 26th)

For those attending the retreat in-person, meals are included from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast. If you are adding the extra night Thursday breakfast and lunch are also included. We ask you to disclose any special dietary requests or accessibility accommodations requests in the registration form.

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Preliminary Retreat Agenda

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Dr. Jamie Marich leading a session during an Expressive Arts Therapy training

Redefine Therapy Expressive Arts Retreat 2024

DaySessionTimeLocation
Thursday, April 26Early Arrival for Those Who
Purchased an Extra Night		5:30pm-9:30pmBegel Hall West
Friday, April 27Breakfast (for Thursday overnight guests)8:15am-9:00am
Pre-Retreat Workshops (Optional)9:00am-4:30pmBegel Hall West
In-Person Retreat Arrivals4:00pm-7:00pmBegel Hall West
Dinner5:25pm-6:00pm
Free Time6:00pm-7:30pm
Opening Orientation & Dance with Dr. Jamie Marich7:30pm-9:30pmMother Madeline
Saturday, April 28Morning Yoga with Leah Hartman7:30am-8:30amMother Madeline
Breakfast8:15am-9:00am
Morning Session 1
Details TBA
All Participants		9:00am-10:30amMother Madeline
Morning Session 2:
Details TBA
All Participants		10:30am-11:45amMother Madeline
Lunch Break12:00am-1:00pm
Wellness Services Available (Extra Fee Applies)1:00pm-7:00pm Begel Hall West
Afternoon Session 1
Details TBA
All Participants		1:30pm-2:45pmMother Madeline
Afternoon Session 1
Details TBA
All Participants 		3:00-4:00pmMother Madeline
Yoga Nidra 4:15pm-5:00pmMother Madeline
Dinner5:25pm-6:00pm
Free Time6:00pm-7:30pm
Evening Program with Spiral Rhythms Ensemble (In-Person) or Free Time7:30-9:00pmMother Madeline
Sunday, April 30Dance Chapel 7:30am-8:30amMother Madeline
Breakfast8:15am-9:30am
TBA9:30am-10:00amMother Madeline
Share Your Practice: Closing Program Led by Dr. Jamie Marich & Participating Facilitators10:00am-12:00pmMother Madeline
Departure

Testimonials

What people are saying

"With the EMDR training scholarship discount I was able to help my therapy scholarship clients and even got to support Iranian therapists who are holding so much for their clients these days."
Dr. Hannah Alla Joharchi
Dr. Hannah Alla JoharchiFounder, Soft Heart Psychology
"ICM was one of the most well organized and engaging training platforms I have utilized. It allowed me to obtain a basic foundation in EMDR Therapy and bring the modality to a population of clients that otherwise wouldn’t have access to."
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Katelyn JakubovicClinical Therapist
For the first time, I met trainers who teach EMDR Therapy while integrating embodiment, creative techniques, mindfulness meditations, and all on TeleHealth!! I had transforming experiences personally during my own EMDR processing and learned how to utilize the standard EMDR protocol. Now, I am using EMDR Therapy with Sandtray Therapy and reaching new goals in my business!
Thank you Jamie & ICM!
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Thank you ICM for sharing the remarkable, life-changing gift of EMDR therapy! I can't emphasize enough how my learning through ICM (trainings, Jamie's webinars, videos, etc.), and its incredibly supportive community, has been a complete game changer for me both personally and professionally. Truly grateful, and as we often say in EMDR sessions, I'll "just go with that!".
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Elyan RosenbaumMHC-LP, NCC
The ability to learn EMDR virtually was truly a transformative process. Through ICM, I have developed needed clinical skills and gained a network of amazing, trauma-informed clinicians that are passionate about providing top-notch care. The combination of mindfulness techniques with the standard EMDR protocol has been a game changer in my practice, providing much needed healing for those in which I serve. Thank you, Dr. Marich and Staff!
David Likens
David LikensM.S., LPC-S
Dr. Jamie Marich has designed an EMDR training that is nothing shy of AMAZING! As the Founder of the "only" Therapist of Color Collaborative in the State of Colorado, being trained by someone who could help digest what is a very scripted protocol, and make it more culturally relevant was imperative. She did so with ease, patience, AND a bang up team of EMDR Trainers!
Rossina Schroeer-Santiago
Rossina Schroeer-SantiagoMA, LPC, NCC, GCDF, CIGT
The Institute for Creative Mindfulness' trainings have been pivotal in my career and my personal healing and growth path. EMDR therapy training has equipped me to be a competent trauma therapist - something that, in my opinion, is an ethical imperative for anyone working in the mental health field. The ICM consultants and practitioner community keeps me growing in my skills and knowledge, as well as supported by a vast and diverse community of professionals.
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Paula SotoLCSW, ERYT, YACEP
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