ArtMentum
How does the public art and architecture we interact with daily play a role in our individual and collective mental health, by its presence, absence, or alteration?
How can the art museum be a space in the service of mental health?
As part of this collaboration between ArtNordic and the NSAH (Nordic School of Arts and Health), a pilot project was created where victims of violence interacted with works of art at the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK).
The ArtMentum platform covers this and other ways in which mental health care practitioners can utilise public art to help their clients gain awarenesses, connection and dignity.
PAST EVENTS AT DEPRESSIONSFORENINGEN ENGLISH CAFE
From Surviving to Living
despite Chronic Pain
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Blended Gestalt Therapy Group
(in person - online - in person)
Winter 2022
In-person weekend (Copenhagen) : January 14, 15, 16
Online (6 weeks X 2.5 hours): Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3
In-person weekend (Copenhagen) : March 11, 12, 13
800 dkk X 3 monthly payments (total 2400 dkk)
Mobile pay: 31311669
Do you long for a space where you can take a breath, be yourself, (re)discover your needs, and share with others?
The challenges of chronic pain can be many and invisible to the non-sufferer. The body can feel like an unfriendly home. Both waking and sleeping hours can be a struggle, which creates a vicious cycle of pain, fatigue, more pain, lack of energy, a sense of never accomplishing enough, and a downward spiral of negative emotions such as fear, anger, grief, and shame. Depression and anxiety are not uncommon. Some days can feel like merely surviving.Contact to others becomes compromised. Isolation and loneliness can creep in.
What is Gestalt?
Gestalt is a holistic and existential approach that focuses on relational contact and becoming aware of how you meet the world. Are you just surviving each day or are you living to your full potential? With the support of a Gestalt trained psychotherapist, you are encouraged to tap into the wisdom of your own body and be present with "what is" in the "here and now" of your experiences. Understanding yourself makes it possible to accept who you are and take responsibility for your actions. Vitality ensues.
Facilitated by Jill Trenholm Ph.D and Aglaia Michelaki
I am Jill.
I am a Canadian Gestalt psychotherapist living in Sweden. I have worked as a trauma nurse for many years and as an academic for the last 15 years, researching and teaching global health at Uppsala University. After healing from my own “exhaustion syndrome” in 2016, I have been on a deeper journey of self discovery; how could this have happened? I am passionate about helping others appreciate their value and the significance of self-care.
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I am Aglaia.
I am a supervised Gestalt practitioner in my 4th and thesis year at the Gestalt Institute of Scandinavia and a certified mindfulness (MBSR) and Yoga Nidra instructor. My focus is primary chronic pain, trauma and transitions in life. It is my personal 20+ year journey with chronic pain and Fibromyalgia that has led me on this path after one in the arts. Through awareness and self-compassion, I hope to help others rediscover hope and empower them into living connected and fulfilling lives.
*These sessions are subject to senior therapists’ supervision, with the goal of promoting self-development / self-discovery for the participants. This course is by no means a substitute for seeking medical care but rather aims to be a forum for collective support and sharing.
Coming home to yourself for the Holidays
A half-day workshop of Yoga Nidra, Gestalt therapy, Jungian dreamwork, creativity and ritual.
Taught by Aglaia Michelaki and Louise Rosager.
Come home to the body and breath
Release and complete 2021
Get ready to receive the gifts of 2022
December 30th, 17:00-20:00
Marievej 3, 2900 Hellerup
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Price : 300 kr per person
Pay via mobile pay: +45 31311669 To RSVP or for more information email: louiserosager@gmail.com
Coming home to yourself for the holidays
As magical as they are, the Holidays can also bring up feelings of stress, unmet expectations and displacement. One year is ending, and many of us take stock, asking ourselves what needs to go, and what we deeply wish for in the New Year.
Using Yoga Nidra, Gestalt therapy, Jungian dreamwork, art therapy tools and ritual, this workshop will help you release the past, get ready to receive next year's gifts and connect to the inner home, and deep wisdom of the body.
Give yourself this pre-Christmas gift of creativity, regeneration and a few hours in caring community with like-minded people.
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Your instructors
Louise Rosager is a writer/executive producer and creative coach. She has developed successful TV shows and works with some of the most prominent artists in today's TV and film landscape. She specialises in Jungian dreamwork as a way to access deeper layers of creative genius. Danish by birth, she lives in Los Angeles where she coaches individuals, teaches group classes and facilitates retreats. https://www.louiserosager.com/
Aglaia Michelaki is a practicing Gestalt therapist, in her thesis year at the Gestalt Institute of Scandinavia with a focus on primary chronic pain. She is also a certified mindfulness (MBSR) and Yoga Nidra instructor. Originally from Canada, she studied Art History and Architecture before she arrived at her true calling: The healing and empowerment of others. https://www.aglaiamichelaki.com/
Resting in Chaos
online self development group
Connect and make contact. Explore how greater awareness can impact your ability to rest in chaotic times, using Gestalt Therapy and Mindfulness tools.
November 01, 15, 22, 29, and December 06.
18:00-20:30 (Central European Time) // 6 * 2.5-hour online meetings
Price: 600 DKK. // Students/Unemployed 400 DKK
Artwork credit: Simone Bramante aka “Brahmino”
in person group
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
With Aglaia Michelaki
Tuesdays
November 16, 2021 - January 18, 2022
Where: Hellerup, 2900
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
There will be one full day TBD in the group.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR is an 8-week evidence based, experiential program designed to provide participants with intensive and systematic training in mindfulness meditation and movement practices, and integrating into one’s daily life what is discovered and learned through the process of participating in the program.
First created in 1979, by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., MBSR has over 40 years of research that consistently demonstrates positive outcomes associated with increased self-awareness and emotional and attentional regulation. In addition, outcomes highlight statistically significant reductions in symptoms for various physical and behavioral health conditions including anxiety, depression and chronic pain, along with positive changes in risk factors that may lead to more serious chronic ailments.
Join us to explore how mindfulness may support you in living life more fully, with greater ease and joy.
Info: +45 31311669, aglaia.m@gmail.comWednesdays 18:00 - 20:00 (Central European Time)
aglaia.m@gmail.com. +45 31311669 www.aglaiamichelaki.comPsyche and Soma - Embodiment through mindfulness and Gestalt Therapy group work.
Psyche
& Soma
Retreat on Crete, Greece
October 06 - 10, 2021
“Lose your mind, and come to your senses” -Fritz Perls
What is it like to truly inhabit one's soma/body? To trust it despite pain, and to allow it pleasure?
Embodiment means to give a body to a soul/purpose/ideal.
But what does it mean to live in an embodied way?
The Story of Psyche and Eros is one of a beautiful metamorphosis, when soul and body are united, in trust, and after perseverence. Though the myth may be seen as one of love between two, it may serve as an understanding of reaching wholeness, and the capacity of pleasure, within oneself.
We live in a time of great division between our thoughts, feelings, and somatic experience. Negative experiences are likely to result in a split between mind and body. People often say they feel as if their soul is outside their body, when unintegrated negative experiences linger.
Gestalt therapy, a body centred experiential and highly experimental type of therapy, is built upon a continuous return to the now, the body and its sensations. To this will be added body awareness exercises and mindfulness, in the safety of a small group facilitated in compassion.
Is it not time to stop fighting the disatisfaction, and instead go for the satisfaction?
FACILITATORS:
Karina Christensen is a Clinical Psychotherapist, Coach and Counsellor, and certified Hatha Yoga Instructor.
Aglaia Michelaki is a Psychotherapist in training at the Gestalt Institute of Scandinavia, certified Mindfulness Instructor (MBSR) and Yoga Nidra Instructor.
The retreat will be help in one of the most exclusive villas on the island, Villa Joy. Fresh local delicious food and snacks will be provided all day. You may see pictures and description of the accommodation here:
https://www.thalathea.com/villa-joy
SCHEDULE:
9:00-10:00: morning awareness
10:00-11:00: breakfast
11:00-14:00: group work (with break)
14:00 - 16:30 Lunch / break
16:30 - 19:30: group work / yoga / mindfulness, creative time.
19:30-21:00: dinner
21:00-21:30: reflection
*** Spaces are limited ***