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One-on-One Therapy Sessions
Lisa Ndejuru's "Working with what is" Group Storytelling Sessions (15 spaces)
Lisa Ndejuru's "Working with what is" Group Storytelling Sessions (15 spaces)
3-15 spaces per sessionThis service works with what is, and provides a deep listening and storytelling space where everyone comes in with what they are holding and where they want to get to. We work with elements of Journaling (awareness of and attention to and honouring thought), loving kindness meditation (grounding and cultivating space within) , social presencing theatre (getting unstuck) , playback theatre (listening to self and other, spontaneity, creativity , improvisation) and guided visualization (symbols and the unconscious). Come as you are, bring what you hold: racial trauma, general mental health, relationships, family and cultural expectations, school stress…..as well as, aspiration, goals, dreams , strivings...Objective #1: Be able to listen to self, become aware of thoughts, feelings, behavior, triggers and tolerance, becoming benevolent witnesses for each other and ourselves, develop self compassion and go beyond self acceptance into enjoyment...Objective #2: to feel care, holding and community.Dr. Lisa Ndejuru is a psychotherapist, psychodramatist and theatre practitioner. Her practice examines how transdisciplinary, relational research-creation strategies can open pathways to wellness, emancipation, and finding one’s voice in a post-colonial context of genocide, war, organized violence, and exile. Lisa works with survivors of large-scale political violence to create accessible, non-medicalized, scalable strategies for healing and change. She was one of the 2017 Concordia public scholars and the first John F. Lemieux fellow for genocide studies in 2018. As the 2020 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto’ faculty of information, she is working with the “Vansina collection” of Ibitekerezo tales.Pronouns: she/herEthnicity: Rwandan Languages: English/ French
