Therapeutic Writing Series: Encouraging a Growth Mindset for Children and Adults Through Action Methods and Expressive Writing
Event Actions
Participants in this didactic but highly interactive three-hour workshop will experience how poetry, metaphor and story can transform a fixed mindset and how using action methods from other expressive arts can enhance resilience in our students and clients.
CEs: 3
Please note Zoom (link provided 24 hours prior to the event).
Overview
Positive psychology and neuroscience allow us to view challenges as opportunities and practice and perseverance as pathways to creative decision making and new outcomes. In this way, our focus remains on process rather than product, effort more than results and failure as an aspect of success – all with a playful attitude toward trying new things. These strategies lay the perfect groundwork for experimentation and rehearsal with the expressive arts in this workshop, inspired by the work of positive psychologist Carol Dweck!
Participants in this didactic but highly interactive three-hour workshop will experience how poetry, metaphor and story can transform a fixed mindset and how using action methods from other expressive arts can enhance resilience in our students and clients.
All clinicians and educators are welcome to attend. No prior experience needed in therapeutic writing or in action methods. Workshop does not substitute for formal training in any of these more specific modalities.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Identify and distinguish the qualities of a growth mindset from a fixed mindset
- Experience the poetic use of metaphor and storytelling in expanding stuck thinking
- Identify the neuroscientific benefits of writing and dramatic re-enactment
Tuition
- Registration fee: $70.00
- Alumni, FI, FFL, Adjunct Faculty: $50
- Veterans, current AUSSW students: $25
Faculty Bio
![](https://eventcalendar.adelphi.edu/live/image/gid/2/width/200/height/236/240_Screen_Shot_2020-10-06_at_3.26.02_PM.png)
Nancy S. Scherlong, LCSW-R, PTR, CJT, M-S is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the states of NY and CT. She is also a Registered Poetry/Biblio Therapist, Certified Journal Therapist and an approved trainer in both methods. She is the current co-president for the International Federation of Biblio-Poetry Therapy (IFBPT), one of the six expressive arts credentialing organizations. Nancy is a writer and an integrative psychotherapist specializing in stress management, trauma and addiction and has worked in the field of therapeutic writing for over 25 years. She provides workshops as well as distance coaching, consultation and training services. An Adelphi alum (1997) and adjunct faculty since 2008, she also provides online campus advising for Columbia University and is a member of core faculty of the Therapeutic Writing Institute and on the training staff of Kint Institute. For more about her work please visit Change Your Narrative, LCSW PLLC at www.wellnessmetaphors.com.
Adelphi University School of Social Work is an approved provider for continuing education credits for the following:
- NYSED Social Workers
- NYSED LMHC
- NYSED LMFT
- CASAC Renewal
- APA Psychology
- NYSED LCAT
- NYSED Psychology
Successful completion for the award of approved continuing education credits requires attendance at the entire training/workshop and submission of a completed evaluation form.
See full credentialing information and CEUs
Cancellation Policy
Unfortunately, we cannot provide refunds for cancellations made seven working days or fewer before the event for any reason—or for no-shows. We can provide credit towards a future workshop up to 24 hours before the event. After that, no credit will be issued.
Accessibility Statement
The Student Access Office ensures equal access to all of Adelphi University’s programs, services and facilities for students with documented needs. Through assistance, advocacy and reasonable accommodations, the office provides an accessible and supportive campus environment.
The Student Access Office provides cost-free assistance and services that are tailored to meet the needs of individuals based on their specific, appropriately documented needs, while preserving Adelphi’s academic integrity and high standards of academic expectations and performance
If you are a student with a documented disability and wish to request accommodation services, please submit a Petition for Reasonable Accommodations form along with the required information as detailed in the Guidelines for Documentation.
Please be aware that all decisions regarding accommodations and equal access are made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and prevailing University Policy.
For further information, please contact the Student Access Office at 516.877.3806 or sao@adelphi.edu.