Coming Up:
'How We Human': A Training in Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Practice
➡️ For Artists, Creatives, and Changemakers of All Kinds ⬅️
For Mental Health Awareness Month, we're offering a rare opportunity for individuals to get in on a live training!
Dr. Golden provides this 3-hr Professional-Development workshop to groups around the world, from arts organizations to government agencies, businesses, school systems, and universities.
(For example: Silk Road, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, New Orleans Museum of Art, Artists at Work, the University of Alabama-Birmingham)
She's trained thousands of people through their organizations... But this event open to all individuals who want to shore up their mental health, bolster their confidence working with fellow humans, and grow their work.
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This training is for you if:
- You want concrete ways to support people who are struggling with their mental health
- You’re wondering how to care for your own mental health, or how to help others when you yourself are struggling
- You have trouble saying ‘no’ and setting boundaries—because you feel like you’re never doing enough
- You’ve felt depleted, in need of inspiration and new creative ideas for your work
- You’re looking for ways to grow as a creative professional and/or community leader
Share Your Work!
In this training, you’ll learn:
- To think differently about mental health. This is a paradigm shift!
- What trauma is, where it comes from, and how it can show up
- What “trauma-informed practice” is, and why it benefits EVERYONE, trauma or not.
- The importance of actual self-care—and how to prioritize it
- Some of the ways humans navigate and heal from trauma
- How the arts support mental health (Get some science AND practical application!)
- How “trauma-informed practice” applies to your unique work as a creator, educator, arts org, etc. (Get hands-on!)
- To plan ahead for challenges (They will come!)
- Ideas for collaborating, connecting with community resources, setting boundaries, getting feedback, and growing your work
Both informative AND inspiring, you'll leave this event feeling buoyed, creative, and more confident.
(Attendee)
This is only the 2nd time this training is being offered to individuals, and space is limited!
Sign up now to get Q&A time with me, breakouts with like-minded creatives, focused time and support, and handouts to help you apply this work and keep growing. Only 25 spaces available!
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About the Presenter
Dr. Tasha Golden is an international speaker and consultant, career songwriter, and health scientist. She is Director of Research at the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins Medicine, where she researches the health impacts of arts, culture, and aesthetics, with special attention on mental health and wellbeing. She is adjunct faculty in the Center for Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida, and the lead author of "Arts on Prescription: A Field Guide for US Communities."
Golden's work is informed by her career in the arts. As singer-songwriter for the critically acclaimed band Ellery, she toured full-time in the US and abroad, and her songs appear in film and TV (ABC, SHOWTIME, FOX, NETFLIX, etc). She's also a published poet (Humanist Press) and founder of Project Uncaged: a trauma-informed creative writing program for incarcerated girls that amplifies their voices in justice reform.
"My unique approach to this topic is shaped by my experience as a touring songwriter, a teaching artist with incarcerated youth, a person who's lived with major depression, and a health scientist specializing in art's effects on public health. Sharing hard-won learnings from this complex path is one of the most meaningful things I get to do."
6 Ways to Build on This Training
Maximize Your Professional Development
- Share this training experience or your Certificate of Completion with current and potential clients/participants. Your work shows that you care about their well-being and have additional knowledge and skills to offer.
- Include this training in your resume, cover letters, and LinkedIn profile to demonstrate commitment to your work, to the people around you, and to your professional development.
- Enhance grant applications: Information about this training can indicate to funders that you're committed to the well-being of your participants/clients, staff, and the broader community you serve.
- Consider creating curriculum, practical tools, or workshops for colleagues in your field, based on your unique applications of what you learn from this training. This can help expand your networks and potentially generate additional income.
- OF COURSE: Apply what you learn in your daily work to feel more grounded and confident, and to provide more effective, compassionate interactions with clients, colleagues, audiences, or students.
- MOST IMPORTANT: Use the knowledge and skills gained from this training to care for your health. This will help you avoid burnout, cultivate healthy practices, and show up with the energy and creativity you need. Your health is where this begins. "Trauma-informed practice starts with you."