The Multiverse of Grief
A Multicultural + Expressive Arts Approach to Being in Relationship with Diverse Grief Narratives
3 CEH’S AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AFTER WEBCAST
Join Brooke’s Place at 8935 N Meridian St #101, Indianapolis, IN 46260 to watch and discuss the live, in-person and interactive webcast “The Multiverse of Grief: A Multicultural + Expressive Arts Approach to Being in a Relationship with Diverse Grief Narratives” hosted by the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG). During the webcast, listen to nationally recognized speaker Adam D-F. Stevens, MA, RDT on this important topic!
Registration is required to attend and seats are limited. To save your spot, please click the button below or email Carol Braden at carolbraden@brookesplace.org.
Our Speaker
Adam D-F. Stevens, MA, RDT (they | them), are a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) who works primarily with adolescents in the Tri-state area. They have worked with the Hetrick-Martin Institute and Cooke School & Institute in NYC. Adam’s role includes supporting queer, POC, and neurodiverse youth in transforming their loss, grief, and trauma into unapologetic, abundant joy and empowerment. Adam serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Creative Arts Therapy Programs at Antioch University in Seattle, and New York University and Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. Their research focuses on offering space for Black clients to reclaim racialized roles and deconstruct stereotypes connected to generational and historical trauma and grief. Adam’s superpowers are rooted in the fantastical forces of creativity and love.
What to Expect
Delve into the intricate tapestry of grief as it performs across diverse cultural intersections. Participants will explore embodied grief through metaphorical lenses, drawing parallels with the transformative narratives found in the framework of a graphic novel, drawing from comic book narratives such as the X-MEN, Batman, and many many others.
This workshop introduces Drama Therapy and Role Theory + Methods, offering an expressive arts approach to grief work that considers cultural humility and social justice. Uncover grief roles specific to various communities, acknowledging the nuances of embodied grief. Through didactic and experiential learning processes, participants will engage in population and person-centered grief planning.
We will broaden our understanding of grief beyond conventional boundaries, exploring collective, disenfranchised, suffocated, and non-death-related grief. Delve into cultural responsibilities in serving youth populations, focusing on language, verbal and non-verbal communication, aesthetics, and the overall experience.
Pulling from the work of Joseph Campbell’s ‘Hero’s Journey’, participants will take away a tangible directive to support youth in a relationship with their grief and bereavement narratives through the creation of their own Superhero or Shero Graphic Novel. This workshop promises a unique journey, weaving research and data into a rich fabric of exploration, fostering a connected and empathetic approach to grief across diverse cultural landscapes.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
Identify the need for conversations about race, gender identity/expression, sexuality, and other intersecting identities are integral to effective, ethical, and clinical practice of grief work.
Develop tools to utilize creative/expressive arts therapy techniques as clinical interventions with diverse populations to support grief and bereavement narratives in practice.
Formulate needed accommodations in therapeutic modalities for specific populations in a community-centered setting utilizing liberation-focused and healing social justice-oriented practices.