Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, Co-Sponsor

Thursday November, 4
10:00 am - 5:30 pm

The Healing Power of Mandalas and the MARI: Focusing on Grief & Loss
Evie Lindemann, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMFT

Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits

Saturday November, 6
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

TOWN HALL - Mourning, Meaning, and Celebrating Together: An Expressive Way Through the Pandemic
Also Co-sponsored by Center for Journal Therapy, Kint Institute, UCLArts & Healing
Robert Neimeyer, PhD
Sharon Strouse, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT
Evie Lindemann, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMFT
Stacie Yeldell, MA, MT-BC, AVPT
Nancy Scherlong, LCSW-R, PTR, CJT, M-S 
Jody Wager, MS, BC-DMT
Catherine DeLong, Music-Thanatologist

This session is not eligible for continuing education clock/credit hours.

Sunday November, 7
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Liberating Joy from Loss Through Prescriptive Memory-Making & Dyadic Creativity
Nancy Gershman, LMSW

Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Creative Rituals for Processing Grief & Celebrating Life
Stacie Amon Yeldell, MA, MT-BC, AVPT

Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York state only)
Not eligible for APT or NBCC Credits


Thursday November, 11
10:00 am - 5:30 pm

Integrating the Inner Child’s Grief: Narrative Reconstruction Through Embodied Collage 
Renee Turner, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S

Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits

An Archetypal Art Therapy Approach to Tending Grief: Uncovering the Mysteries of Brokenness
Josie Abbenante, ATR-BC, LPAT
Linney Wix, PhD, ATR-BC

Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits


Friday November, 12
10:00 am - 5:30 pm

Internal Family Systems (IFS) & Art Therapy for Working with Loss & Enhancing Resiliency
Peggy Kolodny, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT
Salicia Mazero, MA, ATR, LPC, CED
Amanda Bechtel, MS, ATR-BC, LCPC, LCPAT

Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits


Doll Making in the Treatment of Traumatic Loss
Sharon Strouse, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT
Sarah Vollmann, ATR-BC, LICSW

Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits

Saturday November, 13
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Memory Boxes: Containers of Love & Loss
Sarah Vollmann ATR-BC, LICSW

Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits

Sunday November, 14
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Grief Work Using Karuna Cards, Soul Cards & More
Claudia Coenen, MTP, CGT, FT


Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, MFT; SWNYS, LMHC, LCAT (New York State only)
Not eligible for APT Credits