Clallam Resilience Project: Ecotherapy and vocalization techniques for grounding

June 6, 10:00-11:30 a.m. This session of the Clallam Resilience Project will feature two presenters, Mindy Gelder and Noah Smith, both addressing somatic approaches to resilience building.

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Ecotherapy techniques for grounding and emotion regulation

Mindy Gelder, PhD has been working as a licensed marital and family therapist for the past 23 years. About ten years ago, she grew tired of more traditional means of counseling and of sitting in a chair all day. Her own passion for the natural world led her to pursue a certification in Ecotherapy, and today, she can be found taking clients on beach walks, hosting Ecotherapy workshops, and engaged in somatic approaches to help others heal and connect with the natural world and their own authentic human selves.

Join us as she shares a little about Ecotherapy and provide some specific exercises to help folks connect with nature and its healing elements.

Self, Community and Singing

Featuring presenter Noah Smith (they/them), Director, Peninsula Queer Xhoir, Director of Music Ministries, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Dean, American Guild of Organists Olympic Peninsula Chapter.

The act of singing and musical vocalization offers many interpersonal and intrapersonal benefits, working against trauma and isolation. In this presentation, Noah Smith will explore how singing can be utilized in many settings as an activity that may unlock possibilities and solutions.