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finding your authentic voice
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In your work as a therapist, the stakes feel pretty high to “get it right.” And yet…we’re all fallible humans doing the best we can. Improv provides a useful blueprint for navigating life by accepting the reality of the moment so we can move forward together with peace and ease. The act of skillfully stepping into the unknown requires loosening the grip of imposter syndrome and perfectionism. With equal parts wisdom and humor, Happier Valley Comedy's Head of Happiness Pam Victor and independently-licensed therapist and improv student Nichole Wofford offer simple, effective tools to quiet internal messages of fear and self-judgment, so you can bring your full intelligence, capabilities, and authenticity to the important work you do with clients.
Using easy-to-learn improv-enriched exercises and guided discussions, you'll get hands-on experience in how to quiet the inner critic, reframe challenges, and disempower perceived failure that inhibits progress at work. If you hear "improv" and think "Eek!", fear not. Pam and Nichole specialize in making sure all people along the introvert-extrovert spectrum feel comfy, successful, and have a blast learning and growing together.
This workshop also provides you with opportunities to engage with other mental healthcare providers at various stages in the profession, so you can benefit from the critical support provided by intentional, meaningful, and joyful connection. This engaging and fun interactive professional development event is designed to boost the resilience, connection, and authenticity of mental healthcare providers looking to navigate the future with more ease and peace.
CEU credits may be available for this workshop. While we’re not pre-approved continuing education credit providers, therapist-students have successfully received credit in the past for our workshops and courses. We can provide a letter on letterhead with the information necessary for you to apply for credit. Email Pam for more information.
Using easy-to-learn improv-enriched exercises and guided discussions, you'll get hands-on experience in how to quiet the inner critic, reframe challenges, and disempower perceived failure that inhibits progress at work. If you hear "improv" and think "Eek!", fear not. Pam and Nichole specialize in making sure all people along the introvert-extrovert spectrum feel comfy, successful, and have a blast learning and growing together.
This workshop also provides you with opportunities to engage with other mental healthcare providers at various stages in the profession, so you can benefit from the critical support provided by intentional, meaningful, and joyful connection. This engaging and fun interactive professional development event is designed to boost the resilience, connection, and authenticity of mental healthcare providers looking to navigate the future with more ease and peace.
CEU credits may be available for this workshop. While we’re not pre-approved continuing education credit providers, therapist-students have successfully received credit in the past for our workshops and courses. We can provide a letter on letterhead with the information necessary for you to apply for credit. Email Pam for more information.
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Skills covered:
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Please note: This is not clinical supervision; it's an opportunity to work on yourselves in order to better show up for clients. It is also not an improv or play-based workshop; it's an invitation to learn an improviser's approach to workplace skills-building using simple improv-enriched (not scary) exercises designed to put the learning into laughter-filled practice. All exercises are voluntary and take place in a circle, small group, or pairs; participants are never “on stage.” Together, we’ll use the tenets of improv to bolster your skills as a mental health provider … and have some fun in the process!
about your teachers:
Pam Victor (she/her) is the Head of Happiness (founder/president) of Happier Valley Comedy. In addition to leading, teaching, performing, fundraising and more, she also brings the power of improvisation to the workplace in Happier Valley Comedy's professional development and workplace wellness programs. Pam is the author of the children's therapeutic fiction book "Baj and the Word Launcher: Space Age Aspergers Adventures in Communication." Along with improv greats TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi, Pam co-authored "Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ and Dave Book." In 2019, Pam was a recipient of the New England Public Radio Arts & Humanities Award. She also is a TEDx speaker. Pam is a kind person, and she likes you already.
Originally from California, Nichole C. Wofford (she/her) is a licensed independent clinical social worker and licensed marriage family therapist, clinical supervisor and consultant, and emerging improviser at Happier Valley Comedy. Nichole has taken all of the foundational improv classes at HVC, along with an assortment of improv workshops. Nichole is currently practicing for her first upcoming stage performance with her group, Seriously?!? this summer, and is one of the co-facilitators of the Saturday morning BIPOC playdates. Nichole is also interested in ways that improv can IMPROV(E) the health and wellness of others, as fun and laughter do wonders for the nervous system. In her spare time, Nichole loves to travel, play Afro-Cuban drums, spend time with her partner, Megan, and walk in the woods with her dog, Sadie.
Small but Important Fine Print:
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;-)
*Some improv exercises involve some standing, physical activity; however, we can accommodate all physical abilities. Please let email us to let us know how we can best fit your needs or if you have any questions about accommodations.
*Masks are not required at HVC, but they are always welcome. Click here for our COVID policy!
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;-)
*Some improv exercises involve some standing, physical activity; however, we can accommodate all physical abilities. Please let email us to let us know how we can best fit your needs or if you have any questions about accommodations.
*Masks are not required at HVC, but they are always welcome. Click here for our COVID policy!
Appreciation from our students:
"I was really blown away by how profound the lessons of improv actually are. I assumed it was about trying to be fast and funny and witty. I learned that it's about really paying attention, accepting what others are doing and trying to help them succeed."
"Pam shines her refreshing light onto her participants and leads with honesty and openness conveying that she is well studied in mindfulness and in this happiness space but is also a student who joins participants in the journey and experiment too." |
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"Pam is a skilled improv teacher who brings depth and breadth to her workshops. She helps walk us through assumptions, misperceptions and judgment and helps us land in openness, insight, laughter and greater ‘ease fullness’ Highly recommend."
Dr. Rob Smith, DO, Director of Baystate Health’s Mindfulness Program
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
