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Healing Anxiety
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A recent pilot study published in the Journal of Mental Health found that even brief intervention using improv exercises may provide "a strong and efficient treatment for patients with anxiety and depression." This experiential and fun-forward personal growth workshop uses easy-to-learn improv exercises to provide you with an opportunity to learn and practice a new vocabulary to kick to the curb the darn voices of fear, doubt, and judgement inside all of us. Using a series of accessible, non-performance improv exercises, we will sharpen the tools of insight, reframing negative thoughts, disempowering fear, and choosing laughter and play to shift from anxiety towards discovering the positive in everything. All exercises are voluntary and performed in a circle or pairs; participants are never “on stage.” Your facilitators are pros at making sure all people along the introvert-extrovert spectrum feel successful, learn a lot, and have a blast with this THROUGH LAUGHTER workshop. Side effects of participation may include giggles, guffaws, internal delight, joy, and ease.
No improv (or any other) experience necessary.
Despite what your inner critic may be whispering, YOU CAN DO THIS!
All you have to do is register, show up, and get ready to learn some powerful tools to Heal Anxiety THROUGH LAUGHTER.
No improv (or any other) experience necessary.
Despite what your inner critic may be whispering, YOU CAN DO THIS!
All you have to do is register, show up, and get ready to learn some powerful tools to Heal Anxiety THROUGH LAUGHTER.
About Your Facilitators:
Kayla Solomon, LICSW, has been a therapist in private practice in Northampton, MA since 1999. Her specialties include anxiety, addiction, relationships, parenting skills, life coaching and bringing laughter into every setting. She is certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Imago Relationship Counseling and trauma informed treatment. She has been an improv student at Happier Valley Comedy School since 2014. Kayla believes that combining therapy, improv and laughter is a remarkably effective way to heal from the slings and arrows of life.
Pam Victor is the founder and president of Happier Valley Comedy where she runs the Through Laughter program for personal and professional growth as well as a multi-level comedy school and oversees regular comedy shows at Western Massachusetts’ first and only comedy theater, Happier Valley Comedy in Hadley. Pam is the author of “Baj and the Word Launcher: A Space-Aged Asperger Adventure in Communication” and, along with legendary improvisers TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi, co-author of “Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ & Dave Book.” A graduate of Smith College with a Master’s in Education from Iona College, Pam has received improv training from iO Theater (Chicago), Annoyance Theatre (Chicago), ImprovBoston, and from Second City teachers. Pam is a nice person. She already likes you.
"Pam's workshop fundamentally changed the way I think about improv (and life!)....
I went from overthinking, always judging myself (and sometimes others),
and constantly planning my next move to being comfortable with the unknown
and letting things happen and be discovered naturally.
Pam's teaching style is calm, supportive and encouraging (without being over the top).
She gave me permission to be myself, and then helped me realize
that I didn't need that permission in the first place.
I will remember these two days for a long, long time to come!"
-Vera Didur, San Diego, CA
Small but Important Details!
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE
unless we have 48 hours notice before the event AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Our classes involve physical activity, and we could be on our feet for at least an hour.
If that's an issue, please let your instructor know how we can accommodate the class to fit your needs.
Please email us with any questions about accommodations for ability.
Kayla Solomon, LICSW, has been a therapist in private practice in Northampton, MA since 1999. Her specialties include anxiety, addiction, relationships, parenting skills, life coaching and bringing laughter into every setting. She is certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Imago Relationship Counseling and trauma informed treatment. She has been an improv student at Happier Valley Comedy School since 2014. Kayla believes that combining therapy, improv and laughter is a remarkably effective way to heal from the slings and arrows of life.
Pam Victor is the founder and president of Happier Valley Comedy where she runs the Through Laughter program for personal and professional growth as well as a multi-level comedy school and oversees regular comedy shows at Western Massachusetts’ first and only comedy theater, Happier Valley Comedy in Hadley. Pam is the author of “Baj and the Word Launcher: A Space-Aged Asperger Adventure in Communication” and, along with legendary improvisers TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi, co-author of “Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ & Dave Book.” A graduate of Smith College with a Master’s in Education from Iona College, Pam has received improv training from iO Theater (Chicago), Annoyance Theatre (Chicago), ImprovBoston, and from Second City teachers. Pam is a nice person. She already likes you.
"Pam's workshop fundamentally changed the way I think about improv (and life!)....
I went from overthinking, always judging myself (and sometimes others),
and constantly planning my next move to being comfortable with the unknown
and letting things happen and be discovered naturally.
Pam's teaching style is calm, supportive and encouraging (without being over the top).
She gave me permission to be myself, and then helped me realize
that I didn't need that permission in the first place.
I will remember these two days for a long, long time to come!"
-Vera Didur, San Diego, CA
Small but Important Details!
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE
unless we have 48 hours notice before the event AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Our classes involve physical activity, and we could be on our feet for at least an hour.
If that's an issue, please let your instructor know how we can accommodate the class to fit your needs.
Please email us with any questions about accommodations for ability.
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.
