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Banish Caregiver Burnout with The Caregiver's Tango Online Workshop!
Saturday, October 10th, 1:00-3:00 pm Eastern
$49 per caregiver (Register by Sept. 17 and save $10!)
In this experiential workshop for families, agencies, and healthcare professionals working in Dementia Care:
Learn new, effective ways to interact based in music and creative movement that benefit BOTH care partners
Learn about the benefits of creative arts therapies: reduced agitation and depression,
improved communication and cognition, stress relief, and more!
Explore non-verbal ways to communicate with loved ones to preserve dignity
Tailored info for your individual needs
Learn from experienced creative arts therapists Susan Saenger, BC-DMT, LCMHC
and Alie Chandler, MT-BC, NMT
Susan Saenger is a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT) and a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) and has worked with people of all ages, various disabilities, and all kinds of mental health challenges. She grew up dancing and danced professionally for a few years. For 10 years she was a member of Choreo Collective, a group that supported the development of young choreographers. Susan became involved with teaching Dance for Parkinson's in 2011 and has been teaching a weekly class for 6 years. Susan now primarily works with people 55 and over to help them have the strength, energy, mobility, and confidence to enjoy the second half of their lives through patient and expert personal training. She is certified in corrective exercise and really enjoys exploring with her clients to find the movements and exercises that are most helpful. Susan's interest in dementia comes out of all of this experience, and some more recent experiences. Her core values of open-mindedness, helpfulness, compassion, exploration, and playfulness guide her work with her clients and as a presenter/teacher.
Alie Chandler's bio is here.
CONSULTATION FOR FAMILIES
AND CARE PARTNERS
Personalized Care and Guidance Online and In-Home
FREE 15-minute trial online consultation!
Do you enjoy music? Do you find yourself or loved one unmotivated by your current therapy regime? Do you lack engagement in daily therapeutic activities? Do you have difficulty connecting and communicating with your loved one?
We know regular practice and high engagement is the best way to see progress and change the brain, according to neuroplasticity research. Music therapy research shows engagement increases and substantial gains can be made through the addition of therapeutically designed music interventions. Music therapy consultation services will help you and your loved one communicate, interact, and laugh more while bringing the therapeutic benefits of music therapy to your home. Alie Chandler, MM, NMT, MT-BC, has been working with people with diverse needs for over 18 years and has effected positive change in communication, motor, sensory, psycho-social, and cognitive areas, improving overall quality of life.
"BRAVO" PACKAGE 1
~Start with a free 15-minute trial consultation online!
~One-hour online meeting (or in-person with additional mileage fee)
~A schedule of daily music-based interventions specifically designed to be therapeutic and fun for you and your loved one
~Resources such as visual aids, song lists, and links to online videos demonstrating techniques
~Email consultation (5 emails)
~Discount on a follow-up meeting or full music therapy session
Cost: $150
"ENCORE" PACKAGE 2
~Start with a FREE 15-minute trial consultation online!
~One-hour online meeting (or in-person with additional mileage fee)
~PLUS 2 thirty-minute follow-up meetings online to check in
~A schedule of daily music-based interventions specifically designed to be therapeutic and fun for you and your loved one
~Resources such as visuals, song lists, and links to online videos demonstrating techniques
~Email consultation (5 emails)
~Discount on a future follow-up meeting or full music therapy session
Cost: $225
Contact me today to schedule a personal consultation.