Workshops & Groups
Judith Viers, LMSW recently renewed her Social Work License and has a career as a therapist/ Behavioral Health Clinician. Her goal is to help people on their healing journey by offering individual, family, and group sessions. She loves being a therapist and happy to share her story, but also believes each story matters and hopes to have numerous contacts for workshop presenters. I plan on training them in a form of requested art and helping them share their story and about the non-profit as a suicide prevention outreach to different communities.
Email Judith at sharehopeart@gmail.com
Starting to include potential Workshop Presenters.
All workshops and groups are being run through Healing Hearts Carroll. PLEASE let us know your interest!!!
Judith Viers- is the founder of Share Hope through Art, has been hospitalized for being suicidal, has lost a loved one to suicide and seen the negative ripple effect and shares The World is Better With You In It as a suicide prevention message! She can use all below art projects.
Sondra Mihovich Skiba- is a Carroll County Veteran in the canine unit of the military. "She lost multiple loved ones to suicide including two coaches who helped her through a difficult time in her life." She's very passionate about suicide prevention and is a great fit to talk to Veterans. She can use craft stamps and punches and more.
Many more to come! sharehopeart@gmail.com
The below are all things Judith Viers can utilizing in individual, group, or family sessions if client(s) want to express themselves in therapy through art.
Group Topics she hopes to lead where art below can be utilized after a guided discussion on the topic:
Loss/ Bereavement (including option to create Memorial Keepsakes)
Based on the interest of the waitlist & current clients, there could be a loss survivors' group for suicide &/or overdose losses, or other specific groups (cancer, tragedies, parents, children loss and can be for adult, children, or families).
Depression (separate youth and adult groups)
Anxiety (separate youth and adult groups)
Domestic Violence turning from Victim to Survivor (women)
Bullying (school age group)
Trauma (separate youth and adult groups)
Healthy Relationships (Communication Skills, Listening Skills, 5 Love Language review, and more)
Foster and Kinship Parent Support Group
Support Group for youth separated from Biological Parents (in foster care, kinship care, &/or adopted)
Self- Esteem Support Group (can be based on interest group from any gender identification to age-appropriate groups. For example some adults deal with imposter syndrome and some young adults to tweens may base part of their identity on social media interaction so group will allow discussion on many areas to address).
Groups will only run if there is enough demand and each group will focus on needs identified by group and interests of group members, further below are some ideas on art options.
*Each group will be based on having the demand to fill the group.
Card Making
Choose your theme for Craft Stamp Supplies:
*Holidays *Birthdays *Thank you
*Get Well *Sympathy *Seasonal
*Thinking of You *Christian
*Birth, Wedding Announcements
*Creating cards to give anonymously to those in the hospital, treatment centers, loss, etc.
Affirmational Page
Stencil set, craft punches, more stamps & ink and paper supplies included.
Personalized Buttons
*Prepped Paper, Art & Button Supplies, button press brought to site to complete included.
Painted & Stamped Blocks
Share Hope Rocks
Paint and prepped rocks (white coat) included. Requires at least 2-week notice with # of requested rocks. Cost of supplies to seal rocks is additional. Rock themes can vary from hope to love to even memorial keepsakes.
Painting & Stamping Picture Frames
Paint, stamps included. Cost of frame is $3 per frame. You can find your own frames. 2-week notice requested, if you request frames.
Decorate Terra Cotta Pot
Decorate, paint &/or stamp your own terra cotta pot. $10 additional cost per pot (subject to change) and you can bring your own. 2- week notice minimum, if requesting terra cotta pots.
Wax Pour Kit
Wax pour kit, sealer, can be utilized to "pour" out feelings. Using the color wheel can help discuss a variety of feelings from positive to negative when selecting color wax. Kit can also be used to write letters & other projects.
Living Your Legacy
Workshop to discuss your purpose, live intentionally, create an emergency crisis plan if ever not doing well. Keepsake bookmark is created during workshop.
Leaving Your Legacy:
Hospice/ Terminal Illness
This is a workshop to help leave your legacy for the next generation, similar to Living Your Legacy, but focus is more on what you want your loved ones to remember, know. This can also go into planning funeral songs, readings. This workshop is geared towards the end-of-life stage (transition). This can be assisting clients with writing loved ones letters. This can also be helping families grieving their loved ones creating art, compiling stories, etc.
Suicide Prevention Flyer
Make your own flyer, design flyer that contains suicide hotline (USA now 988) and can cut out original flyer to collage, use other art, personalize your own suicide prevention flyer and find spaces locally to post with permission.
Writing &/or Creating Art for Future Community Books
Creating a space and guidelines to participate in Community Books.
Crap Happens Philosophy Book Discussion Groups
This is great for middle school and older who have the cognitive ability to understand analogies. Book discusses reasons to not die by suicide, not use drugs, heal from trauma, post-traumatic growth, and to be a "cycle breaker" to stop generational problems. Book is over 500 pages & over 500 people quoted written in PowerPoint which is conducive to print pages for topics and handouts.
"Beware of the Pit of Despair" Discussion Groups
This book is a suicide/ overdose prevention book and prepares children to have knowledge of potential crisis.
Free pdf on J. K. Viers' Facebook group.
"Everyone has a Backpack" Discussion Groups
This book is great for middle school and younger to discuss mental and behavioral health.
Free pdf and media album on J. K. Viers' Facebook group.
Holistic Approach to Health and Wellness
8 week group which goes in depth on many topics (communication and listening skills, self-esteem, love languages, etc) and tracking food, exercise, use of time, and space for reflection. Perfect for couples, individuals, adult family members, groups of friends, anyone who wants to take wellness a step further in improving their knowledge, accountability, and insights. Workbook is available only through participating in group.
Longterm Vision: Workshops Open to Out of State Participants where they can plan own trip easily.
Layout of the Memorial Workshop for One Week Designed for Out-of- State Clients
This is for clients who may be in regular grief therapy and/or are struggling with loss where it is having a negative impact on their life. The clients may be recommended to come to treatment for a week. You can make a vacation out of the trip and have daily morning sessions so days can be filled with local adventures. Ideally this is a supplement on your healing journey and ongoing support you have in your own community.
The intake will be unique with prospective client and therapist communicating prior to session on creating the service plan (projects) and gathering information to complete the initial assessment via email. Clinician needs one client in the family to proceed and can do individual and/ or family (those who client states are family and friends are fine).
Projects may include: a Celebration of Life book, painting a rock to keep, creating cards, bookmarks, ornaments, buttons, designing a t-shirt, and other ideas can be used as well. Clinician hopes to book months in advance and can help with fun things to do if making a trip. Clinician can only practice in Maryland, but people from any state who have Medical Assistance, BlueCross BlueShield, and can check on other insurances.
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