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For the public as well as practitioners, this presentation looks at the pressures of "grind culture" which have existed for centuries especially for work provided by disenfranchised people: the poor and people of color and women etc. It will encompass Tricia Hersey's views of 'Rest is Resistance' and how the broad scope of resting problems is parallel to eating problems as described by WTCI and interferes with people being their best Selves. These notions apply to work with clients as well as and especially to Our Selves and our lives.

This is a live and interactive online event.

Objectives:

·        Define grind culture and its impacts on psychological and physical health

·        Describe the intersectional implications related to grind culture and rest in America-be able to apply them in clinical practice with clients

·        Understand key concepts of the “Rest as Resistance” Movement created by Tricia Hersey

·        Make meaningful comparisons between eating problems using WTCI philosophy and ‘resting problems’ for application in clinical practice

·        Develop a practice-based analysis of rest as an essential quality of Selfhood as related to the Internal Family Systems Therapy Model by Dick Schwartz

Valerie Coleman-Palansky, LCSW, MS Ed is a Social Worker at a NYC high school since 2013. Along the way she attended the Embodied Psyche training program at WTCI, where many of these ideas percolated. Valerie is also a Licensed Massage Therapist specializing in Jin Shin Do® Acupressure. Valerie blends all skills in a private practice specializing in treating trauma. For fun she enjoys pottery, knitting, and reading romance novels. Valerie is still learning to rest.