Community Workshops
Polyrhythmic Arts uses a foundation of Narrative Therapy principles, alongside contemporary mental health research to provide community psychoeducation, activities, and workshops. We focus specifically on the integration of creative media and its role in defining society and maintaining positive mental health.
Each workshop is custom designed to meet the needs of the audience to be addressed. The host organization may request specific topics to better serve its audience.
Central Topics
o Education on mental health issues, misconceptions, and strategies
o Exploration of narrative and reality theory within daily functioning
o Use of creative media (i.e. music, creative writing, film, etc). to process and explore emotions and increase wellness.
o Identifying the strengths and limitations of "media therapy" and traditional mental health services.
What to Participants Will Learn
o How to Create a narrative model of wellness to outline one's mental health journey
o How to identify emotions and implement them within a creative medium
o How to identify when it is time to make a change
Delivery Options
Songwriting
Participants will be assigned emotions to translate into lyrics and/or music. A general storyline may be created to guide the song structure and musical delivery
Creative Writing
Participants will work together to create a story centralized on specific mental health/social themes (i.e. depression, anxiety, friendships, loss). They will be tasked to create characters, settings, genres, and conflicts and must deliver their characters to a form of resolution.
Psychoeducation
A Polyrhthymic team member will present on a topic related to mental health, media, and creativity, along with lead a short discussion. The topic will be agreed upon in communication with the organization's host and the Polyrhthmic team member.
Costs?
Please connect with our team to discuss fees and sliding scales!