2021 BHAVA Dreamscaping
2CE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Bhava Therapy Group (Sept 2021)
“Novelty as a map to grief in a gentler way.” - Psychotherapist
4CE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Expressive Therapies Summit (LA, April 2021)
"This process really resonates with me and gives a structure or container for the 'hows' of using images to process the hard stuff. Thank you for bringing it into the world!" - Donni Hakanson, Mental Health Counselor
PI Workshop on Prescriptive Memory-Making
2-hr LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Portland Institute for Loss and Transition (2021)
“Direct questions and great use of humour — playfully engaging the imagination to redecorate. Lots of energy here.” - Expressive Arts Therapist
Prescriptive-Memory Making workshop at BHAVA Therapy Group
4CE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Bhava Therapy Group (Feb 2021)
"The course was so helpful, life affirming, and magical. I feel uplifted." - Psychotherapist
4CE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Expressive Therapies Summit (NY, Nov 2020)
"I cannot wait to try this on myself and then dreamscape with my clients and others to help them overcome blocks. Dreamscaping is such an amazing and healing tool to have in my arsenal of creative healing instruments—thank you Nancy!" - Psychotherapist
Routledge book launch for "Prescriptive Memories in Grief and Loss: The Art of Dreamscaping"
BOOK LAUNCH | Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
November 14, 2019 New York, NY –Prescriptive Memories in Grief and Loss: The Art of Dreamscaping Book launch: November 14th // 6.30 - 8.30pm Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens Hampstead…
Bob Neimeyer and Nancy Gershman pose with "Dreamscaping" book
PRESENTER | ADEC 41st Annual Conference (Atlanta)
April 11, 2019 Atlanta, GA. Part book launch, part Dreamscaping debut, "Alive and Enlivening: Prescriptive Memories and The Art of Dreamscaping" was presented by Nancy Gershman to ADEC members interested…
GUEST | To Grieve Podcast
November 9, 2018 Asheville, NC. This episode features 4 of the nearly 40 artists featured on Bereavementartists.com. The website acts as a free directory of creatives from across the United…
NBC Left Field documentary: “Would You Be Happier if You Embraced Death?
Producer Carlos Beltran's documentary for NBC Left Field, "Would You be Happier if You Embraced Death?” The doc follows Carlos as he opens up about his inability to grieve his…
PRESENTER | ADEC 40th Annual Conference (Pittsburgh)
April 28, 2018 Pittsburgh. Memory artist, Nancy Gershman—host of Death Cafe New York City—and Lynda Shand, RN PhD CHPN, Professor of Palliative Care at the College of New Rochelle, and…
Presenter | ADEC Pre-Conference Institute’s Advanced Course with Robert Neimeyer
April, 5, 2017 Memory artist, Nancy Gershman presenting "Dreamscaping in Grief Therapy: Consolation Through Prescriptive Memories" in Robert Neimeyer's advanced course on complicated grief and bereavement (ADEC Pre-Conference). Attendees were primarily…
Interview | Open To Hope TV 2016
Oct. 8, 2016 Family member, Debla Hargreaves and memory artist, Nancy Gershman talk to the psychologists, Gloria and Heidi Horsley about how they collaborated on a "postage stamp" Dreamscape to memorialize Debla's father. …