Upcoming Events
Exhibitions and presentations, talks and forums featuring the custom photo collage work and prescriptive photomontages of digital artist Nancy Gershman.
ADEC PANELIST, “Our Work, Ourselves” (St. Louis, MO, 2022)
I will be joined by two other panelists, giants in the field of thanatology, really — David Balk, PhD and Chris Hall (Australian Centre for
3CE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Expressive Therapies Summit (LA, April 2022)
“It integrates the nice, missed felt sense memories of attention, care, family tradition into daily life, creating an antidote for toxic experience.”
1.5-hr LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | 14th International Expressive Arts Therapy Conference (2022)
“I feel like this would be amazing to do with EMDR!” – Expressive Arts Therapist
3CE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Expressive Therapies Summit (NY, Nov 2021)
“I so seldom find a technique that utilizes the positive aspects of having known the person vs. coping with their absence. I believe Dreamscaping is just the ticket for my “stuck” clients in later grief.” – Bereavement Counselor
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
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
4CE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING | Bhava Therapy Group (Feb 2021)
“The course was so helpful, life affirming, and magical. I feel uplifted.” – Psychotherapist
PODCAST | Voices from the Expressive Therapies Summit (2020)
October 28, 2020 Nancy Gershman, LMSW, talks to the Creative Psychotherapist, Reina Lombardi about Dreamscaping and prescriptive-memory in grief and loss. Topics covered include how
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
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
2 DAY WORKSHOP | Peninsula Home Hospice (Australia 2019)
“This is a great intervention for grieving clients – particularly when death due to suicide—sudden, violent, traumatic—a difficult and challenging grief. This can provide opportunities
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
BOOK LAUNCH | Routledge’s Taylor & Francis Group
November 14, 2018 New York, NY Book launch for “Prescriptive Memories in Grief and Loss: The Art of Dreamscaping” November 14th // 6.30 – 8.30pm
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
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
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
