Happy, Healthy, & Human is a therapy group that combines theater games, improvisation, psychodrama, sociometrics, and psychoeducation to treat relational trauma and attachment wounds in couples and individuals. Sessions begin with group warmup exercises to attune with each other, and identify feelings and sensations members choose to explore via role plays, doubling, timelines, and interviews, that they personalize, at their own pace. Through structured, sequential interventions members explore how early adaptive strategies continue to shape present-day relationships, and how new experiences of co-regulation and role flexibility can open space for authenticity and connection. The therapist provides insight into how chronic stress from trauma shows up in our body and in the repeated patterns of our relationships. This group allows members to develop emotional security with other members in a safe, therapeutic environment while they reconnect with shut-down parts of themselves.
What to expect
This group meets on Saturday afternoons from 3-5pm in Sylvania, Ohio. Members may bill through their insurance or pay $30 via cash or card. Group members are required to meet with the clinician for a diagnostic assessment to evaluate if member is appropriate for this group.
This 2-hour workshop is limited to 20 participants, and led by Diana DePasquale, a Nationally Certified Counselor (Licensed in Ohio) who also happens to have over 20 years experience in studying, performing, and teaching improvisation. Diana is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Sylvania, Ohio. She has performed at the Chicago Improv Festival, Del Close Marathon, and led workshops and performed at the Kalamazoo Improv Festival. She is a co-founder of Glass City Improv.