Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA

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Healing of Memories Workshop for Healthcare Workers

The Healing of Memories workshop is FREE for healthcare workers who have experienced emotional, psychological and spiritual distress – in their personal or professional lives – during the COVID pandemic. This workshop provides a safe, confidential environment, the ideal setting to help participants take the necessary steps toward healing. Register here for this February 19 – 21, 2023 event at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center.

THE WORKSHOP IS FREE FOR QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

Listening to others share their struggles, concerns, and hopes made me feel I am not alone.

Healing of Memories (HOM) workshops by the Institute for Healing of Memories were designed to respond to emotional, psychological, and spiritual wounds inflicted by war, human rights abuses and other traumatic circumstances. Since 1998, the HOM workshop, a 2½ day experiential healing process (NOT a tool-kit workshop), has been utilized worldwide in multiple contexts. For example, in response to COVID-19, IHOM began offering Healing of Memories workshops for healthcare workers to meet their immediate and long-term healing needs. As a result, participants find support, healing, increased trust, empathy, hope, relief, reassurance, and a sense of belonging.

RAVES FOR HOM WORKSHOPS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS

  • I felt connected and grounded.

  • It was a healing experience.

  • This helped me to release weighted emotional baggage, which will help me be a better nurse.

  • The highlights for me were the reflective questions, the art “project” and the connections made.

  • All of the facilitators have their hearts in the work.

  • The workshop was encouraging and re-affirming. Thank you.

WHEN

  • Sunday – Tuesday, February 19-21, 2023

  • Program begins with dinner at 6:00 pm

COST

FREE to qualified Healthcare Workers. Space is limited. Applicants will be contacted well in advance to confirm their participation.