Workshop Overview
Traditional talk therapy can overlook the body, the senses, and the innate human drive for creativity. This two-day experiential training equips mental health professionals with practical, nature-informed expressive arts and music-based interventions that enhance regulation, insight, engagement, and therapeutic depth.
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Participants will explore how natural materials, sound, rhythm, movement, and creative processes can enrich sessions, strengthen the therapeutic alliance, and support clients across a wide range of diagnoses and presenting concerns—including trauma. This training is accessible, evidence-informed, and immediately applicable to individual and group work.
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Both days weave together music, expressive arts, and nature seamlessly so clinicians can directly experience how the integration expands therapeutic possibilities.​​​
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Logistics & Registration
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When: September 1-3, 2026
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Where: Camp Puh'tok (Monkton, Maryland)
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Cost: $825 per clinician
Early bird rate of $795 until July 3 with booking code MUSART
Scholarship Available: Limited need-based scholarship available. Apply here
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Accommodation options: Shared cabin ($25/night) or camping (free with own gear or $40 gear rental)
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Instructor Highlights
Peggy Tileston
MA, MT-BC, CMSII-BC, LYT, NIT
In 1974, a college classmate suggested to Peggy – a music major - that she take the Psychodrama course. The experience set her on a path that included 10 years of training in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy, a BA and national certification as a music therapist (Loyola University, 1980), an independent study master’s degree in Counseling and the Creative Process (Lesley University, 1987), and additional training and/or certification in meditation, yoga, Laughter Yoga, trauma-informed approaches, Morning Altars work, and Nature Informed Therapy. She uses it all in her private practice today.
Since 1980, Peggy has worked in schools, residential treatment centers, and behavioral health hospitals, and since 2013 has been serving as an associate professor of Music Therapy at Temple University. As of 2023 she has been offering Music Wellness sessions at Fox Chase Cancer Center, and since 2017 has co-hosted (with an art therapist) “Creative Methods of Self Care” workshops for medical students at Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
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Website: https://creativequesting.com
Olivia Bankard
LGPAT
Olivia (she/they) is a Licensed Graduate Professional Art Therapist with a Master’s in Art Therapy from Notre Dame of Maryland University. She is deeply passionate about finding interconnectedness and meaning through the creative process, each other, and the earth we belong to. She has worked in group practice, intensive outpatient, and inpatient settings. She has experience supporting people with a wide range of diagnoses, including mood disorders, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, personality disorders, schizoaffective disorders and more. Her current focus is adolescents (13+) and adults, with an emphasis on the LGBTQ+ community.
Heidi Schreiber-Pan
Ph.D., LCPC
Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan is a renowned expert in Nature-Informed Therapy, with over two decades of pioneering work in integrating ecological principles into psychological practice. Her academic rigor, exemplified by a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, underpins her innovative BioPsychoSocial-Spiritual Model of Well-being. Author of the acclaimed book "Taming the Anxious Mid: A Guidebook to Relieve Stress & Anxiety" and "The Outside Within: Stories of nature's role in psychological well-being". Dr. Schreiber-Pan is also the founder of the Nature Informed Therapy Center. An impassioned educator and nature therapist, her work not only advances mental health but also underscores the vital role of environmental stewardship in public well-being.
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Preliminary Schedule
September 1: Arrivals from 5pm
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September 2: Training (9am-5pm)
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September 3: Training (9am-5pm)
CE Details
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Center for Nature Informed Therapy has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7473. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Nature Informed Therapy is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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The Center for Nature Informed Therapy is solely responsible for all aspects of the program
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The Center for Nature Informed Therapy, Provider No. 2022, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 9, 2025-July 9, 2028.
Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements ​
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