Lunch and Learn: How Creative Expression Builds Resilience in Crisis The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis

Date:
📆 Wednesday October 28, 2026 

Time: 12:00pm–1:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Online
Available CEs: 1
Facilitator: Sibel Golden, PhD, LMHC, REAT & Jennifer Levine, MFA
Cost: $29.00 + tax

Registration Deadline: Sunday October 25, 2026

“If we’re only given a day, we have to live it.”

— Friedl Dicker-Brandeis

In this one-hour Lunch and Learn, you will explore a remarkable story about the power of art to sustain human dignity, foster emotional regulation, and build resilience in the face of unimaginable circumstances. This is not just a historical story—it offers profound lessons for anyone working with children, trauma survivors, or communities facing adversity.

Learning objectives

1. Participants will learn about Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and why her work matters today.
2. Participants will learn how art-making supports emotional regulation and resilience.
3. Participants will learn practical applications: bringing creative expression into client work.
4. Participants will have a hands-on experience with one of Friedl’s techniques.

Required Materials

• Your preferred art materials for drawing.

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute Cancellation & Refund Policy

Earning Continuing Education Credits

To receive a CE Certificate for completion of this workshop, you must officially register, attend the workshop in its entirety and complete an evaluation form after the workshop. The evaluation form is emailed to you by the following Friday of the workshop. After completing & submitting the evaluation form, a CE Certificate will be emailed to you within 5-7 business days.

Who is eligible to receive CEs?

• Nationally: Approved NBCC Provider for Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers (you are responsible for confirming that your organization/state will accept NBCC credits.)
• New York Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCATs)
• Washington State School Counselor/Teacher (OSPI) Approved by the Washington State Office of Public Instruction as a “Washington State approved clock hour offering workshop.”
• If you are outside of Washington State, we advise that you check with your state licensing board to confirm that they accept NBCC Approved CEs. 

Northwest Creative and Expressive Arts Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0123.

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7104. Programs that do no qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.