Upcoming Events

In-Person Events

Creative Arts for Trauma Recovery – an all-day program for ECHO Training

Led by HaGomel President and Founder, Elya Braden, and Program Manager, Annette Torres

Date: November 10 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM PDT

Location: IN-PERSON The California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles CA 90012

HaGomel is so honored to be partnering again with Echo Training, a leader in trauma and resilience training. In this training, we will explore how the embodied practices of the expressive arts can support trauma survivors in releasing hypervigilance, withdrawal, and fear while increasing their sense of safety, self-regulation, and self-esteem.…LEARN MORE

Virtual Events

The Journey: Exploring Change Through Art

Led by Jessica Bianchi, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Board Certified Art Therapist

Date: November 14 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

Location: Zoom

This gentle expressive arts workshop invites participants to reflect on a personal journey through guided visualization and creative art making. Using watercolor or pastels, participants will create an abstract representation of a journey, challenge, or transition, exploring its beginning, middle, and end through lines, shapes, colors, and textures…LEARN MORE

Elements of Healing: Dance, Movement & Renewal

Led by Vicki Alvarez, a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist with an M.S. in Dance/Movement Therapy, and Clory Rossi-Shewan, a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Date: December 5 | 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

Location: Zoom

Let’s reconnect with our inner strength. In this virtual dance/movement session, women are invited to reclaim a sense of safety and wholeness in the body. Guided by the four elements — Earth for grounding, Fire for energy, Water for balance, and Air for flexibility — we’ll release tension, process emotion, and rediscover the body as a source of hope…LEARN MORE