HEALING THE WOUNDS OF HISTORY
A Gathering of Diverse Cultures

Transforming Legacies of Historical Trauma
into Constructive Action

The Living Arts Counseling Center
4000 Broadway, Suite 4
Oakland

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The Workshop

An Interwoven Drama Therapy &
Expressive Arts Therapy Process

Each of us has been touched by the hand of historical trauma, either directly or indirectly. How do we prevent the rage, guilt and shame of one generation from haunting generations to come? To be truly understood historical trauma needs to be re-told and experienced in a personal way. By providing a bridge between the personal and the collective experience, the expressive arts help people to untangle complex webs of feeling, heal deep wounds and put ghosts of history to rest.

We invite people from different generations, nationalities, and cultures to gather together for one day to acknowledge, reflect upon and take steps towards healing their personal and collective wounds.


Eva Leveton, is a psychotherapist in private practice and a retired professor of Drama therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is the author of three books, A Clinician's Guide to Psychodrama and Adolescent Crisis: Approaches in Family Therapy, as well as articles and poems. Her most recent book is a memoir entitled, Eva's Berlin: The Memory of a Wartime Childhood, which recalls her experience as a half-Jewish girl growing up in War-torn Berlin.