EXPERIENTIAL IMPROV THERAPY

Lacy provides improv-based therapy groups that blend tenets of improvisation with therapeutic intervention in order to provide a unique experiential therapeutic experience for clients. This improv-Based Therapy is a powerful therapeutic modality to treat eating disorders, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma-related disorders, and other psychiatric and interpersonal challenges.

Overall, improv therapy groups provide clients with a safe and supportive setting to challenge themselves and find success while internalizing foundational regulation skills.   Improv therapy groups provide excellent opportunities for clients to:

• Improve communication

• Explore risk-management

• Improve self-regulation

• Increase the ability to stay grounded in the present moment

• Learn new coping and anxiety-management skills

• Understand more about the way they connect with others and navigate the world

• Practice flexibility

• Etc.

Lacy currently leads a weekly Improv for Anxiety outpatient therapy group. Lacy previously led weekly adolescent, adult, and family groups at an eating disorder recovery center and a trauma-focused day hospitalization program. Additionally, Lacy developed an improv-based therapy curriculum that corresponds with an evidence-based CBT group model for clinically anxious primary and junior high students. A research study on this program will be piloted in a partnership with Indiana University in 2019.

To learn more about integrating Improv Therapy into your therapeutic practice, or to inquire about joining a group, contact Lacy.