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A recent New York Nonprofit Press article, The Role of Intimacy on the Road to Recovery, written by our own David Kamnitzer and Brian Mundy, addresses what for many clients -- as well as for their therapists -- is a sensitive issue…intimacy.
In addition to identifying overarching concepts about intimacy based on a series of consumer focus groups, the authors share a new ICL curriculum: Sexuality, Sensuality and Sensibility. Used initially in a small skills development and support group, the approach helps residents to cultivate healthy intimate relationships, which in turn, counters the sense of isolation that many people on the road to recovery encounter.
Read the complete The Role of Intimacy on the Road to Recovery article.
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A new book by Ann Marie Petrocelli, Prejudice to Pride: Moving from Homophobia to Acceptance, describes a journey, moving from ignorance and falsehoods about gay men and lesbians toward understanding and acceptance of the gay community. The book contains the knowledge and experiences of lesbian and gay people meant to educate people about who gay people are, in the hope that people will understand and support the gay community. |
Ann Marie Petrocelli is the program director at ICL Milestone Residence, a 168-bed facility on the grounds of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village that provides permanent supportive housing to formerly homeless people and those living with mental illness. Read more...
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Seven artists came up, one by one, to stand near their just-debuted six-paneled wood mural and take a turn at the podium to share their love of art and their feelings about the day. “I’m going to show my family and put it on the wall!” exclaimed Karen S. about her certificate she received from Office of People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) Commissioner Courtney Burke. The next artist cried as she spoke and another joyously proclaimed, “I can do it!” |
This week, the 12’x8’ “Art from Within” mural was unveiled during a private ceremony at the OPWDD regional office in Manhattan where the larger-than-life artwork will be permanently installed. The piece was created by eight Institute for Community Living (ICL) Manhattan and Brooklyn artists, each with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD). Read more...
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