Erika Cleveland - Washington, D.C. 

http://www.transformativehealingdolls.com
https://www.facebook.com/Transformativehealingdolls

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Artist, writer and healer, Erika Cleveland was trained as an art therapist at NYU. After working clinically for many years with children and adults, in settings such as International Center for the Disabled in NYC and Boston Children’s Hospital, she studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Here is a link to an article that was in the Washington Post in 2019 called
In the galleries: Erika Cleveland's 'Healing Dolls' are playful in their duality
Erika has completed Barb Kobe's Medicine Doll online class and has taken several classes from Pamela Hastings.
What students say
Testimonial from a Befriending Our Shadow alumna, Angela Roberts: 
"I was drawn to the class because the exploration promised spoke keenly to my soul. I wanted to learn more about embracing the shadow side and expressing the journey in a doll. I found the experience to be exhilarating, terrifying, gratifying, and fun. 

This workshop series delivered on the stated goals, and more. Erika nurtured an environment of support, wisdom sharing, safe space, and creativity. We grew to trust one another with our fears, our ideas, and our deep thoughts. I never made a doll before. I never imagined making a doll before this class…Making my doll…forced me to think long and hard…In the end, the process helped me to find a modicum of peace and acceptance.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this workshop series. I looked forward to our weekly meetings. Our time together was a combination of practical tips, meditation, sharing, coaching one another, and enjoying the company of talented, strong women. Erika’s facilitation style is supportive, gentle, and inviting. She valued every one of us. She welcomed our creativity and celebrated our outcomes. 
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ERIKA CLEVELAND
Befriending Our Shadow  
New Class coming this Spring

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 "​...rather enchanted by the slowness of it, how much time I actually spent on my doll...gave me some deep revelation.  I was exposed to more techniques and possibilities than expected."
​ A doll-making e-course about befriending our shadow, using tenderness and compassion to connect with all parts of ourselves. Flip dolls are two sided dolls connected at the waist. These two-sided dolls have the capacity to capture divergent views of reality, dark vs light, joy vs sorrow, love vs alienation. In this course you will have the chance, through exploring and befriending your shadow, to discover hidden strengths within. And at the end of the course, your doll will represent and unite both shadow and light. And, important note, you do not need to know how to sew beforehand. This class is open to those at all levels of sewing ability. 
 
Dates:
Early bird price deadline                     March 29
Sign up deadline                                 April 2
Course starts                                       April 5
Course ends                                        May 29
 
Click on link below to find out more and to sign up
https://www.transformativehealingdolls.com/befriending-our-shadow-e-course.html

 
"I really wanted to explore my own current state of mind and I had a feeling that the class might encourage the deep dive I needed. These simple expectations were met and the more hidden expectations emerged and were met as well. The classes followed a path that was like a stairway down towards an internal place where the psyche and the soul met somehow…”
Barbara Sobol, participant Befriending Our Shadow, Fall 2020
 
"Carl Jung said 'The shadow is where the gold is.' The process of working on a flip doll in a community of doll-makers under the tutelage of Erika Cleveland was a wonderful way of accessing shadow parts of my personality, those parts of myself I have trouble acknowledging and seeing clearly…”
Joanne Delaplaine, participant Befriending Our Shadow Fall 2020
MORE DETAILS and SIGN UP HERE