Heidi Schreiber-Pan: THE OUTSIDE WITHIN (With Gina Strauss)
Join us on The Ivy’s back patio for a celebration of Heidi Schreiber-Pan’s new book, THE OUTSIDE WITHIN! Heidi Schreiber-Pan and Gina Strauss, both professional counselors as well as writers, will treat us to a conversation about the book, and a nature-based mindfulness exercise in The Ivy gardens.
THE OUTSIDE WITHIN follows various true accounts of everyday people who experience nature’s healing qualities and initiate self-awareness in the best of ways. With nature as a mirror, teacher, counselor, and spirit guide, this book invites you on an outdoor journey filled with wild promises echoing from our ancient past of deep connection and passionate bonding with Mother Earth.
Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D. is the clinical director at Chesapeake Mental Health, Maryland and founder of the newly launched Center for Nature Informed Therapy. Dr. Schreiber-Pan is a licensed professional counselor and board-approved supervisor. Her clinical specialization in the treatment of anxiety disorders, PTSD, OCD, stress reduction, and occupational burnout has made her a sought-after international speaker.
As an affiliate and former faculty member of Loyola University, Maryland, her past research has focused on resiliency, psychological well-being, and nature-informed therapy.
Dr. Schreiber-Pan has worked with various organizations, schools, and corporations to reduce stress on a communal level and to increase organizational well-being through training in positive psychology as well as the integration of nature into mental health.
She is the author of the successful self-help book: Taming the Anxious Mind. Her new book The Outside Within: Stories of Nature’s Role in Psychological Well-being is scheduled to be published in April of 2023.
For over 30 years, Gina Strauss has worked as an advisor, counselor and teacher in a variety of educational settings with children, adolescents, and adults. She currently works as a licensed professional counselor at Chesapeake Mental Health Collaborative. Gina is an advocate for conscious living and believes that much can be learned from life’s day-to-day moments. As a certified Nature Informed Therapist, she uses the wisdom of nature to enhance her own growth and healing and inspires others to do the same.
Gina is also a published author and has served as the Board President of Yellow Arrow Publishing, which was founded in Baltimore. Her writing entitled Listening to the Wisdom of My Body: My Fertility Journey was published in Resilience, the Winter 2020 edition of the Yellow Arrow Journal. She is also a featured author of The Outside Within: Stories of Nature’s Role in Psychological Well-being by Dr Heidi Schreiber-Pan.
