Nancy Gershman, LMSW
A psychotherapist and memory artist, Nancy is the developer of Dreamscaping, an imaginal and photo-based approach to treating people at the end of life and in the aftermath of significant loss, supported by the way memories get encoded in the brain. Dreamscaping uses resourcing, focusing on felt sense, re-scripting and mental simulations to shift the focus from “what do you miss?” to “what gives you joy?” Since 2013, she is the host of Death Café NYC since 2013.
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Published: Jun 28, 2019
Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley of Open To Hope Foundation ask the viewer: Are you looking for unique ways to memorialize or celebrate the life of your loved one? They interview long time colleague, memory artist, psychotherapist and the developer of Dreamscaping, Nancy Gershman along with art therapist, Ziva Zaff and their client Betsy, for whom Nancy created a dreamscape in memory of her daughter.
Published: Sep 30, 2018
Two art therapy students trained by memory artist, Nancy Gershman, demonstrate the art of dreamscaping. In this audio clip, Kim is interviewed about her favorite memories of "Gram," which are entirely vivid felt sense memories of her grandmother.
Published: Oct 10, 2018
What if your positive memories of someone are their memories, and not your own? In this full length Dreamscaping interview conducted by Nancy Gershman, Russ will share with us three memories from different points across his life span. In which memory does Russ appear to own the joy?
Published: Dec 29, 2017
At the 40th Annual Association For Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), Robert Neimeyer talks with Nancy Gershman about her new book with Barbara E. Thompson, “Prescriptive Memories in Grief and Loss: The Art of Dreamscaping,” and the “artful way" Bob's own dreamscape in the book "captures an imagined memory... a sweet moment [he] needed but did not have” with a father who died by suicide.
Published: Oct 17, 2016
Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley of Open to Hope TV in an interview with memory artist Nancy Gershman and her client Debla E. Heredia-Brown for whom Nancy created a dreamscape in memory of her father.