Omaha Therapy and Arts Collaborative & NExT Foundation

08/25/2025

Registration is now open for our arts-based mental health group for those with a diagnosis of Bipolar I or II or other cyclical mood disorder! Groups are facilitated by fully Licensed Independent Mental Health practitioners and a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist.

👉🏽click here to sign up or for more information!
https://www.nextfoundationomaha.com/programs-groups-for-special-populations

08/19/2025

🎶Join Music Therapist Amanda Rosado and Expressive Art Therapist Betsy Funk in this CEU workshop for professionals and clinicians interested in learning how to incorporate music into a therapy practice. This workshop will incorporate hands-on tools and exercises to confidently bring music into any therapy setting!

Sign up here 👉🏽https://www.nextfoundationomaha.com/workshops-for-personal-growth

08/06/2025

👉🏽Working artists and students can use the promo code ARTHEALS at checkout for a 25% discount!

07/31/2025

07/24/2025

07/03/2025

https://nextfoundation.corsizio.com/event/685de44af02127913e21bba3

Join Amanda Rosado, MT-BC, board certified music therapist, on a virtual workshop on music's impact on the body, and why it can be helpful for stress management and connection. This workshop will include opportunities to actively engage in unique music experiences and ideas of curating these experiences into your daily life. No prior music experiences are required!

07/03/2025

🙌🏻Save the date!!

✨For a night of inspiration, creativity, and community at the beautiful Joslyn Castle and Gardens!

🙏Support the NExT Foundation and our mission to improve mental health in Nebraska through Expressive Arts Therapy.

🌺Featuring:speed painters, dancers, musicians, story tellers
Friday Sept 5, 2025 6:00-9:00pm at Joslyn Castle and gardens.

Tickets go on sale soon!

Your support helps bring healing through art. Be the NExT step toward a healthier Nebraska.

06/02/2025

Update: This training is SOLD OUT!

Stay tuned for more opportunities and subscribe to our newsletter at www.nextfoundationomaha.com

✨ Expressive Arts Therapy: An Overview and Application ✨
This intermediate-level training is perfect for social workers, mental health professionals, and students passionate about mental health and expressive arts.

Learn how to integrate inter-modal Expressive Arts into your practice and discover trauma-informed, somatic, and creative strategies to support healing, regulation, and connection.

🗓️ Friday, June 27, 2025
⏰ 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
📍 Thompson Alumni Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha

🎯 Learning Objectives Include:
✔️ Understanding the intermodal Expressive Arts Process
✔️ Gaining insight into how creative practice benefits both clients and clinicians
✔️ Exploring trauma-informed applications of Expressive Arts and somatic processing

🧠 Presenters:
Betsy Funk, LCSW, LIMHP, REAT
Natalie Hogge, LIMHP, REAT
Jea Theis, LICSW, LIMHP, REAT

Includes:
🎯6 Continuing Education (CE) units
🎯Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks
🎯Networking opportunities with fellow professionals
🎯Registration Fee: $150

Omaha Therapy and Arts Collaborative & NExT Foundation

06/01/2025

Join artist Meliz Laugen at NExT Foundation for a Flowers of Gratitude Watercolor workshop!

Sunday, June 22nd from 12:00-2:00pm

This workshop will begin with a brief lesson in watercolor painting, and from there we will paint fresh flowers of the summer season.

The love of nature brings with it self-regeneration, reminding us to find beauty in ourselves and the world around us. The summer solstice brings forth ways to feel gratitude. I would love to hear from the students about what they are grateful for this season. I hope this workshop brings out creativity, joy, and a calm spirit.

This group is welcome to ages 14 and up!

https://nextfoundation.corsizio.com/event/67e30a8200cd6ddccedca99e

05/29/2025

Meander through our newly updated and award-winning Joslyn Art Museum! ❤️

05/21/2025

https://nextfoundation.corsizio.com/event/67e30a8200cd6ddccedca99e

Watercolor with local artist, Meliz Laugen is back! June flowers are the subject...
What to bring? A curious stance for a new experience! NExT Foundation and Meliz bring the rest!

Fresh flowers, a brief lesson in watercolor painting, and you will get to capture summer in the form of a watercolor painting to take home after painting in very good company!

Sign up on the link above and join our creative community!!!

05/15/2025

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