FINDING MEANING:
NARRATIVES OF TRANSFORMATION IN ACTION
Presenter: Cathy Nugent and Laura Greer
SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2026
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM EDT
12:30 PM - 03:30 PM CDT
11:30 AM - 02:30 PM MDT
10:30 AM - 01:30 PM PDT
ON ZOOM
Description:
This three-hour online workshop invites participants to explore how meaning is constructed, revised, and embodied across the arc of a life. Drawing on psychodrama, narrative psychology, and existential perspectives, we will integrate Bruce Feiler's three pillars of meaning (Agency, Belonging, and Cause), life-line exploration, and action-based methodology to illuminate critical turning points in participants' life stories.
Through structured reflection, sociometric choice, and carefully paced enactments, participants will explore how life events are narrated, meaning shifts over time, and how new narratives can be consciously authored. This workshop emphasizes depth, integration, and professional relevance while honoring the intimate nature of a small, online group experience.
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Explore and apply Feiler's three pillars of meaning (Agency, Belonging, and Cause) to illuminate how different forms of meaning organize life narratives across time and transition.
- Use the life-line technique to explore how meaning is constructed at different developmental or transitional points, including moments of disruption, choice, or renewal.
- Describe at least one action-based reframing structure to support movement from constricting or contamination narratives toward more integrated, meaning-centered narratives, with attention to clinical and professional application.
Presenters
Laura Greer, LCSW-C, CP/PAT
Laura Greer, LCSW-C, CP/PAT works in private practice at LG
Wellness in Baltimore, where she incorporates a variety of
modalities in the treatment of trauma. Laura is a
Certified Practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group
Therapy. Using action methods has enhanced both the
groups she facilitates and her work with individual clients.
Currently pursuing certification as a Psychodrama Trainer, Laura
also enjoys sharing action methods with fellow clinicians. Outside
of the office, playing with her parrots and grandchildren are
among Laura's favorite activities.
Catherine D. (Cathy) Nugent, LCPC, TEP,
Catherine D. (Cathy) Nugent, LCPC, TEP, is the Executive Director and Principal Trainer
of Laurel Psychodrama Training Institute, where she teaches classical psychodrama, sociometry,
and group psychotherapy through a contemporary lens that integrates
recovery-oriented and trauma-informed perspectives. With nearly
forty years of practice as a psychotherapist and psychodramatist,
and twenty years of experience with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration as a national thought leader, Cathy helped shape
principles of recovery and trauma-informed services now embedded in
behavioral health systems across the U.S. Her teaching is grounded in
adult experiential learning theory, and is known for its warmth, depth,
intellectual rigor, and practical relevance for clinical, educational,
and organizational settings.