About Session
This training is part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration at Higgins Lake. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and lodging will be provided. More information can be found about Higgins Lake here.
This session will highlight exciting updates to our recovery programming, including enhanced creative therapies and our newest initiative: Passenger Radio WHCK. Learn how these innovative approaches are being used to foster self-expression, build community, and support sustained recovery in dynamic and meaningful ways. Discover how music and the arts can support natural dopamine release and emotional healing in recovery. Learn about our latest creative programming updates, including music therapy expansion and an exciting new client-led radio project!
Objectives:
- Explore exciting updates in recovery programming, including expanding opportunities for music and arts involvement, and a brand-new, client-led radio project.
- Learn how client-led initiatives give people in recovery a platform to share their voices, build confidence, and shape their own healing journeys.
- Understand how shared creative experiences can strengthen community, boost motivation, and support long-term recovery.
- Participate in a music listening session, experiencing the power of guided listening as a form of self-care that facilitates cognitive, emotional, and physical health.
- Experience a live concert lecture, seeing how self-awareness, the development of social skills, and greater spontaneity can be fostered by immersive artistic involvement.
Presented by: Presented by: Chris Tait, Bryan Wolf, Jimmy Doom, Camilla Hoitenga
Chris Tait is a musician, performer and person in long-term recovery. Chris formed Passenger in 2016 after experiencing first-hand the struggles that creatives in recovery face on the road.
Bryan Wolf is a composer, sound engineer, producer, sound artist, and educator. Bryan began his recovery journey after returning to Detroit, and is grateful that he can give back by supporting music and creative professionals in their struggles to maintain sobriety.
Jimmy Doom is an American writer, actor, and person in recovery who was born in New York, New York and went on to help revitalize the Detroit punk scene in the mid-1980s.
Camilla Hoitenga is an internationally known Flutist, based in Cologne and North Carolina. Her repertoire ranges from Baroque to interdisciplinary projects with live video, electronics and improvisation.
Eligible for 3.25 MDHHS Continuing Education credits.
