Workshops & Lectures

I enjoy creating experiential opportunities for groups to explore self-care, growth, and balance. I tailor workshops and lectures to your group's needs, time frame, and interests. Below are some sample topics:  
  • Introduction to Curanderismo/Mexican Traditional Medicine 
  • Curanderismo practices for self-care
  • Curanderismo and reclaiming healing for women of color
  • Integrating the Sacred into research
  • Introduction to mindfulness meditation practices
  • Creating and sustaining a meditation practice
  • History and science of mindfulness meditation in Western mental health
  • Nervous system-informed self-care
  • Nervous-system informed understanding of social anxiety
Sample of past workshops and lectures:
  • ​​Do What the Grandmothers Taught: Bridging Psychotherapy and Curanderismo/Traditional Mexican Healing (co-presented with Rev. Virginia Marie Rincon). Presented for A Year of Conversations, Austin in Connection, June 2016.
  • An Introduction to Mindfulness (co-presented with Cary Tucker, RN, LCSW) for the staff at the Counseling Mental Health Center, University of Texas at Austin, January 2016.
  • La Cultura Cura: A Woman's Self-Care Workshop Series:  Altar-Building and Creating Sacred Space. Drawing on the principles of balance in curanderismo to create safe and restorative spaces in the midst of oppressive contexts. Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, November 2015.
  • Con Alma: Stories about Finding the Sacred in Research. Exploring a decolonizing approach to researching Indigenous healing communities. Lecture for Dr. Rachel Gonzalez-Martin's Latin@ Spiritualities course. University of Texas at Austin, November 2015.
  • ​Finding Balance in a Full Schedule: What Mindfulness Can Teach us about Our Struggles with Time. An exploration of mindfulness lessons and practices that can shift our experience of daily stress and burnout. Teach for America, Austin, TX, October 2015.

Retreats

Retreat experiences provide the space to explore and experiment more deeply with centering, meditation, and self-care practices. I have 20 years of experience studying meditation and centering practices. I am available to facilitate daylong or half-day retreats.  We will collaborate to create a plan for your needs and wishes.  I will facilitate the experience; you will provide location and any amenities the group may need.

Contact me for more information:

Con Alma Therapy
​Alicia Enciso Litschi, Ph.D.
ConAlmaTherapy@gmail.com
512-686-7525