Workshops, Classes, Intensives,

Workshops, Classes, Intensives,

BAD ART DROP IN (SUMMER)
7-WEEK PARENT SUPPORT GROUP

Bad Art Drop-In

on Zoom with Rythea Lee, assisted by Rose Oceania

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Bad Art is for anyone and everyone. It’s truly a simple practice that can be incredibly healing. Each class, we get people making marks on the page, writing with a wild mind, moving their bodies with a focus on breathing, opening the body, and getting present. We direct you to participate in exercises that trick the mind into fluidity.

Each class has a main assignment. We support participants to purposely do a bad job at our assignments, allowing ourselves to make something terrible, boring, stupid, ugly, weird, offensive, repulsive, and unappealing. This is the portal to permission that allows the left brain—analytic, controlling, and comparing—to relax. When we allow ourselves to create from an internal experience of sensations/impulses/awareness/desires, the right brain takes over and there is access to embodied expression. It can be pleasurable, relieving, and freeing.

Bad Art classes are a chance to feel our inner child, our internalized critic, the blocked aspects of ourselves, and get to know these parts of ourselves without judgement or pressure. This helps restore the flow of expression. 

Authentic expression heals layers of shame and hiding; it brings us into a place of play and grace that we long for. It is especially healing when we do this process in community with others who are taking risks alongside us.

After a very successful 7-week Bad Art series, we are offering Summer drop-in classes! We cannot wait to be bad with you!

Join us:
July 19
July 26
August 2
August 9 

  • Bad Art is for anyone and everyone. It’s truly a simple practice that can be incredibly healing. Each class, we get people making marks on the page, writing with a wild mind, moving their bodies with a focus on breathing, opening the body, and getting present. We direct you to participate in exercises that trick the mind into fluidity.

    Each class has a main assignment. We support participants to purposely do a bad job at our assignments, allowing ourselves to make something terrible, boring, stupid, ugly, weird, offensive, repulsive, and unappealing. This is the portal to permission that allows the left brain—analytic, controlling, and comparing—to relax. When we allow ourselves to create from an internal experience of sensations/impulses/awareness/desires, the right brain takes over and there is access to embodied expression. It can be pleasurable, relieving, and freeing.

    Bad Art classes are a chance to feel our inner child, our internalized critic, the blocked aspects of ourselves, and get to know these parts of ourselves without judgement or pressure. This helps restore the flow of expression. 

    Authentic expression heals layers of shame and hiding; it brings us into a place of play and grace that we long for. It is especially healing when we do this process in community with others who are taking risks alongside us.

  • Sundays, 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST
    June 7
    June 14
    July 5
    July 19
    July 26
    August 2
    August 9 

  • Single Drop-In $15-25 USD sliding scale
    7-Class Package $90 USD (save $15)

  • You can register for each drop-in class until 6:45pm EST day-of. Attendees will not be let into the drop-in class after 7:10pm EST. 

    Once you have purchased a drop in class, you will be sent a welcome email with the Zoom link.

  • Because class sizes are limited and we prepare materials and space ahead of time, all single class purchases and package purchases are non-refundable and cannot be transferred to another class if missed.

    That said, we know life happens and humans are wonderfully imperfect. If something comes up and you’re concerned about this policy, please reach out to us at rythea@crocker.com and we’ll do our best to help.

    We also reserve the right to cancel or decline a registration if needed, in which case a refund will be provided for any unused classes.

    By registering, you acknowledge and agree to this policy.

  • Registration closes at 6:45pm EST on the day of class, and we begin promptly at 7:00pm EST. To make the most of our hour together, we’re unable to admit attendees after 7:10pm EST.

    If you have concerns, feedback, or an issue with the facilitation, we ask that you speak with us after class rather than during teaching time, since our classes are only one hour long. We genuinely want to hear from you and will always find time to connect — just email rythea@crocker.com.

    By registering, you acknowledge and agree to these terms.

Not Saying It’s Me, But… It’s Me

A 7-Week Support Group for Parents Moving Towards Collaboration and Non-Coercion

Not Saying It’s Me, But… It’s Me Not Saying It’s Me, But… It’s Me
Sale
Not Saying It’s Me, But… It’s Me
$440.00 $500.00

A 7-Week Support Group For Parents Moving Towards Collaboration and Non-Coercion

Sunday evenings via Zoom
6:00pm to 7:15pm EST
September 13th to October 25th

This group is for parents who are testing, trying, and implementing non-coercive, collaborative practices with their kids and family. It’s for those who are struggling yet devoted to treating their kids as whole human beings, while working on their triggers. You can be at the beginning of this process or deep into letting go of punishments, consequences, and power-over parenting. Wherever you are, this group will assist you to move to the next level of love between you and your child(ren).

Each Sunday, I will bring in a topic—such as screen time, bed time, food, boundaries, play, family conflict, or chronic triggers—and invite you to write for 10 minutes about your feelings and challenges around the topic. We will then open the space for sharing, getting input, and receiving empathy from both me and group members. As your facilitator, I will educate and give suggestions within the non-coercive, collaborative philosophy developed and taught to me by my mentor, Vivek Patel.

This group is an essential tool for parents to receive support in a community environment, to explore without being judged, and to hear from others who are dealing with similar issues, blocks, fears, and even victories. You are not alone and we all need help to break generational cycles that we no longer believe in. 

About your facilitator:
Rythea Lee is a radically non-coercive and collaborative Mom to a 14 year old daughter, an activist and artist who speaks out on social media, a trauma therapist for 30 years, and a parent coach who has been supporting parents in this approach for the past 5 years. She loves leading groups and helping people look inward to find their power and truth. More on her at www.rythea.com

How to Register
You must register for the entire 7-week support group series. You will be prompted to fill out a form prior to check out. Once you have registered and paid, you will be sent a welcome email.

Cost: $500 USD
$440 USD early-bird pricing until August and must be paid in full.
Payment plans are available and close on August 23 at full cost of $500.
Reduced-rate scholarships are offered for BIPOC people (email me if this is you: rythea@crocker.com)

Space is limited for this support group.

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This group is an essential tool for parents to receive support in a community environment, to explore without being judged, and to hear from others who are dealing with similar issues, blocks, fears, and even victories.

Sundays from 6:00 - 7:15pm
September 13 to October 25, 2026 

$440 early-bird registration until August 27.

  • This group is for parents who are testing, trying, and implementing non-coercive, collaborative practices with their kids and family. It’s for those who are struggling yet devoted to treating their kids as whole human beings, while working on their triggers. You can be at the beginning of this process or deep into letting go of punishments, consequences, and power-over parenting. Wherever you are, this group will assist you to move to the next level of love between you and your child(ren).

    Each Sunday, I will bring in a topic—such as screen time, bed time, food, boundaries, play, family conflict, or chronic triggers—and invite you to write for 10 minutes about your feelings and challenges around the topic. We will then open the space for sharing, getting input, and receiving empathy from both me and group members. As your facilitator, I will educate and give suggestions within the non-coercive, collaborative philosophy developed and taught to me by my mentor, Vivek Patel.

    This group is an essential tool for parents to receive support in a community environment, to explore without being judged, and to hear from others who are dealing with similar issues, blocks, fears, and even victories. You are not alone and we all need help to break generational cycles that we no longer believe in. 

  • Sundays, 6:00pm to 7:15pm EST
    September 13
    September 20
    September 27
    October 4
    October 11
    October 18
    October 25 

  • $500 USD
    $440 USD early-bird pricing until August 23.
    Payment plans are available and close on August 23.
    Reduced-rate scholarships are offered for BIPOC people (email me if this is you: rythea@crocker.com)

  • You must register for the entire 7-week support group series. You will be prompted to fill out a form prior to check out.

    Once you have registered and paid, you will be sent a welcome email.

  • $150 deposit is non-refundable.
    Payment plans are available for the full price only and close on August 23.
    Missed classes cannot be reimbursed.

    BIPOC scholarships are $250 USD and are arranged via rythea@crocker.com.
    Space is limited for this support group.

    If you have concerns, feedback, or an issue with the facilitation, we ask that you speak with us between groups, rather than during group time. We genuinely want to hear from you and will always find time to connect — just email rythea@crocker.com.

    By registering, you acknowledge and agree to this policy.

  • Because group sizes are limited and we prepare materials and space ahead of time, any deposits, optional or not, are non-refundable. Refunds available until August 23.

    We also reserve the right to cancel or decline a registration if needed, in which case a refund will be provided for any unused classes. Missed classes cannot be reimbursed.

    By registering, you acknowledge and agree to this policy.

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Past Workshops

Featured
Free Bad Art Drop-In
Apr 27
Free Bad Art Drop-In

Wonder what bad art is all about? Wanna try it? Can anyone really do it? 

YES anyone can REALLY do it! You can be someone who has never made a “creative” thing in your life, or you can have called yourself an artist forever. You could be sure you suck at this, tired of your own attempts at art, or just be burnt the heck out in general. You could be needing therapeutic expression or just a weird outlet to be dumb. It could be political, personal, or not much going on. We invite ALL walks of life, as long as you are willing to engage in a fresh experience of playful and/or boring exercises. It’s might be fun or profound but you'll never know until you try.

We will guide you in little bits of flow and the rest will follow.

Bad Art Practice as an Act Of Resistance
Mar 29
Bad Art Practice as an Act Of Resistance

7-Class Series to Refill and Settle Our Nervous Systems

Facilitated by Rythea Lee
Assisted by Rose Oceania

How do we refill and settle our nervous systems during these terrifying times? If you are fighting the corrupt system we live in and you don’t EXPRESS and UNPACK what is inside you, you will burn out. Maybe you already have.

Come to our BAD ART class!

Scribbling, creative writing, drawing, making tiny melodies, monologues, photographs, creating bad art videos. That is the medicine we know about. We do it almost every day. We make something to reflect back that we are human; we have feelings, opinions, passions, and insights. We get lost and find ourselves through the wild and uncharted play of MAKING. Sometimes we share it with others, sometimes it’s just for ourselves. 

Come be in community space and find a way forward.Wepromise that making art does not mean you are doing nothing about the insanity of this moment. 

In fact, we often find our feet and voice as we are being creative. Things become clear to us and our path is revealed.

Bad art is a lens. It is a permission to NOT TRY TO BE GOOD but to focus instead on the FEEL OF IT. The healing and release of expressing yourself. And, if even that is too much pressure, we will invite you to purposely make something terrible, ugly, boring, annoying, flat, disgusting, or all around dumb.

Sometimes making bad art is the way into your DEEP DOWN BRAIN — your BODY BRAIN — that moves and unfolds without even knowing what it’s doing. 

Let’s not know together, as a group.

In our Bad Art Practice as an Act Of Resistance 7-class series, we will be facilitating structures and assignments and inviting you into a life-giving practice. We will welcome your inner kid parts. Your irreverent clown. Your icy, thawing emotions. Your sensations. Your blocks.Your weirdness. Your deep inner conflict. Your untapped knowing.

Trust us, you need this. 

When: Sundays 6:00 - 8:00pm EST on Zoom 
Sunday, March 29th to Sunday, May 10th (7 classes)
(we ask that you commit to the whole series)

Cost: $175 if you register by March 20th
$200 after March 20th
Deposit to complete your registration is $75 and is non-refundable.

We have 3 BIPOC Scholarships for this course so please email Rythea if you are interested (these spots go quickly) Rythea@crocker.com

Refunds: Deposit to hold your spot is $75 and is non-refundable. Balance is due by March 20th. Balance (excluding deposit) is refundable up to 2 weeks before class, after that, there are no refunds. There are no refunds for missed classes, but assignments will be sent out by email every week in case you miss one.

Click here to register.

Peer Counseling Online Course
Jan 11
Peer Counseling Online Course

If you are craving an emotional support practice that can sustain you through the longterm, this class is for you. This practice empowers ongoing care that is peer to peer, and becomes a ground for the ongoing unpacking of stuck patterns. Peer Counseling is a transformative practice of deep listening and mutual support that breaks isolation, offers skills in listening, emotional release, and community trust building. In this course, you will learn the basics of holding space for each other, being heard, seen, and held with empathy.

You will learn to create sustainable and enlivened peer counseling relationships that become a regular practice in your life.

When: Sunday evenings from 6pm to 8pm EST
January 11th to March 1st
Where: Online via Zoom
Who: Facilitated by Rythea Lee, Assisted by Rose Oceania
Cost: $300 for 8 weeks ($37.50 a class) if paid by December 28th. After that, the cost is $325.

Payment plans accepted, email rythea@crocker.com if you need one. We have 3 BIPOC spots at a reduced rate, email rythea@crocker.com to inquire.

About Your Facilitators:
Rythea Lee has been teaching peer counseling for 10 years locally and online. She has been a trauma therapist for 30 years and has worked to make this practice accessible and trauma-informed. She is an artist, activist, and mother who is devoted to helping people heal from long term effects of harm, wounding, and trauma.

Rose Oceania has been practicing peer counseling for over 25 years. She is a long time creative collaborator with Rythea, a somatic therapist, and facilitator of many healing groups. Visit her website at https://www.roseoceaniaarts.com

Click here to register.

My Offerings

I have led Expressive Arts workshops, Performance Art intensives, therapeutic support groups, movement-based practices, writing workshops, peer-to-peer counseling courses, and parent support groups.

  • This workshop is for people who have done peer counseling or co-counseling before. Level 2 focuses on “frozen needs,” which refers to early unmet needs that tend to unconsciously fuel our deepest relational patterns. During the 5-session workshop, we explore what frozen needs are, and create a space to have feelings and insights about them. Our focus is on discharging emotions through our body and getting the support we need to shift our blocks to closeness with other people. 



    This workshop is co-taught. Divinah and Rythea have been teaching peer counseling together since 2020 and have found that online groups are powerful and effective. They are long-time peer counselors and find this practice to be life-changing. They love sharing this with other people!

    Requirement: Please make sure you have learned and practiced peer counseling/co-counseling basics before taking this workshop and have integrated them into your healing process.



  • Peer Counseling (also known as co-counseling) is a listening/support modality that is practiced by peers to help heal, break isolation, find natural solutions to problems, and feel a sense of belonging. In this 6-session workshop, you learn the basics of holding space for each other, being heard, seen, and held with empathy. Together, we learn how to create a sustainable and enlivened space that can become a regular practice in your life. 


    This workshop is co-taught. Divinah and Rythea have been teaching peer counseling together since 2020 and have found that online groups are powerful and effective. They are long-time peer counselors and find this practice to be life-changing. They love sharing this with other people!

    Level 1 workshop is an introduction to the peer counseling/co-counseling practice and is a prerequisite to any other peer counseling workshops.

  • This 5-session creative writing group is for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I offer this in a world where our voices are often disbelieved, suppressed, dismissed, and ignored. Here, your voice, feelings, and stories are encouraged to spill onto the page- in the company of others who are holding a sacred, creative space.  

    I support you to find your writing voice, and channel your pain and victories into art-making. Writing can be transformational when we are giving permission to say the ugly thing, to not hold back, to speak the unspeakable, to take credit, and to feel our unbroken spirits at the core of it all. 

    I have been a trauma therapist working with survivors for 28 years. I am also an artist who has found empowerment and deep healing by using creativity to heal my trauma. I am so excited to be together, to spread our wings in the presence of our collective courage. There will be guidelines and confidentiality in place, and clarity of facilitation in keeping clear time structures, sharing our work, and giving feedback. 

Multiple hands of different skin tones stacked together, wearing colorful sweaters in pink, yellow, green, and orange.

As a teacher, I aim to balance empathetic facilitation with structure.

I create a safe container through clear and honest communication, providing step-by-step tools that are accessible and empowering.

Testimonials

  • “Peer Counseling has felt to be a catalyst for integrating sincere ways of experiencing myself, a foundational groundwork for feeling, exploring, and articulation emotions. Accessing the wisdom of my process, a true support system (system in the way of being community and accountability and reliability and consistency). At times a cannonball to burst me open, get real and vulnerable into dissecting defense mechanisms, projections, insecurities, patterns, and stories.”
     
    Demi

  • “This community is the real deal, and this practice is sincerely life-changing. Deep listening, loving attention, and wise holding of our feelings can be in such short supply in this world; counseling and being counseled has restored something so human and so essential to my life and relationships (old and new).  Rythea and Samantha hold space with an expertise based on devoted practice and personal healing, and a humility and vulnerability based on continual learning. These classes have held me through true and incredible transformation. I bring these tools with me everywhere I go now.”
     
    Mary-Hannah

  • “I go deeper and deeper every class. Sometimes I think I’ve figured it all out about myself and then Rythea and Samantha provide some activity or nugget of wisdom during a session and I learn so much more than I could on my own. Through Peer Counseling, I’ve started to trust that I can go after my dreams, my fears, etc. because I have a network of support. It’s a complete game-changer, life changer. It’s given me a confidence in going through life, having feelings, and continuing to move forward.”
     
    Michelle

  • “Peer Counseling is a game-changer. That’s the way I most often describe my experience of this class. Being encouraged, held, and challenged to feel my feelings, and actually understand what that means has been more life-affirming and connecting then pretty much anything else I’ve been a part of.  I feel safe here and pushed and seen and I feel allowed in every way. There’s something deeply radical about creating a space that asks each person to be their most vulnerable selves and bring their full agency as well.”
     
    RL

  • “Peer Counseling has truly changed my life. I can’t think of any other practice that has transformed me so quickly. The safety, the community, the support, the love, the tools, all allowed me to go into my deepest “stuff” and being to make real, deep shifts. I am so grateful to have been able to be here and I can’t picture not having Peer Counseling in my life now that it’s here.”
     
    J. Eckard

I am passionate about the transformation that creativity brings.