Grace E. Reed - Negotiating Shadows
Welcome
This website is designed to give you an overview into the work of Oregon author Grace E. Reed, a skilled mediator and therapist who has been helping people “negotiate their shadows” for many years in a variety of fields.
What does “negotiating shadows” mean?
When people encounter conflict, stress, confusion, and make bad choices in their lives, they are creating shadows. Shadows can take different forms. Grace facilitates techniques to “negotiate shadows.”
Meet Grace E. Reed
Grace is a passionate advocate for positive change in individuals, groups, and society, with a special emphasis on youth-at-risk. To learn more of Grace’s services, please explore the various sections of this site. Grace has skills and experience in Mediation, Education, Drama Therapy, and Counseling.
Grace is currently a contributor to Examiner.com on addiction issues.
Upcoming Workshops:
Power of Poetry for Conflict Resolution
At Various Portland Locations
These workshops are designed to give practical hands on skills using poetry as a communication tool for conflicted people, especially youth, based on a two-year creative expression research published in Grace E. Reed’s book Needs and Negotiating Shadows
The workshop is for Parents - Grandparents - Teachers - Counselors - Social Workers - ADD/HD Specialist - Foster Care - Juvenile Justice - Clergy
For more information, contact Grace: uafpsu [at] yahoo [dot] com
Grace’s new books:
Needs, and Negotiating Shadows now available
Grace is the author of Needs, a book written after a two year exposure and research with addicted at-risk youth on the streets and in juvenine justice, aged 13 to 17.
Available for $14.95
ISBN 978-1-4276-4477-0
Now available through Amazon Kindle
Documentary: The Fire of Street Joan
The Fire of Street Joan a documentary about addicted, homeless, mentally ill, people and societies response to them with a message of what needs to change.
The documentary is part of the book Negotiating Shadows and can be purchased separately.
(documentary by Elizabeth Weissenborn, Deinos Productions)
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