The Evergreen Forum is excited to welcome a handful of new Evergreen Forum course leaders this Fall, two of which are teaching short form courses in art and science.

Dr. Christina Kales, who gave us a sneak peak of her Impressionism course this summer during our Master Class series, holds a Doctor of Literature in Humanities from Drew University. Her expertise in Impressionist art, honed through doctoral research debunking common myths, informs her four-week course, American Impressionism: The Bucks County Painters. This class explores the socio-economic conditions that fostered American Impressionism in the early nineteenth century, focusing on the Bucks County School. Through the works of Edward Redfield, John Folinsbee, and Daniel Garber, students will examine how these artists reinterpreted French Impressionism with a distinctly American perspective. An optional field trip to the James A. Mitchener Museum may be offered.

Naomi Bower comes from her private practice where she is a psychotherapist and a former senior therapist at Princeton House, Jewish Family Services, and a teacher. Naomi’s cultural sensitivity is influenced by her years of living abroad, both in England and the Middle East. Her specialized three-week course, Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Theory explores how an effective method for managing and eliminating severe anxiety and depression was formally developed into a therapeutic intervention by psychiatrist Aaron Beck. The formulating principles of CBT will be discussed in class and consist of: awareness of the difference between thoughts and feelings, defining negative vs. neutral and positive thoughts, becoming aware of one’s own negative thoughts and feelings and their prevalence on a daily basis, how these patterns influence behavior (action and inaction), and practicing how to change unhealthy negative patterns of thoughts and feelings through specific strategies resulting in healthier productive outcomes.

We hope you will consider checking out some of our new course leaders and new courses for the fall 2024 semester!

As always, learn more about Evergreen Forum and the fall 2024 course brochure here: https://cmaprinceton.org/evergreen-forum/